GDC Encyclopedia The GDC Encyclopedia is an informational tool that makes GDC applications easier to use. It helps researchers, data submitters, developers and clinicians quickly find specific information without needing to browse for it. Common Topics for Researchers Controlled access dbGaP GDC Data Portal GDC Data Transfer Tool (DTT) Harmonized Data Manifest File Mutation Annotation Format (MAF) Variant Type Variant Call Format (VCF) Common Topics for Data Submitters Biospecimen Data Case Clinical Data Clinical Supplement Data Submitter dbGaP GDC Data Submission Portal GDC Data Transfer Tool (DTT) Redaction Common Topics for Data Developers Entity GDC API Latest Data Manifest File Mutation Annotation Format (MAF) Release Number REST API Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) Variant Call Format (VCF) A ABSOLUTE LiftOver Affymetrix SNP 6.0 Aggregated Somatic Mutation Aligned Reads Aliquot Aliquot Ensemble Somatic Variant Merging and Masking Analyte Annotations Annotations TCGA Arriba ASCAT2 ASCAT3 AscatNGS B BCGSC miRNA Profiling Biospecimen Data Birdseed BRASS C Cancer Genomics Hub Case Center for Cancer Genomics Clinical Data Clinical Supplement Controlled Access D Data Access Policy Data Submitter dbGaP E Entity F FM Simple Somatic Mutation FoundationOne Annotation FoundationOne Variant Aggregation and Masking FPKM-UQ FPKM G GATK4 MuTect2 Tumor-Only GATK4 MuTect2 Tumor-Only Annotation GDC API GDC Data Portal GDC Data Submission Portal GDC Data Transfer Tool GDC Documentation Site GDC Web Site Genomic Data Analysis Network Genomic Data Commons H Harmonized Data I Index L Latest Data M Manifest File MD5 Checksum MuSE MuSE Annotation Mutation Annotation Format Mutation Annotation Format TCGAv2 MuTect2 MuTect2 Annotation P Pindel Pindel Annotation R Redaction Release Number REST API RNA-Seq S SeSAMe Methylation Beta Estimation Seurat 10x Chromium SNP Array-Based Data STAR-Fusion STAR 2-Pass Chimeric STAR 2-Pass Genome STAR 2-Pass Transcriptome STAR Counts T TCGA Barcode TCGA VCF 1.1v2 TCIA U UUID V Variant Call Format Variant Type VarScan2 VarScan2 Annotation VCF LiftOver