specimen collection process

A planned process with the objective of collecting a specimen.

A planned process with the objective to obtain a material entity for potential use as an input upon which measurements or observations are performed.

Bjoern Peters

specimen collection

sample collection

specimen collection process

drawing blood from a patient for analysis, collecting a piece of a plant for depositing in a herbarium, buying meat from a butcher in order to measure its protein content in an investigation

drawing blood from a patient for analysis, collecting a piece of a plant for depositing in a herbarium, buying meat from a butcher in order to measure its protein content in an investigation, collecting a stone from a site

Philly2013: The specimen_role for the specimen is created during the specimen collection process.

Note: definition is in specimen creation objective which is defined as an objective to obtain and store a material entity for potential use as an input during an investigation.

label changed to 'specimen collection process' on 10/27/2014, details see tracker: http://sourceforge.net/p/obi/obi-terms/716/

Philly2013: A specimen collection can have as part a material entity acquisition, such as ordering from a bank. The distinction is that specimen collection necessarily involves the creation of a specimen role. However ordering cell lines cells from ATCC for use in an investigation is NOT a specimen collection, because the cell lines already have a specimen role.

Definition updated following discussion on 2024-10-07 OBI dev call.

specimen collection

6/9/09: used at workshop

5/31/2012: This process is not necessarily an acquisition, as specimens may be collected from materials already in posession