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Commit to a release-ready metadata checklist

Commit to completing a minimum metadata checklist for one sequence dataset before sharing.

Complete a minimum release-ready metadata checklist for one sequence dataset before sharing, archiving, or using it in a recommendation. Use this for a FASTQ delivery, public-data subset, amplicon sequencing batch, RNA-seq pilot, or variant-analysis cohort where sample context is currently scattered. I will make [dataset name] release-ready by completing samples.tsv with sample ID, organism or taxon, material/environment, condition, collection or timepoint, extraction batch, library prep, sequencing platform, file names, and access notes. In 3 days, check whether samples.tsv exists, has no blank required fields, and is referenced from the README. A FASTQ delivery where sample meanings currently live in email…

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