{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/biocore/biom-format/issues/582","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/biocore/biom-format/issues/582/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/biocore/biom-format/issues/582/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/biocore/biom-format/issues/582/events","html_url":"https://github.com/biocore/biom-format/issues/582","id":53917010,"number":582,"title":"definition of \"empty\" biom table differs ","user":{"login":"gregcaporaso","id":192372,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/192372?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/gregcaporaso","html_url":"https://github.com/gregcaporaso","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gregcaporaso/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gregcaporaso/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gregcaporaso/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gregcaporaso/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gregcaporaso/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gregcaporaso/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gregcaporaso/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gregcaporaso/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/gregcaporaso/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":2,"created_at":"2015-01-09T21:28:58Z","updated_at":"2015-03-03T15:34:03Z","closed_at":null,"body":"There are two different definitions for \"empty\" for a ``Table`` object.\r\n\r\n[The first](https://github.com/biocore/biom-format/blob/master/biom/err.py#L8) is if a table has all zero values, and [the second](https://github.com/biocore/biom-format/blob/master/biom/table.py#L1237) is if a table has either no sample ids or no observation ids. It's not immediately clear to @jairideout and I which of these is the better definition, but these should be unified. "},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/biocore/biom-format/issues/comments/76967803","html_url":"https://github.com/biocore/biom-format/issues/582#issuecomment-76967803","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/biocore/biom-format/issues/582","id":76967803,"user":{"login":"wasade","id":474290,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/474290?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/wasade","html_url":"https://github.com/wasade","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/wasade/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/wasade/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/wasade/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/wasade/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/wasade/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/wasade/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/wasade/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/wasade/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/wasade/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-03-03T15:34:03Z","updated_at":"2015-03-03T15:34:03Z","body":"@gregcaporaso or @jairideout, can I assign either of you this for the pending minor bugfix release?"}}