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Dataset DRAFT Profile

Version: 1.1-DRAFT (11 November 2022)


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Key to specification table

CD = Cardinality

Property Expected Type Description CD Controlled Vocabulary Example
Marginality: Minimum.
@context URL Used to provide the context (namespaces) for the JSON-LD file.
Not needed in other serialisations.
ONE
@type Text Schema.org/Bioschemas class for the resource declared using JSON-LD syntax. For other serialisations please use the appropriate mechanism.
While it is permissible to provide multiple types, it is preferred to use a single type.
MANY Schema.org, Bioschemas
@id IRI Used to distinguish the resource being described in JSON-LD. For other serialisations use the appropriate approach. ONE
dct:conformsTo IRI Used to state the Bioschemas profile that the markup relates to. The versioned URL of the profile must be used.
Note that we use a CURIE in the table here but the full URL for Dublin Core terms must be used in the markup (http://purl.org/dc/terms/conformsTo), see example.
ONE Bioschemas profile versioned URL
description Text
Schema:

A short summary describing a dataset. A description of the item.


ONE
identifier PropertyValue
Text
URL
Schema:

CURIEs that can be resolved using Identifiers.org should be used. 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.


MANY
keywords DefinedTerm
Text
URL
Schema:

Keywords or tags used to describe this content. Multiple entries in a keywords list are typically delimited by commas.


Bioschemas:

Keywords should be drawn from a controlled vocabulary, e.g. EDAM, and supplied as a DefinedTerm list.

ONE
license CreativeWork
URL
Schema:

A license under which the dataset is distributed. A license document that applies to this content, typically indicated by URL.


ONE
name Text
Schema:

A descriptive name of the dataset. The name of the item.


ONE
url URL
Schema:

The location of a page describing the dataset. URL of the item.


ONE
Marginality: Recommended.
alternateName Text
Schema:

An alias for the item.


MANY
citation CreativeWork
Text
Schema:

A citation for a publication that describes the dataset. A citation or reference to another creative work, such as another publication, web page, scholarly article, etc.


MANY
creator Organization
Person
Schema:

The name of the dataset creator (person or organization). The creator/author of this CreativeWork. This is the same as the Author property for CreativeWork.


MANY
distribution DataDownload
Schema:

A downloadable form of this dataset, at a specific location, in a specific format.


ONE
includedInDataCatalog DataCatalog
Schema:

A data catalog which contains this dataset. Supersedes includedDataCatalog, catalog. Inverse property: dataset


MANY
isBasedOn Creativework
Product
URL
Schema:

Use to link a Dataset to the Study that it was generated from. A resource that was used in the creation of this resource. This term can be repeated for multiple sources. For example, http://example.com/great-multiplication-intro.html. Supersedes isBasedOnUrl.


MANY
measurementTechnique Text
URL
Schema:

A technique or technology used in a Dataset (or DataDownload, DataCatalog), corresponding to the method used for measuring the corresponding variable(s) (described using variableMeasured). This is oriented towards scientific and scholarly dataset publication but may have broader applicability; it is not intended as a full representation of measurement, but rather as a high level summary for dataset discovery.

For example, if variableMeasured is: molecule concentration, measurementTechnique could be: “mass spectrometry” or “nmr spectroscopy” or “colorimetry” or “immunofluorescence”.

If the variableMeasured is “depression rating”, the measurementTechnique could be “Zung Scale” or “HAM-D” or “Beck Depression Inventory”.

If there are several variableMeasured properties recorded for some given data object, use a PropertyValue for each variableMeasured and attach the corresponding measurementTechnique.


MANY
sameAs URL
Schema:

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.


ONE
variableMeasured PropertyValue
Text
Schema:

What does the dataset measure? (e.g., temperature, pressure). The variableMeasured property can indicate (repeated as necessary) the variables that are measured in some dataset, either described as text or as pairs of identifier and description using PropertyValue.


MANY
version Number
Text
Schema:

The version number for this dataset. The version of the CreativeWork embodied by a specified resource.


ONE
Marginality: Optional.
dateCreated Date
DateTime
Schema:

The date on which the CreativeWork was created or the item was added to a DataFeed.


ONE
dateModified Date
DateTime
Schema:

The date on which the CreativeWork was most recently modified or when the item’s entry was modified within a DataFeed.


ONE
datePublished Date
Schema:

Date of first broadcast/publication.


ONE
hasPart CreativeWork
Thing
Schema:

Indicates an item or CreativeWork that is part of this item, or CreativeWork (in some sense). Inverse property: isPartOf


ONE
isAccessibleForFree Boolean
Schema:

A flag to signal that the item, event, or place is accessible for free. Supersedes free.


ONE
isPartOf CreativeWork
URL
Schema:

Indicates an item or CreativeWork that this item, or CreativeWork (in some sense), is part of. Inverse property: hasPart


ONE
maintainer Organization
Person
Schema:

A maintainer of a Dataset, software package (SoftwareApplication), or other Project. A maintainer is a Person or Organization that manages contributions to, and/or publication of, some (typically complex) artifact. It is common for distributions of software and data to be based on “upstream” sources. When maintainer is applied to a specific version of something e.g. a particular version or packaging of a Dataset, it is always possible that the upstream source has a different maintainer. The isBasedOn property can be used to indicate such relationships between datasets to make the different maintenance roles clear. Similarly in the case of software, a package may have dedicated maintainers working on integration into software distributions such as Ubuntu, as well as upstream maintainers of the underlying work.


MANY
publisher Organization
Person
Schema:

The publisher of the creative work.


ONE