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Role
type: Class
comment: (role ?OBJECT ?ENTITY) means that ?OBJECT - a Role holder, plays a Role ?ENTITY in some context. In EXPO we always consider the context: experiment. For example in context of experiment an object <human> can play the role <subject of experiment> if the human is "one who executes the experiment" (OED) or the role if the human is one "on whom an experiment is made." (OED).
subclass of: Predicate

Predicate
type: Class
comment: "A Predicate is a sentence-forming Relation. Each tuple in the Relation is a finite, ordered sequence of objects. The fact that a particular tuple is an element of a Predicate is denoted by '(*predicate* arg_1 arg_2 .. arg_n)', where the arg_i are the objects so related. In the case of BinaryPredicates, the fact can be read as `arg_1 is *predicate* arg_2' or `a *predicate* of arg_1 is arg_2'." (SUMO)
subclass of: Relation

PoblemAnalysis
type: Class
disjoint with: ResultsEvaluation
subclass of: ScientificTask
disjoint with: EperimentalDesignTask
disjoint with: Classification
comment: Problem analysis is the scientific task of reducing a problem's complexity. Reference: based on The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press, 2 Ed., 1989
disjoint with: ResultsInterpretation
disjoint with: InformationGethering
disjoint with: HypothesisFormation

ResultsEvaluation
type: Class
disjoint with: PoblemAnalysis
disjoint with: EperimentalDesignTask
disjoint with: Classification
disjoint with: HypothesisFormation
disjoint with: ResultsInterpretation
disjoint with: InformationGethering
subclass of: ScientificTask
comment: Results evaluation is the scientific task to working out the value of an experimental result; or in general, to express the result in terms of something already known. Reference: Based on The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press, 2 Ed., 1989

ScientificTask
type: Class
comment: A scientific task is a portion of scientific study. Reference: Based on The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press, 2 Ed., 1989
disjoint with: ExperimentalDesignStrategy
disjoint with: ExperimentalHypothesis
disjoint with: ExperimentalStandard
disjoint with: Model
disjoint with: Fact
disjoint with: ValueOfVariable
disjoint with: ModelAssumption
disjoint with: AdministrativeInformation
subclass of: Proposition
disjoint with: FieldOfStudy
disjoint with: SubjectQualification
disjoint with: Variable
disjoint with: ExperimentalTechnology
disjoint with: Requirements
disjoint with: Procedure

EperimentalDesignTask
type: Class
disjoint with: PoblemAnalysis
comment: An experimental design task is a scientific task of planning and organizing an experiment in order to achieve an experimental goal.
subclass of: ScientificTask
disjoint with: ResultsInterpretation
disjoint with: HypothesisFormation
disjoint with: Classification
disjoint with: InformationGethering
disjoint with: ResultsEvaluation

Classification
type: Class
disjoint with: PoblemAnalysis
disjoint with: ResultsEvaluation
comment: Classification is the scientific task of forming a hierarchical system of categories.
disjoint with: EperimentalDesignTask
subclass of: ScientificTask
disjoint with: InformationGethering
disjoint with: ResultsInterpretation
disjoint with: HypothesisFormation

ResultsInterpretation
type: Class
disjoint with: PoblemAnalysis
disjoint with: Classification
disjoint with: InformationGethering
disjoint with: ResultsEvaluation
disjoint with: EperimentalDesignTask
disjoint with: HypothesisFormation
comment: Results interpretation is the scientific task of explaining, the meaning of experimental results. Reference: Based on The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press, 2 Ed., 1989
subclass of: ScientificTask

InformationGethering
type: Class
disjoint with: HypothesisFormation
disjoint with: PoblemAnalysis
disjoint with: EperimentalDesignTask
subclass of: ScientificTask
disjoint with: ResultsEvaluation
comment: Information gathering is the scientific task of collecting information for further analysis or for other scientific purposes.
disjoint with: ResultsInterpretation
disjoint with: Classification

HypothesisFormation
type: Class
disjoint with: ResultsEvaluation
disjoint with: Classification
comment: Hypothesis formation is the scientific task �to frame a hypothesis or supposition*? on the basis of preliminary information gathering and problem analysis. Reference: The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press, 2 Ed., 1989
subclass of: ScientificTask
disjoint with: ResultsInterpretation
disjoint with: InformationGethering
disjoint with: PoblemAnalysis
disjoint with: EperimentalDesignTask

HypothesisComplexity
type: Class
subclass of: AttributeOfHypothesis
comment: Hypothesis complexity is an attribute of an hypothesis which characterizes information content.
disjoint with: HypothesisExplicitness
disjoint with: GeneralityOfHypothesis

AttributeOfHypothesis
type: Class
disjoint with: AttributeOfAction
disjoint with: AttributeGroup
disjoint with: AttributeOfDocument
disjoint with: Name
subclass of: Attribute
disjoint with: AttributeOfModel
disjoint with: StatisticsCharacteristic
disjoint with: AttributeOfVariable
comment: An attribute of an hypothesis is an essential characteristic of an experimental hypothesis, e.g. <explicitness of an hypothesis>, <complexity of an hypothesis>.

HypothesisExplicitness
type: Class
disjoint with: HypothesisComplexity
comment: Hypothesis explicitness is an attribute of an hypothesis which characterizes the explicitness of the statement; whether the statement is represented in a form of a text or not. For example: an <explicit hypothesis>, an <implicit hypothesis>.
disjoint with: GeneralityOfHypothesis
subclass of: AttributeOfHypothesis

GeneralityOfHypothesis
type: Class
comment: The generality of an hypothesis is an attribute of an experimental hypothesis which characterizes whether the hypothesis is inductive (more general) or abductive (less general).
subclass of: AttributeOfHypothesis
disjoint with: HypothesisExplicitness
disjoint with: HypothesisComplexity

HawthorneEffect
type: Class
comment: A Hawthorne effect is a object effect where results are due to subjects' expectations of desired behaviour in the research setting or the social psychology of the experiment. Reference: Davis, J., Psychological research methods.
disjoint with: ExperimenteeBias
disjoint with: MortalityEffect
subclass of: ObjectEffect

ExperimenteeBias
type: Class
disjoint with: MortalityEffect
comment: An experimentee bias is an object effect where results of an experiment are due to systematic differences in research participants ("experimetees") assigned to different conditions or treatments. Reference: Davis, J., Psychological research methods.
disjoint with: HawthorneEffect
subclass of: ObjectEffect

MortalityEffect
type: Class
subclass of: ObjectEffect
disjoint with: ExperimenteeBias
comment: A mortality effect is an object effect which occurs when subjects leave an experiment before it is complete (e.g. die) and so bias the experimental results. This is especially true when more subjects leave one treatment condition more than another. This leads to a kind of subject effect because the subjects in the different groups are no longer equivalent. Reference: Davis, J., Psychological research methods.
disjoint with: HawthorneEffect

ObjectEffect
type: Class
subclass of: AlternativeHypothesis
disjoint with: TimeEffect
disjoint with: ExperimentalDesignEffect
disjoint with: SubjectEffect
comment: An object effect is an alternative hypothesis where an effect on the experimental results is due to uncontrolled object's action or expectations.

AdminInfoSubjectOfExperiment
type: Class
subclass of: AdministrativeInformation
disjoint with: AdminInfoProvider
disjoint with: AdminInfoAuthor
comment: Administrative information about a subject of an experiment is data about the subject of the experiment (a name, qualification, an organization, etc) used for administrative purposes such as to provide/ control storage of the experimental data etc.
disjoint with: AdminInfoSubmitter
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has organization
  all values from: Organization
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: SubjectQualification
  on property: has qualification
disjoint with: AdminInfoUser
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has name
  all values from: Name
disjoint with: AdminInfoExperiment
disjoint with: AdminInfoObjectOfExperiment

AdministrativeInformation
type: Class
disjoint with: ScientificTask
disjoint with: FieldOfStudy
disjoint with: ExperimentalTechnology
disjoint with: Procedure
disjoint with: Requirements
disjoint with: Fact
disjoint with: ValueOfVariable
subclass of: Proposition
disjoint with: Variable
disjoint with: ExperimentalDesignStrategy
disjoint with: Model
comment: administrative information is data about an experimental subject, an experimental object, experimental documents etc., used for administrative purposes such as to provide/ control access/ storage of the experimental results/ protocols etc.
disjoint with: ExperimentalStandard
disjoint with: SubjectQualification
disjoint with: ExperimentalHypothesis
disjoint with: ModelAssumption

AdminInfoProvider
type: Class
subclass of: AdministrativeInformation
disjoint with: AdminInfoSubjectOfExperiment
disjoint with: AdminInfoAuthor
disjoint with: AdminInfoSubmitter
disjoint with: AdminInfoUser
comment: administrative information about a provider of biological samples, experimental equipment etc, is data (a name, an organization, contact details etc.) used for administrative purposes such as to provide/ control access/ storage of the experimental results/ protocols etc.
disjoint with: AdminInfoObjectOfExperiment
disjoint with: AdminInfoExperiment

AdminInfoAuthor
type: Class
comment: Administrative information about an author of an experimental data/ protocols, etc. is data about the author (a name, an organization, contact data, etc.) used for administrative purposes such as to provide/ control access/ storage of experimental data etc.
disjoint with: AdminInfoSubmitter
disjoint with: AdminInfoSubjectOfExperiment
disjoint with: AdminInfoUser
disjoint with: AdminInfoProvider
disjoint with: AdminInfoObjectOfExperiment
disjoint with: AdminInfoExperiment
subclass of: AdministrativeInformation

AdminInfoSubmitter
type: Class
subclass of: AdministrativeInformation
disjoint with: AdminInfoUser
disjoint with: AdminInfoSubjectOfExperiment
disjoint with: AdminInfoObjectOfExperiment
disjoint with: AdminInfoExperiment
disjoint with: AdminInfoProvider
comment: Administrative information about a submitter of an experimental data/ protocols, etc. is data about the submitter (a name, an organization, contact data, etc.) used for administrative purposes such as to provide/ control access/ storage of experimental data etc.
disjoint with: AdminInfoAuthor

Organization
type: Class
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: Number
  on property: has fax number
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: Number
  on property: has telephone number
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: Name
  on property: has name
comment: SUMO: An Organization is a corporate or similar institution. The members of an Organization typically have a common purpose or function. Note that this class also covers divisions, departments, etc. of organizations. For example, both the Shell Corporation and the accounting department at Shell would both be instances of Organization. Note too that the existence of an Organization is dependent on the existence of at least one member (since Organization is a subclass of Collection). Accordingly, in cases of purely legal organizations, a fictitious member should be assumed."http://www.ontologyportal.org/
subclass of: Group
subclass of: Restriction
  cardinality: 1
  on property: has name

SubjectQualification
type: Class
disjoint with: Variable
disjoint with: Requirements
disjoint with: FieldOfStudy
disjoint with: Procedure
disjoint with: ExperimentalHypothesis
disjoint with: ExperimentalDesignStrategy
disjoint with: ValueOfVariable
disjoint with: ModelAssumption
subclass of: Proposition
disjoint with: Model
disjoint with: ScientificTask
disjoint with: ExperimentalTechnology
disjoint with: AdministrativeInformation
disjoint with: ExperimentalStandard
disjoint with: Fact
comment: Subject qualification is a "formal certification, issued by a relevant approved body, in recognition that a person has achieved competency relevant to identified individual, professional, industry or community needs." Reference: Training: www.training.wa.gov.au/publications/cbt/framework/glossary.htm

AdminInfoUser
type: Class
disjoint with: AdminInfoSubmitter
comment: Administrative information about a user of an experimental data/ protocols, etc. is data about the user (a name, an organization, contact data, login, password, etc.) used for administrative purposes such as to provide/ control access to experimental data etc.
disjoint with: AdminInfoExperiment
subclass of: AdministrativeInformation
disjoint with: AdminInfoObjectOfExperiment
disjoint with: AdminInfoAuthor
disjoint with: AdminInfoSubjectOfExperiment
disjoint with: AdminInfoProvider

Name
type: Class
disjoint with: AttributeOfModel
disjoint with: StatisticsCharacteristic
disjoint with: AttributeOfVariable
disjoint with: AttributeGroup
subclass of: Attribute
disjoint with: AttributeOfAction
disjoint with: AttributeOfHypothesis
disjoint with: AttributeOfDocument
comment: A name a word or phrase constituting the individual designation by which a particular person or thing is known, referred to, or addressed. Reference: The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press, 2 Ed., 1989

AdminInfoExperiment
type: Class
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: BiblioReference
  on property: has reference
disjoint with: AdminInfoObjectOfExperiment
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has organization
  all values from: Organization
disjoint with: AdminInfoProvider
comment: Administrative information about an experiment is data about the experiment (status, author, last modification, etc) used for administrative purposes such as to provide/ control access/ storage of the experimental results/ protocols etc.
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has status
  all values from: StatusExperimentalDocument
subclass of: Restriction
  cardinality: 1
  on property: has ID
disjoint with: AdminInfoSubjectOfExperiment
disjoint with: AdminInfoAuthor
disjoint with: AdminInfoUser
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: TitleExperiment
  on property: has title
disjoint with: AdminInfoSubmitter
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: Author
  on property: has author
subclass of: AdministrativeInformation
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has ID
  all values from: IDExperiment

AdminInfoObjectOfExperiment
type: Class
disjoint with: AdminInfoExperiment
disjoint with: AdminInfoSubjectOfExperiment
subclass of: AdministrativeInformation
disjoint with: AdminInfoSubmitter
disjoint with: AdminInfoAuthor
disjoint with: AdminInfoUser
disjoint with: AdminInfoProvider
comment: Administrative information about an object of an experiment is data about the object of the experiment (a name, a code, etc) used for administrative purposes such as to provide/ control access/ storage of the experimental data etc. Note that the description of an experimental object itself belongs to the corresponding domain ontology.

SamplingMethod
type: Class
subclass of: ExperimentalMethod
comment: A sampling method is a way to form a sample, an object of the experiment.

ExperimentalMethod
type: Class
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: MethodGoal
  on property: has goal
comment: An experimental method is a way to solve a scientific task by executing a scientific experiment.
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has plan
  all values from: PlanOfExperimentalActions
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: SubjectMethod
  on property: has subject
subclass of: ResearchMethod
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: MethodApplicabilityCondition
  on property: has applicability

ObservationalError
type: Class
subclass of: Error
comment: An observational error is the difference between observations and their true values, or to values that are accepted as being true. Reference: USGS glossary: biology.usgs.gov/npsveg/glossary.html

Error
type: Class
comment: An error is the difference between observations or computations from the true values, or to values that are accepted as being true. Reference: USGS glossary: biology.usgs.gov/npsveg/glossary.html
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has statistics characteristic
  cardinality: 1
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: Dispersion
  on property: has statistics characteristic
subclass of: ProductRole
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has statistics characteristic
  all values from: LevelOfSignificance

ActorRole
type: Class
subclass of: Action-relatedRole
comment: the concept is outside EXPO.

Action-relatedRole
type: Class
comment: the concept is outside EXPO. Actor role (Any action). For example: Teaching Agent role (Teaching Action), Target object role (Action object)
subclass of: Role

RandomError
type: Class
subclass of: MeasurementError
comment: A random error is an error that is without any regularity or of unknown regularity. Reference: Arley, N. & Buch , K.R., Introduction to the theory of probability and statistics. New York : Wiley London. Chapman & Hall, 1950. 236p.

MeasurementError
type: Class
subclass of: ObservationalError
comment: A measurement error is an error involving the observation of a physical quantity. Reference: Arley, N. & Buch , K.R., Introduction to the theory of probability and statistics. New York : Wiley London. Chapman & Hall, 1950. 236p.

TimeDuration
type: Class
subclass of: TimeMeasure
disjoint with: TimePosition
comment: "Any measure of length of time, with or without respect to the universal timeline." (SUMO)

TimeMeasure
type: Class
comment: "The class of temporal durations (instances of TimeDuration) and positions of TimePoints and TimeIntervals along the universal timeline (instances of TimePosition)." (SUMO)
disjoint with: ConstantQuantity
subclass of: PhysicalQuantity

TimePosition
type: Class
disjoint with: TimeDuration
comment: "Any TimePoint or TimeInterval along the universal timeline from NegativeInfinity to PositiveInfinity." (SUMO)
subclass of: TimeMeasure

AttributeOfVariable
type: Class
disjoint with: AttributeOfDocument
comment: An attribute of a variable is an essential characteristic of a variable, e.g. <independence>, <controllability>.
disjoint with: AttributeOfModel
disjoint with: AttributeGroup
disjoint with: Name
subclass of: Attribute
disjoint with: AttributeOfHypothesis
disjoint with: StatisticsCharacteristic
disjoint with: AttributeOfAction

AttributeOfDocument
type: Class
disjoint with: StatisticsCharacteristic
disjoint with: AttributeOfVariable
subclass of: Attribute
disjoint with: AttributeGroup
disjoint with: Name
disjoint with: AttributeOfAction
disjoint with: AttributeOfModel
comment: An attribute of a document is an essential characteristic of a document, e.g. <status>.
disjoint with: AttributeOfHypothesis

AttributeOfModel
type: Class
disjoint with: AttributeOfHypothesis
disjoint with: AttributeOfDocument
disjoint with: StatisticsCharacteristic
disjoint with: AttributeOfVariable
comment: An attribute of a model is an essential characteristic of an experimental model, e.g. <dynamism of a model>, <order of a model>.
disjoint with: Name
disjoint with: AttributeGroup
subclass of: Attribute
disjoint with: AttributeOfAction

AttributeGroup
type: Class
disjoint with: AttributeOfHypothesis
comment: An attribute of a group is an essential characteristic of a group, e.g. <variability>.
disjoint with: Name
disjoint with: AttributeOfVariable
subclass of: Attribute
disjoint with: AttributeOfDocument
disjoint with: AttributeOfAction
disjoint with: StatisticsCharacteristic
disjoint with: AttributeOfModel

Attribute
type: Class
subclass of: Abstract
disjoint with: Relation
disjoint with: Quantity
disjoint with: Proposition
comment: The concept is outside of EXPO. "Qualities which we cannot or choose not to reify into subclasses of Object." Reference: SUMO http://berkelium.teknowledge.com:8080/sigma/home.jsp

StatisticsCharacteristic
type: Class
disjoint with: AttributeOfAction
comment: The concept is outside of EXPO
subclass of: Attribute
disjoint with: AttributeOfDocument
disjoint with: AttributeOfVariable
disjoint with: Name
disjoint with: AttributeOfHypothesis
disjoint with: AttributeGroup
disjoint with: AttributeOfModel

AttributeOfAction
type: Class
disjoint with: Name
disjoint with: StatisticsCharacteristic
subclass of: Attribute
disjoint with: AttributeOfDocument
disjoint with: AttributeOfModel
disjoint with: AttributeOfVariable
disjoint with: AttributeGroup
disjoint with: AttributeOfHypothesis
comment: An attribute of an action is an essential characteristic of an experimental action, e.g. <action complexity>.

ProteomicExperiment
type: Class
comment: The concept is outside of EXPO.
subclass of: ClassificationByDomain

ClassificationByDomain
type: Class
subclass of: ClassificationOfExperiments
disjoint with: ClassificationByModel
comment: A classification by a domain is a hierarchical system of categories - types of experiments - according to their domains, e.g. microarray experiment, proteomic experiment.

MethodsComparison
type: Class
comment: A methods comparison is a paired comparison of single sample groups experimental design strategy where the result of applying different methods to achieve the same goal are compared. Reference: Based on: Langley, R. Practical Statistics. David&Charles Ltd, Newton,1971.
subclass of: PairedComparisonOfSingleSampleGroups
disjoint with: SubjectsComparison

PairedComparisonOfSingleSampleGroups
type: Class
disjoint with: ComparisonControl/TargetGroups
comment: A paired comparison of single sample groups is a paired comparison experimental design strategy where the same group of experimental objects is examined twice or more in order to compare the effects of experimental factors. Reference: Based on: Langley, R. Practical Statistics. David&Charles Ltd, Newton,1971.
subclass of: PairedComparison
disjoint with: PairedComparisonOfMatchingGroups

SubjectsComparison
type: Class
subclass of: PairedComparisonOfSingleSampleGroups
disjoint with: MethodsComparison
comment: A subjects comparison is a paired comparison of single sample groups experimental design strategy where effects on the results of different subjects of the experiment are compared. Reference: Based on: Langley, R. Practical Statistics. David&Charles Ltd, Newton,1971.

SymmetricalMatching
type: Class
disjoint with: SplitSamples
comment: Symmetrical matching is a matching groups experimental design strategy where pairs are symmetrical parts of a body. For instance comparing the effect of 2 ointments applied to 2 arms. Reference: Based on: Langley, R. Practical Statistics. David&Charles Ltd, Newton,1971.
subclass of: PairedComparisonOfMatchingGroups

SplitSamples
type: Class
subclass of: PairedComparisonOfMatchingGroups
disjoint with: SymmetricalMatching
comment: Split samples is a matching groups experimental design strategy where each member of a sample group of experimental objects is divided into two parts in order to form two groups for the experiment. Reference: Based on: Langley, R. Practical Statistics. David&Charles Ltd, Newton,1971.

PairedComparisonOfMatchingGroups
type: Class
disjoint with: PairedComparisonOfSingleSampleGroups
comment: A paired comparison of matching groups is a paired comparison experimental design strategy where each member of one group of experimental objects matches (by a definite rule) a member (a pair) of another group of experimental objects. Reference: Based on: Langley, R. Practical Statistics. David&Charles Ltd, Newton,1971.
subclass of: PairedComparison
disjoint with: ComparisonControl/TargetGroups

RecommendationSatus
type: Class
subclass of: NonRestrictedStatus
comment: A recommendation �is a status of a proposal or suggestion, advice.? Reference: The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press, 2 Ed., 1989

NonRestrictedStatus
type: Class
comment: A non restricted status is a status which allows the access to a SOP, a protocol, and/ or experimental results for legal purposes.
disjoint with: RestrictedStatus
subclass of: PermissionStatus

ExperimentalEquipment
type: Class
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has description
  all values from: TechnicalDescription
comment: Experimental equipment is the set of tools, devices, materials, computer systems assembled for performing the experiment. Reference: following Collins Softback English Dictionary, HarperCollins Publishers, Glasgow, 1993.
subclass of: Process-relatedRole
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: NameEquipment
  on property: has name

TechnicalDescription
type: Class
subclass of: Representation
disjoint with: RepresentationExperimentalObservation
disjoint with: HypothesisRepresentation
disjoint with: RepresentationExperimentalResults
disjoint with: ModelRepresentation
disjoint with: RepresentationExperimentalExecutionProcedure
comment: A technical description is a representation of technical information about experimental equipment or a subject (robot) in order to provide the user with information about a technology's purpose and functions, components and construction, and operation and maintenance? Reference: UA: http://www.u.arizona.edu/~menchaca/engl308/assignments/descriptions.htm
disjoint with: RepresentationExperimentalGoal

Process-relatedRole
type: Class
subclass of: Role
comment: Product role (Final output) Residue role (How it is processed)

NameEquipment
type: Class
subclass of: Name
disjoint with: LoginName
disjoint with: Password
disjoint with: PersonalName
disjoint with: CorporateName
disjoint with: ActionName
disjoint with: IDExperiment
disjoint with: Title
comment: An equipment name is a name that refers to a piece of experimental equipment.

ExperimentalModelDesign
type: Class
comment: Experimental model design is an experimental design task of construction a model of the experiment from the model of the experimental domain by fixating experimental factors and target variables.
disjoint with: ExperimentalEquipmentSelecting
disjoint with: ExperimentalObjectSelecting
subclass of: EperimentalDesignTask
disjoint with: ExperimentalActionsPlanning

ExperimentalEquipmentSelecting
type: Class
disjoint with: ExperimentalModelDesign
disjoint with: ExperimentalActionsPlanning
disjoint with: ExperimentalObjectSelecting
subclass of: EperimentalDesignTask
comment: Experimental equipment selecting is an experimental design task of selecting appropriate instruments and materials for experimental actions.

ExperimentalObjectSelecting
type: Class
comment: Experimental object selecting is an experimental design task of selecting an appropriate to the experimental goal and experimental requirements an object of the experiment.
subclass of: EperimentalDesignTask
disjoint with: ExperimentalModelDesign
disjoint with: ExperimentalActionsPlanning
disjoint with: ExperimentalEquipmentSelecting

ExperimentalActionsPlanning
type: Class
disjoint with: ExperimentalEquipmentSelecting
comment: Experimental actions' planning is an experimental design task of constructing a sequence of experimental actions in order to achieve an experimental goal.
disjoint with: ExperimentalModelDesign
disjoint with: ExperimentalObjectSelecting
subclass of: EperimentalDesignTask

InternalStatus
type: Class
comment: An internal status is a status which controls the access to a SOP, a protocol, and/ or experimental results to within an organization.
subclass of: RestrictedStatus

RestrictedStatus
type: Class
disjoint with: NonRestrictedStatus
comment: A restricted status is a status which controls in some way the access to a SOP, a protocol, and/ or experimental results.
subclass of: PermissionStatus

ExplicitHypothesis
type: Class
comment: An explicit hypothesis of an experimental hypothesis is a Boolean attribute which is true when the statement is written in the form of a text, for instance in terms of predicate logic.
disjoint with: ImplicitHypothesis
subclass of: HypothesisExplicitness

ImplicitHypothesis
type: Class
comment: An implicit hypothesis of an experimental hypothesis is a Boolean attribute which is false where the statement can be written in the form of a text.
disjoint with: ExplicitHypothesis
subclass of: HypothesisExplicitness

ScientificInvestigation
type: Class
comment: Scientific investigation is a systematic examination; careful and detailed research. Reference: The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press, 2 Ed., 1989
subclass of: Procedure
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has result interpretation
  all values from: ResultsInterpretation
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has result evaluation
  all values from: ResultsEvaluation
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has problem analysis
  all values from: PoblemAnalysis
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has hypothesis formation
  all values from: HypothesisFormation
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: InformationGethering
  on property: has information gethering
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has experimental design
  all values from: ExperimentalDesign
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has experiment
  all values from: ScientificExperiment

Procedure
type: Class
comment: A sequence-dependent specification. Some examples are ComputerPrograms, finite-state machines, cooking recipes, musical scores, conference schedules, driving directions, and the scripts of plays and movies. Reference: SUMO http://berkelium.teknowledge.com:8080/sigma/home.jsp
disjoint with: FieldOfStudy
disjoint with: ScientificTask
disjoint with: ExperimentalDesignStrategy
disjoint with: ExperimentalHypothesis
disjoint with: ExperimentalTechnology
disjoint with: SubjectQualification
disjoint with: ValueOfVariable
subclass of: Proposition
disjoint with: Variable
disjoint with: Requirements
disjoint with: Model
disjoint with: Fact
disjoint with: AdministrativeInformation
disjoint with: ExperimentalStandard
disjoint with: ModelAssumption

ExperimentalDesign
type: Class
comment: An experimental design is a structured, organized method for determining the relationship between factors affecting cause-effect relations between known and unknown variables. Reference: Sigma:http://www.isixsigma.com/dictionary/Design_of_Experiments_-_DOE-41.htm
subclass of: ExperimentalMethod

ScientificExperiment
type: Class
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: AdminInfoExperiment
  on property: has admin info
comment: A scientific experiment is a research method which permits the investigation of cause-effect relations between known and unknown (target) variables of the field of study (domain). An experimental result cannot be known with certainty in advance.
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: ExperimentalGoal
  on property: has goal
subclass of: Procedure
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has classification
  all values from: ClassificationOfExperiments
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: ExperimentalDesign
  on property: has ExperimentalDesign

DBReference
type: Class
subclass of: Reference
comment: The concept is outside EXPO

Reference
type: Class
subclass of: RepresentationForm
comment: The concept is outside EXPO

ComputationalData
type: Class
subclass of: ExperimentalObservation
comment: Computational data is experimental observations "represented in a form suitable for processing by computer." Reference: WordNet: http://www.answers.com

ExperimentalObservation
type: Class
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has interpretation
  all values from: ResultsInterpretation
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: ObservationalError
  on property: has error
comment: An experimental observation is a direct observation of nature, the set of values of target variables (or other variables of the experiment model), "prior to analysis; interpretation*" (compare with experimental results). Reference: Based on The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press, 2 Ed., 1989 * Collins Softback English Dictionary, HarperCollins Publishers, Glasgow, 1993.
subclass of: ProductRole
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has observation characteristic
  all values from: StatisticsCharacteristic

Hypothesis-drivenExperiment
type: Class
subclass of: GalileanExperiment
comment: A hypothesis-driven experiment is a Galilean experiment designed to confirm or reject a given hypothesis. The deductive consequences of the hypothesis are compared with the experimental result, and the probability of the hypothesis increased (confirmed) or decreased (rejected).

GalileanExperiment
type: Class
subclass of: PhysicalExperiment
comment: A Galilean experiment is a scientific experiment which involves explicit hypotheses. Reference: Medawar, P.B. Advice to a Young Scientist. Pan Books Ltd, London, 1981

ScientificActivity
type: Class
subclass of: Process
comment: Scientific activity is the process of performing a scientific task.

Process
type: Class
comment: The concept is out EXPO. "Intuitively, the class of things that happen and have temporal parts or stages. Examples include extended events like a football match or a race, actions like Pursuing and Reading, and biological processes. The formal definition is: anything that lasts for a time but is not an Object. Note that a Process may have participants 'inside' it which are Objects, such as the players in a football match. In a 4D ontology, a Process is something whose spatiotemporal extent is thought of as dividing into temporal stages roughly perpendicular to the time-axis." Reference:SUMO http://berkelium.teknowledge.com:8080/sigma/home.jsp
disjoint with: ContentBearingPhysical
disjoint with: Object
subclass of: Physical

PhysicalQuantity
type: Class
subclass of: Quantity
comment: "A PhysicalQuantity is a measure of some quantifiable aspect of the modeled world, such as 'the earth's diameter' (a constant length) and 'the stress in a loaded deformable solid' (a measure of stress, which is a function of three spatial coordinates). All PhysicalQuantities are either ConstantQuantities or FunctionQuantities. Instances of ConstantQuantity are dependent on a UnitOfMeasure, while instances of FunctionQuantity are Functions that map instances of ConstantQuantity to other instances of ConstantQuantity (e.g., TimeDependentQuantities are FunctionQuantities). Although the name and definition of PhysicalQuantity is borrowed from physics, PhysicalQuantities need not be material. Aside from the dimensions of length, time, velocity, etc., nonphysical dimensions such as currency are also possible. Accordingly, amounts of money would be instances of PhysicalQuantity. PhysicalQuantities are distinguished from Numbers by the fact that the former are associated with a dimension of measurement." SUMO: http://www.ontologyportal.org/
disjoint with: Number

Quantity
type: Class
disjoint with: Attribute
disjoint with: Proposition
disjoint with: Relation
subclass of: Abstract
comment: "Any specification of how many or how much of something there is. Accordingly, there are two subclasses of Quantity: Number (how many) and PhysicalQuantity (how much)." (SUMO)

Number
type: Class
comment: "A measure of how many things there are, or how much there is, of a certain kind. Numbers are subclassed into RealNumber, ComplexNumber, and ImaginaryNumber." (SUMO)
disjoint with: PhysicalQuantity
subclass of: Quantity

ClassificationOfExperiments
type: Class
comment: A classification of experiments is a hierarchical system of categories - types of experiments - according to their domains or used models of experiments.
subclass of: Classification
disjoint with: ClassificationOfDomains

ClassificationOfDomains
type: Class
disjoint with: ClassificationOfExperiments
comment: A classification of domains is a hierarchical system of categories - scientific domains.
subclass of: Classification

GeneKnock-out
type: Class
subclass of: ComparisonControl/TargetGroups
disjoint with: TimeCourse
disjoint with: GeneKnock-in
disjoint with: Normal/Disease
disjoint with: DoseResponse
disjoint with: Treated/Untreated
comment: A gene knock-out design strategy is a sub-class of a comparison control/ target groups strategy where a target group has one or more genes removed.

ComparisonControl/TargetGroups
type: Class
disjoint with: PairedComparisonOfMatchingGroups
disjoint with: PairedComparisonOfSingleSampleGroups
comment: A comparison control/ target groups is a paired comparison experimental design strategy where two groups of experimental objects are used, a control group which is not affected by experimental factor(s), and a target group which is affected by the experimental factor(s).
subclass of: PairedComparison

TimeCourse
type: Class
subclass of: ComparisonControl/TargetGroups
disjoint with: DoseResponse
disjoint with: GeneKnock-in
disjoint with: Normal/Disease
disjoint with: Treated/Untreated
disjoint with: GeneKnock-out
comment: A time course design strategy is a sub-class of a comparison control/ target groups strategy where an experimental factor is time.

GeneKnock-in
type: Class
disjoint with: Treated/Untreated
disjoint with: Normal/Disease
subclass of: ComparisonControl/TargetGroups
comment: A gene knock-in design strategy is a sub-class of a comparison control/ target groups strategy where a target group has one or more genes added.
disjoint with: DoseResponse
disjoint with: GeneKnock-out
disjoint with: TimeCourse

Normal/Disease
type: Class
comment: A normal/ disease design strategy is a sub-class of a comparison control/ target groups strategy, where the target group is group of experimental objects with a disease.
disjoint with: TimeCourse
disjoint with: GeneKnock-in
disjoint with: DoseResponse
disjoint with: Treated/Untreated
subclass of: ComparisonControl/TargetGroups
disjoint with: GeneKnock-out

DoseResponse
type: Class
disjoint with: Normal/Disease
comment: A dose response design strategy is a sub-class of a comparison control/ target groups strategy where a target group receives a specified dose of a specified treatment.
disjoint with: Treated/Untreated
subclass of: ComparisonControl/TargetGroups
disjoint with: TimeCourse
disjoint with: GeneKnock-out
disjoint with: GeneKnock-in

Treated/Untreated
type: Class
disjoint with: GeneKnock-out
disjoint with: GeneKnock-in
subclass of: ComparisonControl/TargetGroups
comment: A treated/ untreated design strategy is a sub-class of a comparison control/ target groups strategy where the target group receives a specified treatment.
disjoint with: Normal/Disease
disjoint with: DoseResponse
disjoint with: TimeCourse

SubjectEffect
type: Class
disjoint with: ObjectEffect
disjoint with: ExperimentalDesignEffect
disjoint with: TimeEffect
comment: A subject effect is an alternative hypothesis where an effect on the experimental results is due to difference in subjects or subjects? action or expectations.
subclass of: AlternativeHypothesis

ExperimentalDesignEffect
type: Class
subclass of: AlternativeHypothesis
disjoint with: SubjectEffect
comment: An experimental design effect is an alternative hypothesis where an effect on the experimental results is due to an inadequate experimental design.
disjoint with: TimeEffect
disjoint with: ObjectEffect

TimeEffect
type: Class
disjoint with: SubjectEffect
subclass of: AlternativeHypothesis
disjoint with: ObjectEffect
disjoint with: ExperimentalDesignEffect
comment: A time effect is an alternative hypothesis where an effect on the experimental results is due to uncontrolled changes over time.

AlternativeHypothesis
type: Class
subclass of: ExperimentalHypothesis
disjoint with: ResearchHypothesis
disjoint with: NullHypothesis
comment: An alternative hypothesis an experimental hypothesis that states that factors different from the known controlled variables have specified effect on the unknown (target) variables of the domain.

DesigningExperiment
type: Class
disjoint with: ProcessProblemAnalysis
disjoint with: Classifying
comment: Designing an experiment is the act of determining the relationship between factors affecting cause-effect relations between known and unknown variables. Reference: Based on Sigma: http://www.isixsigma.com/dictionary/Design_of_Experiments_-_DOE-41.htm
disjoint with: ResultEvaluating
disjoint with: FormingClassificationSystem
disjoint with: ExecutionOfExperiment
subclass of: ScientificActivity
disjoint with: HypothesisForming
disjoint with: InterpretingResult

ProcessProblemAnalysis
type: Class
comment: process of problem analysis is an act of reducing a problem's complexity. Reference: based on The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press, 2 Ed., 1989
disjoint with: ExecutionOfExperiment
disjoint with: Classifying
disjoint with: FormingClassificationSystem
disjoint with: HypothesisForming
disjoint with: InterpretingResult
disjoint with: DesigningExperiment
disjoint with: ResultEvaluating
subclass of: ScientificActivity

Classifying
type: Class
comment: A process of classification is the act of classifying into given classes according to common characteristics. Reference:The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press, 2 Ed., 1989 SUMO: "The Class of IntentionalPsychologicalProcesses which involve attaching a name or category to a thing or set of things. Note that Classifying is distinguished from Learning by the fact that the latter covers the acquisition by a CognitiveAgent of any Proposition, while the former involves the assignment of a label or category."
disjoint with: ResultEvaluating
disjoint with: ProcessProblemAnalysis
subclass of: ScientificActivity
disjoint with: ExecutionOfExperiment
disjoint with: DesigningExperiment
disjoint with: InterpretingResult
disjoint with: HypothesisForming
disjoint with: FormingClassificationSystem

ResultEvaluating
type: Class
disjoint with: ExecutionOfExperiment
disjoint with: DesigningExperiment
subclass of: ScientificActivity
comment: Result evaluating is the act of determining the value of experimental results. Reference: Based on The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press, 2 Ed., 1989
disjoint with: FormingClassificationSystem
disjoint with: InterpretingResult
disjoint with: Classifying
disjoint with: HypothesisForming
disjoint with: ProcessProblemAnalysis

FormingClassificationSystem
type: Class
disjoint with: InterpretingResult
disjoint with: ResultEvaluating
disjoint with: Classifying
subclass of: ScientificActivity
disjoint with: ExecutionOfExperiment
disjoint with: DesigningExperiment
disjoint with: ProcessProblemAnalysis
comment: Forming a classification system is the scientific activity to form a hierarchical system of categories.
disjoint with: HypothesisForming

ExecutionOfExperiment
type: Class
disjoint with: FormingClassificationSystem
disjoint with: Classifying
comment: The execution of an experiment is the process of putting into effect a plan of experimental actions in order to archive an experimental goal. Reference: Based on The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press, 2 Ed., 1989
disjoint with: ProcessProblemAnalysis
subclass of: ScientificActivity
disjoint with: HypothesisForming
disjoint with: InterpretingResult
disjoint with: ResultEvaluating
disjoint with: DesigningExperiment

HypothesisForming
type: Class
disjoint with: InterpretingResult
comment: Hypothesis forming is the act "to frame a hypothesis or supposition"* on the basis of preliminary information gathering and problem analysis. Reference: The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press, 2 Ed., 1989
disjoint with: ResultEvaluating
disjoint with: ProcessProblemAnalysis
disjoint with: DesigningExperiment
disjoint with: Classifying
disjoint with: ExecutionOfExperiment
disjoint with: FormingClassificationSystem
subclass of: ScientificActivity

InterpretingResult
type: Class
disjoint with: ProcessProblemAnalysis
disjoint with: ExecutionOfExperiment
disjoint with: ResultEvaluating
comment: Interpreting a result is the act of interpreting or explaining, the meaning of an experimental result. Reference: Based on The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press, 2 Ed., 1989
disjoint with: HypothesisForming
subclass of: ScientificActivity
disjoint with: FormingClassificationSystem
disjoint with: DesigningExperiment
disjoint with: Classifying

LinguisticExpression
type: Class
disjoint with: ContentBearingObject
subclass of: ContentBearingPhysical
comment: "This is the subclass of ContentBearingPhysical which are language-related. Note that this Class encompasses both Language and the the elements of Languages, e.g. Words." SUMO: http://www.ontologyportal.org/

ContentBearingObject
type: Class
disjoint with: LinguisticExpression
comment: "Any SelfConnectedObject that expresses content. This content may be a Proposition, e.g. when the ContentBearingObject is a Sentence or Text, or it may be a representation of an abstract or physical object, as with an Icon, a Word or a Phrase." (SUMO)
subclass of: ContentBearingPhysical

ContentBearingPhysical
type: Class
subclass of: Physical
comment: "Any Object or Process that expresses content. This covers Objects that contain a Proposition, such as a book, as well as ManualSignLanguage, which may similarly contain a Proposition." (SUMO)
disjoint with: Process
disjoint with: Object

RelatedDomain
type: Class
subclass of: FieldOfStudy
disjoint with: DomainOfExperiment
comment: A related domain of an experiment is a domain (field of study) to which belong used in the experiment methods, materials, experimental objects, or other entities involved into the experiment, but is not considered as the domain of the experiment.

FieldOfStudy
type: Class
disjoint with: SubjectQualification
disjoint with: ExperimentalTechnology
disjoint with: Requirements
disjoint with: AdministrativeInformation
disjoint with: ExperimentalStandard
disjoint with: ValueOfVariable
disjoint with: ScientificTask
disjoint with: Model
disjoint with: Fact
disjoint with: Variable
disjoint with: ModelAssumption
disjoint with: ExperimentalDesignStrategy
disjoint with: ExperimentalHypothesis
disjoint with: Procedure
comment: SUMO "An academic or applied discipline with recognized experts and with a core of accepted theory or practice. Note that FieldOfStudy is a subclass of Proposition, because a FieldOfStudy is understood to be a body of abstract, informational content, with varying degrees of certainty attached to each element of this content." http://www.ontologyportal.org/
subclass of: Proposition

DomainOfExperiment
type: Class
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: ClassificationOfDomains
  on property: has classification
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: SynonymousExternalConcept
  on property: has SUMO sinonym
comment: A domain of an experiment is a field of study in which an experiment is designed to discover new knowledge.
disjoint with: RelatedDomain
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has model
  all values from: DomainModel
subclass of: FieldOfStudy

RepresentationExperimentalGoal
type: Class
subclass of: Representation
disjoint with: HypothesisRepresentation
disjoint with: ModelRepresentation
disjoint with: RepresentationExperimentalResults
disjoint with: RepresentationExperimentalObservation
disjoint with: TechnicalDescription
comment: A representation of an experimental goal is a "reproduction in some material or tangible form." Reference: The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press, 2 Ed., 1989
disjoint with: RepresentationExperimentalExecutionProcedure

Representation
type: Class
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has content
  all values from: Proposition
comment: The concept is outside EXPO
subclass of: ContentBearingObject
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has content
  cardinality: 1
subclass of: Restriction
  cardinality: 1
  on property: has representation style
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: RepresentationForm
  on property: has representation style

HypothesisRepresentation
type: Class
disjoint with: ModelRepresentation
disjoint with: RepresentationExperimentalResults
disjoint with: RepresentationExperimentalGoal
comment: An hypothesis representation is a �reproduction of the hypothesis in some material or tangible form? Reference: The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press, 2 Ed., 1989
disjoint with: TechnicalDescription
subclass of: Representation
disjoint with: RepresentationExperimentalExecutionProcedure
disjoint with: RepresentationExperimentalObservation

ModelRepresentation
type: Class
disjoint with: HypothesisRepresentation
disjoint with: TechnicalDescription
subclass of: Representation
disjoint with: RepresentationExperimentalResults
disjoint with: RepresentationExperimentalGoal
disjoint with: RepresentationExperimentalExecutionProcedure
comment: A model representation is a formalized description of the experimental model, for instance a text or formulas.
disjoint with: RepresentationExperimentalObservation

RepresentationExperimentalResults
type: Class
disjoint with: RepresentationExperimentalGoal
disjoint with: RepresentationExperimentalExecutionProcedure
disjoint with: ModelRepresentation
comment: A representation of experimental results is a �reproduction of the results in some material or tangible form? Reference: The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press, 2 Ed., 1989
disjoint with: RepresentationExperimentalObservation
disjoint with: HypothesisRepresentation
disjoint with: TechnicalDescription
subclass of: Representation

RepresentationExperimentalObservation
type: Class
disjoint with: ModelRepresentation
subclass of: Representation
disjoint with: RepresentationExperimentalResults
disjoint with: HypothesisRepresentation
disjoint with: TechnicalDescription
disjoint with: RepresentationExperimentalExecutionProcedure
comment: A representation of experimental observations is a �reproduction of the observations in some material or tangible form? preferably according to a data representation standard. Reference: The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press, 2 Ed., 1989
disjoint with: RepresentationExperimentalGoal

RepresentationExperimentalExecutionProcedure
type: Class
subclass of: Representation
disjoint with: RepresentationExperimentalResults
comment: A representation of the experimental execution procedure is the expression of a plan of experimental actions in some accepted scientific form. Reference: Based on The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press, 2 Ed., 1989
disjoint with: RepresentationExperimentalGoal
disjoint with: ModelRepresentation
disjoint with: HypothesisRepresentation
disjoint with: TechnicalDescription
disjoint with: RepresentationExperimentalObservation

HandTool
type: Class
subclass of: Tool
comment: A hand tool is a small manual instrument traditionally operated by the muscular strength of the user. Reference: Encyclopaedia Britannica online: http://www.britannica.com/

Tool
type: Class
comment: A tool is an instrument for making material changes on other objects, as by cutting, shearing, striking, rubbing, grinding, squeezing, measuring, or other process. Reference: Encyclopaedia Britannica online: http://www.britannica.com/
subclass of: ExperimentalEquipment

FactRejectResearchHypothesis
type: Class
subclass of: Fact
disjoint with: FactSupportResearchHypothesis
comment: A fact which rejects a research hypothesis is a fact which decreases the probability of the hypothesis.

Fact
type: Class
disjoint with: ValueOfVariable
disjoint with: ExperimentalStandard
disjoint with: ModelAssumption
disjoint with: Requirements
comment: The concept is outside EXPO; A fact is a particular truth known by actual observation or authentic testimony, as opposed to what is merely inferred, or to a conjecture or fiction; a datum of experience, as distinguished from the conclusions that may be based upon it. Reference: The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press, 2 Ed., 1989
disjoint with: ExperimentalDesignStrategy
disjoint with: FieldOfStudy
disjoint with: ScientificTask
subclass of: Proposition
disjoint with: Model
disjoint with: Variable
disjoint with: ExperimentalHypothesis
disjoint with: Procedure
disjoint with: ExperimentalTechnology
disjoint with: AdministrativeInformation
disjoint with: SubjectQualification

FactSupportResearchHypothesis
type: Class
comment: A fact which rejects a research hypothesis is a fact which increases the probability of the hypothesis.
subclass of: Fact
disjoint with: FactRejectResearchHypothesis

PersonalName
type: Class
subclass of: Name
disjoint with: ActionName
disjoint with: IDExperiment
disjoint with: Password
comment: The concept is outside of EXPO
disjoint with: Title
disjoint with: CorporateName
disjoint with: LoginName
disjoint with: NameEquipment

ActionName
type: Class
disjoint with: LoginName
disjoint with: Title
subclass of: Name
disjoint with: Password
disjoint with: CorporateName
disjoint with: IDExperiment
disjoint with: PersonalName
disjoint with: NameEquipment
comment: An action name is a name that refers to an action

IDExperiment
type: Class
disjoint with: Title
disjoint with: Password
disjoint with: ActionName
disjoint with: NameEquipment
disjoint with: PersonalName
disjoint with: LoginName
disjoint with: CorporateName
subclass of: Name

Password
type: Class
disjoint with: PersonalName
disjoint with: ActionName
comment: The concept is outside of EXPO
subclass of: Name
disjoint with: NameEquipment
disjoint with: LoginName
disjoint with: IDExperiment
disjoint with: Title
disjoint with: CorporateName

Title
type: Class
comment: The concept is outside of EXPO; "The name given to the resource by the CREATOR or PUBLISHER." Reference: Dublin Core: http://www.lub.lu.se/cgi-bin/nmdc.pl
disjoint with: NameEquipment
disjoint with: CorporateName
subclass of: Name
disjoint with: PersonalName
disjoint with: IDExperiment
disjoint with: LoginName
disjoint with: ActionName
disjoint with: Password

CorporateName
type: Class
disjoint with: IDExperiment
disjoint with: ActionName
disjoint with: Password
disjoint with: NameEquipment
subclass of: Name
comment: The concept is outside of EXPO
disjoint with: LoginName
disjoint with: Title
disjoint with: PersonalName

LoginName
type: Class
disjoint with: NameEquipment
comment: The concept is outside of EXPO
disjoint with: Password
disjoint with: IDExperiment
disjoint with: Title
disjoint with: ActionName
subclass of: Name
disjoint with: PersonalName
disjoint with: CorporateName

ResultError
type: Class
comment: A result error is an incorrectly inferred conclusion about: a research hypothesis, such as an hypothesis acceptance mistake (e.g. false positive); or about the phenomena involved in the experiment.
subclass of: Error

Software
type: Class
comment: the concept is outside of EXPO
subclass of: ExperimentalEquipment

ResearchMethod
type: Class
comment: A research method is a way to solve a scientific task "based upon or regulated by science, as opposed to mere traditional rules or empirical dexterity." Reference: The Oxford English Dictionary http://dictionary.oed.com
subclass of: Procedure

SubjectOfExperiment
type: Class
comment: A subject of an experimental is: "one who executes the experiment" For instance: a <human>, a <robot>. Reference: The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press, 2 Ed., 1989
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has admin info
  cardinality: 1
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has admin info
  all values from: AdminInfoSubjectOfExperiment
subclass of: SubjectRole

SubjectRole
type: Class
comment: the concept is outside EXPO.
subclass of: ActorRole

ComputeGoal
type: Class
comment: A compute-goal is an experimental goal of a computational experiment.
subclass of: ExperimentalGoal
disjoint with: InvestigateGoal
disjoint with: ConfirmGoal
disjoint with: ExplainGoal

ExperimentalGoal
type: Class
subclass of: RepresentationForm
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: ExperimentalSubgoal
  on property: has subgoal
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has representation
  all values from: RepresentationExperimentalGoal
comment: An experimental goal is the state that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behaviour intended to achieve it. Reference: WordNet: http://www.cogsci.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/webwn2.0?stage=1&word=goal+

InvestigateGoal
type: Class
disjoint with: ComputeGoal
disjoint with: ExplainGoal
comment: An investigate-goal is an experimental goal of a Baconian experiment.
disjoint with: ConfirmGoal
subclass of: ExperimentalGoal

ConfirmGoal
type: Class
comment: A confirm-goal is an experimental goal of a hypothesis-driven experiment.
disjoint with: ComputeGoal
subclass of: ExperimentalGoal
disjoint with: InvestigateGoal
disjoint with: ExplainGoal

ExplainGoal
type: Class
disjoint with: ComputeGoal
subclass of: ExperimentalGoal
disjoint with: ConfirmGoal
disjoint with: InvestigateGoal
comment: An explain-goal is an experimental goal of a hypothesis-forming experiment.

LogicalModelRepresentation
type: Class
comment: A logical model is a representation of an experimental model where the relationship between the variables is logical.
subclass of: ModelRepresentation

TimeInterval
type: Class
disjoint with: TimePoint
comment: "An interval of time. Note that a TimeInterval has both an extent and a location on the universal timeline. Note too that a TimeInterval has no gaps, i.e. this class contains only convex time intervals." SUMO: http://www.ontologyportal.org/
subclass of: TimePosition

TimePoint
type: Class
comment: "An extensionless point on the universal timeline. The TimePoints at which Processes occur can be known with various degrees of precision and approximation, but conceptually TimePoints are point-like and not interval-like. That is, it doesn't make sense to talk about how long a TimePoint lasts." SUMO: http://www.ontologyportal.org/
disjoint with: TimeInterval
subclass of: TimePosition

MachineTool
type: Class
subclass of: Tool
comment: A machine tool is a power-driven mechanism used to cut, shape, or form materials such as wood and metal. Reference: Encyclopaedia Britannica online: http://www.britannica.com/

RepresenationalMedium
type: Class
subclass of: Role
comment: the concept is outside EXPO.

ExperimentalRule
type: Class
comment: An experimental rule is "a customary form of procedure; regular course of actions; the common order of things." Reference: Collins Softback English Dictionary, HarperCollins Publishers, Glasgow, 1993.
subclass of: Procedure

MetabolomicExperiment
type: Class
subclass of: ClassificationByDomain
comment: The concept is outside of EXPO, it belongs to the metabolomic domain.

Validity
type: Class
disjoint with: LevelOfSignificance
disjoint with: Adequacy
disjoint with: Robustness
disjoint with: Dispersion
comment: The concept is outside of EXPO. The extent to which a test measures what it suppose to measure. Georgetown: http://www.georgetown.edu/departments/psychology/researchmethods/glossary.htm#dependentvariable
subclass of: StatisticsCharacteristic

LevelOfSignificance
type: Class
disjoint with: Validity
disjoint with: Adequacy
disjoint with: Robustness
disjoint with: Dispersion
comment: The concept is outside of EXPO
subclass of: StatisticsCharacteristic

Adequacy
type: Class
disjoint with: LevelOfSignificance
subclass of: StatisticsCharacteristic
disjoint with: Validity
disjoint with: Dispersion
comment: The concept is outside of EXPO
disjoint with: Robustness

Robustness
type: Class
disjoint with: Validity
comment: The concept is outside of EXPO
disjoint with: LevelOfSignificance
subclass of: StatisticsCharacteristic
disjoint with: Adequacy
disjoint with: Dispersion

Dispersion
type: Class
disjoint with: LevelOfSignificance
comment: The concept is outside of EXPO
subclass of: StatisticsCharacteristic
disjoint with: Robustness
disjoint with: Validity
disjoint with: Adequacy

DomainModel
type: Class
comment: A domain model is a description of relationships (e.g. logical/ mathematical) between known and unknown variables of the experimental domain.
disjoint with: ExperimentalModel
subclass of: Model

ExperimentalModel
type: Class
disjoint with: DomainModel
comment: An experimental model is a description of dependencies (e.g. logical/mathematical) between experimental factors, others known variables, and unknown variables. The experimental model is obtained from the domain model by fixing experimental factors from the list of known controllable variables and the target variables from the list of unknown variables.
subclass of: Model
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: TargetVariable
  on property: has unknown variable
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: ExperimentalFactor
  on property: has experimental factor

Model
type: Class
disjoint with: ExperimentalStandard
disjoint with: ValueOfVariable
subclass of: Proposition
disjoint with: ExperimentalDesignStrategy
disjoint with: Variable
disjoint with: Procedure
comment: The concept is outside of EXPO
disjoint with: SubjectQualification
disjoint with: Fact
disjoint with: ScientificTask
disjoint with: ExperimentalTechnology
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has representation
  all values from: ModelRepresentation
disjoint with: FieldOfStudy
disjoint with: Requirements
disjoint with: ModelAssumption
disjoint with: AdministrativeInformation
disjoint with: ExperimentalHypothesis

AuthorSOP
type: Class
subclass of: Author
comment: An author of a SOP is the person (or a group) on whose authority the SOP is made. Reference: Based on The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press, 2 Ed., 1989

Author
type: Class
comment: An author of an experimental document is the person (or a group) who developed the document or on whose authority the document is made. Reference: Based on The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press, 2 Ed., 1989
subclass of: SubjectRole
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has admin info
  all values from: AdminInfoAuthor
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has admin info
  cardinality: 1

Robot
type: Class
disjoint with: Human
subclass of: SentientAgent
comment: the concept is outside EXPO.

Human
type: Class
disjoint with: Robot
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has telephone number
  all values from: Number
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has organization
  all values from: Organization
subclass of: SentientAgent
comment: SUMO: Modern man, the only remaining species of the Homo genus."http://www.ontologyportal.org/
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: Title
  on property: has title
subclass of: Restriction
  cardinality: 1
  on property: has name

SentientAgent
type: Class
subclass of: Agent
comment: "An Agent that has rights but may or may not have responsibilities and the ability to reason. If the latter are present, then the Agent is also an instance of CognitiveAgent. Domesticated animals are an example of SentientAgents that are not also CognitiveAgents." (SUMO)

Language
type: Class
subclass of: LinguisticExpression
comment: SUMO: http://www.ontologyportal.org/ "A system of signs for expressing thought. The system can be either natural or artificial, i.e. something that emerges gradually as a cultural artifact or something that is intentionally created by a person or group of people."
disjoint with: Sentence

Sentence
type: Class
disjoint with: Language
comment: "A syntactically well-formed formula of a Language. It includes, at minimum, a predicate and a subject (which may be explicit or implicit), and it expresses a Proposition." (SUMO)
subclass of: LinguisticExpression

DataRepresentationStandard
type: Class
comment: A data representation standard is an accepted way of representing experimental data, e.g. the MIAME standard for representation of microarray experimental data.
subclass of: ExperimentalStandard

ExperimentalStandard
type: Class
disjoint with: ModelAssumption
comment: An experimental standard is "an accepted or approved" procedure in the domain of an experiment, for example a standard for data representation, or a standard for measurements. Reference: Collins Softback English Dictionary, HarperCollins Publishers, Glasgow, 1993.
disjoint with: ExperimentalHypothesis
disjoint with: Requirements
disjoint with: ScientificTask
disjoint with: FieldOfStudy
disjoint with: Procedure
disjoint with: Model
disjoint with: ExperimentalDesignStrategy
subclass of: Proposition
disjoint with: Fact
disjoint with: AdministrativeInformation
disjoint with: ValueOfVariable
disjoint with: SubjectQualification
disjoint with: ExperimentalTechnology
disjoint with: Variable

ParentGroup
type: Class
comment: A parent group is a group of studying in a scientific investigation objects, which is used to form a sample as an object of the experiment.
subclass of: GroupExperimentalObject

GroupExperimentalObject
type: Class
comment: A group of experimental objects is a collection of studying in a scientific investigation objects.
subclass of: ObjectOfExperiment

ExperimentalTechnology
type: Class
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has standard
  all values from: ExperimentalStandard
disjoint with: Variable
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: ExperimentalDesignStrategy
  on property: has strategy
disjoint with: AdministrativeInformation
disjoint with: Fact
disjoint with: ValueOfVariable
disjoint with: FieldOfStudy
disjoint with: Requirements
disjoint with: ModelAssumption
disjoint with: Model
disjoint with: ExperimentalDesignStrategy
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: ExperimentalRequirements
  on property: has experimental requirements
disjoint with: ScientificTask
disjoint with: Procedure
comment: An experimental technology is the total knowledge (theory, methods, and practices), and machinery available to any object of an experiment. Reference: Based on the Collins Softback English Dictionary, HarperCollins Publishers, Glasgow, 1993.
disjoint with: SubjectQualification
subclass of: Proposition
disjoint with: ExperimentalHypothesis
disjoint with: ExperimentalStandard

Requirements
type: Class
disjoint with: Procedure
disjoint with: ExperimentalTechnology
disjoint with: SubjectQualification
disjoint with: Model
subclass of: Proposition
disjoint with: ModelAssumption
disjoint with: Variable
disjoint with: ExperimentalStandard
disjoint with: Fact
comment: The concept is outside of EXPO
disjoint with: ExperimentalDesignStrategy
disjoint with: ScientificTask
disjoint with: ExperimentalHypothesis
disjoint with: ValueOfVariable
disjoint with: AdministrativeInformation
disjoint with: FieldOfStudy

ValueOfVariable
type: Class
disjoint with: ExperimentalStandard
disjoint with: FieldOfStudy
disjoint with: Requirements
disjoint with: Model
disjoint with: ExperimentalDesignStrategy
disjoint with: Procedure
subclass of: Proposition
disjoint with: ModelAssumption
disjoint with: AdministrativeInformation
disjoint with: SubjectQualification
disjoint with: Variable
disjoint with: ScientificTask
disjoint with: ExperimentalHypothesis
disjoint with: Fact
disjoint with: ExperimentalTechnology
comment: A value of an experimental variable is "the particular quantity, number or amount" of the variable. Reference: Collins Softback English Dictionary, HarperCollins Publishers, Glasgow, 1993.

Proposition
type: Class
subclass of: Abstract
disjoint with: Relation
disjoint with: Attribute
comment: Propositions are Abstract entities that express a complete thought or a set of such thoughts. As an example, the formula ' (instance Yojo Cat)' expresses the Proposition that the entity named Yojo is an element of the Class of Cats. Note that propositions are not restricted to the content expressed by individual sentences of a Language. They may encompass the content expressed by theories, books, and even whole libraries. It is important to distinguish Propositions from the ContentBearingObjects that express them. A Proposition is a piece of information, e.g. that the cat is on the mat, but a ContentBearingObject is an Object that represents this information. A Proposition is an abstraction that may have multiple representations: strings, sounds, icons, etc. For example, the Proposition that the cat is on the mat is represented here as a string of graphical characters displayed on a monitor and/or printed on paper, but it can be represented by a sequence of sounds or by some non-latin alphabet or by some cryptographic form. Reference: SUMO http://berkelium.teknowledge.com:8080/sigma/home.jsp
disjoint with: Quantity

Variable
type: Class
subclass of: Proposition
disjoint with: Model
disjoint with: ValueOfVariable
disjoint with: Requirements
disjoint with: ExperimentalStandard
disjoint with: FieldOfStudy
disjoint with: ExperimentalTechnology
disjoint with: SubjectQualification
disjoint with: Fact
disjoint with: ExperimentalDesignStrategy
disjoint with: AdministrativeInformation
disjoint with: Procedure
disjoint with: ScientificTask
comment: The concept is outside of EXPO
disjoint with: ExperimentalHypothesis
disjoint with: ModelAssumption

ExperimentalDesignStrategy
type: Class
disjoint with: SubjectQualification
disjoint with: ValueOfVariable
disjoint with: Requirements
disjoint with: ExperimentalHypothesis
disjoint with: ExperimentalStandard
disjoint with: ModelAssumption
disjoint with: Model
disjoint with: Variable
disjoint with: ExperimentalTechnology
comment: An experimental design strategy is a collection of typical techniques applied to an experimental design, such as e.g. <comparison a control and a target groups>.
disjoint with: AdministrativeInformation
subclass of: Proposition
disjoint with: Procedure
disjoint with: Fact
disjoint with: ScientificTask
disjoint with: FieldOfStudy

ExperimentalHypothesis
type: Class
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: GeneralityOfHypothesis
  on property: has generality
disjoint with: Fact
disjoint with: ScientificTask
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: HypothesisExplicitness
  on property: has explicitness
disjoint with: Variable
disjoint with: ExperimentalStandard
disjoint with: ExperimentalTechnology
disjoint with: ExperimentalDesignStrategy
disjoint with: Procedure
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: HypothesisRepresentation
  on property: has hypothesis representation
disjoint with: SubjectQualification
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: HypothesisComplexity
  on property: has complexity
disjoint with: ModelAssumption
disjoint with: AdministrativeInformation
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has complexity
  cardinality: 1
subclass of: Proposition
disjoint with: Requirements
disjoint with: FieldOfStudy
comment: An experimental hypothesis is a statement about cause-effect relations between known and unknown (target) variables of the domain of the experiment "that shall be in accordance with known facts*" to be verified at the experiment. Reference: The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press, 2 Ed., 1989
disjoint with: Model
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: TargetVariable
  on property: has target variable
subclass of: Restriction
  cardinality: 1
  on property: has explicitness
subclass of: Restriction
  cardinality: 1
  on property: has generality
disjoint with: ValueOfVariable

ModelAssumption
type: Class
disjoint with: ExperimentalStandard
disjoint with: AdministrativeInformation
disjoint with: Requirements
disjoint with: SubjectQualification
disjoint with: ScientificTask
disjoint with: ExperimentalTechnology
disjoint with: Fact
comment: A model assumption is an assumption about the domain used as a premise, it is necessarily explicit - written in the form of a text.
disjoint with: ValueOfVariable
subclass of: Proposition
disjoint with: ExperimentalHypothesis
disjoint with: Procedure
disjoint with: ExperimentalDesignStrategy
disjoint with: Variable
disjoint with: Model
disjoint with: FieldOfStudy

NaturalLanguage
type: Class
comment: "The subclass of HumanLanguages which are not designed and which evolve from generation to generation. This Class includes all of the national languages, e.g. English, Spanish, Japanese, etc. Note that this class includes dialects of natural languages." SUMO: http://www.ontologyportal.org/
subclass of: HumanLanguage

HumanLanguage
type: Class
subclass of: Language
comment: "The subclass of Languages used by Humans." (SUMO)
disjoint with: ArtificialLanguage

QualityControl
type: Class
disjoint with: PairedComparison
comment: Quality control in an experimental design strategy to control of the relative quality of the experimental results, for example independent biological replicates made from different individual biosources, or introduction of spikes into hybridizations. Reference: MGED http://mged.sourceforge.net/ontologies/MGEDontology.php
subclass of: ExperimentalDesignStrategy
disjoint with: NormalizationStrategy

PairedComparison
type: Class
disjoint with: QualityControl
subclass of: ExperimentalDesignStrategy
comment: A paired comparison is an experimental design strategy where two groups of experimental objects are used to compare affects of the experimental factor(s). Reference: Based on: Langley, R. Practical Statistics. David&Charles Ltd, Newton,1971.
disjoint with: NormalizationStrategy

NormalizationStrategy
type: Class
disjoint with: PairedComparison
subclass of: ExperimentalDesignStrategy
comment: A normalization strategy is an experimental design strategy to reduce experimental result variation.
disjoint with: QualityControl

FalsePpositive
type: Class
subclass of: HypothesisAcceptanceMistake
comment: A false positive is an hypothesis acceptance mistake where the hypothesis being tested is actually false and we conclude that it is. Reference: based on Introduction to Probability and Statistics. 4th ed. H.L. Alder, E.B. Roessler, W.H. Freeman & Co., 1968.

HypothesisAcceptanceMistake
type: Class
comment: An hypothesis acceptance mistake is the incorrect acceptance or rejecting of the research hypothesis (H1).
subclass of: ResultError

PhysicalExperiment
type: Class
subclass of: ScientificExperiment
comment: A physical experiment is a scientific experiment which investigates cause-effect relations between known and unknown variables by manipulating the real-world (physical) domain.

CoarseError
type: Class
comment: A coarse error is a measurement error which occurs through incorrect use of an instrument. Reference: Arley, N. & Buch , K.R., Introduction to the theory of probability and statistics. New York : Wiley London. Chapman & Hall, 1950. 236p.
subclass of: MeasurementError

ResearchCouncilsUKClassification
type: Class
disjoint with: LibraryOfCongressClassification
disjoint with: DDC(Dewey)Classification
subclass of: ClassificationOfDomains
disjoint with: NLMClassification
comment: The research councils UK classification is a classification of domains used by Britain's councils for academic research.

LibraryOfCongressClassification
type: Class
disjoint with: NLMClassification
subclass of: ClassificationOfDomains
disjoint with: ResearchCouncilsUKClassification
comment: Library of Congress classification is the system of library organization developed during the reorganization of the U.S. Library of Congress. It consists of separate, mutually exclusive, special classifications, often having no connection save the accidental one of alphabetical notation. Reference: Encyclopedia Britannica online: http://www.britannica.com/
disjoint with: DDC(Dewey)Classification

DDC(Dewey)Classification
type: Class
comment: The Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) is a system of library classification developed by Melvil Dewey (1851 - 1931) in 1876, and since greatly modified and expanded in the course of twenty-two major revisions occurred until 2004. Reference: Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewey_Decimal_Classification
disjoint with: LibraryOfCongressClassification
subclass of: ClassificationOfDomains
disjoint with: ResearchCouncilsUKClassification
disjoint with: NLMClassification

NLMClassification
type: Class
disjoint with: LibraryOfCongressClassification
disjoint with: DDC(Dewey)Classification
subclass of: ClassificationOfDomains
comment: The NML (National Library of Medicine) classification is a �product of the National Library of Medicine for the arrangement of library materials in the field of medicine and related sciences used internationally? Reference: NLM: http://wwwcf.nlm.nih.gov/class/
disjoint with: ResearchCouncilsUKClassification

Controllability
type: Class
comment: Controllability of a variable is an attribute which characterize whether a subject of the experiment can control/ vary the variable.
subclass of: AttributeOfVariable
disjoint with: Independence

Independence
type: Class
subclass of: AttributeOfVariable
disjoint with: Controllability

ObservableVariable
type: Class
comment: An observable variable is a variable where it is possible to directly observe (measure) the variable. Reference: based on Albar`ede, P. A theory of experiment. http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:ECOW7jEPfHAJ: arxiv.org/pdf/cs.AI/0201022++a+theory+of+experiment+Albarede&hl=en
subclass of: Variable

ConstantQuantity
type: Class
comment: "A ConstantQuantity is a PhysicalQuantity which has a constant value, e.g. 3 meters and 5 hours. The magnitude (see MagnitudeFn) of every ConstantQuantity is a RealNumber. ConstantQuantities are distinguished from FunctionQuantities, which map ConstantQuantities to other ConstantQuantities. All ConstantQuantites are expressed with the BinaryFunction MeasureFn, which takes a Number and a UnitOfMeasure as arguments. For example, 3 Meters can be expressed as (MeasureFn 3 Meter). ConstantQuantities form a partial order (see PartialOrderingRelation) with the lessThan relation, since lessThan is a RelationExtendedToQuantities and lessThan is defined over the RealNumbers. The lessThan relation is not a total order (see TotalOrderingRelation) over the class ConstantQuantity since elements of some subclasses of ConstantQuantity (such as length quantities) are incomparable to elements of other subclasses of ConstantQuantity (such as mass quantities)." (SUMO)
disjoint with: TimeMeasure
subclass of: PhysicalQuantity

Plan
type: Class
comment: The concept is outside of EXPO; SUMO: "A specification of a sequence of Processes which is intended to satisfy a specified purpose at some future time." http://www.ontologyportal.org/
subclass of: Procedure

One-factorExperiment
type: Class
subclass of: ClassificationByModel
disjoint with: Two-factorExperiment
disjoint with: Multi-factorExperiment
comment: One-factor experiment is an experiment with a model containing one fixed controllable variable.

ClassificationByModel
type: Class
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has number of factors
  all values from: Number
subclass of: ClassificationOfExperiments
subclass of: Restriction
  cardinality: 1
  on property: has number of factors
comment: The classification by a model is a hierarchical system of categories - types of experiments - according to amount of factors in the design of the experiments, for instance <one-factor experiment >, <two-factor experiment>, <multi-factor experiment>.
disjoint with: ClassificationByDomain

Two-factorExperiment
type: Class
subclass of: ClassificationByModel
disjoint with: Multi-factorExperiment
disjoint with: One-factorExperiment
comment: A two-factor experiment is an experiment with a model containing two fixed controllable variables.

Multi-factorExperiment
type: Class
subclass of: ClassificationByModel
disjoint with: Two-factorExperiment
disjoint with: One-factorExperiment
comment: A multi-factor experiment is an experiment with a model containing 3, 4, or more fixed controllable variables.

ExperimentalConclusion
type: Class
subclass of: ExperimentalResults
comment: An experimental conclusion is a conclusion inferred from experimental observations and other experimental data.

ExperimentalResults
type: Class
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: ResultsEvaluation
  on property: has evaluation
subclass of: ProductRole
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: ResultError
  on property: has error
comment: Experimental results are the set of facts and conclusions, obtained as a result of the interpretation of the experimental observations, which increase/decrease the probability of a research hypothesis of the experiment.
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has fact
  all values from: FactSupportResearchHypothesis
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: FactRejectResearchHypothesis
  on property: has fact

Hypothesis-formingExperiment
type: Class
subclass of: GalileanExperiment
comment: A hypothesis-forming experiment is a Galilean experiment. It includes a hypotheses formation stage in which one or more hypotheses are formed using abduction or induction.

Group
type: Class
subclass of: Collection
comment: "A Collection of Agents, e.g. a flock of sheep, a herd of goats, or the local Boy Scout troop." (SUMO)

PlanOfExperimentalActions
type: Class
comment: A plan of experimental actions is an explicitly described sequence of experimental actions according to which the experiment is to be done. See also <protocol>, <SOP>. Reference: based on The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press, 2 Ed., 1989
subclass of: Plan

ErrorOfConclusion
type: Class
comment: An error of a conclusion is an incorrectly inferred conclusion about the phenomena involved in the experiment.
subclass of: ResultError

ComputationalExperiment
type: Class
comment: A computational experiment is a scientific experiment which investigates cause-effect relations between known and unknown (target) variables by manipulating the computational (non-physical) domain adequate to the real-world domain.
subclass of: ScientificExperiment

Region
type: Class
comment: "A topographic location. Regions encompass surfaces of Objects, imaginary places, and GeographicAreas. Note that a Region is the only kind of Object which can be located at itself. Note too that Region is not a subclass of SelfConnectedObject, because some Regions, e.g. archipelagos, have parts which are not connected with one another." (SUMO)
subclass of: Object

Object
type: Class
disjoint with: Process
disjoint with: ContentBearingPhysical
subclass of: Physical
comment: SUMO: Corresponds roughly to the class of ordinary objects. Examples include normal physical objects, geographical regions, and locations of Processes, the complement of Objects in the Physical class. In a 4D ontology, an Object is something whose spatiotemporal extent is thought of as dividing into spatial parts roughly parallel to the time-axis."http://www.ontologyportal.org/

FinancialRequirements
type: Class
subclass of: ExperimentalRequirements
disjoint with: CapacityRequirements
disjoint with: EnvironmentalRequirements
comment: Financial requirements are financial capacity and restrictions of a subject of the experiment.

ExperimentalRequirements
type: Class
disjoint with: MethodApplicabilityCondition
subclass of: Requirements
comment: Experimental requirements are conditions (legal, ethic, economic, etc.) for preparation and execution of an experiment which must be complied with. Reference: Based on The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press, 2 Ed., 1989

CapacityRequirements
type: Class
disjoint with: EnvironmentalRequirements
comment: Capacity requirements are the ability of the experimental equipment, legal competency, qualification, and the ability of a subject of the experiment to provide execution of experimental actions in order to achieve an experimental goal. Reference: Based on The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press, 2 Ed., 1989
disjoint with: FinancialRequirements
subclass of: ExperimentalRequirements

EnvironmentalRequirements
type: Class
disjoint with: CapacityRequirements
disjoint with: FinancialRequirements
comment: Environmental requirements are external conditions or surroundings, esp. those in which people work or live, or a plant or animal lives; for instance food safety, hygiene. Reference: Collins Softback English Dictionary, HarperCollins Publishers, Glasgow, 1993.
subclass of: ExperimentalRequirements

ArtificialLanguage
type: Class
comment: "The subclass of Languages that are designed by Humans."SUMO: http://www.ontologyportal.org/
subclass of: Language
disjoint with: HumanLanguage

ComputerSimulation
type: Class
comment: Computer simulation is a computational experiment where the real domain of study is modeling by a computer program imitating �the internal processes and not merely the results of the thing being simulated". Reference: The Free Dictionary: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/computer+simulation
subclass of: ComputationalExperiment

Abstract
type: Class
subclass of: Entity
comment: "Properties or qualities as distinguished from any particular embodiment of the properties/qualities in a physical medium. Instances of Abstract can be said to exist in the same sense as mathematical objects such as sets and relations, but they cannot exist at a particular place and time without some physical encoding or embodiment." (SUMO)
disjoint with: Physical

Relation
type: Class
disjoint with: Attribute
disjoint with: Proposition
disjoint with: Quantity
subclass of: Abstract
comment: "The Class of relations. There are three kinds of Relation: Predicate, Function, and List. Predicates and Functions both denote sets of ordered n-tuples. The difference between these two Classes is that Predicates cover formula-forming operators, while Functions cover term-forming operators. A List, on the other hand, is a particular ordered n-tuple." (SUMO)

Hardware
type: Class
subclass of: Device
comment: the concept is outside of EXPO

Device
type: Class
subclass of: ExperimentalEquipment
comment: A device is an experimental equipment that processes data according to a set of instructions. Reference: Collins Softback English Dictionary, HarperCollins Publishers, Glasgow, 1993. SUMO: "A Device is an Artifact whose purpose is to serve as an instrument in a specific subclass of Process."

PublicStatus
type: Class
comment: A public status allows the use of a SOP, a protocol, and/ or experimental results for all legal purposes.
subclass of: NonRestrictedStatus

MethodApplicabilityCondition
type: Class
disjoint with: ExperimentalRequirements
subclass of: Requirements
comment: A method applicability condition is an applicability condition that specifies the contexts in which the experimental method may be applied to achieve the method goal.

ObjectOfAction
type: Class
comment: An object of an action is "on whom an action is made". For instance: a <plant>, a <robot>. The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press, 2 Ed., 1990
subclass of: ObjectOfExperiment

ObjectOfExperiment
type: Class
subclass of: ActorRole
comment: An object of an experiment is "on whom an experiment is made." For instance: a <plant>, a <robot>. The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press, 2 Ed., 1989
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has admin info
  cardinality: 1

ResearchHypothesis
type: Class
disjoint with: AlternativeHypothesis
disjoint with: NullHypothesis
comment: A research hypothesis is an experimental hypothesis that states that a known controlled variable or variables has/have a specified effect on the unknown (target) variable or variables of the domain.
subclass of: ExperimentalHypothesis

NullHypothesis
type: Class
subclass of: ExperimentalHypothesis
disjoint with: AlternativeHypothesis
comment: A null hypothesis is an experimental hypothesis that states that a known controlled variable or variables does not have a specified effect on the unknown (target) variable or variables of the domain.
disjoint with: ResearchHypothesis

SampleRepresentativeness
type: Class
disjoint with: SampleSize
comment: Sample representativeness is an attribute of a sample which characterizes how the sample is representative for analysis and estimation the characteristics of a the parent group.
subclass of: AttributeSample

SampleSize
type: Class
comment: The sample size is a number of members of the sample.
subclass of: AttributeSample
disjoint with: SampleRepresentativeness

AttributeSample
type: Class
disjoint with: Variability
subclass of: AttributeGroup
comment: An attribute of a sample is an essential characteristic of a sample, e.g. <representativeness>.

MaturationEffect
type: Class
disjoint with: HistoryEffect
subclass of: TimeEffect
comment: A maturation effect is a time effect where an effect on the experimental results is due to changes within subjects over time, e.g., growth, warm-up, fatigue, learning to learn. Reference: Davis, J., Psychological research methods.

HistoryEffect
type: Class
subclass of: TimeEffect
comment: A history effect is a time effect where an effect on the experimental results is due to events outside the experiment. Some events that are not part of the research, i.e. a natural disaster, which occurs at the same time as executing the experiment could affect the results. Reference: Davis, J., Psychological research methods.
disjoint with: MaturationEffect

SubjectMethod
type: Class
subclass of: SubjectRole
comment: A subject of a method is: "one who executes the method." For instance: a <human>, a <robot>. Reference: Based on The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press, 2 Ed., 1989

TitleExperiment
type: Class
comment: The title of an experiment is a descriptive heading name that refers to the experiment.
subclass of: Title

Variability
type: Class
comment: Variability is an essential characteristic of a group of experimental objects, "quality of being variable in some respect". Reference: The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press, 2 Ed., 1989
disjoint with: AttributeSample
subclass of: AttributeGroup

Submitter
type: Class
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: AdminInfoSubmitter
  on property: has admin info
comment: A submitter of a protocol, a SOP, experimental results, etc. is the person (or a group) who submits the document. Reference: Based on The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press, 2 Ed., 1989
subclass of: Restriction
  cardinality: 1
  on property: has admin info
subclass of: SubjectRole

SampleForming
type: Class
subclass of: DesigningExperiment
comment: Sample forming is an act of composing a sample for the experiment.

TargetVariable
type: Class
comment: A target variable is an unknown variable of the domain model about which the experiment is designed to discover new knowledge.
subclass of: Variable

ImproperSampling
type: Class
subclass of: ObservationalError
comment: Improper sampling is an observational error due to mistakes in a forming a sample: applying sampling methods.

MethodGoal
type: Class
comment: A method goal is the state that a plan of method actions is intended to achieve, and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it. Reference: Based on WordNet: http://www.cogsci.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/webwn2.0?stage=1&word=goal+
subclass of: Goal

Magazine
type: Class
comment: Dublin Core: http://www.lub.lu.se/cgi-bin/nmdc.pl
subclass of: Text

Text
type: Class
subclass of: Artifact
comment: "A LinguisticExpression or set of LinguisticExpressions that perform a specific function related to Communication, e.g. express a discourse about a particular topic, and that are inscribed in a CorpuscularObject by Humans." SUMO: http://www.ontologyportal.org/

AtomicAction
type: Class
comment: An atomic action is an experimental action which is not decomposed on sub actions in terms of the domain.
subclass of: ActionComplexity
disjoint with: ComplexAction

ActionComplexity
type: Class
comment: Action complexity is an attribute of an experimental action which characterizes whether the action is composed of atomic actions.
subclass of: AttributeOfAction

ComplexAction
type: Class
disjoint with: AtomicAction
comment: A complex action is a composition of atomic actions.
subclass of: ActionComplexity

FaultyComparison
type: Class
comment: A faulty comparison is a result error due to using invalid comparison procedures or applying valid comparison procedures to incomparable objects.
subclass of: ResultError

CorpuscularObject
type: Class
comment: "A SelfConnectedObject whose parts have properties that are not shared by the whole." (SUMO)
subclass of: SelfConnectedObject

SelfConnectedObject
type: Class
comment: "A SelfConnectedObject is any Object that does not consist of two or more disconnected parts." (SUMO)
subclass of: Object

Goal
type: Class
comment: the concept is outside of EXPO
subclass of: TaskRole

TaskRole
type: Class
subclass of: Role
comment: the concept is outside EXPO. EX: Symptom role (Fault Diagnosis; Conclusion role (Reasoning)

StatusExperimentalDocument
type: Class
subclass of: AttributeOfDocument
comment: A status of an experimental document is a permission status or a document stage.

NonlinearModel
type: Class
subclass of: DegreeOfModel
comment: A nonlinear model is a mathematical model where the relationship between the variables is nonlinear.
disjoint with: LinearModel

DegreeOfModel
type: Class
comment: A degree of a model is an attribute of a model which characterizes the dependency between its variables. For instance: a <linear model>, a <nonlinear model>.
disjoint with: DynamismOfModel
subclass of: AttributeOfModel

LinearModel
type: Class
disjoint with: NonlinearModel
subclass of: DegreeOfModel
comment: A linear model is a mathematical model where the relationship between the variables is linear.

SynonymousExternalConcept
type: Class
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has EXPO concept
  all values from: Name
comment: SUMO: http://www.ontologyportal.org/
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has synonymousExternalConcept
  all values from: Name
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has EXPO concept
  cardinality: 1
subclass of: AttributeRole

AttributeRole
type: Class
comment: Ex: Height role: played by length (it depends on how to put, say, a cube)
subclass of: Role

InductiveHypothesis
type: Class
comment: An inductive hypothesis is formalized as the generalization of examples by a predicate clause. Reference: Based on Abe A.: The Relation between Abductive Hypotheses and Inductive Hypotheses, Proc. of IJCAI97 Workshop on Abduction and Induction, pp. 1--6 (1997)
subclass of: GeneralityOfHypothesis
disjoint with: AbductiveHypothesis

AbductiveHypothesis
type: Class
comment: An abductive hypothesis is formalized as a prediction, or an explanation of an observation, usually by a propositional clause. Reference: Based on Abe A.: The Relation between Abductive Hypotheses and Inductive Hypotheses, Proc. of IJCAI97 Workshop on Abduction and Induction, pp. 1--6 (1997)
disjoint with: InductiveHypothesis
subclass of: GeneralityOfHypothesis

RecordingAction
type: Class
comment: A recording action is an experimental action for preserving information about variables of the experiment for control, analysis, and interpretation of the experimental results.
subclass of: ExperimentalAction

ExperimentalAction
type: Class
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has method
  all values from: ExperimentalMethod
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: ExperimentalEquipment
  on property: has instrument
comment: An experimental action is a process of manipulation in the domain of the experiment in order to achive a particular sub goal, which is a part of the goal of the experiment.
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has action complexity
  cardinality: 1
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: ActionName
  on property: has name
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has action complexity
  all values from: ActionComplexity
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has goal
  all values from: ActionGoal
subclass of: ExecutionOfExperiment
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: TimePoint
  on property: has timing

Image
type: Class
subclass of: RepresentationForm
comment: Dublin Core: http://www.lub.lu.se/cgi-bin/nmdc.pl

RepresentationForm
type: Class
subclass of: Role
comment: The concept is outside EXPO
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: LinguisticExpression
  on property: has expression
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has
  all values from: Artifact

SingleHypothesis
type: Class
subclass of: HypothesisComplexity
disjoint with: ComplexHypothesis
comment: A single hypothesis of an experimental hypothesis is a Boolean attribute which is true when the hypothesis can be formalized by a single clause.

ComplexHypothesis
type: Class
disjoint with: SingleHypothesis
comment: A complex hypothesis of an experimental hypothesis is a Boolean attribute which is false where the hypothesis can be formalized by a single clause.
subclass of: HypothesisComplexity

Agent
type: Class
comment: "Something or someone that can act on its own and produce changes in the world." (SUMO)
subclass of: Object

MicroarrayExperiment
type: Class
comment: The concept is outside of EXPO.
subclass of: ClassificationByDomain

ExperimenterBias
type: Class
comment: An experimenter bias is a subject effect, where results of an experiment are due to the experimenter's actions or expectations. A number of studies have shown that researchers tend to find the results they are looking for, a kind of self-fulfilling prophecy. Reference: Davis, J., Psychological research methods.
disjoint with: TestingEffect
subclass of: SubjectEffect

TestingEffect
type: Class
disjoint with: ExperimenterBias
comment: A testing effect is a subject effect where the results are due to the data gathering procedures. Reference: Davis, J., Psychological research methods.
subclass of: SubjectEffect

Physical
type: Class
comment: SUMO: http://www.ontologyportal.org/
disjoint with: Abstract
subclass of: Entity

DynamismOfModel
type: Class
comment: Dynamism of a model is an attribute of a model which characterizes whether the model involves time. For instance: a <static model>, a <dynamic model>.
disjoint with: DegreeOfModel
subclass of: AttributeOfModel

Provider
type: Class
comment: A provider is a person or organization that provides or supplies experimental materials, equipment, objects of an experiment, etc. Reference: Based on The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press, 2 Ed., 1989
subclass of: Restriction
  cardinality: 1
  on property: has admin info
subclass of: SubjectRole
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has admin info
  all values from: AdminInfoProvider

ProductRole
type: Class
subclass of: Process-relatedRole
comment: Final output

StatisticalError
type: Class
comment: Statistical error is a random error which can be described by statistical laws.
subclass of: RandomError

BiblioReference
type: Class
comment: The concept is outside EXPO
subclass of: Reference

Formula
type: Class
comment: "A syntactically well-formed formula in the SUO-KIF knowledge representation language." (SUMO) or other formal language.
subclass of: Sentence

Paper
type: Class
comment: "An Artifact made of cellulose pulp that is intended to contain a Text." (SUMO) It can play a role: RepresenationalMedium
subclass of: Artifact

Artifact
type: Class
comment: "A CorpuscularObject that is the product of a Making."
subclass of: CorpuscularObject

Summary
type: Class
subclass of: Text
comment: "A short Text that is a summary of another, longer Text." Reference: SUMO: http://www.ontologyportal.org/

DependentVariable
type: Class
comment: The concept is outside of EXPO
subclass of: Independence

DynamicModel
type: Class
comment: A dynamic model of the experiment is a model which is changing during the period of the experiment.
disjoint with: StaticModel
subclass of: DynamismOfModel

StaticModel
type: Class
subclass of: DynamismOfModel
comment: A static model of the experiment is a model which remains unchanged during the period of the experiment.
disjoint with: DynamicModel

ActionGoal
type: Class
subclass of: Goal
comment: An action goal is the state that a plan of action is intended to achieve, and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it. Reference: Based on WordNet: http://www.cogsci.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/webwn2.0?stage=1&word=goal+

RandomSampling
type: Class
comment: Random sampling is a sampling method where "every single individual in the parent group has an equal chance to be chosen in the sample." Reference: Langley, R. Practical Statistics. David&Charles Ltd, Newton,1971.
subclass of: SamplingMethod

Machine
type: Class
comment: Machines are Devices that have a well-defined resource and result and that automatically convert the resource into the result." Reference: SUMO: http://www.ontologyportal.org/
subclass of: Device

CalculableVariable
type: Class
subclass of: Variable
comment: A calculable variable is a variable where there is an algorithm to determine the value of the variable. Reference: based on Albar`ede, P. A theory of experiment. http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:ECOW7jEPfHAJ: arxiv.org/pdf/cs.AI/0201022++a+theory+of+experiment+Albarede&hl=en

Collection
type: Class
subclass of: Object
comment: "Collections have members like Classes, but, unlike Classes, they have a position in space-time and members can be added and subtracted without thereby changing the identity of the Collection. Some examples are toolkits, football teams, and flocks of sheep." (SUMO)

TechnicalReport
type: Class
subclass of: Text
comment: Dublin Core: http://www.lub.lu.se/cgi-bin/nmdc.pl

SamplingRule
type: Class
subclass of: ExperimentalRule
comment: A sampling rule is "a prescribed method for finding" a member of a sample. Reference: The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press, 2 Ed., 1989

ExperimentalSubgoal
type: Class
comment: An experimental subgoal is a step to an experimental goal. Decomposition of an experimental goal onto subgoals corresponds to partition of the experiments onto stages, sub-stages, etc.
subclass of: Goal

Article
type: Class
subclass of: Text
comment: "A relatively short Text that either is unbound or is bound with other Articles in a Book." Reference: SUMO: http://www.ontologyportal.org/

SubjectOfAction
type: Class
subclass of: SubjectOfExperiment
comment: A subject of an action is: "one who executes the action" For instance: a <human>, a <robot>. Reference: Based on The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press, 2 Ed., 1989

PermissionStatus
type: Class
comment: A permission status is a status of an experimental document that specifies current a condition or privilege allowing use of the experimental document, e.g. <public status>.
disjoint with: DocumentStage
subclass of: StatusExperimentalDocument

DomainAction
type: Class
subclass of: ExperimentalAction
comment: A domain action is a manipulation in the domain of the experiment.

Entity
type: Class
comment: "The universal class of individuals. This is the root node of the ontology." (SUMO)

StratifiedSampling
type: Class
comment: Stratified sampling is a sampling method where a random sample is taking from different levels (strata) of the parent group. Reference: Based on Langley, R. Practical Statistics. David&Charles Ltd, Newton,1971.
subclass of: SamplingMethod

SUMOSynonym
type: Class
subclass of: SynonymousExternalConcept
comment: A SUMO synonym is a synonymous concept between the SUMO ontology concept and the concept.

MathematicalModelRepresentation
type: Class
comment: A mathematical model is a representation of an experimental model where the relationship between the variables is mathematical.
subclass of: ModelRepresentation

Program
type: Class
subclass of: Artifact

InstrumentationEffect
type: Class
subclass of: ExperimentalDesignEffect
comment: An instrumentation effect is an experimental design effect where an effect on the experimental results is due to an aberration in the measuring tools, either mechanical instrument or test. Reference: Davis, J., Psychological research methods.
disjoint with: DuhemEffect

DuhemEffect
type: Class
comment: A Duhem effect is an experimental design effect where an effect on the experimental results is due to an inconsistency between the physical world and the domain model. Reference: Philosophy of science: the central issues. Eds. Martine Curd, J.A. Cover, W.W. Norton & Co. N.Y. 1998.
disjoint with: InstrumentationEffect
subclass of: ExperimentalDesignEffect

BaconianExperiment
type: Class
comment: A Baconian experiment is a scientific experiment which involves no explicit hypothesis. Reference: Medawar, P.B. Advice to a Young Scientist. Pan Books Ltd, London, 1981
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has synonym
  cardinality: 1
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: SynonymousExternalConcept
  on property: has synonym
subclass of: PhysicalExperiment

ExperimentalProtocol
type: Class
subclass of: ProcedureExecuteExperiment
comment: An experimental protocol is an explicit detailed specification of (usually a part of) an experiment which describes a plan of experimental actions to achieve an experimental subgoal (goal).

ProcedureExecuteExperiment
type: Class
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: PlanOfExperimentalActions
  on property: has plan
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has status
  all values from: PermissionStatus
subclass of: Procedure
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has representation
  all values from: RepresentationExperimentalExecutionProcedure
subclass of: Restriction
  cardinality: 1
  on property: has status
comment: A procedure to execute an experiment is an explicit detailed specification of an experiment, which describes experimental methods, experimental equipment, a plan of experimental actions, a status of the procedure, etc.
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has status
  all values from: DocumentStage

StandardOperatingProcedure
type: Class
subclass of: ProcedureExecuteExperiment
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: ProcedureExecuteExperiment
  on property: has procedure
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has latest modification
  all values from: TimePoint
comment: A standard operating procedure is a prescribed procedure to be followed routinely. Reference: HyperDictionary: http://searchbox.hyperdictionary.com/dictionary/standard+operating+procedure
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has representation
  all values from: BiblioReference
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has latest modification
  cardinality: 1
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has author
  all values from: AuthorSOP

ExperimentalFactor
type: Class
subclass of: Variable
comment: An experimental factor is a known variable of the model of the domain which the object of the experiment can control/vary in order to determine of a value of target variables.

FactorialDesign
type: Class
subclass of: ExperimentalDesign
comment: A factorial design is an experimental design where all the sample sizes of experimental objects are determined in advance, Two or more experimental factors of the experimental model, which the object of the experiment can control, are varied in order to determine of a value of target variables. Reference: Based on: Langley, R. Practical Statistics. David&Charles Ltd, Newton,1971.

DocumentStage
type: Class
subclass of: StatusExperimentalDocument
disjoint with: PermissionStatus
comment: A document stage is a status of an experimental document that specifies the current stage of development of the document, e.g. <draft>.

InferableVariable
type: Class
comment: An inferable variable is an instance-of a variable where it is possible to make a computational inference about its value. Reference: based on Albar`ede, P. A theory of experiment. http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:ECOW7jEPfHAJ: arxiv.org/pdf/cs.AI/0201022++a+theory+of+experiment+Albarede&hl=en
subclass of: Variable

DraftStatus
type: Class
subclass of: DocumentStage
comment: A draft status means that the current SOP or a protocol is a preliminary description.

SystematicSampling
type: Class
subclass of: SamplingMethod
comment: Systematic sampling is a sampling method where each member of a sample is selecting according to a definite rule (except of random choice).
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: SamplingRule
  on property: has sampling rule

ObjectMethod
type: Class
comment: An object of a method is "on whom?"the method is applied. For instance: a <plant>, a <robot>. Reference: based on The Oxford English Dictionary http://dictionary.oed.com
subclass of: ObjectOfExperiment

Book
type: Class
subclass of: Text
comment: "A Text that has pages and is bound." Reference: SUMO: http://www.ontologyportal.org/

URL
type: Class
subclass of: Reference
comment: The concept is outside EXPO

FalseNegative
type: Class
comment: A false negative is an hypothesis acceptance mistake where the hypothesis being tested is actually true and we conclude that it is false. Reference: based on Introduction to Probability and Statistics. 4th ed. H.L. Alder, E.B. Roessler, W.H. Freeman & Co., 1968.
subclass of: HypothesisAcceptanceMistake

Materials
type: Class
subclass of: ExperimentalEquipment
comment: Materials are culture collections and chemicals used for executing of an experiment.

User
type: Class
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has admin info
  all values from: AdminInfoUser
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: Password
  on property: has pasword
subclass of: SubjectRole
subclass of: Restriction
  cardinality: 1
  on property: has admin info
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has login
  all values from: LoginName
comment: A user is a person or organization that makes use of a protocol, a SOP, experimental results, etc. Reference: Based on The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press, 2 Ed., 1989

AuthorProtocol
type: Class
subclass of: Author
comment: An author of a protocol is the person (or a group) who developed the protocol.

PresentingSampling
type: Class
subclass of: SamplingMethod
comment: Presenting sampling is a sampling method where members of a sample are individuals available "at present". It is "a common kind sampling in medical research, for instance, a doctor can report on the last 50 cases of appendicitis that he has seen." Reference: Based on Langley, R. Practical Statistics. David&Charles Ltd, Newton,1971.

FactorLevel
type: Class
subclass of: ValueOfVariable
comment: A factor level is a value of the variable <Experimental factor>. "The word <level> is used for the various strengths, quantities, or concentration of each factor". Reference: Langley, R. Practical Statistics. David&Charles Ltd, Newton,1971.

PublicAcademicStatus
type: Class
subclass of: NonRestrictedStatus
comment: A public academic status restricts the use of a SOP, a protocol, and/or experimental results to academic purposes only.

IndependentVariable
type: Class
comment: The concept is outside of EXPO
subclass of: Independence

ParticlePhysicsExperiment
type: Class
subclass of: ClassificationByDomain
comment: A particle physics experiment is a scientific experiment producing knowledge about the particle physics field of study.

ValueEstimate
type: Class
comment: Value estimate is "an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth" of the value of a variable. Reference: WordNet: http://www.answers.com
subclass of: ComputationalData
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has value of variable
  all values from: ValueOfVariable

Proceedings
type: Class
comment: Dublin Core: http://www.lub.lu.se/cgi-bin/nmdc.pl
subclass of: Text

Sample
type: Class
subclass of: ObjectOfExperiment
comment: A sample is "a portion drawn from a population (EXPO: <parent group>), the study of which is intended to lead to statistical estimates of the attributes of the whole population." Reference: The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press, 2 Ed., 1989

Sound
type: Class
comment: Dublin Core: http://www.lub.lu.se/cgi-bin/nmdc.pl
subclass of: RepresentationForm

IncompleteDataError
type: Class
subclass of: ResultError
comment: An incomplete data error is a result error due to the data being incapable of providing evidence for a research hypothesis.

SystematicError
type: Class
subclass of: MeasurementError
comment: A systematic error is an error due to a definite cause acting according to a definite law. Reference: Arley, N. & Buch , K.R., Introduction to the theory of probability and statistics. New York : Wiley London. Chapman & Hall, 1950. 236p.

SequentialDesign
type: Class
comment: A sequential design is an experimental design where a sample group size of experimental objects is not determined in advance. The experiment is continued until the moment when the results are conclusive according to predetermined degree of significance or non-significance. Reference: Based on Langley, R. Practical Statistics. David&Charles Ltd, Newton,1971. Reference: Based on: Langley, R. Practical Statistics. David&Charles Ltd, Newton,1971.
subclass of: ExperimentalDesign

Journal
type: Class
subclass of: Text
comment: Dublin Core: http://www.lub.lu.se/cgi-bin/nmdc.pl

hasAttribute
type: ObjectProperty

hasPart
type: ObjectProperty