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Overview

Metadata is data that describes other data. On this page, we've detailed TARGET GRCh38 metadata that are available for viewing and filtering TARGET GRCh38 data in the Data Browser. TARGET GRCh38 metadata on the CGC consists of properties which describe the entities of the TARGET GRCh38 dataset.

Entities are particular resources with UUIDs, such as files, cases, samples, and cell lines.

Properties can either describe an entity or relate that entity to another entity. For instance, properties include an entity's vital status, gender, data format, or experimental strategy.

Entities for TARGET GRCh38

The following are entities for TARGET GRCh38.

  • investigation
  • case
  • demographic
  • diagnosis
  • sample
  • aliquot
  • read_group
  • read_group_qc
  • file
  • analysis

Below, each of these entities is followed by a table of their related properties.

Investigation

The investigation entity represents the project or study that generated the data. Members of the investigation entity can be identified by a Universally Unique Identifier (UUID). Find the properties of the investigation entity below.

PropertyDescription
dbGaP accession numberThe dbGaP accession number provided for each study. See NCI Thesaurus Code: C25402.
Investigation nameThe full name of the project or study that generated the data. See NCI Thesaurus Code: C41198.

Case

The case entity represents TARGET cases. Members of the case entity are subjects who have taken part in an investigation or program and can be identified by a Universally Unique Identifier (UUID). See the table below for the clinical properties and descriptions of the case entity.

PropertyDescription
Submitter IDUsually a human-readable identifier, such as a number or a string that may contain metadata information. In some instances, this can also be a UUID.
Disease typeThe type of the disease or condition studied. See NCI Thesaurus Code: C2991.
Primary siteThe anatomical site where the primary tumor is located in the organism. See NCI Thesaurus Code: C43761.

Demographic

The demographic entity represents the statistical characterization of human populations or segments of human populations (e.g., characterization by age, sex, race, or income) and can be identified by a Universally Unique Identifier (UUID). Find the properties of the demographic entity below.

PropertyDescription
Submitter IDUsually a human-readable identifier, such as a number or a string that may contain metadata information. In some instances, this can also be a UUID.
EthnicityA socially-defined category of people based on common ancestral, cultural, biological, and social factors. See NCI Thesaurus Code: C29933.
RaceA classification of humans characterized by certain heritable traits, common history, nationality, or geographic distribution. See NCI Thesaurus Code: C17049.
GenderThe collection of behaviors and attitudes that distinguish people on the basis of the societal roles expected for the two sexes. See NCI Thesaurus Code: C17357.

Diagnosis

The diagnosis entity represents the investigation, analysis, or recognition of the presence and nature of a disease, condition, or injury from expressed signs and symptoms. A diagnosis can be identified by a Universally Unique Identifier (UUID). Find the properties of the diagnosis entity below.

PropertyDescription
Submitter IDUsually a human-readable identifier, such as a number or a string that may contain metadata information. In some instances, this can also be a UUID.
Age at diagnosisThe age in years of the Case at the initial pathological diagnosis of the disease or cancer. See NCI Thesaurus Code: C15220.
Days to deathThe time interval from the date of initial pathologic diagnosis to a person's date of death, represented as a calculated number of days. See CDE (Common Data Element) Public ID: 3165475.
Days to last follow upThe time interval from the date of the last follow up to the date to the current date, represented as a calculated number of days. See CDE (Common Data Element) Public ID: 3008273.
MorphologyThe morphology code which describes the characteristics of the tumor itself, including its cell type and biologic activity, according to the third edition of the International Classification of Diseases for Oncology (ICD-O). See CDE (Common Data Element) Public ID: 3226275.
Primary diagnosisText term for the structural pattern of cancer cells used to define a microscopic diagnosis. See CDE (Common Data Element) Public ID: 3081934.
Site of resection or biopsyThe topography code which describes the anatomical site of origin of the neoplasm according to the third edition of the International Classification of Diseases for Oncology (ICD-O). See NCI Thesaurus Code: C37978. See CDE (Common Data Element) Public ID: 3226281.
Tumor stageThe extent of a cancer in the body. Staging is usually based on the size of the tumor, whether lymph nodes contain cancer, and whether the cancer has spread from the original site to other parts of the body. NCI Thesaurus Code: C16899; also see NCI Thesaurus Code: C28257 for Pathological stage.
Vital statusThe state of being living or deceased for Cases that are part of the investigation. See NCI Thesaurus Code: C25717.

Sample

The sample entity represents samples or specimen material taken from a biological entity for testing, diagnosis, propagation, treatment, or research purposes. For instance, samples include tissues, body fluids, cells, organs, embryos, and body excretory products. Members of the sample entity can be identified by a Universally Unique Identifier (UUID). Find the properties of the sample entity below.

PropertyDescription
Submitter IDUsually a human-readable identifier, such as a number or a string that may contain metadata information. In some instances, this can also be a UUID.
Sample typeThe type of material taken from a biological entity for testing, diagnosis, propagation, treatment, or research purposes. This includes tissues, body fluids, cells, organs, embryos, body excretory products, etc. See NCI Thesaurus Code: C70713.
Sample type IDA code that determines type of material taken from a biological entity for testing, diagnosis, propagation, treatment, or research purposes. This includes tissues, body fluids, cells, organs, embryos, body excretory products, etc. See NCI Thesaurus Code: C70713.
Tumor codeThe diagnostic tumor code of the tissue sample source.
Tumor Code IDA BCR-defined ID code for the tumor sample.

Aliquot

The aliquot entity represents to aliquots, products or units extracted from a sample or specimen 's portion and prepared for analysis. Members of the aliquot entity can be identified by a Universally Unique Identifier (UUID). Find the properties of the aliquot entity below.

PropertyDescription
Submitter IDUsually a human-readable identifier, such as a number or a string that may contain metadata information. In some instances, this can also be a UUID.

Read group

The read group entity refers to the sequencing reads from one lane of an NGS experiment. Members of the read group entity can be identified by a Universally Unique Identifier (UUID). Find the properties of the read group entity below.

PropertyDescription
Submitter IDUsually a human-readable identifier, such as a number or a string that may contain metadata information. In some instances, this can also be a UUID.
Read group nameThe name of the read group.
Experiment nameA submitter-defined name for the experiment.
Instrument modelA specific model of sequencing instrument used.
Is paired endA Boolean value which denotes whether sequence reads are paired end or not.
Library nameThe name of the sequencing library preparation.
Library strategyThe sequencing technique intended for the library.
PlatformThe version (for instance, manufacturer or model) of the technology that was used for sequencing or assaying. See NCI Thesaurus Code: C45378.
Read lengthThe length of the reads.
Sequencing centerThe name of the center that provided the sequence files.
Sequencing dateThe date of sequencing.
Target capture kit catalog numberThe catalog number of target capture kit.
Target capture kit nameThe name of the target capture kit.
Target capture kit target regionThe target region for target capture kit.
Target capture kit vendorThe vendor of target capture kit.
Target capture kit versionThe version of a target capture kit.

Read group QC

The read group QC represents read group quality control. Members of the read group QC entity can be identified with a Universally Unique Identifier (UUID). Find the properties of the read group QC entity below.

PropertyDescripton
Submitter IDUsually a human-readable identifier, such as a number or a string that may contain metadata information. In some instances, this can also be a UUID.
Adapter contentAn analysis module for quality control checks. Please refer to quality control tool for high throughput sequence data at http://www.bioinformatics.babraham.ac.uk/projects/fastqc/Help/3%20Analysis%20Modules/.
Basic statisticsAn analysis module for quality control checks. Please refer to quality control tool for high throughput sequence data at http://www.bioinformatics.babraham.ac.uk/projects/fastqc/Help/3%20Analysis%20Modules/.
EncodingThe version of ASCII encoding of quality values found in the file.
FASTQ nameThe names of FASTQs.
Kmer contentThe number of times the kmer occurs in the sequence. Analysis module for quality control checks. Please refer to quality control tool for high throughput sequence data at http://www.bioinformatics.babraham.ac.uk/projects/fastqc/Help/3%20Analysis%20Modules/.
Overrepresented sequencesThe analysis module for quality control checks. Please refer to quality control tool for high throughput sequence data at http://www.bioinformatics.babraham.ac.uk/projects/fastqc/Help/3%20Analysis%20Modules/.
Per base N contentThe analysis module for quality control checks. Please refer to quality control tool for high throughput sequence data at http://www.bioinformatics.babraham.ac.uk/projects/fastqc/Help/3%20Analysis%20Modules/.
Per base sequence contentThe analysis module for quality control checks. Please refer to quality control tool for high throughput sequence data at http://www.bioinformatics.babraham.ac.uk/projects/fastqc/Help/3%20Analysis%20Modules/.
Per base sequence qualityThe analysis module for quality control checks. Please refer to quality control tool for high throughput sequence data at http://www.bioinformatics.babraham.ac.uk/projects/fastqc/Help/3%20Analysis%20Modules/.
Per sequence GC contentThe analysis module for quality control checks. Please refer to quality control tool for high throughput sequence data at http://www.bioinformatics.babraham.ac.uk/projects/fastqc/Help/3%20Analysis%20Modules/.
Per sequence quality scoreThe analysis module for quality control checks. Please refer to quality control tool for high throughput sequence data at http://www.bioinformatics.babraham.ac.uk/projects/fastqc/Help/3%20Analysis%20Modules/.
Per tile sequence qualityThe analysis module for quality control checks. Please refer to quality control tool for high throughput sequence data at http://www.bioinformatics.babraham.ac.uk/projects/fastqc/Help/3%20Analysis%20Modules/.
Percent GC contentThe overall %GC of all bases in all sequences.
Sequence duplication levelsThe analysis module for quality control checks. Please refer to quality control tool for high throughput sequence data at http://www.bioinformatics.babraham.ac.uk/projects/fastqc/Help/3%20Analysis%20Modules/.
Sequence length distributionThe analysis module for quality control checks. Please refer to quality control tool for high throughput sequence data at http://www.bioinformatics.babraham.ac.uk/projects/fastqc/Help/3%20Analysis%20Modules/.
Total sequencesThe analysis module for quality control checks. Please refer to quality control tool for high throughput sequence data at http://www.bioinformatics.babraham.ac.uk/projects/fastqc/Help/3%20Analysis%20Modules/.
Workflow start datetimeThe start of the analysis workflow in datetime format.
Workflow end datetimeThe end of the analysis workflow in datatime format.
Workflow linkThe link to Github hash for the CWL workflow used (GDC related).
Workflow typeA generic name for the workflow used to analyze data.
Workflow versionThe version of the workflow used to analyze data.

File

The file entity refers to the files in TARGET GRCh38 produced by aliquot analyses. Members of the file entity can be identified by a Universally Unique Identifier (UUID). Find the properties of the file entity below.

PropertyDescription
Submitter IDUsually a human-readable identifier, such as a number or a string that may contain metadata information. In some instances, this can also be a UUID.
Data categoryThe classification of data used in (or produced by) the analysis, based on its form and content. See NCI Thesaurus Code: C42645.
Data typeA further, more specific classification of the data category, based on the information that it contains.
Data formatThe type of format that determines data content.
Experimental strategyThe method or protocol used to perform the laboratory analysis. See NCI Thesaurus Code: C43622.
File sizeThe size of a file measured in bytes (B), kilobytes (KB), megabytes (MB), gigabytes (GB), terabytes (TB), and larger values.
Access levelA Boolean value indicating Controlled Data or Open Data. Controlled Data is data from public datasets that has limitations on use and requires approval by dbGaP. Open Data is data from public datasets that doesn't have limitations on its use.
PlatformThe version (for instance, manufacturer or model) of the technology that was used for sequencing or assaying. See NCI Thesaurus Code: C45378.
Genome buildThe reference genome or assembly (such as HG19/GRCh37 or GRCh38) to which the nucleotide sequence of a case/subject/sample can be aligned.
Genome nameThe reference genome or assembly that also contains decoy viral sequence to which the nucleotide sequence of a case/subject/sample can be aligned.
GDC file UUIDThe unique identifier for a file, such as a UUID.

Analysis

The analysis entity represents analysis workflows used for processing data. Members of the analysis entity can be identified by a Universally Unique Identifier (UUID). Find the properties of the analysis entity below.

PropertyDescription
Submitter IDUsually a human-readable identifier, such as a number or a string that may contain metadata information. In some instances, this can also be a UUID.
Workflow linkA link to Github hash for the CWL workflow used (GDC related).
Workflow typeThe generic name for the workflow used to analyze data.
Workflow versionThe version of the workflow used to analyze data.