Journal of Clinical Bioinformatics

Table 1 Standardized parameters for meta-data

From: Huvariome: a web server resource of whole genome next-generation sequencing allelic frequencies to aid in pathological candidate gene selection

Parameter	Description	Limit
Age	Age	Variable
Gender	Male , Female, other	Fixed
Ethnicity	HapMap groups	Fixed
Country of origin (if known)	UK, Netherlands, …	Variable
Study Type	Cancer, Family, Reference	Fixed
Biomaterial	Blood, Tissue, Cell line	Fixed
Biomaterial Subtype	PBMC, WBC, Heart, B-cell, …	Variable
Biomaterial Source	Peripheral vien, …	Variable
Biomaterial Modification	EBV transformed, …	Variable

The Description defines the options that are available for each Parameter. A parameter for which the Limit is fixed means that there are a fixed number of possible values whereas one that is Variable is stored as any value (free text or numeric).

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