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Eric Weitz edited this page Sep 1, 2020 · 9 revisions

The Single Cell Portal Metadata Convention defines a set of metadata terms that are intended to be used in a consistent manner across participating studies within the Portal. Where possible, the Metadata Convention uses established biomedical ontologies for the communication of complex domain information in a clear and concise manner. For simpler concepts, controlled lists of terms are used to ensure the data is uniform across participating studies.

While usage of the SCP Metadata Convention is optional, using the SCP Metadata Convention will enable your data to be discovered through our upcoming advanced metadata search interface. When metadata files for an SCP study are ingested using the SCP Metadata Convention, extra validation steps are applied to ensure your metadata conforms to the requirements of the metadata convention. Note that non-Metadata Convention metadata is not stored for advanced metadata search.

Important aspects of working with the SCP metadata convention:

Required Metadata
Metadata Validation

How to upload your metadata file with the metadata convention (File upload wizard interface):

To validate your metadata file against the metadata convention, select the "yes" option.

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  7. File Definitions
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  11. Downloading Data
  12. Managing Email Notifications
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