d365ce310884503411d1fceff21ed997615e4d6d brianlee Mon Jun 28 15:01:16 2021 -0700 Adding the index announcement about v3 versioning of the trackDb doc refs #26598 diff --git src/hg/htdocs/goldenPath/newsarch.html src/hg/htdocs/goldenPath/newsarch.html index f6aad3f..52fd0df 100755 --- src/hg/htdocs/goldenPath/newsarch.html +++ src/hg/htdocs/goldenPath/newsarch.html @@ -40,37 +40,38 @@ <div class="col-sm-3"> <ul> <li><a href="#2005">2005 News</a></li> <li><a href="#2004">2004 News</a></li> <li><a href="#2003">2003 News</a></li> <li><a href="#2002">2002 News</a></li> <li><a href="#2001">2001 News</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <!-- ============= 2021 archived news ============= --> <a name="2021"></a> -<h2>June 28, 2021 Version 3 of Track Database Definition Document</h2> +<a name="062821"></a> +<h2>June 28, 2021 Version 3 of Track Database Definition Document Released</h2> <p> The <a href="help/trackDb/trackDbHub.html" target="_blank">Track Database Definition Document</a> defining hub settings has been updated from version two to version three. This document primarily serves as a library of settings that users can refer to when they are setting up and configuring -their own track hubs. The update in the version is to account for two new sections that highlighted -for the new <a href="help/bigLolly.html">bigLolly</a> type specialized for variant data and the new +their own track hubs. The update in the version is to account for two new sections that highlight +the new <a href="help/bigLolly.html">bigLolly</a> type specialized for variant data and the new <a href="help/vcf.html#trio" >vcfPhasedTrio</a> type specialized for phased VCF data.</p> <p> The new settings for these types are included in their relevant sections such as <code>vcfChildSample</code> and <code>vcfUseAltSampleNames</code> for the new <a href="help/trackDb/trackDbHub.html#vcfPhasedTrio" target="_blank">vcfPhasedTrio format</a>, or <code>lollySizeField</code> and <code>lollyField</code> for the new <a href="help/trackDb/trackDbHub.html#bigLolly" target="_blank">bigLolly format</a> with full descriptions in the document.</p> <p> The Track Database Definition Document also serves a second function beyond defining settings as providing a versioned specification for those sites that support and display data from track hubs such as Ensembl and NCBI. See this <a href="http://genome.ucsc.edu/blog/how-portable-is-your-track-hub-use-hubcheck-to-find-out/" target="_blank">blog post</a> to learn more about this second element of the document and using the hubCheck utility to gain an idea of how your hub's settings might work on different sites.</p>