Spacewalk File Format

The Spacewalk binary file format (.sw) is an extensible format for the visualization of 3D genomic data with the Spacewalk visualization tool. The file stores spatial data associated with genomic regions from one or more experiments or ensembles. Each experiment has spatial data for multiple traces. Typical datasets include super-resolution chromatin tracing data and genomic simulation data.

Key Features

The Spacewalk Binary File Format (.sw) is designed to provide:

• Optimized Performance
  Efficient I/O is enabled by using streaming technology built atop the HDF5 file format.

• Scalability
  Can accommodate very large datasets with little or no degradation in performance as file size scales up.

Quick Links

• Creating Data Files: Step-by-step guide to creating Spacewalk files
• Format Specification: Technical details of the format
• Data Structure: File organization and types
• Legacy Format: Documentation for the old text-based format

Convert Your Data

Use our Google Colab Notebook for a detailed example of how to convert a simple CSV file to Spacewalk Binary File format.