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ComputationalTool profile

Description

The Life Science Tools specification provides a way to describe bioscience tools and software on the World Wide Web. It defines a set of metadata and vocabularies, built on top of existing technologies and standards, that can be used to represent such tools in Web pages and applications. The goal of the specification is to make it easier to discover. Version 1.0-RELEASE.

Summary of Changes

Changes since the 0.6-DRAFT

  • additionalType property deprecated and replaced by applicationCategory.
  • example added for the name property.

Minimum properties

Name Description Cardinality
description A short description of the tool. one
name The name of the item. one
url Homepage of the tool. URL of the item. one
conformsTo This is used to state the Bioschemas profile that the markup relates to. The identifier can be the url for the version of this bioschemas class on github: https://github.com/BioSchemas/specifications/blob/master/ComputationalTool/jsonld/ComputationalTool_v1.0-RELEASE.json one
Name Description Cardinality
applicationSubCategory Subcategory of the application, e.g. 'Arcade Game'. Use an EDAM:Topic to describe the category of application many
applicationCategory Type of software application, e.g. 'Game, Multimedia'. Please use terms from the 'Tool type' table in the biotools documentation. many
softwareVersion Version(s) of the tool, which this information is valid for. Can also be a comma-delimited list and include hyphen-separated ranges of versions. many
featureList Features or modules provided by this application (and possibly required by other applications). Functionality provided by the tool. Note: Bioschemas have removed Text from the Expected Types. many
author The author of this content or rating. Please note that author is special in that HTML 5 provides a special mechanism for indicating authorship via the rel tag. That is equivalent to this and may be used interchangeably. many
citation Publication about this tool. A citation or reference to another creative work, such as another publication, web page, scholarly article, etc. many
license The license of a software, curated dataset, etc. A license document that applies to this content, typically indicated by URL. Use SPDX list of licenses in form https://spdx.org/licenses/ many

Optional properties

Name Description Cardinality
codeRepository Link to the source code repository of the tool. many
input Specification of a consumed input. many
output Specification of a produced output. many
programmingLanguage The main programming language(s) used to build or execute the tool. Please use terms from the ‘Programming language’ table in the Bio.Tools documentation many
downloadUrl Link(s) to the downloadable(s). many
applicationSuite A suite of tools, to which the tool belongs. The name of the application suite to which the application belongs (e.g. Excel belongs to Office). many
softwareHelp A documentation of the tool. many
softwareAddOn Additional sub-tools (add-ons, plug-ins, tools in a suite, etc.) that are included in the tool or workflow. Additional content for a software application. many
operatingSystem Operating systems on which the tool can be used (without additional wrapping). Operating systems supported (Windows 7, OSX 10.6, Android 1.6). Please use terms from the ‘Operating systems’ table in the biotools documentation many
identifier The identifier property represents any kind of identifier for any kind of Thing, such as ISBNs, GTIN codes, UUIDs etc. Schema.org provides dedicated properties for representing many of these, either as textual strings or as URL (URI) links. See background notes for more details. many
contributor A secondary contributor to the CreativeWork or Event. many
discussionUrl A link to the page containing the comments of the CreativeWork. many
funder A person or organization that supports (sponsors) something through some kind of financial contribution. many
hasPart Indicates any software dependency. Indicates an item or CreativeWork that is part of this item, or CreativeWork (in some sense). many
isAccessibleForFree A flag to signal that the tool or the service are available to be used for free. one
isBasedOn A tool or another work which this tool is based on, or is an extension, distribution, or deployment of. A resource from which this work is derived or from which it is a modification or adaption. many
isPartOf A collection, other than a suite of tools, to which the tool belongs.. Indicates an item or CreativeWork that this item, or CreativeWork (in some sense), is part of. many
keywords Additional keywords or tags important for this tool. Multiple entries are delimited by commas. Keywords or tags used to describe this content. Multiple entries in a keywords list are typically delimited by commas. many
provider The provider organization of a web application, database portal, web service, etc. Note: Bioschemas have removed Person from the Expected Types. The service provider, service operator, or service performer; the goods producer. Another party (a seller) may offer those services or goods on behalf of the provider. A provider may also serve as the seller. many
thumbnailUrl A small image representing the tool, such as an icon. A thumbnail image relevant to the Thing. one