Add VCFTEXT format keyword and clarify whether VCF responses are compressed#856
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jmarshall
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| This appendix lists the significant functionality introduced and changes made in each published version of the htsget protocol. | ||
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| ## 1.3.1 (May 2026) |
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Note that there are several other places in the document where the current version number needs to be bumped.
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| VCFTEXT indicates a request for uncompressed VCF in plaintext. | ||
| When VCF is specified or by default, the server SHOULD return gzip-compressed (or BGZF-compressed) VCF data. | ||
| At present, the server MAY instead return uncompressed plaintext VCF in these cases, but this is deprecated. |
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Add something about We will change that to MUST in 1.5 in the future.
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Clarifies or adjusts VCF to mean compressed, and adds VCFTEXT for uncompressed plain text — as discussed in #837.