Table 1.

The Graphical mApping Format (GAF)

Col	Type	Description
1	string	Query sequence name
2	int	Query sequence length
3	int	Query start coordinate (0-based; closed)
4	int	Query end coordinate (0-based; open)
5	char	Strand relative to col. 6
6	string	Graph path matching regular expression
		/([><][^\s><]+(:\d+-\d+)?)+|([^\s><]+)/
7	int	Path sequence length
8	int	Path start coordinate
9	int	Path end coordinate
10	int	Number of matching bases in the mapping
11	int	Number of bases, including gaps, in the mapping
12	int	Mapping quality (0–255 with 255 for missing)