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that explains the history in human or machine-readable format.

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Data may be expressed as a table or reside in a database. Data should be reifiable to RDF triplets.

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The sequence provider shall use and maintain VNGS ontology consistent with their genomic

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community for the maintenance of the VNGS ontology including adding, removing, and deprecating 175

terms, e.g., OBO Foundry. The ontology syntax shall follow OWL or OBO foundry. This SMPR or suitable 176

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publication will serve as the license for the VNGS ontology.

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The minimum annotation information required is sample name (sample ID), raw reads, assemblies

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provider name, isolation acquisition identity, taxonomic identification, contact name, clinical or 182

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The language used shall be English.

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