[Obi-plan-branch] review of OBI plan branch

[Fostel, J. (NIH/N. [C] <fo...@ni...>]

plan branch review -- nice work, but need to re-locate the mo-specific
terms, possibly.

(1) programming language is a format for a plan
so is data format specification

if these are to be plans (eg code written in a programming language)
they need to be redefined


(2) algorithm needs a definition; Wikipedia:  an algorithm is a type of
effective method in which a definite list of well-defined instructions
for completing a task, when given an initial state, will proceed through
a well-defined series of successive states, eventually terminating in an
end-state. The transition from one state to the next is not necessarily
deterministic; some algorithms, known as probabilistic algorithms,
incorporate randomness.


(3) protocol needs children, for instance assay protocol, experiment
protocol
we have several use cases of test name which might be considered to be
shorthand for protocol subclass

(4) how is investigation design different from study design?

(5) the definitions are not aristotelian :)

(6) instruction triggers are great!

(7) definitions of experimental design types are are not study designs;
possibly these could move to MA experiment protocol subclass of
protocol?

matched pairs design should be part of intervention design

reference design and parallel group design are not disjoint

time-series child of study design definition refers to group of assays,
ratehr than a study design

cheers!

...jennifer


Jennifer Fostel, Ph.D.
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