Reference Length Expression

Trial Use

May change in future releases. See Maturity Model.

Computational Definition

An expression of a sequence that is derived from repeating a subsequence of an associated SequenceLocation.

GA4GH Digest

Prefix

Inherent

None

[‘length’, ‘repeatSubunitLength’, ‘type’]

Information Model

Some ReferenceLengthExpression attributes are inherited from SequenceExpression.

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 “ReferenceLengthExpression”

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.

length

integer | Range

1..1

The number of residues in the expressed sequence.

sequence

sequenceString

0..1

the literal sequence encoded by the Reference Length Expression.

repeatSubunitLength

integer

1..1

The number of residues in the repeat subunit.

Inherits: SequenceExpression

Note

This class is imported from VRS. Refer to the upstream specification for its authoritative, full definition.