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Cell Taxonomy Schema

URI: https://w3id.org/brain-bican/cell-taxonomy

Name: CellTaxonomy

Classes

Class Description
Annotation Biolink Model root class for entity annotations
        QuantityValue A value of an attribute that is quantitative and measurable, expressed as a c...
AnnotationCollection
ChemicalEntityOrGeneOrGeneProduct A union of chemical entities and children, and gene or gene product
Entity Root Biolink Model class for all things and informational relationships, real...
        Checksum Checksum values associated with digital entities
        NamedThing a databased entity or concept/class
                Activity An activity is something that occurs over a period of time and acts upon or w...
                Attribute A property or characteristic of an entity
                BiologicalEntity
                        Gene A region (or regions) that includes all of the sequence elements necessary to...
                                GeneAnnotation Represents a single gene
                        Genome A genome is the sum of genetic material within a cell or virion
                                GenomeAnnotation Represents a genome annotation
                Cell A single cell observation in the taxonomy; corresponds to one row in the obs ...
                CellTypeSet A named annotation level in the taxonomy hierarchy (e
                CellTypeTaxon A node in the cell type taxonomy representing a unit of cell type classificat...
                CellTypeTaxonomy A systematic classification of cell types and their hierarchical relationship...
                Cluster A single cluster resulting from a clustering algorithm; groups cells with sim...
                ClusterSet The set of clusters produced by a single clustering run
                Embedding A dimensionality reduction of the cell-by-gene matrix (e
                ExpressionMatrix A cell-by-gene matrix of molecular measurements
                GenomeAssembly Represents a genome assembly
                InformationContentEntity a piece of information that typically describes some topic of discourse or is...
                        Dataset an item that refers to a collection of data from a data source
                        StudyResult A collection of data items from a study that are about a particular study sub...
                                RelativeFrequencyAnalysisResult A result of a relative frequency analysis
                OrganismTaxon A classification of a set of organisms
                PhysicalEntity An entity that has material reality (a
                        MaterialSample A sample is a limited quantity of something (e
                Procedure A series of actions conducted in a certain order or manner
                VersionedNamedThing An iteration of the biolink:NamedThing class that stores metadata about the o...
                        AnatomicalAnnotationSet An anatomical annotation set is a versioned release of a set of anatomical an...
                        AnatomicalSpace An anatomical space is versioned release of a mathematical space with a defin...
                        ImageDataset An image dataset is versioned release of a multidimensional regular grid of m...
                        ParcellationAtlas A parcellation atlas is a versioned release reference used to guide experimen...
                        ParcellationColorScheme A parcellation color scheme is a versioned release color palette that can be ...
                        ParcellationTerm A parcellation term is an individual term within a specific parcellation term...
                        ParcellationTerminology A parcellation terminology is a versioned release set of terms that can be us...
                        ParcellationTermSet A parcellation term set is the set of parcellation terms within a specific pa...
GenomicEntity
MacromolecularMachineMixin A union of gene locus, gene product, and macromolecular complex
        GeneOrGeneProduct A union of gene loci or gene products
OntologyClass a concept or class in an ontology, vocabulary or thesaurus
        TaxonomicRank A descriptor for the rank within a taxonomic classification
ParcellationAnnotation A parcellation annotation defines a specific segment of an anatomical space d...
ParcellationAnnotationTermMap The parcellation annotation term map table defines the relationship between p...
ParcellationColorAssignment The parcellation color assignment associates hex color value to a parcellatio...
PhysicalEssenceOrOccurrent Either a physical or processual entity
        Occurrent A processual entity
                ActivityAndBehavior Activity or behavior of any independent integral living, organization or mech...
        PhysicalEssence Semantic mixin concept
ProvActivity An activity is something that occurs over a period of time and acts upon or w...
ProvEntity An entity is a physical, digital, conceptual, or other kind of thing with som...
SubjectOfInvestigation An entity that has the role of being studied in an investigation, study, or e...
ThingWithTaxon A mixin that can be used on any entity that can be taxonomically classified

Slots

Slot Description
accession_id A provider-assigned accession identifier for a given entity
anatomical_region Human-readable name for the anatomical region from which the cell was collect...
anatomical_region_ontology_term_id UBERON ontology term for anatomical region (e
annotations
assay Human-readable sequencing modality (e
assay_ontology_term_id EFO ontology term for assay (e
attribute_name The human-readable 'attribute name' can be set to a string which reflects its...
authority The organization responsible for publishing the data
batch_condition Cell metadata key(s) in obs that define batches for normalization or integrat...
brain_region_ontology_term_id Brain atlas region ID from DHBA/HBA/MBA for the anatomical region
category Name of the high level ontology class in which this entity is categorized
cell_type_ontology_term_id CL ontology term for this cell type; use CL:0000003 for native cell if unknow...
cell_type_set_type A tag denoting whether this grouping represents a taxonomic level or neighbor...
cellannotation_schema CAS annotation schema stored as JSON encoding labelset and annotation metadat...
checksum_algorithm The type of cryptographic hash function used to calculate the checksum value
chembl_chirality Tern indicating the chirality of the chemical entity
chembl_drug_warning Text describing warnings for use of chemicals as therapeutics
chembl_prodrug Flag indicating if a drug is a prodrug that is active only after being metabo...
cluster_algorithm Full description of clustering algorithm and parameters used to produce clust...
cluster_id Human-readable cluster label for the cluster assigned to this cell at a given...
cluster_info Summary table of cluster-level metadata including cluster sizes and represent...
color A string representing to hex triplet code of a color
content_url
creation_date date on which an entity was created
curated_markers_to_mouse Marker genes in the mouse species that are related to the respective cell typ...
curated_markers_to_primates Marker genes in the primate species that are related to the respective cell t...
default_embedding Key in obsm of the embedding to display by default; must match an X_-prefixed...
dendrogram JSON-formatted hierarchical clustering dendrogram encoding the taxonomy hiera...
deprecated A boolean flag indicating that an entity is no longer considered current or v...
description a human-readable description of an entity
digest Stores checksum information
embedding_key Key used to store the embedding in obsm; must be prefixed with X_ (e
embedding_matrix N-dimensional matrix of shape n_cells × n_dims representing the low-dimension...
equivalent_identifiers A set of identifiers that are considered equivalent to the primary identifier...
filter Per-mode boolean flags indicating cells to exclude (True means exclude)
format
full_name a long-form human readable name for a thing
genome_annotations
genome_assemblies
has_attribute connects any entity to an attribute
has_attribute_type connects an attribute to a class that describes it
has_biological_sequence connects a genomic feature to its sequence
has_numeric_value connects a quantity value to a number
has_qualitative_value connects an attribute to a value
has_quantitative_value connects an attribute to a value
has_taxonomic_rank
has_unit connects a quantity value to a unit
has_anatomical_annotation_set Reference to the anatomical annotation set component of the parcellation atla...
has_anatomical_space Reference to the anatomical space component of the parcellation atlas
has_embedding One or more dimensionality reductions associated with this taxonomy
has_expression_matrix One or more cell-by-gene matrices associated with this taxonomy (normalized a...
has_parcellation_terminology Reference to the parcellation terminology component of the parcellation atlas
has_parent
has_parent_parcellation_term Reference to the parent parcellation term for which the parcellation term is ...
has_parent_parcellation_term_set Reference to the parent parcellation term set for which the parcellation term...
has_variable One of the genes (variables) measured across all cells in this matrix; corres...
hierarchy Ordered mapping of annotation level names to integer ranks; lower rank means ...
id A unique identifier for an entity
in_taxon connects an entity to its taxonomic classification
in_taxon_label The human readable scientific name for the taxon of the entity
information_content Information content (IC) value for a term, primarily from Automats
internal_identifier An identifier that uniquely denotes a specific parcellation annotation within...
iri An IRI for an entity
is_primary_data True if this is the canonical instance of this cellular observation; False fo...
license
load_id Identifier for the sequencing library from which molecular measurements were ...
macromolecular_machine_mixin_name genes are typically designated by a short symbol and a full name
matrix_type Whether this matrix contains normalized expression values or raw counts
measures Reference to the specific image dataset used to define the anatomical space
mode Active taxonomy mode controlling which subset of cells and analysis component...
molecular_type
name A human-readable name for an attribute or entity
named_thing_category Name of the high level ontology class in which this entity is categorized
node_property A grouping for any property that holds between a node and a value
number_of_cells The aggregated number of cells that defines this cell type taxon
number_of_observations Number of cells assigned to this cluster
order The priority or display order of an entity among all other entities of the sa...
ordinal
organism_taxon_has_taxonomic_rank
parameterizes Reference to the anatomical space for which the anatomical annotation set is ...
part_of_anatomical_annotation_set
part_of_cluster The cluster to which this cell has been assigned by the clustering algorithm
part_of_parcellation_color_scheme Reference to the parcellation color scheme for which the color assignment is ...
part_of_parcellation_term_set Reference to the parcellation term set for which the parcellation term is par...
part_of_parcellation_terminology Reference to the parcellation terminology for which the parcellation term set...
part_of_set
part_of_taxonomy The taxonomy for which this annotation level is defined
provided_by The value in this node property represents the knowledge provider that create...
quality_control_markers Marker gene expression data for patchseq quality control analysis
reference_assembly The reference genome assembly that this genome annotation was created from
referenced_in The genome annotation that this gene was referenced from
related_to A relationship that is asserted between two named things
related_to_at_instance_level Represents a relationship held between two instances of a data classes
revision_of
rights
schema_version Version of the AIT schema used to produce this file (e
source_id The authority specific identifier
specialization_of Reference to the general (non versioned) parcellation atlas for which the par...
strain The genetic variant or subtype of a species or organism
subject_parcellation_annotation Reference to the parcellation annotation that is the subject of the associati...
subject_parcellation_term Reference to the parcellation term that is the subject of the association
subject_parcellation_terminology Reference to the parcellation terminology for which the parcellation color sc...
suspension_type Whether the measurement was performed on intact cells, nuclei, or is not appl...
symbol Symbol for a particular thing
synonym Alternate human-readable names for a thing
title Description differentiating this taxonomy from others in the same collection;...
type
unit A controlled vocabulary attribute defining the length unit of the x, y, and z...
used Usage is the beginning of utilizing an entity by an activity
value The checksum value obtained from a specific cryotographic hash function
version
voxel_count The number of voxels (3D pixels) spanned by the parcellation annotation (opti...
was_derived_from A derivation is a transformation of an entity into another, an update of an e...
was_generated_by Generation is the completion of production of a new entity by an activity
x_direction A controlled vocabulary attribute defining the x axis direction in terms of a...
x_resolution The resolution (length / pixel) in along the x axis (numerical value part)
x_size The number of pixels/voxels (size) along the x axis
xref A database cross reference or alternative identifier for a NamedThing or edge...
y_direction A controlled vocabulary attribute defining the y axis direction in terms of a...
y_resolution The resolution (length / pixel) in along the y axis (numerical value part)
y_size The number of pixels/voxels (size) along the y axis
z_direction A controlled vocabulary attribute defining the z axis direction in terms of a...
z_resolution The resolution (length / pixel) in along the z axis (numerical value part)
z_size The number of pixels/voxels (size) along the y axis

Enumerations

Enumeration Description
ANATOMICALDIRECTION A controlled vocabulary term defining axis direction in terms of anatomical d...
AuthorityType
BioType
CellTypeSetType
DigestType
DISTANCEUNIT
ExpressionMatrixType
SuspensionType

Types

Type Description
BiologicalSequence
Boolean A binary (true or false) value
Curie a compact URI
Date a date (year, month and day) in an idealized calendar
DateOrDatetime Either a date or a datetime
Datetime The combination of a date and time
Decimal A real number with arbitrary precision that conforms to the xsd:decimal speci...
Double A real number that conforms to the xsd:double specification
Float A real number that conforms to the xsd:float specification
Integer An integer
IriType An IRI
Jsonpath A string encoding a JSON Path
Jsonpointer A string encoding a JSON Pointer
LabelType A string that provides a human-readable name for an entity
NarrativeText A string that provides a human-readable description of something
Ncname Prefix part of CURIE
Nodeidentifier A URI, CURIE or BNODE that represents a node in a model
Objectidentifier A URI or CURIE that represents an object in the model
Sparqlpath A string encoding a SPARQL Property Path
String A character string
SymbolType
Time A time object represents a (local) time of day, independent of any particular...
Unit
Uri a complete URI
Uriorcurie a URI or a CURIE

Subsets

Subset Description
Analysis AIT assigned label to tag attributes representing analysis
Annotations AIT assigned label to tag attributes representing annotations
AssignedMetadata AIT assigned label to tag attributes representing assigned metadata
Data AIT assigned label to tag attributes representing data
ModelOrganismDatabase Subset that is relevant for a typical Model Organism Database (MOD)
Obs Location within anndata object that stores cell metadata
Obsm Location within anndata object that stores cell-shaped matrices
Raw Location within anndata object that stores data
Samples Sample/biosample datamodel
Testing TBD
Tooling AIT assigned label to tag attributes representing tooling
TranslatorMinimal Minimum subset of translator work
Uns Location within anndata object that stores header and everything else
Var Location within anndata object that stores gene metadata
Varm Location within anndata object that stores gene-shaped metadata
X Location within anndata object that stores data