This page serves as the central point for different aspects of the development of the ChAMP project, and reflects current status and "to do" items.  In order to make progress manageable activities have been separated into task.  If you would like to help with any of the following please contact us.

Ontology Development

The Chemical Analysis Ontology (CAO) is now available (draft updated - 4/29/15)

Vocabulary Development

Fields that are likely to need controlled vocabularies

• Sample matrix (draft - 12/8/14)
• Analytical technique (draft - 12/8/14)
• Analytical concepts (in development through IUPAC collaboration)

Metadata Structure Development

A draft of the structure is here (4/28/15)

Metadata Category Definitions

Metadata about a chemical analysis can be sectioned into logical parts such as...

• Description (draft updated - 4/28/15)
• Infrastructure (draft updated - 3/1/15)
• Analyte(s) (draft updated - 3/1/15)
• Materials (draft new - 4/29/15)
• Sample(s) (draft updated - 3/1/15)
• SamplePrep (draft updated - 4/28/15)
• Technique (draft updated - 4/29/15)
• Quality(ies) (draft updated - 3/1/15)
• Concept(s) (draft new - 2/17/15)

Guideline Documents

• Best Practices for using ChAMP to Build Standards (draft 4/30/15)
• Guidelines for Representation of Metadata Fields (updated 4/30/15)

Example Standards Using ChAMP

• XML Based Examples using the ChAMP XML Schema (updated 4/28/15)
  • Journal article metadata (3/9/15)
  • Standard method metadata (4/29/15)
  • Reference material metadata (4/29/15)
• JSON-LD Based Examples using the CHAMP JSON-LD Context (4/28/15)
  • Journal article metadata (4/28/15)
  • Standard method metadata (4/29/15)
  • Reference material metadata (4/29/15)