dimension_schema.json

{
  "id": "http://biocaddie.github.io/dats/dimension_schema.json#",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema",
  "title": "DATS dimension schema",
  "description": "A feature of an entity, i.e. an individual measurable property (both quantitative or qualitative) of the entity being observed.",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "@context": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "type": "string"
        },
        {
          "type": "object"
        }
      ]
    },
    "@type": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "Dimension" ]},
    "identifier": {
      "$ref": "http://biocaddie.github.io/dats/identifier_info_schema.json#"
    },
    "alternateIdentifiers": {
      "description": "Alternate identifiers for the dimension.",
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "http://biocaddie.github.io/dats/alternate_identifier_info_schema.json#"
      }
    },
    "relatedIdentifiers": {
      "description": "Related identifiers for the dimension.",
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "http://biocaddie.github.io/dats/related_identifier_info_schema.json#"
      }
    },
    "name" : {
      "description": "The name of the dimension measured or observed during the data acquisition process, ideally from a controlled terminology.",
      "$ref" : "annotation_schema.json#"
    },
    "description": {
      "description": "A textual narrative comprised of one or more statements describing the dimension.",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "types": {
      "description": "A term, ideally from a controlled terminology, identifying the nature of the dimension, placing it in a typology.",
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "http://biocaddie.github.io/dats/annotation_schema.json#"
      }
    },
    "datatype": {
      "description": "The type of data for this dimension, as described with the DataType entity.",
      "$ref": "http://biocaddie.github.io/dats/data_type_schema.json#"
    },
    "values": {
      "description": "The actual collections of values collected for that dimension.",
      "type": "array"
    },
    "unit": {
      "description": "A reference measurement unit associated with scalar dimensions, ideally from a reference controlled terminology.",
      "$ref" : "http://biocaddie.github.io/dats/annotation_schema.json#"
    },
    "isAbout" : {
      "description": "A material or a dataset, which is the object of this dimension (this dimension is about the material - e.g. the heights of the patients - or the dataset - e.g. the standard deviation or the set of outliers or a quality indicator of a dataset).",
      "type" : "array",
      "items" : {
        "oneOf": [
          {"$ref" : "http://biocaddie.github.io/dats/material_schema.json#"},
          {"$ref" : "http://biocaddie.github.io/dats/dataset_schema.json#"}
        ]
      }
    },
    "partOf" : {
      "description": "The dataset(s) this dimension belongs to.",
      "type" : "array",
      "items" : {
        "$ref": "http://biocaddie.github.io/dats/dataset_schema.json#"
      }
    },
    "extraProperties": {
      "description": "Extra properties that do not fit in the previous specified attributes. ",
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "$ref" : "http://biocaddie.github.io/dats/category_values_pair_schema.json#"
      }
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "required": [ "name" ]
}