Column headers in BLAST+ tabular and CSV output
Peter Cock · 2014
In the last couple of years, my preferred BLAST output format has switched from BLAST XML to plain tabular output. The main reason for this it is easier to parse, and now gives easy access to more fields - BLAST+ 2.2.28 added descriptions and taxonomy output to the tabular and CSV output, but the cumulative effect is BLAST XML has been lagging behind.