mzR

mzR provides a unified API for reading and writing mass spectrometry file formats (mzXML, mzData, mzML) and integrates ProteoWizard libraries to enable access and processing of proteomics mass spectrometry data.

Key Features:

• Unified API for MS Data Formats: Provides standardized methods for reading and writing mzXML, mzData, and mzML files.
• Integration with ProteoWizard Libraries: Incorporates ProteoWizard components to support mzML and mzIdentML formats for proteomics data access.
• Extensible Pluggable Architecture: Exposes a framework that allows extension and customization of functionality for developing proteomics applications.
• Cross-Platform Compatibility: Supports compilation and use across Linux (GCC), Windows (MSVC), and macOS (XCode).
• Modern C++ Implementation: Employs modern C++ design and techniques to provide robustness and maintainability.
• Open-source Licensing: Distributed under the Apache v2 license.

Scientific Applications:

• Proteomics mass spectrometry data processing: Enables programmatic access and manipulation of MS datasets for proteomics analyses.
• Development of proteomics tools: Serves as a foundation for building custom applications that operate on mzXML, mzData, mzML, and mzIdentML files.

Methodology:

Implements ProteoWizard libraries with modern C++ design principles and a pluggable architecture to provide standardized read/write access to mzXML, mzData, mzML and support for mzIdentML, with cross-platform compilation (GCC, MSVC, XCode).