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+<head>
+<title>BioJSON in Jalview</title>
+</head>
+<body>
+ <p>
+ <strong>BioJSON support in Jalview</strong>
+ </p>
+ <p>BioJSON is a JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) specification
+ for the representation and exchange of multiple sequence alignment
+ data.</p>
+ <p>
+ Jalview 2.9 includes support for reading and writing BioJSON v1.0
+ data directly, or embedded in HTML documents. It can also generate
+ HTML pages which employ the <a href="biojsmsa.html">BioJS MSA
+ viewer</a> for interactive display of BioJSON data.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ <strong>Finding out more about BioJSON</strong>
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ The BioJSON specification is published at <a
+ href="http://jalview.github.io/biojson/">http://jalview.github.io/biojson/</a>.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ <em>Import of BioJSON data from HTML pages</em>
+ </p>
+ <p>When importing embedded data in an HTML document, Jalview
+ searches for a hidden (usually) input or div element named
+ "seqData":</p>
+ <pre>
+ <code><div name="seqData" id="seqData" style="display: none;">#valid BioJSON data#</div></code>
+ </pre>
+ <strong>OR</strong>
+ <pre>
+ <code><input type="hidden" id="seqData" name="seqData" value='#valid BioJSON data#'/></code>
+ </pre>
+ <p>Jalview can also import BioJSON data directly.</p>
+
+ <p>
+ <strong>Jalview's Support for BioJSON v1.0</strong>
+ </p>
+ <p>BioJSON exports of an alignment view include the following
+ additional data:</p>
+ <ul>
+ <li>Alignment Annotations</li>
+ <li>Alignment Features</li>
+ <li>Alignment Sequences</li>
+ <li>Color Scheme</li>
+ <li>Hidden Columns</li>
+ <li>Hidden Sequences</li>
+ <li>Sequence Groups</li>
+ </ul>
+ <p>The following data are NOT currently preserved on export:</p>
+ <ul>
+ <li>Alignment Reference sequences</li>
+ <li>Representative sequence groups</li>
+ <li>Trees</li>
+ <li>3D Structures</li>
+ </ul>
+</body>
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