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# Importing data

Currently Compid supports the following data formats for importing:

- Mascot DAT
- ProteinPilot XLS
- ProteinPilot XML

## Importing Mascot DAT files

Compid supports using the freely available Mascot Parser plugin from Matrix Science to import DAT files created by Mascot. To enable this functionality, obtain the correct Mascot Parser version for your platform from Matrix Science.

Unarchive the file and place the two files in java subdirectory to Compid's lib subdirectory from where Compid will implicitly find and utilize them. An alternative placement is ".compid" directory in your home folder. The files are named msparser.jar and [msparserj.dll (for Windows) or libmsparserj.so (for Linux)]. It is imperative to get both files from the same archive.

## ProteinPilot datasets

ProteinPilot importing is supported without any external libraries. It is recommended to use XML format rather than XLS due to the more abundant data it has available.

## Importing sequences