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BioData Catalyst Harmonized Model (bdchm)

This is the harmonized data model for use in the BioData Catalyst project.

URI: https://w3id.org/nhlbidatastage/bdchm

Name: bdchm

Classes

Class Description
Entity Any resource that has its own identifier
        BiologicProduct A living organism, or a metabolically active biological system such as a cell culture, tissue culture, or organoid that is maintained or propagated in vitro.
        BodySite A site in the body of an organism, typically described in terms of an anatomical concept and optional qualifiers (e.g. left/right, upper/lower). But body sites as defined here may include non-canonical sites, such as an implanted medical device.
        Condition Conditions are records of a Person suggesting the presence of a disease or medical condition stated as a diagnosis, a sign or a symptom, which is either observed by a Provider or reported by the patient. Conditions are recorded in different sources and levels of standardization.
        Consent An entity that can be used to capture consent code and other relevant data about consent for a study.
        Demography Demographics about an individual or animal receiving care or other health-related services.
        DimensionalObservation A structured object that describes a single data item about the physical dimensions of an entity (e.g. length width, area), as generated through a point-in-time observation or measurement.
        DimensionalObservationSet A set of one or more discrete observations about the physical dimensions of an object (e.g. length, width, area).
        Document A collection of information intented to be understood together as a whole, and codified in human-readable form.
        Organization A grouping of people or organizations with a common purpose such as a data coordinating center, an university, or an institute within a university.
        Participant A Participant is the entity of interest in a research study, typically a human being or an animal, but can also be a device, group of humans or animals, or a tissue sample. Human research subjects are usually not traceable to a particular person to protect the subject’s privacy.
        Person Administrative information about an individual or animal receiving care or other health-related services.
        Quantity A structured object to represent an amount of something (e.g., weight, mass, length, duration of time) - including a value and unit.
        Questionnaire A Questionnaire is an organized collection of questions intended to solicit information from patients, providers or other individuals involved in the healthcare domain. They may be simple flat lists of questions or can be hierarchically organized in groups and sub-groups, each containing questions. The Questionnaire defines the questions to be asked, how they are ordered and grouped, any intervening instructional text and what the constraints are on the allowed answers. The results of a Questionnaire can be communicated using the QuestionnaireResponse. (FHIR)
        QuestionnaireItem QuestionnaireItem defines a question or section within the Questionnaire
        QuestionnaireResponse QuestionnaireResponse provides a complete or partial list of answers to a set of questions filled when responding to a questionnaire. (FHIR)
        ResearchStudy A process where a researcher or organization plans and then executes a series of steps intended to increase the field of healthcare-related knowledge. This includes studies of safety, efficacy, comparative effectiveness and other information about medications, devices, therapies and other interventional and investigative techniques. A ResearchStudy involves the gathering of information about human or animal subjects.
        Specimen Any material taken as a sample from a biological entity (living or dead), or from a physical object or the environment. Specimens are usually collected as an example of their kind, often for use in some investigation.
        SpecimenContainer A vessel in which a specimen is held or to which it is attached - for storage or as a substrate for growth (e.g. a cell culture dish) or analysis (e.g. a microscope slide or 96-well plate)
        SpecimenCreationActivity The process of creating a specimen. This may occur through observing and/or collecting material from an biological source or natural setting, or through derivation from an existing specimen (e.g. via portioning or aliquoting).
        SpecimenProcessingActivity An activity that modifies the physical structure, composition, or state of a specimen. Unlike SpecimenCreation, SpecimenProcessing activities do not result in the generation of new entities - they take a single specimen as input, and output that same specimen.
        SpecimenQualityObservation A structured object that describes a characteristic of a specimen indicative of its quality or suitability for use, as generated through a point-in-time observation or measurement.
        SpecimenQuantityObservation A structured object that describes a single data item about the quantity of an entity, as generated through a point-in-time observation or measurement.
        SpecimenStorageActivity An activity in which a specimen is stored or maintained in a particular location, container, or state. Unlike 'processing' activities, storage does not alter the
intrinsic physical nature of a specimen.
        SpecimenTransportActivity An activity through which a specimen is transported between locations or organizations.
        Substance A type of material substance, or instance thereof, as used in a particular application. May include information about the role the substance played in a particular application.
        TimePoint A structured representation of a single point in time that allows direct/explicit declaration as a dateTime, specification in terms of offset from a defined index, or description of an event type as a proxy for the time point when it occurred.
        Visit Events where Persons engage with the healthcare system for a duration of time. They are often also called “Encounters”. Visits are defined by a configuration of circumstances under which they occur, such as (i) whether the patient comes to a healthcare institution, the other way around, or the interaction is remote, (ii) whether and what kind of trained medical staff is delivering the service during the Visit, and (iii) whether the Visit is transient or for a longer period involving a stay in bed. (OMOP)
Identifier An Identifier is associated with a unique object or entity within a given system.
QuestionnaireResponseItem QuestionnaireResponseItem provides a complete or partial list of answers to a set of questions filled when responding to a questionnaire. (FHIR)
QuestionnaireResponseValue Single-valued answer to the question. (FHIR)
        QuestionnaireResponseValueBoolean Single-valued boolean answer to the question
        QuestionnaireResponseValueDecimal Single-valued decimal answer to the question
        QuestionnaireResponseValueString Single-valued string answer to the question
ResearchStudyCollection A holder for ResearchStudy objects
TimePeriod A period of time between a start and end time point.

Slots

Slot Description
activity_type The high-level type of creation activity
additive A material substance added to the container (typically to support the primary...
age_at_condition_end The Participant's age (expressed in days) when the condition was recorded as ...
age_at_condition_start The Participant's age (expressed in days) when the condition was first record...
age_at_death The age of an individual at the time of death, expressed in days since birth
age_at_enrollment The age in days when the Participant enrolled on the ResearchStudy
age_at_response The age (in days) of the Participant when the QuestionnaireResponse was captu...
age_at_visit_end The age of the Participant (in days) at the end of the Visit
age_at_visit_start The age of the Participant (in days) at the start of the Visit
alias A secondary name for the organization such as a short name or abbreviation (e
analyte_type For specimens of type 'analyte' (or an 'aliquot' derived from an analyte), th...
associated_participant A reference to the Participant that is associated with this record
associated_person A reference to the Person that is associated with this record
associated_timepoint A collection of timepoint observations that are relevant to research projects...
associated_visit A reference to the Visit during which this QuestionnaireResponse was captured
breed A label given to a group of animals homogeneous in appearance and other chara...
category The general category of observation described
cause_of_death Coded value indicating the circumstance or condition that results in the deat...
cellular_composition_type A term describing the type of cell or cellular material comprising a specimen
code Corresponding concept for this item in a terminology
collection_method_type The type of method applied in collecting a sample from its original source
collection_site The anatomic site from which a specimen was collected
condition_concept The coded value for the presence of a disease or medical condition stated as ...
condition_provenance A value representing the provenance of the Condition record
condition_status A value indicating whether the medical condition described in this record is ...
consent_code Data Use Restrictions that are used to indicate permissions/restrictions for ...
consents Data Use Restrictions that are used to indicate permissions/restrictions for ...
contained_in A physical container in which a specimen is presently held or attached - as ...
container A container in which the specimen is held or affixed during its storage
container_number Informal number by which the container is referenced or identified (e
container_type The kind of the container
copyright Textual description of any use and/or publishing restrictions
copyright_label Copyright holder and year(s)
creation_activity The activity through which a specimen was created, by removing material from ...
date_ended The date when the research project ended
date_started The date when the research project began
date_time An explicitly specified timepoint described in terms of a date and optionally...
derivation_method_type The type of method applied to derive a new specimen from an existing one
derived_product A 'living' biologically active product that was derived from the specimen (e
description A free text field to capture additional info/explanation about the research s...
description_shortened An abbreviated description of a research program, project, or study
dimensional_measures Observations about the current physical dimensions of an object (e
document_type The high-level type of the document (e
duration The length of time over which the activity was performed
entries
ethnicity An individual's self-described social and cultural grouping, specifically whe...
event_type An event that occurred at the point in time specified by this TimePoint
focus The entity that the report is primarily about
growth_rate When the specimen an actively growing model system, such as a cell or tissue ...
has_questionnaire_item A reference to the QuestionnaireItem that this QuestionnaireResponseItem resp...
id The 'logical' identifier of the entity within the system of record
identity A 'business' identifier or accession number for the entity, typically as prov...
index_time_point Another TimePoint from which this point is offset
index_timepoint The text term used to describe the reference or anchor date used for date obf...
items A collection of QuestionnaireItem objects which encapsulate the question bein...
language The language(s) in which questions are presented
member_of_research_study A reference to the Study(s) of which this Participant is a member
method_type A type of method used in generating the Observation result
name An unabridged name of a research program, project, or study
name_shortened An abbreviated name of a research program, project, or study
observation_type The specific type of observation made - i
observations A set of one or more more atomic observations that are conceptually or logica...
offset_from_index A quantity of time that, together with the index date or event, can be used t...
organization_type The type of the organization (e
originating_site The Organization through which a subject was enrolled on a ResearchStudy
parent_container A larger container of which this container is a part (e
parent_specimen An existing specimen from which the specimen of interest was directly derived...
part_of A reference to a parent ResearchStudy (e
passage_number When the specimen an actively growing model system, such as a cell or tissue ...
performed_by The organization or group that performed the activity
period_end When a period of time ended
period_start When a period of time started
principal_investigator The investigator or investigators leading a project
processing_activity An activity that modifies the physical structure, composition, or state of a ...
product_type The high level type of model system (e
publisher Name of the publisher/steward (organization or individual) of this Questionna...
qualifier A qualifier that further refines or specifies the location of the body site -...
quality_measure An observation about characteristics of a specimen that are indicative of its...
quantity_collected The quantity of material in the specimen as originally collected from its ori...
quantity_measure An observation related to the present quantity of a specimen - e
race An arbitrary classification of a taxonomic group that is a division of a spec...
related_document A reference to an external document that is about or related to the specimen ...
relationship_to_participant A value indicating the relationship between the Participant to which the Cond...
research_project_type The 'type' of ResearchStudy represented (e
response_value
role A role played by the substance in a particular application (e
section_location The location in a parent specimen from which a section/portion was excised (e
sex The biologic character or quality that distinguishes male and female from one...
site A term describing any site in the body
source_material_type The general kind of material from which the specimen was derived
source_participant A specific Subject from which the specimen was directly or indirectly derived
species The scientific binomial name for the species of the Person (e
specimen_order A numeric value that represents the sequential order of this creation activit...
specimen_type The high-level type of the specimen, based on its derivation provenance (i
sponsor An entity that is responsible for the initiation, management, and/or financin...
storage_activity An activity that results in the storage or maintenance of a specimen in a par...
study_arm The arm(s) of the study on which the Participant is enrolled
substance_quantity The quantity of substance this instance stands for
substance_type The specific type of the substance - at as granular a level as possible
system The system or namespace that defines the identifier
text Name for group or question text
title Name for this Questionnaire (human friendly)
transport_activity An activity through which the specimen is transported between locations
transport_destination An organization (facility, site, lab, etc) to which the specimen is delivered...
transport_origin An organization (facility, site, lab, etc) from which the specimen was transp...
type
unit A coded or free text (in the
url A URL address for a resource that provides information about a research progr...
valid_from The point in time from which the consent record is valid
valid_to The point in time after which the consent record is invalid
value A general slot to hold a value
value_concept A coded value representing a quantity (e
value_decimal An amount, in the given units (if specified)
value_quantity The result of the observation, encoded as a free-text Quantity
version The identifier that is used to identify this version of the questionnaire whe...
visit_category A value representing the kind (or category) of visit, like inpatient or outpa...
visit_provenance A value representing the provenance of the visit record, or where the record ...
vital_status Coded value indicating the state or condition of being living or deceased; al...
year_of_birth Numeric value to represent the calendar year in which an individual was born
year_of_death Numeric value to represent the calendar year in which an individual died

Enumerations

Enumeration Description
AnalyteTypeEnum
CellularOrganismSpeciesEnum A constrained set of enumerative values containing the NCBITaxon values for c...
ConditionConceptEnum A constrained set of enumerative values containing both the MONDO values for ...
ConditionProvenanceEnum A constrained set of enumerative values containing the OMOP values for visit ...
ConditionStatusEnum A constrained set of enumerative values indicating whether a Condition is pre...
DataUseEnum A constrained set of enumerative values drawn from the Data Use Ontology (DUO...
EthnicityEnum A constrained set of enumerative values containing the United States Office o...
HpoPhenotypicAbnormalityEnum A constrained set of enumerative values containing the HPO values for phenoty...
MondoHumanDiseaseEnum A constrained set of enumerative values containing the MONDO values for human...
RaceEnum A constrained set of enumerative values containing the United States Office o...
SectionLocationEnum The location in a parent specimen from which a section/portion was excised
SexEnum A constrained set of enumerative values containing the OMOP values for sex
SourceMaterialTypeEnum
SpecimenCollectionMethodType
SpecimenCreationActivityTypeEnum The high-level type of activity through which the specimen was generated (i
SpecimenProcessingActivityTypeEnum The high-level type of processing activity performed
SpecimenQualityObservationMethodEnum A type of method used in determining the quantity of a specimen
SpecimenQualityObservationTypeEnum Types of measurements that reflect the quality of a specimen or its suitabili...
SpecimenQuantityObservationTypeEnum Measures related to the quantity of a specimen or analyte it currently contai...
SpecimenTypeEnum A high-level type of specimen, based on its derivation provenance (i
VertebrateBreedEnum A constrained set of enumerative values containing the VBO values for vertebr...
VisitCategoryEnum A constrained set of enumerative values containing the OMOP values for visit ...
VisitProvenanceEnum A constrained set of enumerative values containing the OMOP values for visit ...
VitalStatusEnum A constrained set of enumerative values containing the OMOP values for vital ...

Types

Type Description
Boolean A binary (true or false) value
Curie a compact URI
Date a date (year, month and day) in an idealized calendar
DateOrDatetime Either a date or a datetime
Datetime The combination of a date and time
Decimal A real number with arbitrary precision that conforms to the xsd:decimal speci...
Double A real number that conforms to the xsd:double specification
Float A real number that conforms to the xsd:float specification
Integer An integer
Jsonpath A string encoding a JSON Path
Jsonpointer A string encoding a JSON Pointer
Ncname Prefix part of CURIE
Nodeidentifier A URI, CURIE or BNODE that represents a node in a model
Objectidentifier A URI or CURIE that represents an object in the model
Sparqlpath A string encoding a SPARQL Property Path
String A character string
Time A time object represents a (local) time of day, independent of any particular...
Uri a complete URI
Uriorcurie a URI or a CURIE

Subsets

Subset Description