Allele

Note

This class is imported from VRS. Its full documentation can be found in the latest VRS specification at vrs.ga4gh.org.

Trial Use

May change in future releases. See Maturity Model.

Computational Definition

The state of a molecule at a Location.

GA4GH Digest

Prefix	Inherent
VA	[‘location’, ‘state’, ‘type’]

Information Model

Some Allele attributes are inherited from Variation.

Field	Flags	Type	Limits	Description
id		string	0..1	The ‘logical’ identifier of the Entity in the system of record, e.g. a UUID. This ‘id’ is unique within a given system, but may or may not be globally unique outside the system. It is used within a system to reference an object from another.
type		string	1..1	MUST be “Allele”
name		string	0..1	A primary name for the entity.
description		string	0..1	A free-text description of the Entity.
aliases	⋮	string	0..m	Alternative name(s) for the Entity.
extensions	⋮	Extension	0..m	A list of extensions to the Entity, that allow for capture of information not directly supported by elements defined in the model.
digest		string	0..1	A sha512t24u digest created using the VRS Computed Identifier algorithm.
expressions	⋮	Expression	0..m
location		iriReference | Sequence Location	1..1	The location of the Allele
state		Sequence Expression	1..1	An expression of the sequence state

Inherits: MolecularVariation

Used in: CisPhasedBlock, Defining Allele Constraint, DerivativeMolecule