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BiologicalUnit

https://schema.plantphenomics.org.au/BiologicalUnit

A plant or set of plants sharing the same BiologicalMaterial (e.g. a plot or crop in a field) or any Sample of a plant (e.g. an individual organ or leaf clipping) or set of plants (e.g. a cut from a plot) that is treated as an ObservationUnit for collecting or reporting data. BiologicalUnits may be part of larger BiologicalUnits. For example a plant (BiologicalUnit) may be part of a cohort (BiologicalUnit) sharing the same BiologicalMaterial and Treatments. Where relevant, the position of a BiologicalUnit within a larger BiologicalUnit or within a GrowthFacility can be specified using a Location.

UML diagram for BiologicalUnit

Superclasses

Properties

  • appn:BiologicalUnit appn:hasBiologicalUnitType appn:BiologicalUnitType
    • Links a BiologicalUnit to its type.
  • appn:Sample appn:derivesFrom appn:BiologicalUnit
    • Identifies the BiologicalUnit from which a Sample was sampled.
  • appn:BiologicalUnit appn:hasBiologicalMaterial appn:BiologicalMaterial
    • Identifies the BiologicalMaterial for a BiologicalUnit.
  • appn:Assay appn:isForObservationUnit appn:ObservationUnit
    • Relates an Assay to an ObservationUnit for which it is carried out. Note that when the Assay is an Observation, the model should infer a schema:observationAbout property from isForObservationUnit.
  • appn:ObservationUnit appn:inheritsContext appn:ObservationUnit
    • Indicates an ObservationUnit should be considered to inherit values for Variables from another ObservationUnit. Examples include a plant inheriting environmental variables from a pot, growth cabinet or field or a leaf inheriting environmental and developmental properties from a plant.
  • appn:ObservationUnit appn:hasLocation appn:Location
    • Specifies the location for an ObservationUnit.
  • appn:Location appn:isLocationWithin appn:ObservationUnit
    • Specifies that a location is a position within an ObservationUnit.

Subclasses