From 74535abb352f812bf4f4e54dc8b3bcc42d4d9991 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Simon Cox Observations may be packaged in collections, for management and analysis.
- A summary of the range of values for properties of the member observations may be recorded as properties
- of
+ A summary of the range of values for properties of the member observations may be recorded as properties of
the collection - for example, the set of features of interest for a suite of observations.
Collections of observations that are useful for analysis will typically be homogeneous with respect to
- one
- or more observation properties - for example, of the same observed-property on the same feature of
- interest
- at a series of different times.
+ one or more observation properties - for example, of the same observed-property on the same feature of
+ interest at a series of different times.
Shared properties might be conveniently recorded as properties of the collection as a whole, and these
properties can then be omitted on the descriptions of the individual member observations.
- Actuations may also be packaged in collections. An important case will be where a set of actuations act
- on
- different properties of the same feature of interest, but other cases also apply.
+ The results of collections of observations are often packaged in a 'data cube' whose axes define the range
+ of properties of the set of observations.
- Similarly, samples are often grouped in collections, for example a set of samples of the same feature or
- entity.
+ Actuations may also be packaged in collections. An important case will be where a set of actuations act on
+ different properties of the same feature of interest, but other cases also apply.
+ Samplings may also be packaged in collections. An important case will be where a set of samplings use the
+ same sampler, but other cases also apply.
- The results of collections of observations are often packaged in a 'data cube' whose axes define the
- range
- of
- properties of the set of observations.
+ Similarly, samples are often grouped in collections, for example a set of samples of the same feature or
+ entity.
- Three classes representing collections of Actuations or of Observations or of Samples are provided in
- the
- application modules:
+ Five classes representing collections of Executions or of Samples are provided in the application modules:
Collections
Overview
+
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related to describing collections of actuations, or of observations or of samples.
collection of actuations
- or collection of observations
- or collection of samplings
- or collection of samples
+ collection of Executions
+ or collection of Actuations
+ or collection of Observations
+ or collection of Samplings
+ or collection of Samples
)
within a collection.
rules for the consistency of values of properties of collections and
properties of their members are given for each collection type.
- Note that there is a single `member` property. OWL or SHACL constraints
- may
+ Note that there is a single `member` property. OWL or SHACL constraints may
limit the range depending on the context of different collection types.