spot table column names and meaning

[tischi]

@constantinpape
You currently have those column names:

cellID	geneID	regionID	x	y	z	seeds	intensity	spot_id

1. What is the regionID?
2. Can I take the spot_id as the unique label to create a spot label mask image?

Should we at all think about supporting timepoints here?

[constantinpape]

1. What is the regionID?

This comes from the original table, so it's not related to the MoBIE metadata. For now you can just ignore it; if it gets confusing in the example we can remove it later.

2. Can I take the spot_id as the unique label to create a spot label mask image?

Yes. (Though I personally don't think that this is the best way to render the spots data, but maybe better to discuss this via zoom).

Should we at all think about supporting timepoints here?

Yes, I think that would make sense. (I don't think that there's a sequencing method that would yield time information, but we could of course use the spot source to display other kinds of data.)