MSigDB XML description

MSigDB database in XML format captures both the content (i.e., gene members) and annotation about the gene sets in MSigDB. Here we describe the tags and attributes of the XML file.

Database tags and attributes: apply to all genes in the file.

xml tag	description
MSIGDB NAME	name of the database
VERSION	version of the database
BUILD_DATE	date the XML file has been built

Gene set tags and attributes: apply to individual gene sets in the file.

xml tag	description

GENE_SET_STANDARD_NAME