# h5ad Data Format Description

### Input h5ad Format Description

* `st.h5ad`: Spatial transcriptomics expression matrix AnnData object, which is required to contain the raw expression matrix, spatial coordinates, and other information. For details, please refer to [SDAS Input Data Format Description](https://mysite.gitbook.io/sdas_manual_eng/readme/04_manual/sdas_input).&#x20;

### Output h5ad Format Description

* Input h5ad + domain identification results: domain labels are stored in `obs['domain_<algorithm_name>']`
