Document

Note

This data class is at a trial use maturity level and may change in future releases. Maturity levels are described in the maturity-model.

Computational Definition

A collection of information, usually in a text-based or graphic human-readable form, intended to be read and understood together as a whole.

Information Model

Some Document attributes are inherited from Entity.

Field	Flags	Type	Limits	Description
id		string	0..1	The ‘logical’ identifier of the Entity in the system of record, e.g. a UUID. This ‘id’ is unique within a given system, but may or may not be globally unique outside the system. It is used within a system to reference an object from another.
name		string	0..1	A primary name for the entity.
description		string	0..1	A free-text description of the Entity.
aliases	⋮	string	0..m	Alternative name(s) for the Entity.
extensions	⋮	Extension	0..m	A list of extensions to the Entity, that allow for capture of information not directly supported by elements defined in the model.
type		string	1..1	Must be “Document”
documentType	D	string	0..1	A specific type of document that a Document instance represents (e.g. ‘publication’, ‘patent’, ‘pathology report’)
title		string	0..1	The official title given to the document by its authors.
urls	⋮	string	0..m	One or more URLs from which the content of the Document can be retrieved.
doi		string	0..1	A Digital Object Identifier for the document.
pmid		string	0..1	A PubMed unique identifier for the document.