Enum: InstrumentCategoryEnum

Categories of instruments based on their nature and location

URI: lambdaber:InstrumentCategoryEnum

Permissible Values

Value	Meaning	Description
SYNCHROTRON_BEAMLINE	CHMO:0001084	Beamline at a synchrotron light source
NEUTRON_BEAMLINE	None	Beamline at a neutron source
XFEL_BEAMLINE	None	Beamline at a free electron laser (X-ray FEL)
ELECTRON_MICROSCOPE	None	Electron microscope (TEM, SEM, cryo-EM)
BENCHTOP_XRAY	None	Benchtop X-ray diffractometer or other laboratory X-ray source
OPTICAL_MICROSCOPE	None	Optical or fluorescence microscope
SPECTROMETER	None	Spectroscopy instrument (FTIR, Raman, mass spec, etc

Slots

Name	Description
instrument_category	Category distinguishing beamlines from laboratory equipment

Comments

• Use to distinguish synchrotron beamlines from laboratory equipment

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

• from schema: https://w3id.org/lambda-ber-schema/

LinkML Source

name: InstrumentCategoryEnum
description: Categories of instruments based on their nature and location
comments:
- Use to distinguish synchrotron beamlines from laboratory equipment
from_schema: https://w3id.org/lambda-ber-schema/
rank: 1000
permissible_values:
  SYNCHROTRON_BEAMLINE:
    text: SYNCHROTRON_BEAMLINE
    description: Beamline at a synchrotron light source
    meaning: CHMO:0001084
  NEUTRON_BEAMLINE:
    text: NEUTRON_BEAMLINE
    description: Beamline at a neutron source
  XFEL_BEAMLINE:
    text: XFEL_BEAMLINE
    description: Beamline at a free electron laser (X-ray FEL)
  ELECTRON_MICROSCOPE:
    text: ELECTRON_MICROSCOPE
    description: Electron microscope (TEM, SEM, cryo-EM)
  BENCHTOP_XRAY:
    text: BENCHTOP_XRAY
    description: Benchtop X-ray diffractometer or other laboratory X-ray source
  OPTICAL_MICROSCOPE:
    text: OPTICAL_MICROSCOPE
    description: Optical or fluorescence microscope
  SPECTROMETER:
    text: SPECTROMETER
    description: Spectroscopy instrument (FTIR, Raman, mass spec, etc.)