TableInfo: file_describes_biosample.tsv

If fully filled, file_describes_biosample.tsv will contain one row for every combination of file and biosample in your program.

If a row is filled, it must be filled for all columns, but there is no minimum number of rows that must be filled. You can choose any subset of files/biosamples.

Some examples:

• If you have exactly one biosample in each file, this table will have the same number of rows as file.tsv
• If you have two biosamples in every file, this table will have two rows for each file, each linking to a single biosample
• If you have 3 files for each biosample, this table will have 3 rows for each biosample, each linking to a single file

Field	Field Description	Required?	Attributes	Extra Info
file_id_namespace	Identifier namespace for this file	Required if table is populated	If a row has this value, it must have a value for every column Value type is string	For each row this will be the value of id_namespace in file.tsv for this file. If your program has not implemented multiple id_namespaces, this will be exactly the same for all rows and in the collection_id_namespace column
file_local_id	The ID of this file	Required if table is populated	For each row this will be the value of local_id in file.tsv for the file that describes this biosample. If a biosample has multiple files, it should have multiple rows. Concatenating values in this column will invalidate your submission
biosample_id_namespace	Identifier namespace for this biosample	Required if table is populated	If a row has this value, it must have a value for every column Value type is string	For each row this will be the value of id_namespace in biosample.tsv for the file that describes this biosample. If your program has not implemented multiple id_namespaces, this will be exactly the same for all rows and in the collection_id_namespace column
biosample_local_id	The ID of this biosample	Required if table is populated	If a row has this value, it must have a value for every column Value type is string	For each row this will be the value of local_id in biosample.tsv for the file that describes this biosample.