Olink File Annotation Template

A template outlining metadata to be provided by contributors that is applied as a preliminary set of annotations to Olink dataset files.

Attribute Description Required Valid Values
plateID An identifier assigned to a multi-well plate. Certain data types and assays profile samples using multi-well plates. Knowing which samples were profiled on each plate is important for establishing sample provenance, finding the right data files for a specific set of samples, as well as downstream exploratory data analysis and QC work particularly regarding identification and correction of batch effects. TRUE
Component A high-level attribute for grouping attributes into templates. True
resourceType High-level classification of the file content True code, experimental data, figure, metadata
fileFormat Standard file format name or file extension True bai, bam, bed, bim, csv, czi, docx, dose, erate, fam, fastq, fcs, geojson, h5, h5ad, info, mcd, mtx, parquet, pdf, rds, rec, svs, tbi, tgz, tsv, txt, vcf, xls, xlsx, zip
specimenModality Label assigned to experimental data files indicating whether the data contained corresponds to a single or multiple biospecimens True multispecimen, single specimen