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individuals defaultSchema

Term Description Type Properties Example Enum
diseases Diseases diagnosed e.g. to an individual, defined by diseaseID, age of onset, stage, level of severity, outcome and the presence of family history. Similarities to GA4GH Phenopackets v2 Disease array ageOfOnset, diseaseCode, familyHistory, notes, severity, stage NA NA
ethnicity Ethnic background of the individual. Value from NCIT Race (NCIT:C17049) ontology term descendants, e.g. NCIT:C126531 (Latin American). A geographic ancestral origin category that is assigned to a population group based mainly on physical characteristics that are thought to be distinct and inherent. [ NCI ] object id, label [{"id": "NCIT:C42331", "label": "African"}, {"id": "NCIT:C41260", "label": "Asian"}, {"id": "NCIT:C126535", "label": "Australian"}, {"id": "NCIT:C43851", "label": "European"}, {"id": "NCIT:C77812", "label": "North American"}, {"id": "NCIT:C126531", "label": "Latin American"}, {"id": "NCIT:C104495", "label": "Other race"}] NA
exposures Exposures (lifestyle, behavioural exposures) occurred to individual, defined by exposure ID, date and age of onset, dose, and duration. array ageAtExposure, date, duration, exposureCode, unit, value NA NA
geographicOrigin Individual's country or region of origin (birthplace or residence place regardless of ethnic origin). Value from GAZ Geographic Location ontology (GAZ:00000448), e.g. GAZ:00002459 (United States of America). object id, label [{"id": "GAZ:00002955", "label": "Slovenia"}, {"id": "GAZ:00002459", "label": "United States of America"}, {"id": "GAZ:00316959", "label": "Municipality of El Masnou"}, {"id": "GAZ:00000460", "label": "Eurasia"}] NA
id Individual identifier (internal ID). string NA P0001 NA
info Placeholder to allow the Beacon to return any additional information that is necessary or could be of interest in relation to the query or the entry returned. It is recommended to encapsulate additional informations in this attribute instead of directly adding attributes at the same level than the others in order to avoid collision in the names of attributes in future versions of the specification. object NA NA NA
interventionsOrProcedures Class describing a clinical procedure or intervention. Provenance: GA4GH Phenopackets v2 Procedure array ageAtProcedure, bodySite, dateOfProcedure, procedureCode NA NA
karyotypicSex The chromosomal sex of an individual represented from a selection of options. string NA NA UNKNOWN_KARYOTYPE, XX, XY, XO, XXY, XXX, XXYY, XXXY, XXXX, XYY, OTHER_KARYOTYPE
measures Definition of a measurement class. Provenance: GA4GH Phenopackets v2 Measurement array assayCode, date, measurementValue, notes, observationMoment, procedure NA NA
pedigrees Pedigree studies in which the individual is part of. array disease, id, members, numSubjects NA NA
phenotypicFeatures Used to describe a phenotype that characterizes the subject or biosample. array evidence, excluded, featureType, modifiers, notes, onset, resolution, severity NA NA
sex Sex of the individual. Value from NCIT General Qualifier (NCIT:C27993): 'unknown' (not assessed or not available) (NCIT:C17998), 'female' (NCIT:C16576), or 'male', (NCIT:C20197). object id, label [{"id": "NCIT:C16576", "label": "female"}, {"id": "NCIT:C20197", "label": "male"}, {"id": "NCIT:C1799", "label": "unknown"}] NA
treatments Treatment(s) prescribed/administered, defined by treatment ID, date and age of onset, dose, schedule and duration. array ageAtOnset, cumulativeDose, doseIntervals, routeOfAdministration, treatmentCode NA NA

Examples

These are examples extracted directly from the GitHub repository.

{
    "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
    "id": "Ind001",
    "sex": {
        "id": "NCIT:C16576",
        "label": "female"
    }
}
{
    "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
    "diseases": [
        {
            "ageOfOnset": {
                "ageGroup": {
                    "id": "NCIT:C49685",
                    "label": "Adult 18-65 Years Old"
                }
            },
            "diseaseCode": {
                "id": "OMIM:164400",
                "label": "Spinocerebellar ataxia 1"
            },
            "familyHistory": false,
            "severity": {
                "id": "HP:0012829",
                "label": "Profound"
            },
            "stage": {
                "id": "OGMS:0000119",
                "label": "acute onset"
            }
        }
    ],
    "ethnicity": {
        "id": "NCIT:C43851",
        "label": "European"
    },
    "geographicOrigin": {
        "id": "GAZ:00002955",
        "label": "Slovenia"
    },
    "id": "Ind001",
    "measures": [
        {
            "assayCode": {
                "id": "LOINC:26515-7",
                "label": "Platelets [#/volume] in Blood"
            },
            "date": "2017-05-03",
            "measurementValue": {
                "units": {
                    "id": "NCIT:C103452",
                    "label": "Per Milliliter"
                },
                "value": 55345
            },
            "observationMoment": {
                "age": {
                    "iso8601duration": "P55Y8M12D"
                }
            }
        }
    ],
    "sex": {
        "id": "NCIT:C16576",
        "label": "female"
    }
}