Question:
How do I extract information about an ENCODE experiment from the filename?
Response:
This is not recommended. While ENCODE filenames have some metadata embedded, the information there is not complete nor easily extracted.
Rather, use the file's metadata, for example in "files.txt", or access metadata in the following places:
- By opening "files.txt" - the metadata file located in each track's corresponding download directory.
By clicking the blue down-arrow next to each subtrack listed on a track's Track Settings page.
By using Track Search or File Search to filter files by metadata.
By using the Table Browser tool and setting "Group" to "All Tables" and selecting the "metaDb" table. Click the "describe table schema" button to learn more about the metaDb table. -
By using the public MySQL database +
By using the public MariaDB database to query the metaDb table for each database.
