loading...| Preferred Name |
assay |
| Synonyms |
scientific observation measuring |
| Definitions |
A planned process that has the objective to produce information about a material entity (the evaluant) by examining it. |
| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBI_0000070 |
| database_cross_reference |
NCIt:C60819 |
| definition |
A planned process that has the objective to produce information about a material entity (the evaluant) by examining it. An assay is a process with the objective to create as an output information about a material entity (bearing evaluant role). A planned process with the objective to produce information about some evaluant |
| definition_citation |
OBI_0000070 |
| editor note |
12/3/12: BP: the reference to the 'physical examination' is included to point out that a prediction is not an assay, as that does not require physical examiniation. Discussion on OBI call 2023-05-01 resulted in an agreement to revise the textual definition of 'assay'. https://github.com/obi-ontology/obi/issues/1683. |
| EFO_URI | |
| example of usage |
A hybridization on a microarray. Assay the wavelength of light emitted by excited Neon atoms. Count of geese flying over a house. |
| has curation status | |
| has_exact_synonym |
scientific observation measuring |
| IAO_0000111 |
assay |
| IAO_0000118 |
scientific observation measuring |
| IAO_0000119 |
OBI branch derived |
| label |
assay assay |
| OBI_0001847 |
study assay |
| OBI_9991118 |
any method |
| prefixIRI |
obo2:OBI_0000070 |
| prefLabel |
assay |
| source_definition |
A planned process with the objective to produce information about some evaluant |
| term editor |
James Malone PlanAndPlannedProcess Branch |
| disjointWith | |
| subClassOf |