Method
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 set of instructions that specify how to achieve some objective.
Information Model
Some Method 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 |
⋮ | 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 “Method”. |
|
methodType |
string |
0..1 |
A specific type of method that a Method instance represents (e.g. ‘Variant Interpretation Guideline’, or ‘Experimental Protocol’). |
|
reportedIn |
0..1 |
A document in which the the Method is reported. |