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Slot: elevation (elev)

Elevation of the sampling site is its height above a fixed reference point, most commonly the mean sea level. Elevation is mainly used when referring to points on the earth's surface, while altitude is used for points above the surface, such as an aircraft in flight or a spacecraft in orbit

URI: MIXS:0000093

Applicable Classes

Name Description Modifies Slot
FieldResearchSite A site, outside of a laboratory, from which biosamples may be collected no
Biosample Biological source material which can be characterized by an experiment yes

Properties

Examples

Value
100 meter

Identifier and Mapping Information

Annotations

property value
Preferred_unit meter

Schema Source

Mappings

Mapping Type Mapped Value
self MIXS:0000093

LinkML Source

name: elev
annotations:
  Preferred_unit:
    tag: Preferred_unit
    value: meter
description: Elevation of the sampling site is its height above a fixed reference
  point, most commonly the mean sea level. Elevation is mainly used when referring
  to points on the earth's surface, while altitude is used for points above the surface,
  such as an aircraft in flight or a spacecraft in orbit
title: elevation
examples:
- value: 100 meter
from_schema: https://w3id.org/nmdc/nmdc
rank: 1000
keywords:
- elevation
slot_uri: MIXS:0000093
alias: elev
domain_of:
- FieldResearchSite
- Biosample
range: float
structured_pattern:
  syntax: ^{scientific_float}( *- *{scientific_float})? *{text}$
  interpolated: true
  partial_match: true