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McDonaldetal.GigaScience2012,1:7 /content/1/1/7 TECHNICAL NOTE OpenAccess TheBiologicalObservationMatrix(BIOM)format or:howIlearnedtostopworryingandlovethe ome-ome DanielMcDonald1?,JoseCClemente2?,JustinKuczynski3,JaiRamRideout4,JesseStombaugh2,DougWendel2, AndreasWilke5,SusanHuse6,JohnHufnagle6,FolkerMeyer5,RobKnight1,2,7andJGregoryCaporaso4,5* Abstract Background:WepresenttheBiologicalObservationMatrix(BIOM,pronounced“biome”)format:aJSON-basedfile formatforrepresentingarbitraryobservationbysamplecontingencytableswithassociatedsampleandobservation metadata.Asthenumberofcategoriesofcomparat