5.2. Study Specification (STD)

5.2.1. When to use a Study

Study is the highest level concept in the infrastructure in the sense that every data belongs to one study. Studies are needed for any kind of data acquisition activity.

5.2.2. Study Elements

Study specifications identify study properties that are captured inside HADatAc's knowledge graph. An STD is a CSV file itself containing one data row (i.e., a record) composed of the following columns:

Column Header	Column Description
Study ID	abbreviated name of the study
Title	full name of the study
Specific Aims
Significance
Number of Participants
Number of Samples
Institution
Principal Investigator
PI Address
PI City
PI State
PI Zip Code
Email
PI Phone
Co-PI 1 First
Co-PI 1 Last Name
Co-PI 1 Email
Co-PI 2 First
Co-PI 2 Last Name
Co-PI 2 Email
Contact First
Contact Last Name
Contact Email
Project Created Date
Project Last Updated Date
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