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Often but not necessarily each <a class="localLink" href="/variableMeasured">variableMeasured</a> 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 <a class="localLink" href="/variableMeasured">variableMeasured</a> called <a class="localLink" href="/measuredProperty">measuredProperty</a> is applicable.<br/><br/> The <a class="localLink" href="/measurementTechnique">measurementTechnique</a> property helps when extra clarification is needed about how a <a class="localLink" href="/measuredProperty">measuredProperty</a> 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. <br/><br/> For example, if <a class="localLink" href="/variableMeasured">variableMeasured</a> is: molecule concentration, <a class="localLink" href="/measurementTechnique">measurementTechnique</a> could be: "mass spectrometry" or "nmr spectroscopy" or "colorimetry" or "immunofluorescence". If the <a class="localLink" href="/variableMeasured">variableMeasured</a> is "depression rating", the <a class="localLink" href="/measurementTechnique">measurementTechnique</a> could be "Zung Scale" or "HAM-D" or "Beck Depression Inventory". <br/><br/> If there are several <a class="localLink" href="/variableMeasured">variableMeasured</a> properties recorded for some given data object, use a <a class="localLink" href="/PropertyValue">PropertyValue</a> for each <a class="localLink" href="/variableMeasured">variableMeasured</a> and attach the corresponding <a class="localLink" href="/measurementTechnique">measurementTechnique</a>. 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Often but not necessarily each <a class="localLink" href="/variableMeasured">variableMeasured</a> 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 <a class="localLink" href="/variableMeasured">variableMeasured</a> called <a class="localLink" href="/measuredProperty">measuredProperty</a> is applicable.<br/><br/> The <a class="localLink" href="/measurementTechnique">measurementTechnique</a> property helps when extra clarification is needed about how a <a class="localLink" href="/measuredProperty">measuredProperty</a> 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. <br/><br/> For example, if <a class="localLink" href="/variableMeasured">variableMeasured</a> is: molecule concentration, <a class="localLink" href="/measurementTechnique">measurementTechnique</a> could be: "mass spectrometry" or "nmr spectroscopy" or "colorimetry" or "immunofluorescence". If the <a class="localLink" href="/variableMeasured">variableMeasured</a> is "depression rating", the <a class="localLink" href="/measurementTechnique">measurementTechnique</a> could be "Zung Scale" or "HAM-D" or "Beck Depression Inventory". <br/><br/> If there are several <a class="localLink" href="/variableMeasured">variableMeasured</a> properties recorded for some given data object, use a <a class="localLink" href="/PropertyValue">PropertyValue</a> for each <a class="localLink" href="/variableMeasured">variableMeasured</a> and attach the corresponding <a class="localLink" href="/measurementTechnique">measurementTechnique</a>. The value can also be from an enumeration, organized as a <a class="localLink" href="/MeasurementMetholdEnumeration">MeasurementMetholdEnumeration</a>.</div> </div>  <div class="jumptarget" id="values" title="Values"> <h3>Values expected to be one of these types</h3> <code><ul> <li> <a href="/DefinedTerm" class="ext ext-pending" title="DefinedTerm">DefinedTerm</a></li> <li> <a href="/MeasurementMethodEnum" class="ext ext-pending" title="MeasurementMethodEnum">MeasurementMethodEnum</a></li> <li> <a href="/Text" class="core" title="Text">Text</a></li> <li> <a href="/URL" class="core" title="URL">URL</a></li> </code></ul> </div> <div class="jumptarget" id="types" title="Used on"> <h3>Used on these types</h3> <code><ul> <li> <a href="/DataCatalog" class="core" title="DataCatalog">DataCatalog</a></li> <li> <a href="/DataDownload" class="core" title="DataDownload">DataDownload</a></li> <li> <a href="/Dataset" class="core" title="Dataset">Dataset</a></li> <li> <a href="/Observation" class="ext ext-pending" title="Observation">Observation</a></li> <li> <a href="/PropertyValue" class="core" title="PropertyValue">PropertyValue</a></li> <li> <a href="/StatisticalVariable" class="ext ext-pending" title="StatisticalVariable">StatisticalVariable</a></li> </code></ul> </div>   <br/> <div id="subtypes" title="Sub-properties" class="jumptarget" title="Value for"><h4>Sub-properties</h4></div> <ul> <li> <a href="/measurementMethod" class="ext ext-pending" title="measurementMethod">measurementMethod</a></li> </ul>   <h4 id="source" class="jumptarget" title="Source">Source</h4> <p><a href="https://github.com/schemaorg/schemaorg/issues/1425">https://github.com/schemaorg/schemaorg/issues/1425</a></p> <br/>   </div>   <div id="footer"> <p><a href="/docs/terms.html">Terms and conditions</a></p> <div id="versioninfo"> <span class="sep">•</span> Schema.org <span class="sep">•</span> V28.1 <span class="sep">|</span> 2024-11-22 </div> </div> <script> (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga'); ga('create', 'UA-52672119-1', 'auto'); ga('send', 'pageview'); </script>  <script type="application/ld+json"> { "@context": { "brick": "https://brickschema.org/schema/Brick#", "csvw": "http://www.w3.org/ns/csvw#", "dc": "http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/", "dcam": "http://purl.org/dc/dcam/", "dcat": "http://www.w3.org/ns/dcat#", "dcmitype": "http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/", "dcterms": "http://purl.org/dc/terms/", "doap": "http://usefulinc.com/ns/doap#", "foaf": "http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/", "odrl": "http://www.w3.org/ns/odrl/2/", "org": "http://www.w3.org/ns/org#", "owl": "http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#", "prof": "http://www.w3.org/ns/dx/prof/", "prov": "http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#", "qb": "http://purl.org/linked-data/cube#", "rdf": "http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#", "rdfs": "http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#", "schema": "https://schema.org/", "sh": "http://www.w3.org/ns/shacl#", "skos": "http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#", "sosa": "http://www.w3.org/ns/sosa/", "ssn": "http://www.w3.org/ns/ssn/", "time": "http://www.w3.org/2006/time#", "vann": "http://purl.org/vocab/vann/", "void": "http://rdfs.org/ns/void#", "xsd": "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#" }, "@id": "schema:measurementTechnique", "@type": "rdf:Property", "rdfs:comment": "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.\n \nThe [[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. \n\nFor example, if [[variableMeasured]] is: molecule concentration, [[measurementTechnique]] could be: \"mass spectrometry\" or \"nmr spectroscopy\" or \"colorimetry\" or \"immunofluorescence\". 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