1 Introduction
2 Administrative Data
- 2.1 Users
- 2.2 Institutes
- 2.3 Sites
- 2.4 Container Types
- 2.5 Containers
- 2.6 Collection Protocol
3 Carts
4 BioSpecimen Data
- 4.1 Participant
- 4.2 Consents
- 4.3 Visits
- 4.4 Surgical Pathology Report
- 4.5 Specimen
5 Gels
6 Distribution Protocols and Distribution Orders
- 6.1 Distribution Protocols
- 6.2 Distributing Sites
- 6.3 Distribution Order
- 6.4 Distribution Requests
- 6.5 Shipment
7 Specimen Events
- 7.1 Collection Event
- 7.2 Received Event
- 7.3 Cell Review Event
- 7.4 Check In Check Out Event
- 7.5 Embedded Event
- 7.6 Fixed Event
- 7.7 Frozen Event
- 7.8 Molecular Review Event
- 7.9 Procedure Event
- 7.10 Spun Event
- 7.11 Tissue Review Event
- 7.12 Transfer Event

Introduction

This document provides information about all the attributes used in OpenSpecimen and their description listed on each user interface page.

Description of the fields in the below table:

Page: OpenSpecimen user interface page
Attribute name: Fields displayed per page
Definition: Description of the attribute
Permissible Values: For specific fields in OpenSpecimen, the user is restricted to use a set of permissible values (shown as dropdown fields on the interface). This column lists these permissible values.

Page	Attribute Name	Definition	Permissible Values

Page	Attribute Name	Definition	Permissible Values
Administrative Data
Users	Type	Type of user.	Super Administrator Institute Administrator Contact Regular
	Last Name	Last name of the user.
	First Name	First Name of the User.
	Email Address	The email address of the user.
	Phone number	Phone number.
	Domain Name	By default, this is an openspecimen to support normal logins. If the system is integrated with LDAP, then the domain can be selected based on that.	openspecimen
	Login Name	Login name of the user.
	Institute	Institute name to which the user is associated.
	Primary Site	The primary site user belongs to. This is just for information and is not used to assign any privileges to the user. (Available in the version before v8.1)
	Time Zone	Time zone of the user.
	Manage forms?	Indicates whether the user can access custom forms or not.	Yes No
	Disable notification	Indicates whether the email notification for the user will be on or off.	Yes No
	Address	Address of the user.
	API User?	Indicates whether the user can access OpenSpecimen APIs	Yes No
	Role	Defines user role according to which the privileges get assigned within one or more sites. A role can also be restricted to one or more collection protocols within the site.	Default Roles: Administrator Coordinator Principal Investigator Researcher Technician Tissue Banker
Institutes	Name	Name of the Institution (Overarching authoritative entity).
Sites	Institute	Institute name to which the site is associated.
	Name	Name of the physical location (Biobank, repository, or hospital).
	Code	Shortcode, which can be used in container name generation.
	Type	The function of the site. It could be for collection, storage, experimentation, etc.	Collection Site Repository Laboratory Not Specified Not applicable
	Coordinators	Coordinators name.
	Address	Address of the site.
Container Types	Name	Name of the container type.
	Name Format	Indicates the naming/labeling format of the container.
	Dimensions	Dimensions of the container	Rows Columns
	Position labeling	Indicates position labeling of the container.	Linear Row and Column
	Labeling scheme	Labeling rows and columns	Numbers Alphabetic Upper Case Alphabetic Lower Case Roman Upper Case Roman Lower Case

Data Dictionary

Introduction

Administrative Data

Users

Institutes

Sites

Container Types

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