FCS File Annotation Template

A template outlining metadata to be collected and applied to FCS file entities as annotations in Synapse.

Instructions

This template collects file-level metadata and curates your file with this critical information thereby enabling discoverability, SQL queries, and overall organization and metrics calculations of your data files.

Attribute	Description	Required	Valid Values
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
dataLevel	Level of data processing applied to file. Levels refer to pre-defined standards of processing for the given assay.	TRUE	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Not Applicable, unknown
eventCount	The total number of events detected and captured in the corresponding FCS file. In cytometry, an event corresponds to particles detected and measured by the instrument. This number corresponds to the number of rows in the FCS file and is expected to be a whole integer number. If value unknown, enter '-1'.	FALSE
fileFormat	Standard file format name or file extension		fcs