Process

Core transformation node in the process graph. A Process connects inputs to outputs and references the Recipe that was executed.

Schema.org type: bioschemas.org/LabProcess

Decorations specialize Process: - ISA: Process - Workflow Run: Workflow Invocation (CreateAction + Process)

Properties

Property	Type	Required	Description
`id`	Text	COULD	Unique process identifier
`type`	Text	MUST	`Process`
`additionalType`	Text	COULD	Decoration discriminator, e.g. `Process`
`name`	Text	MUST	Name of the process
`inputs`	Sample, Data	SHOULD	Input(s) of the process
`outputs`	Sample, Data	SHOULD	Output(s) of the process
`executesRecipe`	Recipe	SHOULD	Recipe that was executed
`parameterValue`	Annotation	SHOULD	Parameter key-value pairs

Relationships

flowchart TD

    na@{ shape: stadium, label: "string" }

    Dataset --processes--> Process
    Process --inputs--> Sample/Data
    Process --"outputs"--> Sample/Data
    Process --executesRecipe--> Recipe
    Process --parameterValue--> Annotation
    Process --name--> na

The core mechanism of a process is one directed graph edge with an optional singular input and optional singular output. Fan-in, fan-out, and parallel lanes are represented by multiple processes, which makes each table row and each traversable edge unambiguous.

The YAML profile retains inputs and outputs arrays as a compact wire representation. Readers expand the Nth input/output pair into a singular process and pad an unequal shorter side with an absent endpoint. Writers group processes with equal non-I/O state back into these arrays.

flowchart TD

    subgraph inputs
        o1[input 1]
        o2[input 2]
    end

    subgraph outputs
        r1[result 1]
        r2[result 2]
    end

    Process --inputs--> inputs
    Process --"outputs"--> outputs

    o1 -.correspondsTo.-> r1
    o2 -.correspondsTo.-> r2

Process

Properties

Relationships

Inputs and Outputs