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Class: Instrument

A material entity that is designed to perform a function in a scientific investigation, but is not a reagent.

URI: nmdc:Instrument

classDiagram class Instrument click Instrument href "../Instrument" MaterialEntity <|-- Instrument click MaterialEntity href "../MaterialEntity" Instrument : alternative_identifiers Instrument : description Instrument : id Instrument : model Instrument --> "0..1" InstrumentModelEnum : model click InstrumentModelEnum href "../InstrumentModelEnum" Instrument : name Instrument : type Instrument : vendor Instrument --> "0..1" InstrumentVendorEnum : vendor click InstrumentVendorEnum href "../InstrumentVendorEnum"

Inheritance

Slots

Name Cardinality and Range Description Inheritance
vendor 0..1
InstrumentVendorEnum
direct
model 0..1
InstrumentModelEnum
direct
id 1
Uriorcurie
A unique identifier for a thing NamedThing
name 0..1
String
A human readable label for an entity NamedThing
description 0..1
String
a human-readable description of a thing NamedThing
alternative_identifiers *
Uriorcurie
A list of alternative identifiers for the entity NamedThing
type 1
Uriorcurie
the class_uri of the class that has been instantiated NamedThing

Usages

used by used in type used
NucleotideSequencing instrument_used range Instrument
MassSpectrometry instrument_used range Instrument
Database instrument_set range Instrument
Pooling instrument_used range Instrument
Extraction instrument_used range Instrument
LibraryPreparation instrument_used range Instrument
SubSamplingProcess instrument_used range Instrument
MixingProcess instrument_used range Instrument
FiltrationProcess instrument_used range Instrument
ChromatographicSeparationProcess instrument_used range Instrument
DissolvingProcess instrument_used range Instrument
ChemicalConversionProcess instrument_used range Instrument
MaterialProcessing instrument_used range Instrument
DataGeneration instrument_used range Instrument

Aliases

  • device

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

Mappings

Mapping Type Mapped Value
self nmdc:Instrument
native nmdc:Instrument
exact OBI:0000968

LinkML Source

Direct

name: Instrument
description: A material entity that is designed to perform a function in a scientific
  investigation, but is not a reagent.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/nmdc/nmdc
aliases:
- device
exact_mappings:
- OBI:0000968
is_a: MaterialEntity
slots:
- vendor
- model
slot_usage:
  id:
    name: id
    domain_of:
    - NamedThing
    structured_pattern:
      syntax: '{id_nmdc_prefix}:inst-{id_shoulder}-{id_blade}$'
      interpolated: true
class_uri: nmdc:Instrument

Induced

name: Instrument
description: A material entity that is designed to perform a function in a scientific
  investigation, but is not a reagent.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/nmdc/nmdc
aliases:
- device
exact_mappings:
- OBI:0000968
is_a: MaterialEntity
slot_usage:
  id:
    name: id
    domain_of:
    - NamedThing
    structured_pattern:
      syntax: '{id_nmdc_prefix}:inst-{id_shoulder}-{id_blade}$'
      interpolated: true
attributes:
  vendor:
    name: vendor
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/nmdc/nmdc
    rank: 1000
    alias: vendor
    owner: Instrument
    domain_of:
    - Instrument
    range: InstrumentVendorEnum
  model:
    name: model
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/nmdc/nmdc
    rank: 1000
    alias: model
    owner: Instrument
    domain_of:
    - Instrument
    range: InstrumentModelEnum
  id:
    name: id
    description: A unique identifier for a thing. Must be either a CURIE shorthand
      for a URI or a complete URI
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/nmdc/nmdc
    rank: 1000
    identifier: true
    alias: id
    owner: Instrument
    domain_of:
    - NamedThing
    range: uriorcurie
    required: true
    pattern: ^[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9_\.]+:[a-zA-Z0-9_][a-zA-Z0-9_\-\/\.,]*$
    structured_pattern:
      syntax: '{id_nmdc_prefix}:inst-{id_shoulder}-{id_blade}$'
      interpolated: true
  name:
    name: name
    description: A human readable label for an entity
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/nmdc/nmdc
    rank: 1000
    alias: name
    owner: Instrument
    domain_of:
    - PersonValue
    - NamedThing
    - Protocol
    range: string
  description:
    name: description
    description: a human-readable description of a thing
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/nmdc/nmdc
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: dcterms:description
    alias: description
    owner: Instrument
    domain_of:
    - ImageValue
    - NamedThing
    range: string
  alternative_identifiers:
    name: alternative_identifiers
    description: A list of alternative identifiers for the entity.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/nmdc/nmdc
    rank: 1000
    alias: alternative_identifiers
    owner: Instrument
    domain_of:
    - MetaboliteIdentification
    - NamedThing
    range: uriorcurie
    multivalued: true
    pattern: ^[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9_\.]+:[a-zA-Z0-9_][a-zA-Z0-9_\-\/\.,]*$
  type:
    name: type
    description: the class_uri of the class that has been instantiated
    notes:
    - replaces legacy nmdc:type slot
    - makes it easier to read example data files
    - required for polymorphic MongoDB collections
    examples:
    - value: nmdc:Biosample
    - value: nmdc:Study
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/nmdc/nmdc
    see_also:
    - https://github.com/microbiomedata/nmdc-schema/issues/1048
    - https://github.com/microbiomedata/nmdc-schema/issues/1233
    - https://github.com/microbiomedata/nmdc-schema/issues/248
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: rdf:type
    designates_type: true
    alias: type
    owner: Instrument
    domain_of:
    - EukEval
    - FunctionalAnnotationAggMember
    - MobilePhaseSegment
    - PortionOfSubstance
    - MagBin
    - MetaboliteIdentification
    - PeptideQuantification
    - ProteinQuantification
    - GenomeFeature
    - FunctionalAnnotation
    - AttributeValue
    - NamedThing
    - FailureCategorization
    - Protocol
    - CreditAssociation
    - Doi
    range: uriorcurie
    required: true
class_uri: nmdc:Instrument