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Modify SAM spec document to better represent restrictions in the SEQ field
Currently, the sam spec document (https://samtools.github.io/hts-specs/SAMv1.pdf) has the following for the mandatory SEQ field
10 SEQ String *|[A-Za-z=.]+ segment SEQuence
This doesn't really match up with the IUPAC base restriction within the BAM spec, and so anything that is not IUPAC is converted to N.
This isn't clear in the document.
I propose this should be updated to avoid confusion.
Cheers, James