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Description

The Assay file File provides references to assay results including measurements, raw data files, derived data files, image files, and other file types. There can be multiple Assay files Files per study.

File Format

The ISA-TAB-Nano Assay file File leverages the ISA-TAB file format, which is a horizontal-based spreadsheet format with column headers and row values. An example subset of this format is provided in TABLE 1. Please note, concepts specified within the bracket “[ ]” are variables depending on the type of assay.

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According to the ISA-TAB specification, the Assay file File has different types of fields called nodes, attributes of nodes, qualifiers of nodes’ attributes, and other valid fields.  In support of ISA-TAB-Nano, extensions were applied to the Assay file File to record the endpoint value of an assay measurement (Measurement Value) and to capture the statistical measures (Statistic) associated with a measurement or factor value.

The assay file Assay File supports the following types of information:

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