Table 1.
Categories of BrAPI calls
| Category | Comments | # of calls |
|---|---|---|
| Calls | Meta information about which BrAPI calls are available on a server implementation. | 1 |
| Crops | Provides the common names for the crops available on a server implementation. | 1 |
| Germplasm | Provides search capabilities and details for germplasm data. Includes MCPD, pedigree and breeding method data. | 8 |
| Germplasm Attributes | Germplasm Attributes are simply inherited characterization descriptors that are inherent in the germplasm line but not environment-dependent. | 3 |
| Markers | Provides search capabilities and details for genetic marker metadata. | 3 |
| Marker Profiles | Provides search capabilities and details for genomic data. Includes allele matrices. | 5 |
| Programs | Provides search capabilities and details for breeding programs. A program may contain multiple trials. | 2 |
| Trials | Provides search capabilities and details for breeding trials. A trial may contain multiple studies. Used also for any large phenotyping dataset like multilocal phenotyping networks. | 2 |
| Studies | Provides search capabilities and details for genotyping and phenotyping studies and support for observation data gathering. Includes germplasm, observation, plot layout, and season details related to a particular study. | 17 |
| Phenotypes | Provides search capabilities for phenotyping observation data across studies, trials, and programs | 5 |
| Traits | Provides details for trait ontology data which are available for observation variables. | 2 |
| Observation Variables | An Observation Variable is combination of a trait, a method and a scale. Phenotyping data are collected for observation variables. Fully aligned to the Crop Ontology. | 5 |
| Genome Maps | Provides summaries and details for stored genome maps. | 4 |
| Location | Provides details of geographical locations of studies. | 2 |
| Samples | Provides support for storing and retrieving plant sample metadata | 4 |
| Vendor Samples | Provides support for sending sample metadata to an external vendor for processing (ie gene sequencing) | 5 |
Note: In each category, there are one or more calls that provide services to support the corresponding domain of plant breeding data management.