mi-json-schema.json

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-03/schema",
  "$id": "http://complexviewer.org/mi-json-schema.json",
  "required": false,
  "properties": {
    "data": {
      "type": "array",
      "required": true,
      "description": "Data array containing all interactions, interactors and complexes",
      "items": [
        {
          "type": "object",
          "required": true,
          "description": "An interactor object represents an interacting molecule.",
          "properties": {
            "id": {
              "type": "string",
              "required": true,
              "description": "Unique identifier for this interactor. In most of the cases, it is generated from the interactor main database accession"
            },
            "identifier": {
              "type": "object",
              "required": false,
              "description": "The preferred identifier for this interactor. It is usually a primary database accession (uniprotkb for proteins, ensembl for genes, chebi for small molecules, refseq for nucleic acids, etc.)",
              "properties": {
                "db": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "required": true,
                  "description": "The database name. Most of the time, the name will match a term from the PSI-MI ontology http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=MI&termId=MI%3A0444&termName=database%20citation. It represents the unique PSI shortlabel for this database"
                },
                "id": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "required": true,
                  "description": "The database identifier/accession. It usually represents the primary accession of this object in a specific database."
                }
              }
            },
            "label": {
              "type": "string",
              "required": true,
              "description": "The short name of the interactor which is usually used for visualizing an interactor in a network"
            },
            "object": {
              "type": "string",
              "required": true,
              "description": "The object for an interactor is always 'interactor'. It helps to distinguish interactors from interactions in the data array"
            },
            "organism": {
              "type": "object",
              "required": false,
              "description": "Organism for this interactor.",
              "properties": {
                "common": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "required": false,
                  "description": "The common name or short name of the organism."
                },
                "scientific": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "required": false,
                  "description": "The scientific name of full name of the organism."
                },
                "taxid": {
                  "type": "number",
                  "required": true,
                  "description": "The uniprot taxonomy identifier for this organism. Can be -1 if in vitro, -2 if chemical synthesis, -3 if unknown, -4 if in vivo"
                }
              }
            },
            "sequence": {
              "type": "string",
              "required": false,
              "description": "The sequence of nucleic acids/amino acids of this interactor if it is a nucleic acid/protein"
            },
            "type": {
              "type": "object",
              "required": true,
              "description": "The interactor type. It is usually a term from the PSI-MI ontology: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=MI&termId=MI%3A0313&termName=interactor%20type",
              "properties": {
                "id": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "required": false,
                  "description": "The interactor type MI identifier from the PSI-MI ontology: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=MI&termId=MI%3A0313&termName=interactor%20type"
                },
                "name": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "required": true,
                  "description": "The interactor type unique short name from the PSI-MI ontology: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=MI&termId=MI%3A0313&termName=interactor%20type"
                }
              }
            },
            "setComponents": {
              "type": "array",
              "required": false,
              "description": "If the interactor is a set of interactors (we don't know which one interacts but one of them does interact), we can describe all the interactors which are member of this set.",
              "items": [{
                "type": "object",
                "required": true,
                "description": "An interactor object member of an interactor set.",
                "properties": {
                  "identifier": {
                    "type": "object",
                    "required": false,
                    "description": "The preferred identifier for this interactor. It is usually a primary database accession (uniprotkb for proteins, ensembl for genes, chebi for small molecules, refseq for nucleic acids, etc.)",
                    "properties": {
                      "db": {
                        "type": "string",
                        "required": true,
                        "description": "The database name. Most of the time, the name will match a term from the PSI-MI ontology http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=MI&termId=MI%3A0444&termName=database%20citation. It represents the unique PSI shortlabel for this database"
                      },
                      "id": {
                        "type": "string",
                        "required": true,
                        "description": "The database identifier/accession. It usually represents the primary accession of this object in a specific database."
                      }
                    }
                  },
                  "label": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "required": true,
                    "description": "The short name of the interactor which is usually used for visualizing an interactor in a network"
                  },
                  "organism": {
                    "type": "object",
                    "required": false,
                    "description": "Organism for this interactor.",
                    "properties": {
                      "common": {
                        "type": "string",
                        "required": false,
                        "description": "The common name or short name of the organism."
                      },
                      "scientific": {
                        "type": "string",
                        "required": false,
                        "description": "The scientific name of full name of the organism."
                      },
                      "taxid": {
                        "type": "number",
                        "required": true,
                        "description": "The uniprot taxonomy identifier for this organism. Can be -1 if in vitro, -2 if chemical synthesis, -3 if unknown, -4 if in vivo"
                      }
                    }
                  },
                  "sequence": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "required": false,
                    "description": "The sequence of nucleic acids/amino acids of this interactor if it is a nucleic acid/protein"
                  },
                  "type": {
                    "type": "object",
                    "required": true,
                    "description": "The interactor type. It is usually a term from the PSI-MI ontology: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=MI&termId=MI%3A0313&termName=interactor%20type",
                    "properties": {
                      "id": {
                        "type": "string",
                        "required": false,
                        "description": "The interactor type MI identifier from the PSI-MI ontology: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=MI&termId=MI%3A0313&termName=interactor%20type"
                      },
                      "name": {
                        "type": "string",
                        "required": true,
                        "description": "The interactor type unique short name from the PSI-MI ontology: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=MI&termId=MI%3A0313&termName=interactor%20type"
                      }
                    }
                  }
                }
              }]
            }
          }
        },
        {
          "type": "object",
          "required": true,
          "description": "An interaction object represents an interaction between one to many interactor instances (participants). It can be an interaction evidence (experiment is provided and is not inferred by curator) or a biological complex which can be then re-used as an interactor in another interaction (no experiment provided or experiment provided with inferred by curator).",
          "properties": {
            "experiment": {
              "type": "object",
              "required": false,
              "description": "Experiment where this interaction has been detected. If the interaction detection method is inferred by curator, the interaction is probably a biological complex and not a real interaction evidence.",
              "properties": {
                "detmethod": {
                  "type": "object",
                  "required": true,
                  "description": "Interaction detection method. It is usually a term of the PSI-MI ontology: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=MI&termId=MI%3A0001&termName=interaction%20detection%20method",
                  "properties": {
                    "id": {
                      "type": "string",
                      "required": false,
                      "description": "The interaction detection method MI identifier from the PSI-MI ontology: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=MI&termId=MI%3A0001&termName=interaction%20detection%20method"
                    },
                    "name": {
                      "type": "string",
                      "required": true,
                      "description": "The interaction detection method unique short name from the PSI-MI ontology: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=MI&termId=MI%3A0001&termName=interaction%20detection%20method"
                    }
                  }
                },
                "experimentModifications": {
                  "type": "array",
                  "required": false,
                  "description": "A list of experimental modifications done in a specific experiment.",
                  "items": [{
                    "type": "string",
                    "required": true,
                    "description": "The description of the experimental modification done in a specific experiment. It is a free text comment."
                  }]
                },
                "figures": {
                  "type": "array",
                  "required": false,
                  "description": "A list of figure legends.",
                  "items": [{
                    "type": "string",
                    "required": true,
                    "description": "The figure legend which illustrate this experiment in a scientific publication. It is a free text comment."
                  }]
                },
                "host": {
                  "type": "object",
                  "required": false,
                  "description": "The host organism where the interaction has been detected.",
                  "properties": {
                    "common": {
                      "type": "string",
                      "required": false,
                      "description": "The common name or short name of the organism."
                    },
                    "scientific": {
                      "type": "string",
                      "required": false,
                      "description": "The scientific name of full name of the organism."
                    },
                    "taxid": {
                      "type": "number",
                      "required": true,
                      "description": "The uniprot taxonomy identifier for this organism. Can be -1 if in vitro, -2 if chemical synthesis, -3 if unknown, -4 if in vivo"
                    },
                    "cellType": {
                      "type": "object",
                      "required": true,
                      "description": "The cell type of the host organism.",
                      "properties": {
                        "id": {
                          "type": "string",
                          "required": false,
                          "description": "The cell type ontology identifier if one exists."
                        },
                        "name": {
                          "type": "string",
                          "required": true,
                          "description": "The cell type short name."
                        }
                      }
                    },
                    "tissue": {
                      "type": "object",
                      "required": true,
                      "description": "The source tissue of the host organism.",
                      "properties": {
                        "id": {
                          "type": "string",
                          "required": false,
                          "description": "The source tissue ontology identifier if one exists."
                        },
                        "name": {
                          "type": "string",
                          "required": true,
                          "description": "The source tissue short name."
                        }
                      }
                    },
                    "compartment": {
                      "type": "object",
                      "required": true,
                      "description": "The subcellular compartment of the host organism.",
                      "properties": {
                        "id": {
                          "type": "string",
                          "required": false,
                          "description": "The subcellular compartment ontology identifier if one exists."
                        },
                        "name": {
                          "type": "string",
                          "required": true,
                          "description": "The subcellular compartment type short name."
                        }
                      }
                    }
                  }
                },
                "pubid": {
                  "type": "array",
                  "required": false,
                  "description": "The list of publication identifiers where this experiment has been reported (pubmed, doi, imex, etc.).",
                  "items": [{
                    "type": "object",
                    "required": true,
                    "properties": {
                      "db": {
                        "type": "string",
                        "required": true,
                        "description": "The database name (usually pubmed, doi or imex). Most of the time, the name will match a term from the PSI-MI ontology http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=MI&termId=MI%3A0444&termName=database%20citation. It represents the unique PSI shortlabel for this database"
                      },
                      "id": {
                        "type": "string",
                        "required": true,
                        "description": "The database identifier/accession. It usually represents the primary accession of this object in a specific database."
                      }
                    }
                  }]
                },
                "sourceDatabase": {
                  "type": "object",
                  "required": false,
                  "description": "The institution/organisation which have curated and provided these experimental details. Most of the time, it is aterm of the PSI-MI ontology: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=MI&termId=MI%3A0461&termName=interaction%20database",
                  "properties": {
                    "id": {
                      "type": "string",
                      "required": false,
                      "description": "The institution MI identifier if it exists form the PSI-MI ontology http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=MI&termId=MI%3A0461&termName=interaction%20database."
                    },
                    "name": {
                      "type": "string",
                      "required": true,
                      "description": "The institution name. Most of the time, the name will match a term from the PSI-MI ontology http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=MI&termId=MI%3A0461&termName=interaction%20database. It represents the unique PSI shortlabel for this database"
                    }
                  }
                }
              }
            },
            "id": {
              "type": "string",
              "required": true,
              "description": "Unique identifier for this interaction. For biological complexes, it is generated from the complex main database accession and for interaction evidences, it usually is the IMEx identifier or a automatically generated id"
            },
            "identifiers": {
              "type": "array",
              "required": false,
              "description": "An list of database identifiers for this interaction.",
              "items": [{
                "type": "object",
                "required": false,
                "description": "A database identifier for this interaction. It usually can be used to link to interaction resources for more details.",
                "properties": {
                  "db": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "required": true,
                    "description": "The database name. Most of the time, the name will match a term from the PSI-MI ontology http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=MI&termId=MI%3A0444&termName=database%20citation. It represents the unique PSI shortlabel for this database"
                  },
                  "id": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "required": true,
                    "description": "The database identifier/accession. It usually represents the primary accession of this object in a specific database."
                  }
                }
              }]
            },
            "interactionType": {
              "type": "object",
              "required": false,
              "description": "The interaction type which is usually term from PSI-MI ontology: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=MI&termId=MI%3A0190&termName=interaction%20type.",
              "properties": {
                "id": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "required": false,
                  "description": "The interaction type MI identifier from the PSI-MI ontology: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=MI&termId=MI%3A0190&termName=interaction%20type."
                },
                "name": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "required": true,
                  "description": "The interaction type unique short name from the PSI-MI ontology: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=MI&termId=MI%3A0190&termName=interaction%20type."
                }
              }
            },
            "object": {
              "type": "string",
              "required": true,
              "description": "The object for an interaction or biological complex is always 'interaction'. It helps to distinguish interactors from interactions in the data array"
            },
            "participants": {
              "type": "array",
              "required": true,
              "description": "The list of participants/interactor instances which are involved in this interaction.",
              "items": [{
                "type": "object",
                "required": true,
                "description": "Participant involved in this interaction. It represents an instance of the interactor/molecule within this interaction",
                "properties": {
                  "bioRole": {
                    "type": "object",
                    "required": true,
                    "description": "Participant biological role which is usually a term from the PSI-MI ontology: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=MI&termId=MI%3A0500&termName=biological%20role",
                    "properties": {
                      "id": {
                        "type": "string",
                        "required": false,
                        "description": "The biological role MI identifier from the PSI-MI ontology: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=MI&termId=MI%3A0500&termName=biological%20role."
                      },
                      "name": {
                        "type": "string",
                        "required": true,
                        "description": "The biological role unique short name from the PSI-MI ontology: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=MI&termId=MI%3A0500&termName=biological%20role."
                      }
                    }
                  },
                  "expRole": {
                    "type": "object",
                    "required": false,
                    "description": "Participant experimental role (only for interaction evidences, not biological complexes) which is usually a term from the PSI-MI ontology: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=MI&termId=MI%3A0495&termName=experimental%20role",
                    "properties": {
                      "id": {
                        "type": "string",
                        "required": false,
                        "description": "The experimental role MI identifier from the PSI-MI ontology: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=MI&termId=MI%3A0495&termName=experimental%20role."
                      },
                      "name": {
                        "type": "string",
                        "required": true,
                        "description": "The experimental role unique short name from the PSI-MI ontology: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=MI&termId=MI%3A0495&termName=experimental%20role."
                      }
                    }
                  },
                  "identificationMethods": {
                    "type": "array",
                    "required": false,
                    "description": "List of participant identification methods if the participant is from an interaction evidence, not a biological complex. It is usually a term from PSI-MI ontology: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=MI&termId=MI%3A0002&termName=participant%20identification%20method",
                    "items": [{
                      "type": "object",
                      "required": false,
                      "description": "Participant identification method (only for interaction evidences, not biological complexes) which is usually a term from the PSI-MI ontology: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=MI&termId=MI%3A0002&termName=participant%20identification%20method",
                      "properties": {
                        "id": {
                          "type": "string",
                          "required": false,
                          "description": "The participant identification method MI identifier from the PSI-MI ontology: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=MI&termId=MI%3A0002&termName=participant%20identification%20method."
                        },
                        "name": {
                          "type": "string",
                          "required": true,
                          "description": "The participant identification method unique short name from the PSI-MI ontology: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=MI&termId=MI%3A0002&termName=participant%20identification%20method."
                        }
                      }
                    }]
                  },
                  "expressedIn": {
                    "type": "object",
                    "required": false,
                    "description": "The host organism where the participant has been expressed in. It is only valid for interaction evidences and does not make sense for biological complexes.",
                    "properties": {
                      "common": {
                        "type": "string",
                        "required": false,
                        "description": "The common name or short name of the organism."
                      },
                      "scientific": {
                        "type": "string",
                        "required": false,
                        "description": "The scientific name of full name of the organism."
                      },
                      "taxid": {
                        "type": "number",
                        "required": true,
                        "description": "The uniprot taxonomy identifier for this organism. Can be -1 if in vitro, -2 if chemical synthesis, -3 if unknown, -4 if in vivo"
                      },
                      "cellType": {
                        "type": "object",
                        "required": true,
                        "description": "The cell type of the host organism.",
                        "properties": {
                          "id": {
                            "type": "string",
                            "required": false,
                            "description": "The cell type ontology identifier if one exists."
                          },
                          "name": {
                            "type": "string",
                            "required": true,
                            "description": "The cell type short name."
                          }
                        }
                      },
                      "tissue": {
                        "type": "object",
                        "required": true,
                        "description": "The source tissue of the host organism.",
                        "properties": {
                          "id": {
                            "type": "string",
                            "required": false,
                            "description": "The source tissue ontology identifier if one exists."
                          },
                          "name": {
                            "type": "string",
                            "required": true,
                            "description": "The source tissue short name."
                          }
                        }
                      },
                      "compartment": {
                        "type": "object",
                        "required": true,
                        "description": "The subcellular compartment of the host organism.",
                        "properties": {
                          "id": {
                            "type": "string",
                            "required": false,
                            "description": "The subcellular compartment ontology identifier if one exists."
                          },
                          "name": {
                            "type": "string",
                            "required": true,
                            "description": "The subcellular compartment type short name."
                          }
                        }
                      }
                    }
                  },
                  "confidences": {
                    "type": "array",
                    "required": false,
                    "description": "List of experimental confidences for this participant. It does not make sense for biological complexes.",
                    "items": [{
                      "type": "object",
                      "required": true,
                      "description": "The experimental confidence determined fro this participant.",
                      "properties": {
                        "type": {
                          "type": "object",
                          "required": true,
                          "description": "Confidence type which is usually a term from the PSI-MI ontology: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=MI&termId=MI%3A1064&termName=confidence",
                          "properties": {
                            "id": {
                              "type": "string",
                              "required": false,
                              "description": "The confidence type MI identifier from the PSI-MI ontology: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=MI&termId=MI%3A1064&termName=confidence."
                            },
                            "name": {
                              "type": "string",
                              "required": true,
                              "description": "The confidence type unique short name from the PSI-MI ontology: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=MI&termId=MI%3A1064&termName=confidence."
                            }
                          }
                        },
                        "value": {
                          "type": "string",
                          "required": true,
                          "description": "Confidence value which is free text as it can be quantitative as qualitative."
                        }
                      }
                    }]
                  },
                  "parameters": {
                    "type": "array",
                    "required": false,
                    "description": "List of experimental parameters for this participant. It does not make sense for biological complexes.",
                    "items": [{
                      "type": "object",
                      "required": true,
                      "description": "The experimental parameter determined fro this participant.",
                      "properties": {
                        "type": {
                          "type": "object",
                          "required": true,
                          "description": "Parameter type which is usually a term from the PSI-MI ontology: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=MI&termId=MI%3A0640&termName=parameter%20type",
                          "properties": {
                            "id": {
                              "type": "string",
                              "required": false,
                              "description": "The parameter type MI identifier from the PSI-MI ontology: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=MI&termId=MI%3A0640&termName=parameter%20type."
                            },
                            "name": {
                              "type": "string",
                              "required": true,
                              "description": "The parameter type unique short name from the PSI-MI ontology: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=MI&termId=MI%3A0640&termName=parameter%20type."
                            }
                          }
                        },
                        "value": {
                          "type": "string",
                          "required": true,
                          "description": "Parameter value. (for instance 2x10^(-5))"
                        },
                        "unit": {
                          "type": "object",
                          "required": false,
                          "description": "Parameter unit which is usually a term from the PSI-MI ontology: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=MI&termId=MI%3A0647&termName=parameter%20unit",
                          "properties": {
                            "id": {
                              "type": "string",
                              "required": false,
                              "description": "The parameter unit MI identifier from the PSI-MI ontology: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=MI&termId=MI%3A0647&termName=parameter%20unit."
                            },
                            "name": {
                              "type": "string",
                              "required": true,
                              "description": "The parameter unit unique short name from the PSI-MI ontology: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=MI&termId=MI%3A0647&termName=parameter%20unit."
                            }
                          }
                        }
                      }
                    }]
                  },
                  "id": {
                    "type": "integer",
                    "required": true,
                    "description": "Unique identifier for this participant/interactor instance."
                  },
                  "interactorRef": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "required": true,
                    "description": "Interactor id reference for this participant. It points to the id of an interactor described in this data array."
                  },
                  "features": {
                    "type": "array",
                    "required": false,
                    "description": "List of features attached to this participant.",
                    "items": [{
                      "type": "object",
                      "required": true,
                      "description": "The feature attached to this participant (tag, etc.). See the PSI-MI ontology for all types of features: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=MI&termId=MI%3A0116&termName=feature%20type",
                      "properties": {
                        "id": {
                          "type": "integer",
                          "required": true,
                          "description": "Unique identifier for this feature instance."
                        },
                        "name": {
                          "type": "string",
                          "required": false,
                          "description": "The feature short name."
                        },
                        "sequenceData": {
                          "type": "array",
                          "required": true,
                          "description": "The list of feature sequence ranges.",
                          "items": [{
                            "type": "object",
                            "required": true,
                            "properties": {
                              "interactorRef": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "required": true,
                                "description": "The id of the interactor/molecule this feature is referring to."
                              },
                              "participantRef": {
                                "type": "integer",
                                "required": true,
                                "description": "The id of the interactor instance/participant this feature belongs to.."
                              },
                              "pos": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "required": true,
                                "description": "The sequence positions. If the sequence positions are unknown, they are encoded with ?-?. If the positions are n-terminal range, they are encoded with n-n. If the positions are C terminal range, they are encoded with c-c. If the positions are fuzzy, they are encoded with x1..x2-x3..x4."
                              }
                            }
                          }]
                        },
                        "detMethods": {
                          "type": "array",
                          "required": false,
                          "description": "List of feature detection methods if the feature is from an interaction evidence, not a biological complex. It is usually a term from PSI-MI ontology: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=MI&termId=MI%3A0003&termName=feature%20detection%20method",
                          "items": [{
                            "type": "object",
                            "required": false,
                            "description": "Feature detection method (only for interaction evidences, not biological complexes) which is usually a term from the PSI-MI ontology: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=MI&termId=MI%3A0003&termName=feature%20detection%20method",
                            "properties": {
                              "id": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "required": false,
                                "description": "The feature detection method MI identifier from the PSI-MI ontology: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=MI&termId=MI%3A0003&termName=feature%20detection%20method."
                              },
                              "name": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "required": true,
                                "description": "The feature detection method unique short name from the PSI-MI ontology: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=MI&termId=MI%3A0003&termName=feature%20detection%20method."
                              }
                            }
                          }]
                        },
                        "parameters": {
                          "type": "array",
                          "required": false,
                          "description": "List of experimental parameters for this feature. It does not make sense for biological complexes.",
                          "items": [{
                            "type": "object",
                            "required": true,
                            "description": "The experimental parameter determined fro this feature.",
                            "properties": {
                              "type": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "required": true,
                                "description": "Parameter type which is usually a term from the PSI-MI ontology: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=MI&termId=MI%3A0640&termName=parameter%20type",
                                "properties": {
                                  "id": {
                                    "type": "string",
                                    "required": false,
                                    "description": "The parameter type MI identifier from the PSI-MI ontology: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=MI&termId=MI%3A0640&termName=parameter%20type."
                                  },
                                  "name": {
                                    "type": "string",
                                    "required": true,
                                    "description": "The parameter type unique short name from the PSI-MI ontology: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=MI&termId=MI%3A0640&termName=parameter%20type."
                                  }
                                }
                              },
                              "value": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "required": true,
                                "description": "Parameter value. (for instance 2x10^(-5))"
                              },
                              "unit": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "required": false,
                                "description": "Parameter unit which is usually a term from the PSI-MI ontology: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=MI&termId=MI%3A0647&termName=parameter%20unit",
                                "properties": {
                                  "id": {
                                    "type": "string",
                                    "required": false,
                                    "description": "The parameter unit MI identifier from the PSI-MI ontology: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=MI&termId=MI%3A0647&termName=parameter%20unit."
                                  },
                                  "name": {
                                    "type": "string",
                                    "required": true,
                                    "description": "The parameter unit unique short name from the PSI-MI ontology: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=MI&termId=MI%3A0647&termName=parameter%20unit."
                                  }
                                }
                              }
                            }
                          }]
                        },
                        "linkedFeatures": {
                          "type": "array",
                          "required": false,
                          "description": "List of feature ids this feature is linked to.",
                          "items": [{
                            "type": "integer",
                            "required": true,
                            "description": "The feature id of the feature which is linked to the parent feature."
                          }]
                        },
                        "type": {
                          "type": "object",
                          "required": true,
                          "description": "Feature type which is usually a term from the PSI-MI ontology: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=MI&termId=MI%3A0116&termName=feature%20type",
                          "properties": {
                            "id": {
                              "type": "string",
                              "required": false,
                              "description": "The feature type MI identifier from the PSI-MI ontology: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=MI&termId=MI%3A0116&termName=feature%20type."
                            },
                            "name": {
                              "type": "string",
                              "required": true,
                              "description": "The feature type unique short name from the PSI-MI ontology: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=MI&termId=MI%3A0116&termName=feature%20type."
                            }
                          }
                        },
                        "category": {
                          "type": "string",
                          "required": false,
                          "description": "Category of feature, e.g. bindingSite, otherFeatures, experimentalFeature, ptm"
                        },
                        "role": {
                          "type": "object",
                          "required": true,
                          "description": "Feature role which is usually a term from the PSI-MI ontology: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=MI&termId=MI%3A0925&termName=observed%20ptm",
                          "properties": {
                            "id": {
                              "type": "string",
                              "required": false,
                              "description": "The feature role MI identifier from the PSI-MI ontology: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=MI&termId=MI%3A0925&termName=observed%20ptm."
                            },
                            "name": {
                              "type": "string",
                              "required": true,
                              "description": "The feature role unique short name from the PSI-MI ontology: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=MI&termId=MI%3A0925&termName=observed%20ptm."
                            }
                          }
                        },
                        "InterPro": {
                          "type": "string",
                          "required": false,
                          "description": "The InterPro identifier which identifies this feature."
                        }
                      }
                    }]
                  }
                }
              }]
            },
            "confidences": {
              "type": "array",
              "required": false,
              "description": "List of experimental confidences for this interaction. It does not make sense for biological complexes.",
              "items": [{
                "type": "object",
                "required": true,
                "description": "The experimental confidence determined fro this interaction.",
                "properties": {
                  "type": {
                    "type": "object",
                    "required": true,
                    "description": "Confidence type which is usually a term from the PSI-MI ontology: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=MI&termId=MI%3A1064&termName=confidence",
                    "properties": {
                      "id": {
                        "type": "string",
                        "required": false,
                        "description": "The confidence type MI identifier from the PSI-MI ontology: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=MI&termId=MI%3A1064&termName=confidence."
                      },
                      "name": {
                        "type": "string",
                        "required": true,
                        "description": "The confidence type unique short name from the PSI-MI ontology: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=MI&termId=MI%3A1064&termName=confidence."
                      }
                    }
                  },
                  "value": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "required": true,
                    "description": "Confidence value which is free text as it can be quantitative as qualitative."
                  }
                }
              }]
            },
            "parameters": {
              "type": "array",
              "required": false,
              "description": "List of experimental parameters for this interaction. It does not make sense for biological complexes.",
              "items": [{
                "type": "object",
                "required": true,
                "description": "The experimental parameter determined fro this interaction.",
                "properties": {
                  "type": {
                    "type": "object",
                    "required": true,
                    "description": "Parameter type which is usually a term from the PSI-MI ontology: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=MI&termId=MI%3A0640&termName=parameter%20type",
                    "properties": {
                      "id": {
                        "type": "string",
                        "required": false,
                        "description": "The parameter type MI identifier from the PSI-MI ontology: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=MI&termId=MI%3A0640&termName=parameter%20type."
                      },
                      "name": {
                        "type": "string",
                        "required": true,
                        "description": "The parameter type unique short name from the PSI-MI ontology: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=MI&termId=MI%3A0640&termName=parameter%20type."
                      }
                    }
                  },
                  "value": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "required": true,
                    "description": "Parameter value. (for instance 2x10^(-5))"
                  },
                  "unit": {
                    "type": "object",
                    "required": false,
                    "description": "Parameter unit which is usually a term from the PSI-MI ontology: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=MI&termId=MI%3A0647&termName=parameter%20unit",
                    "properties": {
                      "id": {
                        "type": "string",
                        "required": false,
                        "description": "The parameter unit MI identifier from the PSI-MI ontology: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=MI&termId=MI%3A0647&termName=parameter%20unit."
                      },
                      "name": {
                        "type": "string",
                        "required": true,
                        "description": "The parameter unit unique short name from the PSI-MI ontology: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=MI&termId=MI%3A0647&termName=parameter%20unit."
                      }
                    }
                  }
                }
              }]
            },
            "organism": {
              "type": "object",
              "required": false,
              "description": "Organism for this biological complex. This is only provided when the interaction is a biological complex",
              "properties": {
                "common": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "required": false,
                  "description": "The common name or short name of the organism."
                },
                "scientific": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "required": false,
                  "description": "The scientific name of full name of the organism."
                },
                "taxid": {
                  "type": "number",
                  "required": true,
                  "description": "The uniprot taxonomy identifier for this organism. Can be -1 if in vitro, -2 if chemical synthesis, -3 if unknown, -4 if in vivo"
                }
              }
            },
            "evidenceType": {
              "type": "object",
              "required": false,
              "description": "The biological complex evidence type which is usually term from ECO ontology: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=ECO.",
              "properties": {
                "id": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "required": false,
                  "description": "The evidence type identifier from the ECO ontology: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=ECO."
                },
                "name": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "required": true,
                  "description": "The evidence type short name from the ECO ontology: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=ECO."
                }
              }
            },
            "complexType": {
              "type": "object",
              "required": false,
              "description": "The complex type (only if the interaction is a biological complex) which is usually term from PSI-MI ontology: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=MI&termId=MI%3A1298&termName=complex%20type.",
              "properties": {
                "id": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "required": false,
                  "description": "The complex type MI identifier from the PSI-MI ontology: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=MI&termId=MI%3A1298&termName=complex%20type."
                },
                "name": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "required": true,
                  "description": "The complex type unique short name from the PSI-MI ontology: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=MI&termId=MI%3A1298&termName=complex%20type."
                }
              }
            },
            "expansion": {
              "type": "object",
              "required": false,
              "description": "The complex expansion method use to explode a n-ary interaction in n-1 binary interactions. It does not make sense for biological complexes. It is usually a term of the PSI-MI ontology: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=MI&termId=MI%3A1059&termName=complex%20expansion",
              "properties": {
                "id": {
                  "type": "integer",
                  "required": false,
                  "description": "The complex expansion id which is unique per expanded n-ary interactions. It helps to detect all binary pairs that were part of the same n-ary interaction."
                },
                "name": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "required": true,
                  "description": "The complex expansion method short name from the PSI-MI ontology: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ontology-lookup/browse.do?ontName=MI&termId=MI%3A1059&termName=complex%20expansion."
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}