Type: object
Description: An individual is a single organism (here typically a human).

Properties

ageAtCollection

• type: https://schemablocks.org/schemas/sb-phenopackets/v1.0.0/Age.json [LINK]

An age object describing the age of the individual at the time of collection. The Age object allows the encoding of the age either as ISO8601 duration or time interval (preferred), or as ontology term object.

ageAtCollection Value Example

{
   "age" : "P14Y"
}

ageRangeAtCollection

• type: https://schemablocks.org/schemas/sb-phenopackets/v1.0.0/AgeRange.json [LINK]

An age object describing the age of the individual at the time of collection. The Age object allows the encoding of the age either as ISO8601 duration or time interval (preferred), or as ontology term object.

ageRangeAtCollection Value Example

{
   "start" : {
      "age" : "P14Y"
   }
}

alternateIds

• type: array of “string”

An optional list of alternative identifiers for this individual. This field is provided for the convenience of users who may have multiple mappings to an individual which they need to track.

alternateIds Value Example

[
   "another_id"
]

dateOfBirth

• type: string

The date of birth of the individual as an ISO8601 UTC timestamp - rounded down to the closest known year/month/day/hour/minute

dateOfBirth Value Example

"2018-03-01T00:00:00Z"

id

• type: string

The local-unique identifier of this individual

id Value Example

"AM_BS__NCBISKYCGH-1993"

karyotypicSex

• type:

Karyotypic sex of the individual, one of UNKNOWN_KARYOTYPE, XX, XY, XO, XXY, XXX, XXYY, XXXY, XXXX, XYY, OTHER_KARYO,

karyotypicSex Value Example

"XX"

sex

• type:

The phenotypic/ administrative sex of the individual, one of UNKNOWN_SEX, FEMALE, MALE, OTHER_SEX

sex Value Example

"FEMALE"

taxonomy

• type: https://schemablocks.org/schemas/sb-phenopackets/v1.0.0/OntologyClass.json [LINK]

NCBI taxonomic identifier. For resources where there may be more than one organism being studied it is advisable to indicate the taxonomic identifier of that organism, to its most specific level

taxonomy Value Example

{
   "id" : "NCBITaxon:9606",
   "label" : "Homo sapiens"
}

Individual Value Example

{
   "id" : "SAMN05324082-individual",
   "sex" : "MALE",
   "taxonomy" : {
      "id" : "NCBITaxon:9606",
      "label" : "Homo sapiens"
   }
}