Add Disease adjacent to specimen form organism

[idazucchi]

For which schema is a change/update being suggested?

I would like to request an update to the specimen_from_organism.json schema.

What should the change/update be?

I would like to add Disease adjacent : yes/no
This update constitutes a minor change to the schema it affects.

What new field(s) need to be changed/added?

"disease_adjacent": {
 "description": "Was the tissue specimen collected from a site adjacent to a disease site (e.g. tumor adjacent)?",
            "type": "boolean",
            "user_friendly": "Disease adjacent",
            "guidelines": "Should be one of: yes, or no.",
            "example": "yes; no"
        }

Why is the change requested?

This field is useful when determining the difference between 'normal' healthy tissue and 'disease-adjacent' tissue which often is affected by its proximity to the pathology area. It has been requested by the Skin Bionetworks, as this is of value to their metadata and analysis.