Class: Method

A set of instructions that specify how to achieve some objective (e.g. study/experimental protocols, curation guidelines, rule sets, etc.)

URI: vaspec:Method

Parents

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

Referenced by Class

• Activity Activity➞wasSpecifiedBy _0..* Method
• InformationEntity InformationEntity➞wasSpecifiedBy _0..* Method
• StudyResult StudyResult➞sourceStudyMethod _0..* Method

Attributes

Own

• Method➞methodType _0..*
  • Description: A specific type of method that the Method object represents (e.g. 'Variant Interpretation Guideline', 'Experimental Protocol')
  • Range: Coding

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
• InformationEntity➞version _0..1
  • Description: The version of the Information Entity (to be used in cases where version is not reflected in the id or identifiers associated with the entity).
  • Range: String
• InformationEntity➞license _0..1
  • Description: The type of license that dictates legal permissions for how a resource (e.g. dataset, document, protocol) can be used - typically referenced by its URL.
  • Range: String

Other properties

Comments:		Methods guide human or computational agents by specifying what actions to perform and how to do so. Examples include research protocols specifying how to execute studies or experiments to generate data, and guidelines for data curation or interpretation that specify how information can be organized, evaluated, and interpreted to generate evidence-based assertions.
Exact Mappings:		IAO:0000104