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BioSample (Type)

Version: 0.2-DRAFT (2025-08-15)

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Key to specification table



Property Expected Type Description
Properties from BioSample (pending schema.org integration).
scientificName DefinedTerm
Text 		The full scientific name (order, family, subfamily, genus, specificEpithet).
anatomicalSystem AnatomicalSystem Indicate the anatomical system from which the sample is collect, e.g. circulatory, digestive, endocrine, immune and other systems.
anatomicalSturcture AnatomicalStructure
 Indicate the organ, tissues the sample was collected from.
sex Text
 The biological sex of the individual from which the sample was obtained.
developmentalStage Text
QuantitativeValue
DefinedTerm
 A temporal subdivision of a developmental process, indicating the age or stage of the object when the sample was created.
Properties from BioChemEntity
associatedDisease MedicalCondition or
PropertyValue or
URL 		Disease associated to this BioChemEntity. Such a disease can be a MedicalCondition or a URL. If you want to add an evidence supporting the association, please use PropertyValue.
biologicalRole DefinedTerm A role played by the molecular entity within a biological context.
isInvolvedInBiologicalProcess DefinedTerm or PropertyValue or
URL 		Biological process this BioChemEntity is involved in; please use PropertyValue if you want to include any evidence.
isLocatedInSubcellularLocation DefinedTerm or PropertyValue or
URL 		Subcellular location where this BioChemEntity is located; please use PropertyValue if you want to include any evidence.
taxonomicRange DefinedTerm or Taxon or
Text or
URL 		The taxonomic grouping of the organism that expresses, encodes, or in someway related to the BioChemEntity.
Properties from Sample 0.3-DRAFT (pending schema.org integration).
additionalProperty PropertyValue A property-value pair representing an additional characteristics of the entitity, e.g. a product feature or another characteristic for which there is no matching property in schema.org.
Note: Publishers should be aware that applications designed to use specific schema.org properties (e.g. http://schema.org/width, http://schema.org/color, http://schema.org/gtin13, ...) will typically expect such data to be provided using those properties, rather than using the generic property/value mechanism.
alternateIdentifier Text An additional identifier for the same instance of the resource.
keywords Text Terms that capture the main subjects e.g. cancer, plant biology.
dateCollected Date or
DateTime 		The date on which the sample was collected.
datePublished Date or
DateTime 		The date when the record of the sample will be made publicly available.
dateModified Date or
DateTime 		The date the sample record was last updated.
dateCreated Date or
DateTime 		The date the sample was created or added to a DataFeed.
processingDate Date or
DateTime 		The date the sample was processed or used in a method.
submitter Person or
Organization 		The person or organization that registers the sample.
maintainer Person or
Organization 		The Person or Organization who is responsible for the Sample.
collector Person or
Organization 		The Person or Organization who collected the Sample.
contributor Person or
Organization 		A person or organization that contributes to the work.
contactPoint Person or
Organization 		Person or organization that can be contacted for more information or support.
collectionMethod Text Provide information about the conditions and methods of acquisition of samples.
instrument Text or
URL 		Provide description of instruments and devices used in collecting, processing and analysis of samples.
locationOfOrigin Place or
GeoCoordinates or
Text 		The location from which the sample was originally collected.
environmentSystem Text A category or description of the habitat that describes elements of an ecosystem where the sample was collected. Where possible use controlled vocabulary such as ENVO.
locationCreated Place or
GeoCoordinates or
Text 		The place where a sample underwent processing or creation, distinct from its original location.
itemLocation Place or
GeoCoordinates or
Text 		Current location of the item.
sampleQuantity QuantitativeValue A numeric value for a measurement of the size of a sample.
sampleState Text Specify the composition and state of the sample, indicating which form it exisits in, e.g. gas, liquid, solid.
sampleType Text or
URL 		Indicate the type of sample.
sampleStorageTemperature QuantitativeValue The temperature at which the sample is stored.
sampleProcess Text The processing technique that was applied to the sample, methods used to prepare the samples.
experimentalPurpose Text Describe the planned or executed experimental procedures involving the samples.
funding Grant Provide funding information.
project ResearchProject Information on the project.
accessConditions Text Sample access statement outlining conditions/requirements need to be fulfilled before access to the sample is granted.
ethics Text Indicate which ethics policies are associated with the sample.
studyTitle Text Title of the study to which the samples belong.
studyID Text or
URL 		Indicate the study ID.
sampleAvailability Boolean Indicate whether this resource is available for reuse.
isRelatedTo CreativeWork or
ImageObject or
URL or
Text 		Describe related items including other resources related to the samples.
hasPart CreativeWork or
ImageObject or
URL or
Text 		Describe related items including other resources related to the samples.
isPartOf CreativeWork or
ImageObject or
URL or
Text 		Describe related items including other resources related to the samples.
citation CreativeWork or
Text 		List publications where the sample is mentioned or described.
isControl Boolean Indicates whether the sample is being used as a normal control, may be in combination with another sample.
Properties from Thing
additionalType URL An additional type for the item, typically used for adding more specific types from external vocabularies in microdata syntax. This is a relationship between something and a class that the thing is in. In RDFa syntax, it is better to use the native RDFa syntax - the 'typeof' attribute - for multiple types. Schema.org tools may have only weaker understanding of extra types, in particular those defined externally.
description Text A descripton of the item.
disambiguatingDescription Text A sub property of description. A short description of the item used to disambiguate from other, similar items. Information from other properties (in particular, name) may be necessary for the description to be useful for disambiguation.
identifier PropertyValue or
Text or
URL 		The identifier property represents any kind of identifier for any kind of Thing, such as ISBNs, GTIN codes, UUIDs etc. Schema.org provides dedicated properties for representing many of these, either as textual strings or as URL (URI) links. See background notes for more details.
image ImageObject or
URL 		An image of the item. This can be a URL or a fully described ImageObject.
mainEntityOfPage CreativeWork or
URL 		Indicates a page (or other CreativeWork) for which this thing is the main entity being described. See background notes for details.
Inverse property: mainEntity
name Text The name of the item.
potentialAction Action Indicates a potential Action, which describes an idealized action in which this thing would play an 'object' role.
sameAs URL URL of a reference Web page that unambiguously indicates the item's identity. E.g. the URL of the item's Wikipedia page, Wikidata entry, or official website.
subjectOf CreativeWork or
Event 		A CreativeWork or Event about this Thing..
Inverse property: about.
url URL URL of the item.