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Required Metadata

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SCP Metadata Convention - Required Metadata

Studies uploaded using the SCP Metadata convention must include the following required metadata:

metadata name Type Description
CellID string unique identifier for each cell in the study
biosample_id string unique identifier for each sample in the study
donor_id string unique identifier for each biosample donor in the study
species ontology ontology identifier from NCBItaxon
disease ontology ontology identifier from MONDO [if no disease, current accepted proxy for "no disease" is "MONDO_0000001"
library_preparation_protocol ontology ontology identifier from Experimental Factor ontology:RNA assay
sex controlled list (enum) one of ["male", "female", "mixed", "unknown"]
is_living controlled list (enum) one of ["yes", "no", "unknown"]
sample_type controlled list (enum) one of ["cell line", "organoid", "direct from donor - fresh", "direct from donor - frozen", "cultured primary cells"]

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