[ensembl-dev] JSON data on FTP

[Sebastien Moretti]

Hi

I have just found the Ensembl data in the JSON format on your FTP and 
have several questions and comments.

- How complete are those JSON files? Are they, kind of, a dump for each 
species database?
- Will those JSON files stay for long? Are they released now with each 
new Ensembl version?
- Do Ensembl Genomes provide the same JSON?
- What kind of checksum is provided with each JSON file (the CHECKSUMS 
file)?

Data in JSON are not mentioned on 
https://www.ensembl.org/info/data/ftp/index.html but in the species 
table, without description.
They are also not described in https://ftp.ensembl.org/pub/current_README

Best

P.S. there is a typo in https://ftp.ensembl.org/pub/current_README
Should be *see http://ensembl.org/* instead of *see http;//ensembl.org/*

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Sébastien Moretti
Staff Scientist
Department of Ecology and Evolution,
Biophore, University of Lausanne,
CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
Tel.: +41 (21) 692 4221
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