术语信息
definition
A material sample role is a specimen role borne by a material entity that is the output of a material sampling process.
editor note
7/13/09: Note that this is a relational role: between the sample taken and the 'sampled' material of which the sample is thought to be representative off.
example of usage
a role borne by a portion of blood taken to represent all the blood in an organism; the role borne by a population of humans with HIV enrolled in a study taken to represent patients with HIV in general.