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Dataset Profile

Version: 0.3-RELEASE-2019_06_14 (14 June 2019)


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Key to specification table

CD = Cardinality

Property Expected Type Description CD Controlled Vocabulary Example
Marginality: Minimum.
@context URL Used to provide the context (namespaces) for the JSON-LD file.
Not needed in other serialisations.		 ONE
@type Text Schema.org/Bioschemas class for the resource declared using JSON-LD syntax. For other serialisations please use the appropriate mechanism.
While it is permissible to provide multiple types, it is preferred to use a single type.		 MANY Schema.org, Bioschemas
@id IRI Used to distinguish the resource being described in JSON-LD. For other serialisations use the appropriate approach. ONE
dct:conformsTo IRI Used to state the Bioschemas profile that the markup relates to. The versioned URL of the profile must be used.
Note that we use a CURIE in the table here but the full URL for Dublin Core terms must be used in the markup (http://purl.org/dc/terms/conformsTo), see example.		 ONE Bioschemas profile versioned URL
description Text
 Schema:

A description of the item.


Bioschemas:

A short summary describing a dataset.

 ONE
identifier PropertyValue
Text
URL
 Schema:

The identifier property represents any kind of identifier for any kind of Thing, such as ISBNs, GTIN codes, UUIDs etc. Schema.org provides dedicated properties for representing many of these, either as textual strings or as URL (URI) links. See background notes for more details.


 MANY
keywords Text
 Schema:

Keywords or tags used to describe this content. Multiple entries in a keywords list are typically delimited by commas.


Bioschemas:

These keywords provide a summary of the dataset.

 MANY
name Text
 Schema:

The name of the item.


Bioschemas:

A descriptive name of the dataset.

 ONE
url URL
 Schema:

URL of the item.


Bioschemas:

The location of a page describing the dataset.

 ONE
Marginality: Recommended.
citation CreativeWork
Text
 Schema:

A citation or reference to another creative work, such as another publication, web page, scholarly article, etc.


Bioschemas:

A citation for a publication that describes the dataset.

 MANY
creator Organization
Person
 Schema:

The creator/author of this CreativeWork. This is the same as the Author property for CreativeWork.


Bioschemas:

The name of the dataset creator (person or organization).

 MANY
distribution DataDownload
 Schema:

A downloadable form of this dataset, at a specific location, in a specific format.


 ONE
includedInDataCatalog DataCatalog
 Schema:

A data catalog which contains this dataset. Supersedes catalog, includedDataCatalog. Inverse property: dataset.


 MANY
license CreativeWork
URL
 Schema:

A license document that applies to this content, typically indicated by URL.


Bioschemas:

A license under which the dataset is distributed.

 ONE
measurementTechnique Text
URL
 Schema:

A technique or technology used in a Dataset (or DataDownload, DataCatalog), corresponding to the method used for measuring the corresponding variable(s) (described using variableMeasured). This is oriented towards scientific and scholarly dataset publication but may have broader applicability; it is not intended as a full representation of measurement, but rather as a high level summary for dataset discovery. For example, if variableMeasured is: molecule concentration, measurementTechnique could be: “mass spectrometry” or “nmr spectroscopy” or “colorimetry” or “immunofluorescence”. If the variableMeasured is “depression rating”, the measurementTechnique could be “Zung Scale” or “HAM-D” or “Beck Depression Inventory”. If there are several variableMeasured properties recorded for some given data object, use a PropertyValue for each variableMeasured and attach the corresponding measurementTechnique.


 MANY
variableMeasured PropertyValue
Text
 Schema:

The variableMeasured property can indicate (repeated as necessary) the variables that are measured in some dataset, either described as text or as pairs of identifier and description using PropertyValue.


Bioschemas:

What does the dataset measure? (e.g., temperature, pressure).

 MANY
version Number
Text
 Schema:

The version of the CreativeWork embodied by a specified resource.


Bioschemas:

The version number for this dataset.

 ONE