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danbri committed Nov 9, 2016
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<span>Category: <span property="schema:category">issue-1425</span></span>
<span class="h" property="rdfs:label">measurementTechnique</span>
<span property="rdfs:comment">A technique or technology used in a [[Dataset]] (or [[DataDownload]], [[DataCatalog]]),
corresponding to the method used for measuring the corresponding variable(s) (described using [[variableMeasured]]).
It is oriented towards scientific and scholarly dataset publication but may have broader applicability.
corresponding to the method used for measuring the corresponding variable(s) (described using [[variableMeasured]]). This is oriented towards scientific and scholarly dataset publication but may have broader applicability; it is not intended as a full representation of measurement, but rather as a high level summary for dataset discovery.

For example, if [[variableMeasured]] is: molecule concentration, [[measurementTechnique]] could be: "mass spectrometry" or "nmr spectroscopy" or "colorimetry" or "immunofluorescence".

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works for me, lminor tweak on documentation:
it is meant to allow provision of a high level descriptor (keyword) of the measurement principle, not a full representation of the actual procedure or protocol. Terms from domain specific controlled terminology may be used.

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I would argue that it IS THE METHOD that we are capturing, as the examples show.

Why not just lose the "corresponding"'s and all the confusing lingo and just state:
The method, technique, or technology that was used to produce the measured variable.

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