Introduction to basic concepts of MasPy

Contents:

• MS spectra in MasPy
  • The mzML file format
  • MsrunContainer
  • Run metadata (Rm)
  • Spectrum array item (Sai), spectrum metadata item (Smi)
  • Chromatogram item (Ci)
  • Spectrum item (Si)
  • MsrunContainer.info
  • MasPy file formats
  • Basic code examples
    • Importing an mzML file
    • Saving an MsrunContainer to the hard disk
    • Loading an MsrunContainer from the hard disk
    • Deleting data from an MsrunContainer
    • Exporting specfiles from MsrunContainer to mzML files
    • Accessing data from an MsrunContainer
• Spectrum identifications in MasPy
  • The mzIdentML file format
  • Representation of spectrum identifications in MasPy
  • The spectrum identification item container (SiiContainer)
  • Basic code examples
  • Depricated - work in progress
• Peptide LC-MS features in MasPy
  • Representation of LC-MS features in MasPy
  • Supported feature detection algorithms
  • Basic code examples