The public sequence resource uses multiple data formats listed on the DOWNLOAD page. One of the most exciting features is the full support for RDF and semantic web/linked data ontologies. This technology allows for querying data in unprescribed ways - that is, you can formulate your own queries without dealing with a preset model of that data (so typical of CSV files and SQL tables). Examples of exploring data are listed here.

In this BLOG we are going to look at the metadata entered on the COVID-19 PubSeq website (or command line client).