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| 1 | +--- |
| 2 | +redirect_from: |
| 3 | +- "/types/BioSample/specification" |
| 4 | +- "/types/BioSample/specification/" |
| 5 | +- "/BioSample/" |
| 6 | +- "/BioSample" |
| 7 | +- "/types/drafts/BioSample/" |
| 8 | +- "/types/BioSample/" |
| 9 | +- "/terms/BioSample" |
| 10 | + |
| 11 | +previous_version: '0.1-DRAFT-2019_06_14' |
| 12 | +previous_release: |
| 13 | + |
| 14 | +dateModified: 2025-08-01 |
| 15 | +description: "A biological material entity that is representative of a whole. <br/> Comments: Typically samples are intended to be representative of the whole or aspects thereof. Examples of samples include biomedical samples (blood, urine) and plant specimens held at herbaria." |
| 16 | +hierarchy: |
| 17 | +- Thing |
| 18 | +- BioChemEntity |
| 19 | +gh_tasks: https://github.com/Bioschemas/specifications/labels/type%3A%20Sample |
| 20 | +group: samples |
| 21 | +name: BioSample |
| 22 | +parent_type: BioChemEntity |
| 23 | +spec_type: Type |
| 24 | +status: release #Revert to revision when working on the next version |
| 25 | +version: '0.2-DRAFT' |
| 26 | +--- |
| 27 | + |
| 28 | + |
| 29 | +{% include type-start.html %} |
| 30 | + |
| 31 | +<div class="table-responsive shadow rounded mt-4 mb-5"> |
| 32 | +<table class="table table-hover table-borderless mb-0 bioschemas_properties bsc_type"> |
| 33 | + <thead> |
| 34 | + <tr> |
| 35 | + <th>Property</th> |
| 36 | + <th>Expected Type</th> |
| 37 | + <th>Description</th> |
| 38 | + </tr> |
| 39 | + </thead> |
| 40 | + <tbody> |
| 41 | + <tr class="new_props_sdo"> |
| 42 | + <td colspan="3"> |
| 43 | + Properties from <a style="color: #0B794B;" href="/{{page.name}}">{{page.name}}</a> (pending schema.org integration). |
| 44 | + </td> |
| 45 | + </tr> |
| 46 | + |
| 47 | + <tr id="additionalProperty"> |
| 48 | + <th><a href="http://schema.org/additionalProperty">additionalProperty</a></th> |
| 49 | + <td> |
| 50 | + <a href="http://schema.org/PropertyValue">PropertyValue</a> |
| 51 | + </td> |
| 52 | + <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/> |
| 53 | + 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 /> |
| 54 | + </td> |
| 55 | + </tr> |
| 56 | + <tr id="collector"> |
| 57 | + <th style="color: #0B794B;">collector</th> |
| 58 | + <td> |
| 59 | + <a href="http://schema.org/Organization">Organization</a> or <b/> |
| 60 | + <a href="http://schema.org/Person">Person</a> |
| 61 | + </td> |
| 62 | + <td>The Person or Organization who collected the Sample. |
| 63 | + </td> |
| 64 | + </tr> |
| 65 | + <tr id="custodian"> |
| 66 | + <th style="color: #0B794B;">custodian</th> |
| 67 | + <td> |
| 68 | + <a href="http://schema.org/Organization">Organization</a> or <b/> |
| 69 | + <a href="http://schema.org/Person">Person</a> |
| 70 | + </td> |
| 71 | + <td>The Person or Organization who is responsible for the Sample. |
| 72 | + </td> |
| 73 | + </tr> |
| 74 | + <tr id="dateCreated"> |
| 75 | + <th><a href="http://schema.org/dateCreated">dateCreated</a></th> |
| 76 | + <td> |
| 77 | + <a href="http://schema.org/Date">Date</a> or <b/> |
| 78 | + <a href="http://schema.org/DateTime">DateTime</a> |
| 79 | + </td> |
| 80 | + <td>The date on which the CreativeWork was created or the item was added to a DataFeed. |
| 81 | + </td> |
| 82 | + </tr> |
| 83 | + <tr id="gender"> |
| 84 | + <th><a href="http://schema.org/gender">gender</a></th> |
| 85 | + <td> |
| 86 | + <a href="http://schema.org/GenderType">GenderType</a> or <b/> |
| 87 | + <a href="http://schema.org/Text">Text</a> |
| 88 | + </td> |
| 89 | + <td>Gender of the person. While http://schema.org/Male and http://schema.org/Female may be used, text strings are also acceptable for people who do not identify as a binary gender |
| 90 | + </td> |
| 91 | + </tr> |
| 92 | + <tr id="isControl"> |
| 93 | + <th style="color: #0B794B;">isControl</a></th> |
| 94 | + <td> |
| 95 | + <a href="http://schema.org/Boolean">Boolean</a> |
| 96 | + </td> |
| 97 | + <td>Indicates whether the sample is being used as a normal control, may be in combination with another sample. |
| 98 | + </td> |
| 99 | + </tr> |
| 100 | + <tr id="itemLocation"> |
| 101 | + <th style="color: #0000CC;">itemLocation</a></th> |
| 102 | + <td> |
| 103 | + <a href="http://schema.org/Place">Place</a> or <br /> |
| 104 | + <a href="http://schema.org/PostalAddress">PostalAddress</a> or <br /> |
| 105 | + <a href="http://schema.org/Text">Text</a> |
| 106 | + </td> |
| 107 | + <td>Current location of the item. |
| 108 | + </td> |
| 109 | + </tr> |
| 110 | + <tr id="locationCreated"> |
| 111 | + <th><a href="http://schema.org/locationCreated">locationCreated</a></th> |
| 112 | + <td> |
| 113 | + <a href="http://schema.org/Place">Place</a> |
| 114 | + </td> |
| 115 | + <td>The location where the CreativeWork was created, which may not be the same as the location depicted in the CreativeWork. |
| 116 | + </td> |
| 117 | + </tr> |
| 118 | + <tr id="samplingAge"> |
| 119 | + <th style="color: #0B794B;">samplingAge</a></th> |
| 120 | + <td> |
| 121 | + <a href="http://schema.org/Integer">Integer</a> |
| 122 | + </td> |
| 123 | + <td>The age of the object when the Sample was created. |
| 124 | + </td> |
| 125 | + </tr> |
| 126 | + |
| 127 | + |
| 128 | + <!-- BCE --> |
| 129 | + <tr class="reu_props_sdo"> |
| 130 | + <td colspan="3">Properties from <a style="color: #0B794B;" href="/BioChemEntity">BioChemEntity</a> (pending schema.org integration).</td> |
| 131 | + </tr> |
| 132 | + <tr id="associatedDisease"> |
| 133 | + <th style="color: #0B794B;">associatedDisease</th> |
| 134 | + <td> |
| 135 | + <a href="http://schema.org/MedicalCondition">MedicalCondition</a> or<br/> |
| 136 | + <a href="http://schema.org/PropertyValue">PropertyValue</a> or<br/> |
| 137 | + <a href="http://schema.org/URL">URL</a> |
| 138 | + </td> |
| 139 | + <td> |
| 140 | + Disease associated to this BioChemEntity. Such a disease can be a MedicalCondition or a URL. If you want to add an evidence supporting the association, please use PropertyValue. |
| 141 | + </td> |
| 142 | + </tr> |
| 143 | + <tr id="bioChemInteraction"> |
| 144 | + <th style="color: #0B794B;">bioChemInteraction</th> |
| 145 | + <td> |
| 146 | + <a style="color: #0B794B;" href="/types/drafts/BioChemEntity">BioChemEntity</a> |
| 147 | + </td> |
| 148 | + <td> |
| 149 | + A BioChemEntity that is know to interact with this item. |
| 150 | + </td> |
| 151 | + </tr> |
| 152 | + <tr id="bioChemSimilarity"> |
| 153 | + <th style="color: #0B794B;">bioChemSimilarity</th> |
| 154 | + <td> |
| 155 | + <a style="color: #0B794B;" href="/types/drafts/BioChemEntity">BioChemEntity</a> |
| 156 | + </td> |
| 157 | + <td> |
| 158 | + A similar molecular entity, e.g., obtained by fingerprint similarity algorithm. |
| 159 | + </td> |
| 160 | + </tr> |
| 161 | + <tr id="biologicalRole"> |
| 162 | + <th style="color: #0B794B;">biologicalRole</th> |
| 163 | + <td> |
| 164 | + <a style="color: #0000CC;" href="http://schema.org/DefinedTerm">DefinedTerm</a> |
| 165 | + </td> |
| 166 | + <td> |
| 167 | + A role played by the molecular entity within a biological context. |
| 168 | + </td> |
| 169 | + </tr> |
| 170 | + <tr id="hasBioChemEntityPart"> |
| 171 | + <th style="color: #0B794B;">hasBioChemEntityPart</th> |
| 172 | + <td> |
| 173 | + <a style="color: #0B794B;" href="/types/drafts/BioChemEntity">BioChemEntity</a> |
| 174 | + </td> |
| 175 | + <td> |
| 176 | + Indicates a BioChemEntity that (in some sense) has this BioChemEntity as a part.<br/> |
| 177 | + Inverse property: <span style="color: #0B794B;">isPartOfBioChemEntity</span> |
| 178 | + </td> |
| 179 | + </tr> |
| 180 | + <tr id="hasMolecularFunction"> |
| 181 | + <th style="color: #0B794B;">hasMolecularFunction</th> |
| 182 | + <td> |
| 183 | + <a style="color: #0000CC;" href="http://schema.org/DefinedTerm">DefinedTerm</a> or<br/> |
| 184 | + <a href="http://schema.org/PropertyValue">PropertyValue</a>or<br/> |
| 185 | + <a href="http://schema.org/URL">URL</a> |
| 186 | + </td> |
| 187 | + <td> |
| 188 | + Molecular function performed by this BioChemEntity; please use PropertyValue if you want to include any evidence. |
| 189 | + </td> |
| 190 | + </tr> |
| 191 | + <tr id="hasRepresentation"> |
| 192 | + <th style="color: #0B794B;">hasRepresentation</th> |
| 193 | + <td> |
| 194 | + <a href="http://schema.org/PropertyValue">PropertyValue</a> or<br/> |
| 195 | + <a href="http://schema.org/Text">Text</a> or<br/> |
| 196 | + <a href="http://schema.org/URL">URL</a> |
| 197 | + </td> |
| 198 | + <td> |
| 199 | + A common representation such as a protein sequence or chemical structure for this entity. For images use schema.org/image. |
| 200 | + </td> |
| 201 | + </tr> |
| 202 | + <tr id="isEncodedByBioChemEntity"> |
| 203 | + <th style="color: #0B794B;">isEncodedByBioChemEntity</th> |
| 204 | + <td> |
| 205 | + <a style="color: #0B794B;" href="/types/drafts/Gene">Gene</a> |
| 206 | + </td> |
| 207 | + <td> |
| 208 | + Another BioChemEntity encoding this one. <br/> |
| 209 | + Inverse property: <span style="color: #0B794B;">encodesBioChemEntity.</span> |
| 210 | + </td> |
| 211 | + </tr> |
| 212 | + <tr id="isInvolvedInBiologicalProcess"> |
| 213 | + <th style="color: #0B794B;">isInvolvedInBiologicalProcess</th> |
| 214 | + <td> |
| 215 | + <a style="color: #0000CC;" href="http://schema.org/DefinedTerm">DefinedTerm</a> or</b> |
| 216 | + <a href="http://schema.org/PropertyValue">PropertyValue</a> or<br/> |
| 217 | + <a href="http://schema.org/URL">URL</a> |
| 218 | + </td> |
| 219 | + <td> |
| 220 | + Biological process this BioChemEntity is involved in; please use PropertyValue if you want to include any evidence. |
| 221 | + </td> |
| 222 | + </tr> |
| 223 | + <tr id="isLocatedInSubcellularLocation"> |
| 224 | + <th style="color: #0B794B;">isLocatedInSubcellularLocation</th> |
| 225 | + <td> |
| 226 | + <a style="color: #0000CC;" href="http://schema.org/DefinedTerm">DefinedTerm</a> or</b> |
| 227 | + <a href="http://schema.org/PropertyValue">PropertyValue</a> or<br/> |
| 228 | + <a href="http://schema.org/URL">URL</a> |
| 229 | + </td> |
| 230 | + <td> |
| 231 | + Subcellular location where this BioChemEntity is located; please use PropertyValue if you want to include any evidence. |
| 232 | + </td> |
| 233 | + </tr> |
| 234 | + <tr id="isPartOfBioChemEntity"> |
| 235 | + <th style="color: #0B794B;">isPartOfBioChemEntity</th> |
| 236 | + <td> |
| 237 | + <a style="color: #0B794B;" href="/types/drafts/BioChemEntity">BioChemEntity</a> |
| 238 | + </td> |
| 239 | + <td> |
| 240 | + Indicates a BioChemEntity that is (in some sense) a part of this BioChemEntity. <br/> |
| 241 | + Inverse property: <span style="color: #0B794B;">hasBioChemEntityPart</span> |
| 242 | + </td> |
| 243 | + </tr> |
| 244 | + <tr id="taxonomicRange"> |
| 245 | + <th style="color: #0B794B;">taxonomicRange</th> |
| 246 | + <td> |
| 247 | + <a style="color: #0000CC;" href="http://schema.org/DefinedTerm">DefinedTerm</a> or</b> |
| 248 | + <a style="color: #0B794B;" href="/types/drafts/Taxon">Taxon</a> or<br/> |
| 249 | + <a href="http://schema.org/Text">Text</a> or<br/> |
| 250 | + <a href="http://schema.org/URL">URL</a> |
| 251 | + </td> |
| 252 | + <td> |
| 253 | + The taxonomic grouping of the organism that expresses, encodes, or in someway related to the BioChemEntity. |
| 254 | + </td> |
| 255 | + </tr> |
| 256 | + |
| 257 | + |
| 258 | + |
| 259 | + <!-- THING --> |
| 260 | + <tr class="reu_props_sdo"> |
| 261 | + <td colspan="3">Properties from <a href="http://schema.org/Thing">Thing</a></td> |
| 262 | + </tr> |
| 263 | + <tr> |
| 264 | + <th><a href="http://schema.org/additionalType">additionalType</a></th> |
| 265 | + <td> |
| 266 | + <a href="http://schema.org/URL">URL</a> |
| 267 | + </td> |
| 268 | + <td> |
| 269 | + An additional type for the item, typically used for adding more specific types from external vocabularies in microdata syntax. |
| 270 | + 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 - |
| 271 | + the 'typeof' attribute - for multiple types. Schema.org tools may have only weaker understanding of extra types, in particular those |
| 272 | + defined externally. |
| 273 | + </td> |
| 274 | + </tr> |
| 275 | + <tr> |
| 276 | + <th><a href="http://schema.org/alternateName">alternateName</a></th> |
| 277 | + <td> |
| 278 | + <a href="http://schema.org/Text">Text</a> |
| 279 | + </td> |
| 280 | + <td> |
| 281 | + An alias for the item. |
| 282 | + </td> |
| 283 | + </tr> |
| 284 | + <tr> |
| 285 | + <th><a href="http://schema.org/description">description</a></th> |
| 286 | + <td> |
| 287 | + <a href="http://schema.org/Text">Text</a> |
| 288 | + </td> |
| 289 | + <td> |
| 290 | + A descripton of the item. |
| 291 | + </td> |
| 292 | + </tr> |
| 293 | + <tr> |
| 294 | + <th><a href="http://schema.org/disambiguatingDescription">disambiguatingDescription</a></th> |
| 295 | + <td> |
| 296 | + <a href="http://schema.org/Text">Text</a> |
| 297 | + </td> |
| 298 | + <td> |
| 299 | + 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. |
| 300 | + </td> |
| 301 | + </tr> |
| 302 | + <tr> |
| 303 | + <th><a href="http://schema.org/identifier">identifier</a></th> |
| 304 | + <td> |
| 305 | + <a href="http://schema.org/PropertyValue">PropertyValue</a> or<br/> |
| 306 | + <a href="http://schema.org/Text">Text</a> or<br/> |
| 307 | + <a href="http://schema.org/URL">URL</a> |
| 308 | + </td> |
| 309 | + <td> |
| 310 | + 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. |
| 311 | + Schema.org provides dedicated properties for representing many of these, either as textual strings or as URL (URI) links. |
| 312 | + See <a href="http://schema.org/docs/datamodel.html#identifierBg">background notes</a> for more details. |
| 313 | + </td> |
| 314 | + </tr> |
| 315 | + <tr> |
| 316 | + <th><a href="http://schema.org/image">image</a></th> |
| 317 | + <td> |
| 318 | + <a href="http://schema.org/ImageObject">ImageObject</a> or<br/> |
| 319 | + <a href="http://schema.org/URL">URL</a> |
| 320 | + </td> |
| 321 | + <td> |
| 322 | + 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>. |
| 323 | + </td> |
| 324 | + </tr> |
| 325 | + <tr> |
| 326 | + <th><a href="http://schema.org/mainEntityOfPage">mainEntityOfPage</a></th> |
| 327 | + <td> |
| 328 | + <a href="http://schema.org/CreativeWork">CreativeWork</a> or<br/> |
| 329 | + <a href="http://schema.org/URL">URL</a> |
| 330 | + </td> |
| 331 | + <td> |
| 332 | + Indicates a page (or other CreativeWork) for which this thing is the main entity being described. See |
| 333 | + <a href="http://schema.org/docs/datamodel.html#mainEntityBackground">background notes</a> for details.<br/> |
| 334 | + Inverse property: <a href="http://schema.org/mainEntity">mainEntity</a> |
| 335 | + </td> |
| 336 | + </tr> |
| 337 | + <tr> |
| 338 | + <th><a href="http://schema.org/name">name</a></th> |
| 339 | + <td> |
| 340 | + <a href="http://schema.org/Text">Text</a> |
| 341 | + </td> |
| 342 | + <td> |
| 343 | + The name of the item. |
| 344 | + </td> |
| 345 | + </tr> |
| 346 | + <tr> |
| 347 | + <th><a href="http://schema.org/potentialAction">potentialAction</a></th> |
| 348 | + <td> |
| 349 | + <a href="http://schema.org/Action">Action</a> |
| 350 | + </td> |
| 351 | + <td> |
| 352 | + Indicates a potential Action, which describes an idealized action in which this thing would play an 'object' role. |
| 353 | + </td> |
| 354 | + </tr> |
| 355 | + <tr> |
| 356 | + <th><a href="http://schema.org/sameAs">sameAs</a></th> |
| 357 | + <td> |
| 358 | + <a href="http://schema.org/URL">URL</a> |
| 359 | + </td> |
| 360 | + <td> |
| 361 | + 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. |
| 362 | + </td> |
| 363 | + </tr> |
| 364 | + <tr> |
| 365 | + <th><a href="http://schema.org/subjectOf">subjectOf</a></th> |
| 366 | + <td> |
| 367 | + <a href="http://schema.org/CreativeWork">CreativeWork</a> or<br/> |
| 368 | + <a href="http://schema.org/Event">Event</a> |
| 369 | + </td> |
| 370 | + <td> |
| 371 | + A CreativeWork or Event about this Thing..<br/> |
| 372 | + Inverse property: <a href="http://schema.org/about">about</a>. |
| 373 | + </td> |
| 374 | + </tr> |
| 375 | + <tr> |
| 376 | + <th><a href="http://schema.org/url">url</a></th> |
| 377 | + <td> |
| 378 | + <a href="http://schema.org/URL">URL</a> |
| 379 | + </td> |
| 380 | + <td> |
| 381 | + URL of the item. |
| 382 | + </td> |
| 383 | + </tr> |
| 384 | + </tbody> |
| 385 | + </table> |
| 386 | + </div> |
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