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GCxGC-MS Assay File Default Structure v1.0

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Header Column Structure Constraints
Description
Examples
Sample Name single column Required
MinLength: 1

Controls
Protocol REF single column Required
Default: Extraction
Parameter Value[Post Extraction] single column
Parameter Value[Derivatization] single column Controls
Extract Name single column
Protocol REF single column Required
Default: Chromatography
Parameter Value[Chromatography Instrument] ontology column Required
MinLength: 5
Parameter Value[Autosampler model] single column
Parameter Value[Column model 1] single column Required
MinLength: 5
Parameter Value[Column type 1] single column Required
MinLength: 5
Parameter Value[Guard column] single column
Parameter Value[Column model 2] single column Required
MinLength: 5
Parameter Value[Column type 2] single column Required
MinLength: 5
Labeled Extract Name single column
Label ontology column
Protocol REF single column Required
Default: Mass spectrometry
Parameter Value[Scan polarity] single column Required
MinLength: 1

Controls
Parameter Value[Scan m/z range] single column Required
MinLength: 1
Parameter Value[Instrument] ontology column Required
MinLength: 1
Parameter Value[Ion source] ontology column
Parameter Value[Mass analyzer] ontology column Controls
MS Assay Name single column Controls
Raw Spectral Data File single column
Protocol REF single column Default: Data transformation
Normalization Name single column
Derived Spectral Data File single column
Protocol REF single column Required
Default: Metabolite identification
Data Transformation Name single column
Metabolite Assignment File single column Required
MinLength: 1