measurementTechnique constant

measurementTechnique [Expects: http://schema.org/DefinedTerm, http://schema.org/MeasurementMethodEnum, http://schema.org/Text, http://schema.org/URL]

A technique, method or technology used in an {Observation}, {StatisticalVariable} or {Dataset} (or {DataDownload}, {DataCatalog}), corresponding to the method used for measuring the corresponding variable(s) (for datasets, described using {variableMeasured}; for {Observation}, a {StatisticalVariable}). Often but not necessarily each {variableMeasured} will have an explicit representation as (or mapping to) an property such as those defined in Schema.org, or other RDF vocabularies and "knowledge graphs". In that case the subproperty of {variableMeasured} called {measuredProperty} is applicable.

The {measurementTechnique} property helps when extra clarification is needed about how a {measuredProperty} was measured. This is oriented towards scientific and scholarly dataset publication but may have broader applicability; it is not intended as a full representation of measurement, but can often serve as a high level summary for dataset discovery.

For example, if {variableMeasured} is: molecule concentration, {measurementTechnique} could be: "mass spectrometry" or "nmr spectroscopy" or "colorimetry" or "immunofluorescence". If the {variableMeasured} is "depression rating", the {measurementTechnique} could be "Zung Scale" or "HAM-D" or "Beck Depression Inventory".

If there are several {variableMeasured} properties recorded for some given data object, use a {PropertyValue} for each {variableMeasured} and attach the corresponding {measurementTechnique}. The value can also be from an enumeration, organized as a {MeasurementMetholdEnumeration}.

Can be used on: http://schema.org/DataCatalog, http://schema.org/DataDownload, http://schema.org/Dataset, http://schema.org/Observation, http://schema.org/PropertyValue, http://schema.org/StatisticalVariable