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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jan 4.
Published in final edited form as: Methods Cell Biol. 2016 May 12;135:451–481. doi: 10.1016/bs.mcb.2016.04.010

Table 15.

Required track hub configuration information

Label Description
track The track file name
shortLabel A brief (17 character) label to describe the track in the genome browser. Visible to the left of the track in the genome browser.
Example: 4 day methylome
longLabel A longer label (76 character) to describe the track in the genome browser.
Visible above the track in the genome browser. Provide enough detail to uniquely identify the track.
Example: Howe et al. 2015 male 4 day methylome
type States the track file format (bigWig, bigBed, etc.)