Process Core Profile

The Process Core Profile describes the fundamental entities and relationships in the ARC process model. It abstracts experimental and computational workflows as process graphs that connect sample and data inputs to sample and data outputs.

Core Types

Type	Description
Dataset	Container and context for processes, nested datasets, data files, and metadata
Process	Transformation node connecting inputs to outputs
Recipe	Planned procedure that a process executes
Sample	Biological, chemical, or digital sample used as input or output
Data	Data file or selected file fragment
Annotation	Extensible key-value-unit triple
FormalParameter	Prospective parameter slot for recipes
DefinedTerm	Ontology annotation or controlled vocabulary term

Process Graph

flowchart LR
    Dataset --processes--> Process
    Dataset --dataFiles--> Data
    Dataset --hasPart--> Dataset
    Process --inputs--> Sample
    Process --"outputs"--> Data
    Process --executesRecipe--> Recipe
    Process --parameterValue--> Annotation
    Recipe --parameters--> FormalParameter
    Annotation --instanceOf--> FormalParameter

For a relational view of these types, see schemas/sql/design.md.