ucsd-ccbb / qiimp

Web application to collect metadata specifications from an experimenter and produce metadata input files with appropriate constraints
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How should users handle blanks in metadata? #175

Open AmandaBirmingham opened 5 years ago

AmandaBirmingham commented 5 years ago

@adswafford Got communication from a user who wanted to put blanks into their template and was frustrated because they couldn't enter "Not Applicable" for height/weight/age/etc (because the sample type they picked, e.g. human skin or whatever, requires those). I assume that you want to maintain this requirement, yes? If so, what (alternate) package do you want them to use for blanks--Other EBI-Submittable Environment > Other? Question may overlap with #174 Add template for controls ...