The Human Cell Atlas Metadata Standards: Documentation

Documentation supporting the metadata standard is available here.

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Human-readable markdown files - automatically generated from the JSON schemas - displaying metadata fields contained in Core, Type, Module, and Bundle entities.

Metadata_ontology_fields_doc.md

List of fields in the HCA metadata standard that can currently be annotated with ontology terms.

contributing.md

Information on how to contribute to the HCA metadata standards.

evolution.md

Evolution and update principles for the HCA metadata standards.

rationale.md

Rationale for the design and implementation choices for the HCA metadata standards.

structure.md

Overview of the structure of the HCA metadata standards.