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LabProtocol DRAFT Profile

Version: 0.6-DRAFT-2020_12_08 (08 December 2020)

Bioschemas profile describing a LabProtocol in Life Sciences. An experimental LabProtocol is a sequence of tasks and operations executed to perform experimental research in biological and biomedical areas.


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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
bioSampleUsed BioChemEntity
BioSample
DefinedTerm
Text
URL
Taxon
Schema:

BioSample used in the protocol. It could be a record in a Dataset describing the sample or a physical object corresponding to the sample or a URL pointing to the type of sample used.


MANY

NCBI Taxonomy, Uberon

headline Text
Schema:

Headline of the article.


Bioschemas:

Main title of the LabProtocol

ONE
keywords DefinedTerm
Text
URL
Schema:

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


ONE
labEquipmentUsed DefinedTerm
Text
URL
Schema:

A laboratory equipment used by a person to follow one or more steps described in this LabProtocol.


MANY

BAO, EFO, ERO, OBI

protocolPurpose CreativeWork
Text
Schema:

The purpose of the protocol enables readers to make a decision as to the suitability of the protocol to their experimental problem. (see more information here)


ONE
reagentUsed BioChemEntity
MolecularEntity
ChemicalSubstance
DefinedTerm
Text
URL
Schema:

Reagents used in the protocol. ChEBI and PubChem entities can be used whenever available. Commercial names are also acceptable. A reagent is defined as ‘A substance used in a chemical reaction to detect, measure, examine, or produce other substances’ in CHEBI:33893


MANY

ChEBI, PubChem

Marginality: Recommended.
author Organization
Person
Schema:

The author of this content or rating. Please note that author is special in that HTML 5 provides a special mechanism for indicating authorship via the rel tag. That is equivalent to this and may be used interchangeably.


MANY
citation CreativeWork
Text
Schema:

A citation or reference to another creative work, such as another publication, web page, scholarly article, etc.


MANY
identifier PropertyValue
Text
URL
Schema:

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.


ONE
isPartOf CreativeWork
URL
Schema:

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


MANY
license CreativeWork
URL
Schema:

A license document that applies to this content, typically indicated by URL.


ONE
protocolAdvantage CreativeWork
Text
Schema:

Situations where the Protocol has been successfully employed including advantageous elements (e.g. better yield, shorter running time) (see more information here)


MANY
protocolApplication CreativeWork
Text
Schema:

Applications of the protocol list the full diversity of the applications of the method and support if is possible to extend the range of applications of the protocol. e.g. northern blot assays, sequencing, etc. (see more information here)


MANY
protocolLimitation CreativeWork
Text
Schema:

Situations where the Protocol would be unreliable or otherwise unsuccessful (see more information here)


MANY
protocolOutcome CreativeWork
Text
Schema:

Outcome or expected result by a protocol execution (see more information here)


MANY
softwareUsed SoftwareApplication
URL
Schema:

Software or tool used as part of the lab protocol to complete a part of it.


MANY
step CreativeWork
HowToSection
HowToStep
Text
Schema:

A single step item (as HowToStep, text, document, video, etc.) or a HowToSection.


MANY
totalTime Duration
Schema:

The total time required to perform instructions or a direction (including time to prepare the supplies), in ISO 8601 duration format.


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.


Bioschemas:

Last modified date

ONE
datePublished Date
Schema:

Date of first broadcast/publication.


Bioschemas:

Many is used to cover original printed and electronic publication dates.

MANY
description Text
Schema:

A description of the item.


ONE
isBasedOn CreativeWork
URL
Schema:

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.


Bioschemas:

Note: Bioschemas has removed Product from the Expected Types

MANY
performTime Duration
Schema:

The length of time it takes to perform instructions or a direction (not including time to prepare the supplies), in ISO 8601 duration format.


ONE
prepTime Duration
Schema:

The length of time it takes to prepare the items to be used in instructions or a direction, in ISO 8601 duration format.


ONE