Class

vcfc:FormatFieldDefinition

The definition of one FORMAT key, including its ID, Number, Type, and human-readable Description. It specifies how the corresponding per-sample values must be interpreted. Since version 1.1.0, it can also declare a condensed vcfc:FormatValueVector through vcfc:declaredBy.

IRI: https://w3id.org/vcf-core/vocab#FormatFieldDefinition
Label: FORMAT field definition
Declared Types: owl:Class
Primary Source: vcf-core-vocabulary.bundle.ttl
SHACL: vcf-core-vocabulary.shacl.ttl

Outgoing Relationships

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Relation	Target	Target Description
Subclass Of	`vcfc:FieldDefinition`	A reusable specification- or file-level definition of an INFO, FORMAT, FILTER, ALT, or META key. It is not itself a VCF header line: a concrete file declaration uses the corresponding *HeaderLine subclass.

Incoming Relationships

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Relation	Source	Source Description
Subclass Of	`vcfc:FORMATHeaderLine`	A structured '##FORMAT=<...>' declaration that defines the identifier, cardinality, type, and meaning of a field in a per-sample column. ID, Number, Type, and Description are required by VCF 4.5.