alabaster.mae

alabaster.mae saves MultiAssayExperiments into file artifacts and loads them back into memory, providing a portable alternative to RDS serialization for complex multi-omics data containers.

Key Features:

• Portable File Artifacts: Stores MultiAssayExperiments as file artifacts that avoid RDS serialization limitations.
• Metadata Association: Each artifact is associated with metadata for further interpretation.
• Metadata Enrichment Support: Downstream applications can enrich artifact metadata with context-specific properties.

Scientific Applications:

• Multi-omics Data Exchange: Enables reproducible sharing and transfer of MultiAssayExperiment objects across computational environments.
• Interoperable Data Archiving: Supports long-term storage of integrated multi-assay datasets with interpretable metadata.

Methodology:

MultiAssayExperiments are saved into file artifacts and loaded back into memory; metadata is associated with each artifact to support downstream interpretation and enrichment.