Beautiful animated phylogenetic trees with embedded metadata that are machine readable and easy to edit
Compare representations for this tree:
Newick (common format used in phylogeny software):
HTML - exported from an Excel spreadsheet (used by Phylotree):
XOXO Tree
Advantages
- Easy to use
- HTML
- free software
- one file format for everything
- Well defined
- Unambiguous
- Separation of concerns
- Extendable
- Embedded data
- Scriptability
- Cosmetic enhancement
XOXO Tree Specification
Feedback
Please provide critical feedback. Do you agree with the advantages of XOXO tree format? How might it be improved? Other ideas or suggestions.