Biospecimen Metadata Template

A template outlining metadata to be collected for biospecimen.

Attribute	Description	Required	Valid Values
Component	A high-level attribute for grouping attributes into templates.	TRUE
individualID	Unique identifier assigned to each study participant. For multi-specimen data files provide all IDs in a comma-separated list.	TRUE
visitID	Ordinal ID distinguishing different patient visits	FALSE
biospecimenID	A unique identifier assigned to specimens collected from study participants. For multi-specimen data files provide all IDs in a comma-separated list.	TRUE
parentBiospecimenID	The biospecimenID associated with the originating biospecimen for derived or child biospecimens.	FALSE
biospecimenType	A label indicating the biological material collected for experimentation and data collection. Where applicable, provide all types in a comma-separated list.	TRUE	none, urine, stool, whole blood, serum, plasma, PBMCs, total leukocytes, kidney biopsy, synovial fluid, skin biopsy, salivary gland, saliva, skin swab, synovial tissue, suction blister cells, suction blister fluid, uvea
biospecimenSubtype	Biospecimen status before sample is processed into a scRNA-seq library. Several scRNA-seq technologies support a variety of sample processing methods which can introduces sources of technical variation.	FALSE	nuclei suspension, cell suspension, fresh tissue, frozen tissue, FFPE tissue, flow-sorted cells, PFA-fixed tissue