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Table 1 Types of information entered in the four ISA-TAB-Nano files

From: ISA-TAB-Nano: A Specification for Sharing Nanomaterial Research Data in Spreadsheet-based Format

No.

ISA-TAB-Nano file

Types of information entered in each ISA-TAB-Nano file

1.

Investigation file

Reference information about each investigation, study, assay, protocol, Study file, and Assay file.

2.

Study file

Names and attributes of protocols used for preparing samples for analysis; source and characteristics of biospecimens.

3.

Assay file

Values of measured endpoint variables and references to external data files for each analyzed sample.

4.

Material file

Descriptions of the material sample and its structural parts and chemical components; linkage descriptions between chemical components; reference information about external material data files.