Scispot · Schema

Scispot Biological Sequence

A biological sequence (DNA, RNA, protein, or chemical structure) managed in the Scispot platform

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Properties

Name Type Description
id string Unique sequence identifier
name string Sequence name or identifier used in the lab
type string Biological sequence type
sequence string Raw sequence string using standard notation (IUPAC for nucleotides, single-letter codes for amino acids)
length integer Sequence length in base pairs or amino acid residues
annotations array Sequence features and annotations
metadata object Additional metadata fields as key-value pairs
createdAt string
updatedAt string
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JSON Schema

scispot-sequence-schema.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/scispot/main/json-schema/scispot-sequence-schema.json",
  "title": "Scispot Biological Sequence",
  "description": "A biological sequence (DNA, RNA, protein, or chemical structure) managed in the Scispot platform",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Unique sequence identifier"
    },
    "name": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Sequence name or identifier used in the lab",
      "examples": ["BRCA1-exon10", "pUC19", "Insulin-Human"]
    },
    "type": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": ["dna", "rna", "protein", "chemical"],
      "description": "Biological sequence type"
    },
    "sequence": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Raw sequence string using standard notation (IUPAC for nucleotides, single-letter codes for amino acids)",
      "examples": ["ATGCATGCATGC", "AUGCAUGCAUGC", "MVLSPADKTNVK"]
    },
    "length": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Sequence length in base pairs or amino acid residues",
      "minimum": 1
    },
    "annotations": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Sequence features and annotations",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "#/$defs/SequenceAnnotation"
      }
    },
    "metadata": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Additional metadata fields as key-value pairs",
      "additionalProperties": true
    },
    "createdAt": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date-time"
    },
    "updatedAt": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date-time"
    }
  },
  "required": ["id", "name", "type", "sequence"],
  "$defs": {
    "SequenceAnnotation": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "A feature or annotation on a biological sequence",
      "properties": {
        "name": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Feature name (e.g., exon, promoter, CDS)"
        },
        "start": {
          "type": "integer",
          "description": "Start position (1-indexed)",
          "minimum": 1
        },
        "end": {
          "type": "integer",
          "description": "End position (1-indexed)",
          "minimum": 1
        },
        "type": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Feature type (e.g., exon, intron, CDS, promoter, protein_binding)"
        },
        "strand": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": ["forward", "reverse"],
          "description": "Strand orientation (for nucleotide sequences)"
        },
        "color": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Display color for visualization"
        }
      },
      "required": ["name", "start", "end", "type"]
    }
  }
}