code: def addRnaQuantMetadata(self, fields):
          
          self._featureSetIds = fields["feature_set_ids"].split(',')
          self._description = fields["description"]
          self._name = fields["name"]
          self._biosampleId = fields.get("biosample_id", "")
          if fields["read_group_ids"] == "":
              self._readGroupIds = []
          else:
              self._readGroupIds = fields["read_group_ids"].split(',')
          if fields["programs"] == "":
              self._programs = []
          else:
              # Need to use program Id's here to generate a list of Programs
              # for now set to empty
              self._programs = []
docs: data elements are:
          Id, annotations, description, name, readGroupId
          where annotations is a comma separated list