Class: ResearchStudy

An activity that applies a defined methodological approach to interrogate a specific set of subjects, and generate data that is analyzed and interpreted to answer a particular research question (typically the validation or generation of hypothesis)

URI: vaspec:ResearchStudy

Parents

• is_a: Activity - An action or set of actions performed by an agent, that occurs over a period of time. Activities may use, generate, modify, move, or destroy one or more entities.

Referenced by Class

• StudyResult StudyResult➞sourceStudy _0..1 ResearchStudy

Attributes

Own

• ResearchStudy➞researchStudyType _0..*
  • Description: A specific type of study this ResearchStudy object represents.
  • Range: Coding

Inherited from Activity:

• 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
• Activity➞activityType _0..*
  • Description: A specific type of activity this Activity object may represent
  • Range: Coding
• Activity➞startDate _0..1
  • Description: The date that the Activity started
  • Range: Ga4ghDateTime
• Activity➞endDate _0..1
  • Description: The date that the Activity ended
  • Range: Ga4ghDateTime
• Activity➞performedBy _0..*
  • Description: An Agent taking part in executing the Activity.
  • Range: Agent
• Activity➞hadInput _0..*
  • Description: An entity that was input into the Activity (could be material or information)
  • Range: Entity
• Activity➞hadOutput _0..*
  • Description: An entity that was output from the Activity (could be material or information)
  • Range: Entity
• Activity➞wasSpecifiedBy _0..*
  • Description: A directive specification followed in performing an Activity, that describes how it should be executed.
  • Range: Method
• Activity➞hasPart _0..*
  • Description: A smaller, discrete Activity that is part of this larger Activity
  • Range: Activity
• Activity➞partOf _0..*
  • Description: A larger Activity of which this Activity is a part (i.e. it was performed during the larger Activity)
  • Range: Activity

Other properties

Comments:		This is a stub for a basic model of a Study that will be developed in future iterations of the specification. At present, adopters can plug their own model of research studies in here.
Exact Mappings:		SEPIO:0000125