OSCtable-1.1

-	Basic structure
	•	A simple tab-delimited text file.
	•	The first line after the comments/meta-data (see below) is a header line, which indicate column names of the table.
	•	Column order is flexible
	•	The first column should describe a 'key' (unique in many cases, but not necessarily) of the data, and the column name should be 'id'
	•	If a cell need to include multiple values, comma(',') is recommended to be used as a separator.
	•	Lines starting with '#' are comments.
	•	Lines starting with '##' are attributes or meta-data of the table. (See 'Meta-data' section below)
	•	All the comment and attribute lines should appear above the header line
	•	All the column should be described in Meta-data (See 'Meta-data' section below)
-	Meta-data ('##' lines)
	•	The basic structure is '##qualifier = value'.
	•	required meta-data: FileFormat, Date, ProtocolREF, ColumnVariable, ContactName, ContactEmail
	-	Required (mandatory) meta-data
	-	FileFormat
	•	describes file format of this file
	-	example:
	•	##FileFormat = OSCtable-1.1
	-	Date
	•	describes the date when the data file is generated
	-	example:
	•	##Date = 2009-06-02
	-	ProtocolREF
	•	describes the protocol used to generate the data file
	-	example:
	•	##ProtocolREF = CAGE-mapping-v1.0
	-	ColumnVariable
	•	describes the ALL columns used in the data file
	-	example:
	•	##ColumnVariable[start] = this is a start position of the genomic coordinate
	•	##ColumnVariable[end] = this is a stop position of the genomic coordinate
	•	##ColumnVariable[norm.THP10h] = this is TPM normalized value with 10h
	•	##ColumnVariable[entrez_gene_id] = Entrez gene ID, which is assigned to the cluster
	-	ContactName
	•	describes the contact name about the data file 
	-	example:
	•	##ContactName = Hideya Kawaji
	-	ContactEmail
	•	describes the contact address about the data file
	-	example:
	•	##ContactEmai = kawaji@gsc.riken.jp
	-	Optional meta-data:  InputFile, ParameterValue, NameSpace
	-	InputFile
	•	describes the file(s) used to generate the data file.
	-	example:
	•	##InputFile = lane1.fa
	•	##InputFile = lane2.fa
	-	ParameterValue
	•	describes the parameter(s) used to generate the data file in the protocol
	•	the parameter(s) should be consistent with the protocol description
	-	example:
	•	##ParameterValue[alignment_program] = nexAlign
	•	##ParamterValue[aligment_program_version] = 1.3.5
	•	##ParameterValue[UCSC_gene_tracks] = RefSeq
	•	##ParameterValue[UCSC_gene_tracks] = ENSEMBL transcript
	-	##NameSpace
	•	describes the name space for the column names. See below (NameSpace)
	-	example:
	•	##NameSpace=genomic_coordinate
	•	##NameSpace=expression
-	Name space 
	•	A set of column names (and parameters) to be used for  a specific purpose or context.
	•	The same column names with the same name space are recognized as the same (equivalent) meaning.
	•	Supported name space: genomic_coordinate, expression
	-	genomic_coordinate
	•	column names are: chrom, start.0base, start.1base, end, strand
	•	parameter value: genome_assembly
	•	chrom: chromosome name used in the genome assembly. For example, chr1, chr2, chr3, ... chrM for the UCSC hg18 genome assembly.
	•	start.0base: start position (bp) on the chromosome in 0-start coordinate system (BED, PSL, BLAT, exonerate, and nexAlign style)
	•	start.1base: start position (bp) on the chromosome in 1-start coordinate system (conventional coordinate system; adopted in GFF as well)
	•	end: end position (bp) on the chromosome
	•	strand: strand on the chromosome; optional
	•	Note: All of the above columns are not necessarily required. For example, start.0base would not be required if you have start.1base, and strand would not be required if the annotation do not have strand distinction
	•	Note: 'genome_assembly' for parameter value is required.
	-	expression
	•	column names are: raw.ZZZ, norm.ZZZ, or exp.YYY.ZZZ 
	•	raw.ZZZ : for raw value of expression such as raw_counts and raw signal intensities.
	•	norm.ZZZ : for normalized value.
	•	ZZZ indicates the experiment (cell conditions, RNAs, etc) of the expressions
	•	YYY should not include dot (.), and indicates the type of expression.