New field: Gender Identity

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For which schema is a change/update being suggested?

I would like a request for the donor_organism.json schema and include a new ontology module, gender.json

What should the change/update be?

I would like to add a new optional field, gender_identity to the donor_organism schema to allow for the correct assignment of gender when the information is available.

Along this update, I would like to create a new ontology module that will collect and validate against the terms below gender

This update constitutes a minor change to the schema(s) it affects.

What new field(s) need to be changed/added?

• Field name: gender_identity
• Field description: The donor's personal sense of their own gender at the time of the experiment.
• Field type: Object (Ontology)
• Required: no
• Examples: (Not required due to loading an object)
• CV or enum: Ontology - module/ontology/gender_identity.json

What new schema entity needs to be added?

• Schema name: module/ontology/gender_identity.json
• Graph restrictions:
  • ontologies: ["obo:hcao", "obo:ncit"]
  • classes: ["NCIT:C17357"]
  • relation: ["rdfs:subClassOf"]
  • direct: false
  • include_self: false

Why is the change requested?

This update is essential to allow for gender identity, which may imply genetic differences on certain datasets.