BigBed files can store extra fields in addition to the predefined BED fields. If you add extra fields to your bigBed file, you must include a .as (AutoSQL) format file describing the fields.
Motivation and details on AutoSQL are described here. At the moment we've decided to restrict big to predefined BED fields, but we'll have to deal with AutoSQL at some point.
Motivation and details on AutoSQL are described here. At the moment we've decided to restrict
bigto predefined BED fields, but we'll have to deal with AutoSQL at some point.