Class: DataSet

A collection of related data items or records that are organized together in a common format or structure, to enable their computational manipulation as a unit.

URI: vaspec:DataSet

Parents

• is_a: InformationEntity - An abstract (non-physical) entity that is about something.

Referenced by Class

• DataSet DataSet➞currentVersion _0..1 DataSet
• DataSet DataSet➞previousVersion _0..1 DataSet
• RecordMetadata RecordMetadata➞partOfDataset _0..1 DataSet
• StudyResult StudyResult➞sourceDataSet _0..* DataSet

Attributes

Own

• DataSet➞dataSetType _0..*
  • Description: A specific type of data set the DataSet object represents.
  • Range: Coding
• DataSet➞dataSetLevel _0..1
  • Description: The level at which the Data Set is considered and described ('Summary' level, 'Version' level, or 'Distribution' level - see https://www.w3.org/TR/hcls-dataset/#datasetdescriptionlevels)
  • Range: Coding
• DataSet➞releaseDate _0..1
  • Description: The date when a version-level Data Set was released.
  • Range: Ga4ghDateTime
• license _0..1
  • Range: String
• version _0..1
  • Range: String
• DataSet➞previousVersion _0..1
  • Description: A version-level Data Set representing the version described here.
  • Range: DataSet
• DataSet➞currentVersion _0..1
  • Description: A version-level Data Set representing the most current version at the time of recording.
  • Range: DataSet
• DataSet➞format _0..1
  • Description: A specific representational format used to encode a distribution-level Dataset.
  • Range: String
• DataSet➞conformsTo _0..*
  • Description: A community standard that is used in representing any of the data in the Data Set (e.g. an ontology or code system from which enumerated values are drawn, a standard data model used to structure the representation).
  • Range: String
• DataSet➞license _0..1
  • Description: The type of license that dictates legal permissions for how the Data Set can be used - typically referenced by its URL.
  • Range: String
• DataSet➞version _0..1
  • Description: The version of the Data Set (use this field used in cases where version is not reflected in an identifier associated with the Data Set)
  • Range: String

Inherited from InformationEntity:

• Element➞extensionElement _0..*
  • Description: A key-value data structure that allows definition of custom fields to capture information not directly supported by the VA specification.
  • Range: Extension
• Entity➞localId _1..1
  • Description: The logical identifier of the entity in the system of record, e.g. a UUID. This 'id' is unique within a given system. The identified entity may have a different 'id' in a different system.
  • Range: Identifier
• Entity➞globalIdentifier _0..*
  • Description: A business identifier or accession number for the entity, typically as provided by an external system or authority, that is globally unique and persists across implementing systems.
  • Range: Identifier
• Entity➞type _1..1
  • Description: The schema class that is instantiated by the data object. Must be the name of a class from the VA schema.
  • Range: Class
• Entity➞label _0..1
  • Description: A primary name for the Entity.
  • Range: String
• Entity➞alternativeLabel _0..*
  • Description: An alternative name for the Entity.
  • Range: String
• Entity➞description _0..1
  • Description: A free text description of the Entity.
  • Range: String
• Entity➞hasURL _0..*
  • Description: The URL/web address of a digital resource representing the entity, or providing information about it.
  • Range: Url
• Entity➞reference _0..*
  • Description: A document or other Information Entity that describes the Entity.
  • Range: InformationEntity
• Entity➞xref _0..*
  • Description: A cross-reference to database identifier(s) representing the same or a closely related entity or concept as the Entity.
  • Range: String
• Entity➞thisRecordMeta _0..1
  • Description: A reusable structure that encapsulates provenance metadata about the present record/data object (as opposed to provenance information about the real world entity this record/data object represents).
  • Range: RecordMetadata
• Entity➞sourceRecordMeta _0..*
  • Description: A reusable structure that encapsulates provenance metadata that applies to an upstream record/data objdct about the Entity, from which content of the present record was derived.
  • Range: RecordMetadata
• InformationEntity➞isAbout _0..*
  • Description: An entity or concept in the world that the information entity describes/is about.
  • Range: Entity
• InformationEntity➞qualifiedContribution _0..*
  • Description: A specific contribution made by some Agent to the creation, modification, or validation of the information represented in the Information Entity.
  • Range: Contribution
• InformationEntity➞dateAuthored _0..1
  • Description: The date the information content expressed in this entity was generated.
  • Range: Ga4ghDateTime
• InformationEntity➞wasSpecifiedBy _0..*
  • Description: A plan specification that describes all or part of the process through which the information was generated.
  • Range: Method
• InformationEntity➞derivedFrom _0..*
  • Description: An information resource from which the Information Entity is derived, in whole or in part
  • Range: InformationEntity
• InformationEntity➞wasOutputOf _0..*
  • Description: An activity that generated the Entity.
  • Range: Activity
• InformationEntity➞hasPart _0..*
  • Description: Any part of the Information Entity (e.g. individual value or record from a larger data set, a section of a larger document)
  • Range: InformationEntity
• InformationEntity➞partOf _0..*
  • Description: A larger Information Entity of which the present Information Entity is a part.
  • Range: InformationEntity
• InformationEntity➞isReportedIn _0..*
  • Description: A document in which the information content carried by the Information Entity is expressed
  • Range: Document
• InformationEntity➞confidenceLevel _0..1
  • Description: A qualitative term describing the degree of confidence held by the creator of the information entity, that the information it represents is true (e.g. 'high confidence', 'likely true', 'low confidence').
  • Range: Coding
• InformationEntity➞confidenceScore _0..1
  • Description: A quantitative score reflecting the degree of confidence held by the creator of the information entity, that the information it represents is true.
  • Range: DataItem

Other properties

Comments:		Examples include the Broad ExAC dataset on allele population frequency, or a SIFT dataset of computational predictions functional impact for a set of variants, or the contents of a VCF file that describes variations observed in a particular patient and various annotations made on them.
Exact Mappings:		IAO:0000100