eMERGE-Seq XML Format Schema

Schema used within the eMERGE network for the return of structured sequencing results.

Some elements within the schema have coded concepts, which are defined by pre-existing value sets where possible. Additional documentation describes which elements and value sets are used.

For example XML documents, please see the examples folder.

Acknowledgements

This work as part of the eMERGE Network was initiated and funded by the NHGRI through the following grants: U01HG8657 (Group Health Cooperative/University of Washington); U01HG8685 (Brigham and Women’s Hospital); U01HG8672 (Vanderbilt University Medical Center); U01HG8666 (Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center); U01HG6379 (Mayo Clinic); U01HG8679 (Geisinger Clinic); U01HG8680 (Columbia University Health Sciences); U01HG8684 (Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia); U01HG8673 (Northwestern University); U01HG8701 (Vanderbilt University Medical Center serving as the Coordinating Center); U01HG8676 (Partners Healthcare/Broad Institute); and U01HG8664 (Baylor College of Medicine).

This file was created:

• "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v8.1A\bin\NETFX 4.5.1 Tools\xsd.exe" results-example.xml
• Manual curation of the bootstrap XSD using Excel document specification.