Metadata

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The metadata.json gathers together the other metadata files and adds information about where the data asset is stored.

Core file

Metadata

The records in the Data Asset Collection needs to contain certain fields to easily query and index the data.

Field

Type

Description

name

str

Name of the data asset.

location

str

Current location of the data asset.

other_identifiers

Optional[Dict[Database, List[str]]]

Links to the data asset on secondary platforms.

subject

Optional[Subject]

Subject of data collection.

data_description

Optional[DataDescription]

A logical collection of data files.

procedures

Optional[Procedures]

All procedures performed on a subject.

instrument

Optional[Instrument]

Devices used to acquire data.

processing

Optional[Processing]

All processes run on data.

acquisition

Optional[Acquisition]

Data acquisition

quality_control

Optional[QualityControl]

Description of quality metrics for a data asset

model

Optional[Model]

Description of a machine learning model trained on data.