Stream: implementers
Topic: Specimen Container
Peter Scholz (Nov 29 2018 at 08:40):
Hi all,
We are just discussing the useage specimen resources for information exchange between two biobank products in the context of clinical studies.
For now we are missing the possibility to express container-container relations
On the one hand a container is stored in some kind of rack
On the other the specimen container may belong to some kind of sample kit which is used to collect different kinds specimen in different containers.
Did anyone allready have some thoughts of how to add it to the specimen resource ?
Grahame Grieve (Nov 29 2018 at 09:10):
looks like an extension to me
Peter Scholz (Nov 29 2018 at 09:29):
I'm not sure whether an extension would really be a good idea.
Containers in real life have a recursive nature, OO seems to be aware of that too:
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It does not address the recursive nature of containers or the tracking of the location of a container within its parent container (for instance: a tube in a tray in a rack in a freezer).
I guess in the long run, it may be useful to have some "Container" resource which can have a recursive reference an mabye referenced in Specimen as well instead of just having a container element in Specimen.
Grahame Grieve (Nov 29 2018 at 10:08):
Maybe that's the right the long term solution. but I don't think that is relevant to the near term?
Peter Scholz (Nov 29 2018 at 10:18):
@Grahame Grieve that's right, my intention was to figure out if there allreade are some thoughts about these relations and how to implement them. And on the other hand to raise a hand for the need of it
John Moehrke (Nov 29 2018 at 15:15):
possibly the container could be described using Device.
Peter Scholz (Nov 29 2018 at 15:39):
replacing the container backbone element by a reference to a device sounds charming
Lloyd McKenzie (Dec 11 2018 at 02:10):
Feel free to submit a change request :)
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