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For MIABIS Core 2.0 purpose, Biobank is defined as an organization or an organizational unit that stores samples and data related to the samples. In MIABIS Core 2.0 biobanks do not contain samples directly, but they are hosting sample collections. On the level of biobanks, only attributes related to the organizational aspect of the biobanks are represented. (Merino-Martinez et al. Biopreserv Biobank. 2016; 14(4):298-306 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26977825/).

Attribute CodeAttribute NameAllowed ValuesDescriptionOntology
MIABIS-2.0-01IDTextTextual string of letters starting with the country code (according to standard ISO1366 alpha2) followed by the underscore “_” and post-fixed by a biobank ID or name specified by its juristic person (nationally specific)A proper name is an information content entity that is the outcome of a dubbing process and is used to refer to one instance of entity shared by a group of people to refer to that individual entity. http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/IAO_0020000
MIABIS-2.0-02AcronymTextTextual string of short name in use for the biobank. If applicableThe non-unique initials or abbreviated name used for identification. http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C93495
MIABIS-2.0-03NameTextTextual string of letters denoting the name of the biobank in EnglishAn identifier in natural language referring to a biobank. http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OMIABIS_0000003
MIABIS-2.0-04URLTextTextual string of letters with the complete http-address for the biobankA unique resource locator referring to the homepage of a biobank. http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OMIABIS_0000020
MIABIS-2.0-05Juristic PersonTextTextual string of letters denoting the juristic person e.g. a university, concern, county council etc. for the biobankAn organization bearing legal personality that ownes or adminstrates a biobank. http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OMIABIS_0000010
MIABIS-2.0-06CountryTextISO-standard (3166 alpha2), two letter code for the country of the biobankAn ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code that designates the country a biobank is located in. http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OMIABIS_0000045
MIABIS-2.0-07Contact InformationStructured dataContact information for the contact person of the biobank MIABIS-2.0-07A human being that is member of a biobank organization and bears the organization contact role. http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OMIABIS_0000013
MIABIS-2.0-08DescriptionTextTextual string of letters with a description about the biobank in English.