A single mutation can be verified with multiple independent methods and the results may or may not be in agreement. If results from different methods are in conflict, the final validation status of the variant call needs to be inferred based on available information.
This could be done manually or programatically. An additional column is included for every line of evidence used for validation. In the example above, tumor calls are verified with and Sanger sequencing and normal calls are validated with The validation platform name is appended to the original sample to distinguish the validation results from primary sequencing.
Each new genotype column header added to the file e. If a sub-field does not apply to any given validation call, it should be assigned a missing value ". At the minimum, every file needs to go through the checks listed below.
Following is an example of a VCF file that shows certain violations cited in the listed validation steps. Please note that line numbers in the file segment below are added for illustration purposes alone and are not expected to be found in an actual VCF file.
Mandatory header lines should be present. Column header line should be prefixed with " ". A VCF file can contain only a single column header line that must contain all required field names. Any line lacking the " " or " " prefix will be assumed to be a BODY data line and will have to follow the specified format. For example, Line13 leads to a violation as it lacks " " or " " but is not a tab-delimited row containing variant information.
A detailed description of the declaration format is provided here. ID of the sub-field matches value in "Sub-field" column of the table then ID , Number , Type and Description values for that sub-field declaration must match the corresponding value in "Formatted declaration" column of the table for that sub-field. Description string cannot contain leading or trailing whitespace after opening or before closing quotation marks; Line10 shows a violation as Description string contains leading and trailing whitespace.
Multiple INFO sub-fields can be associated with a single variant record using ";" as a separator e. If INFO field "VLS" is defined for a record, its value can only be 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 based on whether the mutation is wildtype, germline, somatic, LOH, post-transcriptional modification, or unknown. A ":" is the only valid separator for sub-fields. Number of colon-separated sub-fields in FORMAT column should equal to number of colon-separated values assigned to each sample.
Missing value ". GT is a required sub field for all variants. GT is assigned only one allele value for haploid calls e. All samples should have values assigned to GT for any given variant. If an allele cannot be called for a sample at a given locus,. For example, var2 Line17 violates this rule as the definition for "NS" INFO sub-field states the data type is integer whereas the variant record contains a float value 2.
No other character can be used as separator. For example, Line20 shows a violation as "PL" is associated with 3 integer values Line10 but the variant record has only 2 comma-separated integer values 42,3 for TCGA A ";" is the only valid separator. Please refer to Table 6 for acceptable values. Please note that values assigned to the field are currently not being validated. If ALT is assigned a value in format, e. ALT can contain multiple comma-separated values.
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