Table 1. IGSR Data Element definitions.

Data Element	Descriptive Example
Data Collection	Study or project level grouping of data such as the 1000 Genomes Project Phase 3 or the Human Genome Structural Variation (HGSV) Consortium.
Analysis group	The experimental strategy used to generate data. Data from the same analysis group and data collection can generally be analyzed as a coherent unit. Examples include exome sequencing or high coverage whole genome Illumina sequencing. Data from different data collections can have the same analysis group.
Data Type	Specific data description and currently one of Sequence, Alignment, Variants or Other.
Population	A defined group of samples normally collected from the same geographic location and ethnic group.
Sample	An individual who donated material to a project.