2019-12-03 Call

Agenda

Nils Gehlenborg: administrative issues (5 min)
- Naming of the group: https://forms.gle/7f4WCMfcdt7ZvYxd6
- Reminder to submit consortium descriptions and links: https://forms.gle/anmLtNoSM1BRcWcX9
Milen Nikolov: metadata use cases (30 min)
- Getting a presentation on the scRNA-seq metadata definition paper, and how this metadata definition (and also the associated model-definition process) can extend to defining metadata for a biosample core and other assay types that we can harmonize on would be a fantastic start!
- We are already using this preprint to guide our scRNA-seq metadata at HTAN and have developed simple tools to consume very similar metadata tables (to the ones outlined in the scRNA-seq pre-print) into Schema.org- and JSONSchemas-encoded data model; we generalized a bit their attributes table so that we can handle other types of metadata (and relationships between attributes).
All: other business

Use cases as metadata parameters - useful approach
Development of use cases was challenging
Could develop agreed required fields across consortia if high priority queries closely align
Maggie/Nils: Organize future portal call on CCF data specs (what to document and what data formats)
All: Continue to vote on name for site/submit consortium descriptions