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Format

Mass Spectrometry Markup Language

Summary

Name
Mass Spectrometry Markup Language
Identifiers
PUID: fmt/1900
Format type
Text (Mark-up)
Description
Mass Spectrometry Markup Language (mzML) is a file format used to encode raw spectrometer output. The format is described in the mzML specification at the HUPO Proteomics Standards Initiative site. MzML, which was first released in 2008 and updated to version 1.1 in 2009, replaces two previous formats, mzDATA and mzXML. The new format was created to resolve confusion and reduce programming effort caused by having two separate but similar formats. The older formats continue to be used by some older software but are largely deprecated.
Note
http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/MzML https://www.psidev.info/mzML
File extensions
mxml
Source
Brigham Young University / Brigham Young University

Relationships

Has priority over

Internal signatures

Mass Spectrometry Markup Language

Note
BOF; Offset: 0; Sequence: xml tag for version 1.0 followed by unique mass spectrometry tag allowing for spacing and different characters. '<?xml'{0-30}'version'{0-30}'='{0-30}'1.0'{0-512}'<mzML xmlns=' quote character 'http://psi.hupo.org/ms/mzml' followed by a final quote character

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
0
Byte Sequence
3C3F786D6C(20|09){0-30}76657273696F6E{0-30}3D{0-30}(22|27)312E30(22|27){0-512}3C6D7A4D4C20786D6C6E733D(22|27)687474703A2F2F7073692E6875706F2E6F72672F6D732F6D7A6D6C(22|27)
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • Added in V114

    Release date
    22 August 2023

    Mass Spectrometry Markup Language: Signature researched and samples provided by Brigham Young University.

    Mass Spectrometry Markup Language: Full entry added. Submitted by Brigham Young University.