Creating and Uploading Metadata¶

Create Metadata¶

Create basic, minimal metadata for the project:

gen3_util meta create /tmp/$PROJECT_ID

ls -1 /tmp/$PROJECT_ID
DocumentReference.ndjson
Observation.ndjson
Patient.ndjson
ResearchStudy.ndjson
ResearchSubject.ndjson
Specimen.ndjson
Task.ndjson

Retrieve existing metadata¶

Retrieve the existing metadata from the portal.

gen3_util meta cp

TODO

Integrate your data¶

Convert the FHIR data to tabular form.

TODO

Convert the tabular data to FHIR.

TODO

Validate the data

$ gen3_util meta validate --help
Usage: gen3_util meta validate [OPTIONS] DIRECTORY

  Validate FHIR data in DIRECTORY.

Publish the Metadata¶

# copy the metadata to the bucket and publish the metadata to the portal
gen3_util meta publish /tmp/$PROJECT_ID

View the Files¶

This final step uploads the metadata associated with the project and makes the files visible on the Explorer page.