[Genome] differences in annotation databases

[Kayla Smith]

Hello Bart,

Coming from the main Encode page: 
http://hgdownload.cse.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/encode/

The first link is the one you want: 
http://hgdownload.cse.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/hg18/encode/database/

The difference between the two links you've mentioned is that the second 
  of them may contain development, or test, data.  That is, work in 
progress.  Such data may not have gone through our rigorous QA process 
and so could have errors.

I hope this information is helpful to you.  Please don't hesitate to 
contact us again if you require further assistance.

Kayla Smith
UCSC Genome Bioinformatics Group


Aelterman Bart wrote:
> Dear,
> 
> I want to download the ENCODE Annotation Database to run some tests local. Apparently there are two ways to do this:
>        - Download the Annotation Database from http://hgdownload.cse.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/hg18/encode/database/, or
>        - Download the Test Annotation Database from http://hgdownload.cse.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/hg18encodedev/database/.
> I find this rather confusing and the difference between these two databases is not explained in your documentation nor in the papers describing the ENCODE Annotation data. Could you tell me what the difference is and which one is the preferred reference annotation? I assume this would be the Annotation Database, but the existence of an undefined Test Annotation Database makes it a bit confusing.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Bart Aelterman
> 
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