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Loom is an efficient file format for large omics datasets. Loom files contain
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a main matrix, optional additional layers, a variable number of row and column
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annotations, and sparse graph objects. Under the hood, Loom files are HDF5 and
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can be opened from many programming languages, including Python, R, C, C++,
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Java, MATLAB, Mathematica, and Julia.
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Key features:
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* Single file that can be moved around
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* Metadata travels with the main data
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* Data, clustering, layout, annotation stored together
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* Efficient random access
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* Automatic, on-the-fly compression
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* Out-of-memory data processing
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* Open source, BSD license
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WWW: https://loompy.org/
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