General Guide On BioSamples Sample Registration

Welcome to the general guide for BioSamples sample registration. Please take a moment to view this introduction and familiarise yourself with the options available to you before you begin registering your samples. This general guide will get you started in understanding how to register your samples to BioSamples, and how to keep track of the progress of your submission.

BioSamples allows sample registration via two routes, each of which is appropriate for a different set of users and submission types.

• Interactive File Uploads involve downloading template ISA-TAB spreadsheets that can be completed offline and uploaded to BioSamples. This may be the easier option for non-programmatic submitters.

• Programmatic Submissions involve preparing your submissions as JSON files before submitting them to BioSamples via the JSON API.

BioSamples also allows a variety of other features, including

• Updating existing samples

• Accession a sample

• Validate sample fields

The interactive file upload service is recommended, unless you are already familiar with programmatic submissions.

Getting Started

• Registering a WEBIN Submission Account
• Accession Numbers