Centromere import manifest

manifest.yaml

### Data Set Manifest Example
displayName: Cancer Cell Line Encyclopedia  # The data set display name.  Short, but descriptive
shortName: ccle  # Data set short name.  No whitespace or file system-forbidden characters.  Maybe this value could just come from the manifest file name? eg ccle.yaml
source: Borad Institute  # Source organization of the data
version: v1  # Version number, if available.
description: Cancer cell line genomic data from the Broad Institute.  # General notes or data set description.

attributes: # Dynamic key value attributes.  Allows capturing of custom attributes for historical record
  source-species: "Homo sapiens"

parameters: # Dynamic key-value attributes.  Used for setting application state   
  skip-invalid-file: true  # Would skip files whose import has errors, or cannot be found, rather than halt the import pipeline.

files:  # Files are listed here
  
  - path: "/path/to/first/file.txt":  # File path.  Can be absolute path or path relative to manifest file.
    type: samples  # Label for the file type.  Matches a predetermiend list of data types that determiens parser to be used.
    dateCreated: 2016-12-15  # Date the data set was created or last updated, ISO-8601 standard format.
    parameters:  # Dynamic key value attributes.  Allows capturing of custom attributes for historical record, or for use as parameters in apps
      default-species: Homo sapiens  # When 'species' attribute is not present, use this value as default.
      default-*: value

  - path: "../path/to/file.gct":
    type: gene-expression
    parameters:
      skip-invalid-gene: true  # Would skip records with genes that cannot be identified.
      skip-invalid-sample: false  # Would halt import when an unknown sample is encountered.
      skip-invalid-*: boolean

Borad Institute

What, you have never heard of the prestigious Borad Institute?