Cell Schema (Experimental)#

The cell object acts as point of reference for all data that can be related to an individual cell, either by direct observation or inference.

File Format Specification#

The file format has not been specified yet.

Name	Type	Attributes	Definition
`cell_id`	string	required, identifier	Identifier for the Cell object. This identifier must be unique within a given study, but it is recommended that it be a universally unique record locator to enable database applications.
`rearrangements`	array of string	required, nullable	Array of sequence identifiers defined for the Rearrangement objects associated with this cell
`receptors`	array of string	optional, nullable	Array of receptor identifiers defined for the Receptor objects associated with this cell
`repertoire_id`	string	required, nullable	Identifier to the associated repertoire in study metadata.
`data_processing_id`	string	optional, nullable	Identifier of the data processing object in the repertoire metadata for this cell.
`expression_study_method`	string	optional, nullable	Keyword describing the methodology used to assess expression. This values for this field MUST come from a controlled vocabulary.
`expression_raw_doi`	string	optional, nullable	DOI of raw data set containing the current event
`expression_index`	string	optional, nullable	Index addressing the current event within the raw data set.
`virtual_pairing`	boolean	required, nullable	boolean to indicate if pairing was inferred.