Beautiful animated phylogenetic trees with embedded metadata that are machine readable and easy to edit

XOXO Tree Format

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.

 
Topic revision: r1 - 12 Feb 2016, MarieLott

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