===== High Level View of AlphaCOD readers =====


==== Shimadzu ====
  * Type: Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry
  * Format: *.lcd (LabSolutions Data File), *.qgd
  * Reader: Fujitsu C# library => Shimadzu DLL (Windows)


==== Bruker ====
  * Type: Mass Spectrometry
  * Format: *.xms, *.sqlitefiles in *.d folders
  * Reader: Fujitsu Python library (Linux)


==== Waters ====
  * Type: Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry, MSMS
  * Format: *.raw folders (MassLynx Data File)
  * Reader: LGPL Python library (rainbow.py) => Fujitsu Python library (Linux)


==== Agilent ====
  * Type: Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry, MSMS, MS Simple Quadripole
  * Format: *.D (ChemStation Data File)
  * Reader: Fujitsu Python library (Linux)


==== Jeol ====
  * Type: Mass Spectrometry
  * Format: *.bin files in *.JQD folders
  * Reader: Fujitsu Python library (Linux)


==== Thermofisher ====
  * Type: Mass Spectrometry
  * Format: *.raw (Xcalibur Data File)
  * Reader: Fujitsu Python library => MIT Python (fisher.py => Thermofisher DLL (Windows)) (to be replaced ?)


==== Sciex ====
  * Type: Mass Spectrometry
  * Format: *.wiff (Analyst Data File)
  * Reader: ProteoWizard => wine msconvert (Windows) => Sciex converter => mzml


==== Other ====
  * Format: *.mzml files (standard  mass spectrometric data format)
  * Reader: Fujitsu Python library (Linux)