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MSImaging 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: Preparation
Parameter Value[Sample mounting] single column Required
MinLength: 1
Parameter Value[Sample preservation] single column Required
MinLength: 1
Parameter Value[Tissue modification] single column Required
MinLength: 1
Parameter Value[Sectioning instrument] single column
Parameter Value[Section thickness] single column and unit ontology
Parameter Value[Matrix] single column
Parameter Value[Matrix application] single column
Extract Name single column
Labeled Extract Name single 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] single column Required
MinLength: 1
Parameter Value[Instrument manufacturer] single column
Parameter Value[Ion source] single column Required
MinLength: 1
Parameter Value[Mass analyzer] single column Required
MinLength: 1

Controls
Parameter Value[Solvent] single column Required
MinLength: 1
Parameter Value[Target material] single column
Parameter Value[Spatial resolution] single column and unit ontology
Parameter Value[Pixel size x] single column and unit ontology
Parameter Value[Pixel size y] single column and unit ontology
Parameter Value[Max count of pixel x] single column
Parameter Value[Max count of pixel y] single column
Parameter Value[Max dimension x] single column and unit ontology
Parameter Value[Max dimension y] single column and unit ontology
Parameter Value[Inlet type] single column
Parameter Value[Detector] single column
Parameter Value[Detector mode] single column
Parameter Value[Resolving power] single column Required
MinLength: 1
Parameter Value[Resolving power m/z] single column Required
MinLength: 1
Parameter Value[Native spectrum identifier format] single column
Parameter Value[Data file content] single column
Parameter Value[Spectrum representation] single column
Parameter Value[Raw data file format] single column
Parameter Value[Instrument software] single column
Parameter Value[Instrument software version] single column
Parameter Value[Line scan direction] single column Required
MinLength: 1
Parameter Value[Linescan sequence] single column Required
MinLength: 1
Parameter Value[Scan pattern] single column Required
MinLength: 1
Parameter Value[Scan type] single column Required
MinLength: 1
Parameter Value[Number of scans] single column
MS Assay Name single column Controls
Raw Spectral Data File single column
Protocol REF single column Required
Default: Histology
Parameter Value[Stain] single column
Parameter Value[High-res image] single column
Parameter Value[Low-res image] single column
Protocol REF single column Required
Default: Data transformation
Normalization Name single column
Derived Spectral Data File single column
Parameter Value[Data Transformation software] single column
Parameter Value[Data Transformation software version] single column
Protocol REF single column Required
Default: Metabolite identification
Data Transformation Name single column
Metabolite Assignment File single column Required
MinLength: 1