ClarID: a human-readable and compact identifier specification for biomedical metadata integration

Abstract Background In biomedical research, subjects and biospecimens are commonly tracked using simple IDs or UUIDs, which guarantee uniqueness but convey no embedded semantic information. Contextual metadata (such as tissue type, diagnosis, or assay) is often stored separately, making integration,...

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Published in:	Journal of Biomedical Semantics
Main Authors:	Manuel Rueda, Ivo G. Gut
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2026-04-01
Subjects:	Health data integration Subject identifiers Biosample identifiers Structured barcoding Metadata harmonization Ontology-based annotation
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s13326-026-00349-6