@david4096 provided an example from interchange of the Populations field of
the 1kgenomes data:
"Population": [
"GBR"
],
This seems a little bit unclear as we don't know whether it refers to the collection of the sample or the country of origin of the individual or reflects ethnicity of the individual.
Based on experience in the GWAS catalog, it may be useful to consider having:
BROAD ANCESTRAL CATEGORY: Broad ancestral category to which the individuals in the sample belong
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Country of origin of the individuals in the sample
COUNTRY OF RECRUITMENT: Country of recruitment of the individuals in the sample
ADDITONAL ANCESTRY DESCRIPTION: Any other information relevant to the sample description
The Ancestro could be used to formalise those fields.
mcourtot
commented
7 years ago
@david4096 provided an example from interchange of the
Populationsfield of the 1kgenomes data:This seems a little bit unclear as we don't know whether it refers to the collection of the sample or the country of origin of the individual or reflects ethnicity of the individual.
Based on experience in the GWAS catalog, it may be useful to consider having:
The Ancestro could be used to formalise those fields.
cc @mbaudis