jvarkit

Gtf2Xml

Convert GTF/GFF to XML

Usage

This program is now part of the main jvarkit tool. See jvarkit for compiling.

Usage: java -jar dist/jvarkit.jar gtf2xml  [options] Files

Usage: gtf2xml [options] Files
  Options:
    -h, --help
      print help and exit
    --helpFormat
      What kind of help. One of [usage,markdown,xml].
    -o, --output
      Output file. Optional . Default: stdout
    --skip-attributes
      Don't print the following attributes. Multiple separated by 
      commas/spaces/semicolons 
      Default: <empty string>
    --skip-record
      Don't record the following stuff at the end. possible values: 
      FEATURE,SOURCES,CONTIG,ATTIBUTES Multiple separated by 
      commas/spaces/semicolons 
      Default: <empty string>
    --version
      print version and exit

Keywords

• xml
• gtf
• gff
• gff3

See also in Biostars

• https://www.biostars.org/p/478242

Creation Date

20150811

Source code

https://github.com/lindenb/jvarkit/tree/master/src/main/java/com/github/lindenb/jvarkit/tools/gtf/Gtf2Xml.java

Contribute

• Issue Tracker: http://github.com/lindenb/jvarkit/issues
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License

The project is licensed under the MIT license.

Citing

Should you cite gtf2xml ? https://github.com/mr-c/shouldacite/blob/master/should-I-cite-this-software.md

The current reference is:

http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.1425030

Lindenbaum, Pierre (2015): JVarkit: java-based utilities for Bioinformatics. figshare. http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.1425030

Example

$ java -jar dist/gtf2xml.jar src/test/resources/Homo_sapiens.GRCh37.87.gtf.gz | xmllint --format - | head -n 100
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<gtf genebuild-last-updated="2013-09" genome-build="GRCh37.p13" genome-build-accession="NCBI:GCA_000001405.14" genome-date="2009-02" genome-version="GRCh37">
  <gene id="ENSG00000100403" chrom="22" start="41697526" end="41756151" strand="+" source="ensembl_havana" type="gene">
    <attributes>
      <attribute key="gene_id">ENSG00000100403</attribute>
      <attribute key="gene_version">10</attribute>
      <attribute key="gene_name">ZC3H7B</attribute>
      <attribute key="gene_source">ensembl_havana</attribute>
      <attribute key="gene_biotype">protein_coding</attribute>
    </attributes>
    <transcripts>
      <transcript id="ENST00000486331" chrom="22" start="41697719" end="41732847" strand="+" source="havana" type="transcript">
        <attributes>
          <attribute key="gene_id">ENSG00000100403</attribute>
          <attribute key="gene_version">10</attribute>
          <attribute key="transcript_id">ENST00000486331</attribute>
          <attribute key="transcript_version">1</attribute>
          <attribute key="gene_name">ZC3H7B</attribute>
          <attribute key="gene_source">ensembl_havana</attribute>
          <attribute key="gene_biotype">protein_coding</attribute>
          <attribute key="transcript_name">ZC3H7B-002</attribute>
          <attribute key="transcript_source">havana</attribute>
          <attribute key="transcript_biotype">retained_intron</attribute>
          <attribute key="havana_transcript">OTTHUMT00000320697</attribute>
          <attribute key="havana_transcript_version">1</attribute>
        </attributes>
        <exon chrom="22" start="41697719" end="41697776" strand="+" source="havana" type="exon">
          <attributes>
            <attribute key="gene_id">ENSG00000100403</attribute>
            <attribute key="gene_version">10</attribute>
            <attribute key="transcript_id">ENST00000486331</attribute>
            <attribute key="transcript_version">1</attribute>
            <attribute key="exon_number">1</attribute>
            <attribute key="gene_name">ZC3H7B</attribute>
            <attribute key="gene_source">ensembl_havana</attribute>
            <attribute key="gene_biotype">protein_coding</attribute>
            <attribute key="transcript_name">ZC3H7B-002</attribute>
            <attribute key="transcript_source">havana</attribute>
            <attribute key="transcript_biotype">retained_intron</attribute>
            <attribute key="havana_transcript">OTTHUMT00000320697</attribute>
            <attribute key="havana_transcript_version">1</attribute>
            <attribute key="exon_id">ENSE00001942555</attribute>
            <attribute key="exon_version">1</attribute>
          </attributes>
        </exon>
        <transcript chrom="22" start="41697719" end="41732847" strand="+" source="havana" type="transcript">
          <attributes>
            <attribute key="gene_id">ENSG00000100403</attribute>
            <attribute key="gene_version">10</attribute>
            <attribute key="transcript_id">ENST00000486331</attribute>
            <attribute key="transcript_version">1</attribute>
            <attribute key="gene_name">ZC3H7B</attribute>
            <attribute key="gene_source">ensembl_havana</attribute>
            <attribute key="gene_biotype">protein_coding</attribute>
            <attribute key="transcript_name">ZC3H7B-002</attribute>
            <attribute key="transcript_source">havana</attribute>
            <attribute key="transcript_biotype">retained_intron</attribute>
            <attribute key="havana_transcript">OTTHUMT00000320697</attribute>
            <attribute key="havana_transcript_version">1</attribute>
          </attributes>
        </transcript>
        <exon chrom="22" start="41716659" end="41716717" strand="+" source="havana" type="exon">
          <attributes>
            <attribute key="gene_id">ENSG00000100403</attribute>
            <attribute key="gene_version">10</attribute>
            <attribute key="transcript_id">ENST00000486331</attribute>
            <attribute key="transcript_version">1</attribute>
            <attribute key="exon_number">2</attribute>
            <attribute key="gene_name">ZC3H7B</attribute>
            <attribute key="gene_source">ensembl_havana</attribute>
            <attribute key="gene_biotype">protein_coding</attribute>
            <attribute key="transcript_name">ZC3H7B-002</attribute>
            <attribute key="transcript_source">havana</attribute>
            <attribute key="transcript_biotype">retained_intron</attribute>
            <attribute key="havana_transcript">OTTHUMT00000320697</attribute>
            <attribute key="havana_transcript_version">1</attribute>
            <attribute key="exon_id">ENSE00003530265</attribute>
            <attribute key="exon_version">1</attribute>
          </attributes>
        </exon>
        <exon chrom="22" start="41721568" end="41721601" strand="+" source="havana" type="exon">
          <attributes>
            <attribute key="gene_id">ENSG00000100403</attribute>
            <attribute key="gene_version">10</attribute>
            <attribute key="transcript_id">ENST00000486331</attribute>
            <attribute key="transcript_version">1</attribute>
            <attribute key="exon_number">3</attribute>
            <attribute key="gene_name">ZC3H7B</attribute>
            <attribute key="gene_source">ensembl_havana</attribute>
            <attribute key="gene_biotype">protein_coding</attribute>
            <attribute key="transcript_name">ZC3H7B-002</attribute>
            <attribute key="transcript_source">havana</attribute>
            <attribute key="transcript_biotype">retained_intron</attribute>
            <attribute key="havana_transcript">OTTHUMT00000320697</attribute>
            <attribute key="havana_transcript_version">1</attribute>
            <attribute key="exon_id">ENSE00003553644</attribute>
            <attribute key="exon_version">1</attribute>
          </attributes>
        </exon>
        (...)

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