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| 1 | +--- |
| 2 | +redirect_from: |
| 3 | +- "devTypes/Sample/specification" |
| 4 | +- "devTypes/Sample/specification/" |
| 5 | +- "/devTypes/Sample/" |
| 6 | +- "/Sample" |
| 7 | +- "/types/Sample" |
| 8 | + |
| 9 | +previous_version: '0.1-DRAFT-2018_11_07' |
| 10 | +previous_version: '0.2-DRAFT-2018_11_09' |
| 11 | +previous_release: |
| 12 | + |
| 13 | +dateModified: 2025-08-01 |
| 14 | +description: "A material entity that is representative of a whole. <p>Comments: Typically samples are intended to be representative of the whole or aspects thereof. Examples of samples include biomedical samples (blood, urine) and commercial samples (carpet, metal).</p>" |
| 15 | +hierarchy: |
| 16 | +- Thing |
| 17 | +gh_tasks: https://github.com/Bioschemas/specifications/labels/type%3A%20Sample |
| 18 | +group: samples |
| 19 | +name: Sample |
| 20 | +parent_type: Thing |
| 21 | +spec_type: Type |
| 22 | +status: revision |
| 23 | +version: '0.3-DRAFT' |
| 24 | +--- |
| 25 | + |
| 26 | + |
| 27 | +{% include type-start.html %} |
| 28 | + |
| 29 | +<div class="table-responsive shadow rounded mt-4 mb-5"> |
| 30 | +<table class="table table-hover table-borderless mb-0 bioschemas_properties bsc_type"> |
| 31 | + <thead> |
| 32 | + <tr> |
| 33 | + <th>Property</th> |
| 34 | + <th>Expected Type</th> |
| 35 | + <th>Description</th> |
| 36 | + </tr> |
| 37 | + </thead> |
| 38 | + <tbody> |
| 39 | + <tr class="new_props_sdo"> |
| 40 | + <td colspan="3"> |
| 41 | + Properties from <a style="color: #0B794B;" href="/{{page.name}}">{{page.name}}</a> (pending schema.org integration). |
| 42 | + </td> |
| 43 | + </tr> |
| 44 | + <tr id="additionalProperty"> |
| 45 | + <th><a href="http://schema.org/additionalProperty">additionalProperty</th> |
| 46 | + <td> |
| 47 | + <a href="http://schema.org/PropertyValue">PropertyValue</a> |
| 48 | + </td> |
| 49 | + <td>A property-value pair representing an additional characteristics of the entitity, e.g. a product feature or another characteristic for which there is no matching property in schema.org. <br/> |
| 50 | + Note: Publishers should be aware that applications designed to use specific schema.org properties (e.g. http://schema.org/width, http://schema.org/color, http://schema.org/gtin13, ...) will typically expect such data to be provided using those properties, rather than using the generic property/value mechanism.<br /> |
| 51 | + </td> |
| 52 | + </tr> |
| 53 | + <tr class="reu_props_sdo"> |
| 54 | + <td colspan="3">Properties from <a href="http://schema.org/Thing">Thing</a></td> |
| 55 | + </tr> |
| 56 | + <tr> |
| 57 | + <th><a href="http://schema.org/additionalType">additionalType</a></th> |
| 58 | + <td> |
| 59 | + <a href="http://schema.org/URL">URL</a> |
| 60 | + </td> |
| 61 | + <td> |
| 62 | + An additional type for the item, typically used for adding more specific types from external vocabularies in microdata syntax. |
| 63 | + This is a relationship between something and a class that the thing is in. In RDFa syntax, it is better to use the native RDFa syntax - |
| 64 | + the 'typeof' attribute - for multiple types. Schema.org tools may have only weaker understanding of extra types, in particular those |
| 65 | + defined externally. |
| 66 | + </td> |
| 67 | + </tr> |
| 68 | + <tr> |
| 69 | + <th><a href="http://schema.org/alternateName">alternateName</a></th> |
| 70 | + <td> |
| 71 | + <a href="http://schema.org/Text">Text</a> |
| 72 | + </td> |
| 73 | + <td> |
| 74 | + An alias for the item. |
| 75 | + </td> |
| 76 | + </tr> |
| 77 | + <tr> |
| 78 | + <th><a href="http://schema.org/description">description</a></th> |
| 79 | + <td> |
| 80 | + <a href="http://schema.org/Text">Text</a> |
| 81 | + </td> |
| 82 | + <td> |
| 83 | + A descripton of the item. |
| 84 | + </td> |
| 85 | + </tr> |
| 86 | + <tr> |
| 87 | + <th><a href="http://schema.org/disambiguatingDescription">disambiguatingDescription</a></th> |
| 88 | + <td> |
| 89 | + <a href="http://schema.org/Text">Text</a> |
| 90 | + </td> |
| 91 | + <td> |
| 92 | + A sub property of description. A short description of the item used to disambiguate from other, similar items. Information from other properties (in particular, name) may be necessary for the description to be useful for disambiguation. |
| 93 | + </td> |
| 94 | + </tr> |
| 95 | + <tr> |
| 96 | + <th><a href="http://schema.org/identifier">identifier</a></th> |
| 97 | + <td> |
| 98 | + <a href="http://schema.org/PropertyValue">PropertyValue</a> or<br/> |
| 99 | + <a href="http://schema.org/Text">Text</a> or<br/> |
| 100 | + <a href="http://schema.org/URL">URL</a> |
| 101 | + </td> |
| 102 | + <td> |
| 103 | + The identifier property represents any kind of identifier for any kind of <a href="http://schema.org/Thing">Thing</a>, such as ISBNs, GTIN codes, UUIDs etc. |
| 104 | + Schema.org provides dedicated properties for representing many of these, either as textual strings or as URL (URI) links. |
| 105 | + See <a href="http://schema.org/docs/datamodel.html#identifierBg">background notes</a> for more details. |
| 106 | + </td> |
| 107 | + </tr> |
| 108 | + <tr> |
| 109 | + <th><a href="http://schema.org/image">image</a></th> |
| 110 | + <td> |
| 111 | + <a href="http://schema.org/ImageObject">ImageObject</a> or<br/> |
| 112 | + <a href="http://schema.org/URL">URL</a> |
| 113 | + </td> |
| 114 | + <td> |
| 115 | + An image of the item. This can be a <a href="http://schema.org/URL">URL</a> or a fully described <a href="http://schema.org/ImageObject">ImageObject</a>. |
| 116 | + </td> |
| 117 | + </tr> |
| 118 | + <tr> |
| 119 | + <th><a href="http://schema.org/mainEntityOfPage">mainEntityOfPage</a></th> |
| 120 | + <td> |
| 121 | + <a href="http://schema.org/CreativeWork">CreativeWork</a> or<br/> |
| 122 | + <a href="http://schema.org/URL">URL</a> |
| 123 | + </td> |
| 124 | + <td> |
| 125 | + Indicates a page (or other CreativeWork) for which this thing is the main entity being described. See |
| 126 | + <a href="http://schema.org/docs/datamodel.html#mainEntityBackground">background notes</a> for details.<br/> |
| 127 | + Inverse property: <a href="http://schema.org/mainEntity">mainEntity</a> |
| 128 | + </td> |
| 129 | + </tr> |
| 130 | + <tr> |
| 131 | + <th><a href="http://schema.org/name">name</a></th> |
| 132 | + <td> |
| 133 | + <a href="http://schema.org/Text">Text</a> |
| 134 | + </td> |
| 135 | + <td> |
| 136 | + The name of the item. |
| 137 | + </td> |
| 138 | + </tr> |
| 139 | + <tr> |
| 140 | + <th><a href="http://schema.org/potentialAction">potentialAction</a></th> |
| 141 | + <td> |
| 142 | + <a href="http://schema.org/Action">Action</a> |
| 143 | + </td> |
| 144 | + <td> |
| 145 | + Indicates a potential Action, which describes an idealized action in which this thing would play an 'object' role. |
| 146 | + </td> |
| 147 | + </tr> |
| 148 | + <tr> |
| 149 | + <th><a href="http://schema.org/sameAs">sameAs</a></th> |
| 150 | + <td> |
| 151 | + <a href="http://schema.org/URL">URL</a> |
| 152 | + </td> |
| 153 | + <td> |
| 154 | + URL of a reference Web page that unambiguously indicates the item's identity. E.g. the URL of the item's Wikipedia page, Wikidata entry, or official website. |
| 155 | + </td> |
| 156 | + </tr> |
| 157 | + <tr> |
| 158 | + <th><a style="color: #0000CC;" href="http://pending.schema.org/subjectOf">subjectOf</a></th> |
| 159 | + <td> |
| 160 | + <a href="http://schema.org/CreativeWork">CreativeWork</a> or<br/> |
| 161 | + <a href="http://schema.org/Event">Event</a> |
| 162 | + </td> |
| 163 | + <td> |
| 164 | + A CreativeWork or Event about this Thing..<br/> |
| 165 | + Inverse property: <a href="http://schema.org/about">about</a>. |
| 166 | + </td> |
| 167 | + </tr> |
| 168 | + <tr> |
| 169 | + <th><a href="http://schema.org/url">url</a></th> |
| 170 | + <td> |
| 171 | + <a href="http://schema.org/URL">URL</a> |
| 172 | + </td> |
| 173 | + <td> |
| 174 | + URL of the item. |
| 175 | + </td> |
| 176 | + </tr> |
| 177 | + </tbody> |
| 178 | + </table> |
| 179 | + </div> |
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