Prepare your metadata based on the latest metadata schema using one of the template files below. See the instructions in the Metadata Validation Workflow document for more information on preparing and validating your metadata.tsv file prior to submission.

Related files:

• 📝 Excel template: For metadata entry.
• 📝 TSV template: Alternative for metadata entry.

This link lists the set of fields that are required in the OME TIFF file XML header.

Metadata schema

Version 2 (use this one)

Directory schemas

Version 2.0 (use this one)

pattern	required?	description
extras\/.*	✓	Folder for general lab-specific files related to the dataset.
raw\/.*	✓	This is a directory containing raw data.
raw\/dbit_seq\/.*		This is a directory containing raw data exclusive to DBiT-seq.
lab_processed\/.*	✓	Experiment files that were processed by the lab generating the data.
lab_processed\/dbit_seq\/.*		Experiment files that were processed by the lab generating the data exclusive to DBiT-seq.