c4473ca7e4dd9383e7b03b8e306b1f57aa071ae3 mspeir Wed Feb 11 08:38:40 2026 -0800 minor chnages to wording based on CR, refs #37095 diff --git docs/hubs/contributedTracks.md docs/hubs/contributedTracks.md index 6bdc93da683..379ea961a37 100644 --- docs/hubs/contributedTracks.md +++ docs/hubs/contributedTracks.md @@ -1,29 +1,29 @@ --- title: "Contributed Tracks" --- Researchers are creating annotations for hundreds of assemblies in one process, or creating a number of annotations for one assembly. It would be useful to the wider research community to have these annotations included in the default browser view on those assemblies. -This discussion outlines procedures for submitting a set of tracks to the -browser for inclusion in the default view of a genome assembly. -This procedure is for developers of tracks that have a number of tracks -to submit to one assembly, or a set of tracks to deliver to a multiple -set of genome assemblies. +This page outlines the procedures for submitting a set of tracks to the +UCSC Genome Browser for inclusion in the default view of a genome assembly. +This procedure is for developers that have a number of tracks +to submit to a single genome assembly, or a set of tracks to deliver to multiple +genome assemblies. Development process: - Develop your annotations in a track hub under your control. - Provide a reference to your development track hub to the genome browser for inclusion consideration. - By following the suggested outline, the browser will be able to efficiently add your annotations to the genome browser system. ## Your track hub file/directory structure ``` +-- hub.txt +-- genomes.txt +-- documentation.html @@ -52,31 +52,31 @@ ## Example hub.txt file ``` hub PAG_2026_GenArk_Contrib_Example shortLabel PAG 2026 GenArk tracks longLabel PAG 2026 example of contributed tracks to UCSC GenArk assemblies email genome@soe.ucsc.edu genomesFile genomes.txt descriptionUrl documentation.html # comments: # load this hub with a reference to this hub.txt file: # https://genome-test.gi.ucsc.edu/~hiram/BRC/contrib/hub.txt -# for example, to show this track hub in the genome browser:: +# for example, to show this track hub in the genome browser: # https://genome.ucsc.edu/cgi-bin/hgTracks?genome=GCA_000260495.2& # hubUrl=https://genome-test.gi.ucsc.edu/~hiram/BRC/contrib/hub.txt ``` The **genomes.txt** file specifies the target assemblies. The **descriptionUrl** link refers to **documentation.html** for this track hub. Since the data is uniform for all the tracks, a single **documentation.html** can be sufficient for all documentation. ## Example genomes.txt file ``` genome GCA_000260495.2 trackDb GCA_000260495.2/trackDb.txt