ClarID Specification Tables

Biosample

Human format

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#	Component	Source field	Type	Pattern / Format	Built from
1	Project	project.code	string	free string	codebook value (if present)
2	Species	species.code	string	6-letter binomial acronym (e.g. HomSap)	codebook value
3	Subject ID	subject_id	integer→str	zero-pad to 5 digits (default)	sprintf("%0${pad}d",$sid)
4	Tissue	tissue.code	string	exactly 3 letters [A-Z]{3}	codebook value
5	Sample Type	sample_type.code	string	exactly 3 letters [A-Z]{3}	codebook value
6	Assay	assay.code	string	exactly 3 letters [A-Z]{3}	codebook value
7	Condition	condition	string	ICD-10 diagnose code(s) [A-Z]\d{2}(?:\.\d+)? (≤10),	used verbatim (or concatenated with +)
8	Timepoint	timepoint	string	alphanumeric events e.g. Baseline	codebook value
9	Duration	duration	string	ISO 8601 3-char (P1D,P7W,P3M,P1Y) or P0N (Not Available)	duration_pattern
10	Batch (opt)	batch	integer→str	B%02d (e.g. B01)	batch_pattern
11	Replicate (opt)	replicate	integer→str	R%02d (e.g. R05)	replicate_pattern

Stub format

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#	Component	Source field	Type	Pattern / Format	Built from
1	Project stub	project.stub_code	string	free string	codebook value
2	Species stub	species.stub_code	string	2-char codebook stub (Base62 alphabet)	codebook value
3	Subject stub	subject_id	integer→Base62	width 3 (default) — max 238,327	3-char Base62 from integer
4	Tissue stub	tissue.stub_code	string	1–3 chars	codebook value
5	Sample Type stub	sample_type.stub_code	string	1–3 chars	codebook value
6	Assay stub	assay.stub_code	string	1–3 chars	codebook value
7	Condition stub	condition	code→Base62	N × 3-char Base62 stubs + 2-digit count (%02d)	codebook order + 3-char Base62 from integer
8	Timepoint stub	timepoint.stub_code	string	1–2 chars	codebook value
9	Duration stub	duration	string	digits+unit (e.g. 7W)	duration_pattern
10	Batch stub (opt)	batch	integer	B%02d (e.g. B01)	batch_pattern
11	Replicate stub (opt)	replicate	integer	R%02d (e.g. R05)	replicate_pattern

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Subject

Human format

Delimiter: -

#	Component	Source field	Type	Pattern / Format	Built from
1	Study	study	string	free string	codebook value (if present)
2	Subject ID	subject_id	integer→str	zero-pad to 5 digits (default)	sprintf("%0${pad}d",$sid)
3	Type	type.code	string	codebook codes	codebook value
4	Condition	condition	string	ICD-10 diagnose code(s) [A-Z]\d{2}(?:\.\d+)? (≤10),	used verbatim (or concatenated with +)
5	Sex	sex.code	string	codebook codes	codebook value
6	Age Group	age_group.code	string	codebook codes	codebook value

Stub format

Delimiter: (none)

#	Component	Source field	Type	Pattern / Format	Built from
1	Study stub	study.stub_code	string	free string	codebook value (if present)
2	Subject ID stub	subject_id	integer→Base62	width 3 (default) — max 238,327	3-char Base62 from integer
3	Type stub	type.stub_code	string	1 char	codebook value
4	Condition stub	condition	code→Base62	N × 3-char Base62 stubs + 2-digit count (%02d)	codebook order + 3-char Base62 from integer
5	Sex stub	sex.stub_code	string	1 char	codebook value
6	Age Group stub	age_group.stub_code	string	2 chars	codebook value