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TableInfo: ncbi_taxonomy.tsv

Amanda Charbonneau edited this page Mar 4, 2021 · 11 revisions

This table does not need to be manually created (but it can be). Users can build the rest of their data package and then use the CFDE Helper script to automatically build this table from the completed tables.

Field Field Description Required? Attributes Extra Info
id An NCBI Taxonomy Database ID identifying a particular taxon Required Value type is string NCBI Taxonomy lookup service Example valid ids: NCBI:txid9606, NCBI:txid3702, NCBI:txid10116
clade The phylogenetic level (e.g. species, genus) assigned to this taxon Required Value type is string
name A short, human-readable, machine-read-friendly label for this taxon Non-required: Any number of rows after the header can be filled Value type is string
description A human-readable description of this Uberon term Non-required: Any number of rows after the header can be filled Value type is string
synonyms Pipe-separated list of synonyms alternate NCBI Taxonomy IDs) equivalent to this taxon Non-required: Any number of rows after the header can be filled Value must be a valid NCBI Taxonomy Database ID

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