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

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 “Method”.

methodType

string

0..1

A specific type of method that a Method instance represents (e.g. ‘Variant Interpretation Guideline’, or ‘Experimental Protocol’).

reportedIn

Document | iriReference

0..1

A document in which the the Method is reported.