Hey John, are you sure you don't want to use a "converted dataset" rather than a metadata element for this. This is how we handle most types of secondary indexes for visualization. If you do it this way, the converter that creates the offset index is just another tool (but registered in datatypes_conf.xml) and the index it self is another dataset that can be accessed through the converted datasets relationship. On Aug 25, 2011, at 6:12 PM, Duddy, John wrote:
I’d like to have a datatype with a dict as metadata. This dict() would store file offsets to enable seeking around to process different sections of the file.
How do I add a dictionary data metadata element?
John Duddy Sr. Staff Software Engineer Illumina, Inc. 9885 Towne Centre Drive San Diego, CA 92121 Tel: 858-736-3584 E-mail: jduddy@illumina.com
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