(I have a vague remembrance of discussing this in the past, so apologies if this is redundant)
Currently, for reading RELION STAR files, ArtiaX expects rlnTomoName to follow the format <prefix>_<tomo_number>. I understand that this makes certain operations easier and makes compatibility with other formats such as .em motive lists straightforward. This is, however, a requirement from ArtiaX and not from RELION itself. RELION allows rlnTomoName to be anything as long as it is unique for each tilt series.
In our processing pipeline, we typically have rlnTomoName originate from the mdoc file from acquisition, which is often something more complicated such as 240305_Ste9_tomo_1, for example. For displaying particles in ArtiaX, we then need to compatibilize the STAR file artificially to follow the expected format, and then generate a correspondence list between the actual tomogram name and its number that is only valid in the context of ArtiaX. Other users probably run into similar issues.
In practice, this would make the selection based on rlnTomoName to be a drop-down list and not a slider, from the user perspective.
Hope it makes sense, please let me know if further clarification is needed. Thank you!
(I have a vague remembrance of discussing this in the past, so apologies if this is redundant)
Currently, for reading RELION STAR files, ArtiaX expects
rlnTomoNameto follow the format<prefix>_<tomo_number>. I understand that this makes certain operations easier and makes compatibility with other formats such as.emmotive lists straightforward. This is, however, a requirement from ArtiaX and not from RELION itself. RELION allowsrlnTomoNameto be anything as long as it is unique for each tilt series. In our processing pipeline, we typically haverlnTomoNameoriginate from the mdoc file from acquisition, which is often something more complicated such as240305_Ste9_tomo_1, for example. For displaying particles in ArtiaX, we then need to compatibilize the STAR file artificially to follow the expected format, and then generate a correspondence list between the actual tomogram name and its number that is only valid in the context of ArtiaX. Other users probably run into similar issues.In practice, this would make the selection based on
rlnTomoNameto be a drop-down list and not a slider, from the user perspective.Hope it makes sense, please let me know if further clarification is needed. Thank you!