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GA4GH approves two new products: Categorical Variation Representation Specification (Cat-VRS) and Variant Annotation Specification (VA-Spec)

12 Jun 2025

Cat-VRS establishes a standard to enable search, analysis, and sharing across categorical properties of variant data. VA-Spec provides a model to explicitly express knowledge associated with a variant. Both products were developed by members of the Genomic Knowledge Standards (GKS) Work Stream to foster greater precision in the representation of genomic knowledge. 

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