There are three types of metadata files for MODEL-AD:
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Individual Animal
This file contains metadata about each individual animal that is part of a study. It includes information that is true of the animal as a whole: individualID, genotype, room, litter, etc. Each animal will have one row in the individual animal metadata template.
In order for your metadata to validate successfully, please use the latest version of the MODEL-AD individual animal metadata template.
The Individual Metadata variables that describe mouse genotype are available here:Mouse Names
Biospecimen
A biospecimen is a sample of cells, tissue, RNA, DNA, etc. The biospecimen metadata file contains information about each biospecimen that is part of a study, including things like what organ and tissue the specimen is from, the weight of the specimen, etc. Please see the biospecimen metadata template for a current template to work with.
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The biospecimen metadata file is also related to the assay metadata file(s) by the ‘specimenID’ value, which appears in both (all) files. The specimenID variable should be consistent across these two files. If more than one assay was conducted on the same specimen, the same specimenID should be used throughout.
Assay
This file contains metadata about each assay for which data is provided. There are multiple assay metadata templates, since the information collected will vary by assay. See the ‘Templates and Upload Conventions’ section for links to all available metadata templates.
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