SOPs are standard operating procedures which describe the protocol required to reproduce an Assay. They can be in any format (word files, e-lab notebooks, code, annotated spreadsheets etc). Relevant SOPs can be linked directly to the Assay.

Although SOPs are versioned, this is out of scope for the current release of the API.

A SOP has the following associated information:

  • The title of the SOP
  • The specification for the ContentBlobs in the SOP
  • References to the Projects relevant to the SOP
  • A string containing a list of tags for the SOP
  • A description of the SOP
  • The License applied to the SOP
  • The sharing Policy applied to the SOP
  • A string listing other creators of the SOP
  • References to the People who wrote the SOP
  • References to the Assays relevant to the SOP

A response for a SOP such as that for a Create, Read or Update includes the additional information

  • ** An array of the versions of the SOP**
  • ** A number indicating the latest version**
  • ** The time when the SOP was created**
  • ** The last time the SOP was updated**
  • A reference to the Person who submitted the SOP
  • References to the Investigations associated with the SOP
  • References to the Studies associated with the SOP
  • References to the Publications associated with the SOP