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Slot: description

a human-readable description of a thing

URI: dcterms:description

Applicable Classes

Name Description Modifies Slot
ProtocolExecution A PlannedProces that has PlannedProcess parts no
DataObject An object that primarily consists of symbols that represent information yes
Instrument A material entity that is designed to perform a function in a scientific inve... no
WorkflowExecution Represents an instance of an execution of a particular workflow no
Extraction A material separation in which a desired component of an input material is se... no
MassSpectrometryConfiguration A set of parameters that define and control the actions of a mass spectrometr... yes
NomAnalysis no
ReadQcAnalysis A workflow execution activity that performs quality control on raw Illumina r... no
MetaproteomicsAnalysis no
DissolvingProcess A mixing step where a soluble component is mixed with a liquid component no
ChemicalConversionProcess A process that results in the interconversion of chemical species by a reacti... no
Pathway A pathway is a sequence of steps/reactions carried out by an organism or comm... no
MassSpectrometry Spectrometry where the sample is converted into gaseous ions which are charac... no
ChemicalEntity An atom or molecule that can be represented with a chemical formula no
LibraryPreparation no
MetatranscriptomeAnnotation no
CalibrationInformation A calibration object that is associated with a process no
MetagenomeSequencing Initial sequencing activity that precedes any analysis no
ReadBasedTaxonomyAnalysis A workflow execution activity that performs taxonomy classification using seq... no
SubSamplingProcess Separating a sample aliquot from the starting material for downstream activit... no
OntologyClass no
MetabolomicsAnalysis no
ChromatographyConfiguration A set of parameters that define and control the actions of a chromatography p... yes
FunctionalAnnotationTerm Abstract grouping class for any term/descriptor that can be applied to a func... no
Site no
MaterialEntity no
ChromatographicSeparationProcess The process of using a selective partitioning of the analyte or interferent b... no
MagsAnalysis A workflow execution activity that uses computational binning tools to group ... no
ProcessedSample no
InformationObject Any data or knowledge that reduces uncertainty or enhances understanding abou... no
Configuration A set of parameters that define the actions of a process and is shared among ... no
OrthologyGroup A set of genes or gene products in which all members are orthologous no
GeneProduct A molecule encoded by a gene that has an evolved function no
NamedThing a databased entity or concept/class no
PlannedProcess no
StorageProcess A planned process with the objective to preserve and protect material entitie... no
ImageValue An attribute value representing an image no
MaterialProcessing A process that takes one or more samples as inputs and generates one or more ... no
EnvironmentalMaterialTerm no
NucleotideSequencing A DataGeneration in which the sequence of DNA or RNA molecules is generated no
FiltrationProcess The process of segregation of phases; e no
MetagenomeAssembly A workflow execution activity that converts sequencing reads into an assemble... no
MixingProcess The combining of components, particles or layers into a more homogeneous stat... no
MetatranscriptomeAssembly no
MetagenomeAnnotation A workflow execution activity that provides functional and structural annotat... no
Pooling physical combination of several instances of like material no
DataGeneration The methods and processes used to generate omics data from a biosample or org... no
FieldResearchSite A site, outside of a laboratory, from which biosamples may be collected no
MetatranscriptomeExpressionAnalysis A workflow process that provides expression values and read counts for gene f... no
Study A study summarizes the overall goal of a research initiative and outlines the... yes
Biosample Biological source material which can be characterized by an experiment no
CollectingBiosamplesFromSite no

Properties

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

LinkML Source

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
domain_of:
- ImageValue
- NamedThing
range: string