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Experiment

Description

An Experiment is an investigation that consists of a coordinated set of actions and observations designed to generate data with the goal of verifying, falsifying, or establishing the validity of a hypothesis.

Fields

experiment_method

description : The alias of one or more Experiment Methods that are associated with this Experiment.
required : True
data type : ExperimentMethod

title

description : The title for this Experiment (e.g., GHGAE_PBMC_RNAseq).
required : True
data type : string

description

description : A detailed description of this Experiment.
required : True
data type : string

type

description : The type of this Experiment.
required : False
data type : string

ega_accession

description : The EGA accession of the 'Run' entity (EGAR).
required : False
data type : string

sample

description : The alias of one or more Samples that are associated with this Experiment.
required : True
data type : Sample

attributes

description : Key/value pairs corresponding to an entity.
required : False
data type : Attribute

alias

description : The alias for an entity at the time of submission.
required : True
data type : string