Welcome to the technical documentation for the GA4GH Pedigree Standard!

Note

This project is under active development.

Table of Contents

• Introduction to the GA4GH Pedigree Standard
  • What is the GA4GH Pedigree Standard
  • How did the Pedigree Standard Come About
  • Why PED is Not Enough
  • Example Use Cases
  • The Common Datset for FHH
  • Requirement Levels
  • Brief Explainer of Protobuf and HL7 FHIR
• Pedigree Model
  • Overview
  • Key Concepts
  • Direction of Relationships
  • Compatible standards
  • Examples
  • Design motivations
• Classes
  • Individual
  • Relationship
  • Pedigree
• Working with the Pedigree Model
  • Kinship Ontology (KIN)
  • Pedigree Tools
  • Pedigree Validator
  • Example Implementations
• Acknowledgements
  • Pedigree Standard Contributors (in alphabetical order)
  • Driver Project Survey Participants (if not listed above)
  • Special Thanks To
  • Funding