id: https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/class/EstimationMethod
name: EstimationMethod
title: Estimation Method Class
description: >-
  Defines the specific method used to estimate a quantity.
  
  **RULE 53 COMPLIANT**: Created for estimated_extent/estimated_volume
  migration per slot_fixes.yaml revision.
  
  **PROV-O ALIGNMENT**:
  Maps to `prov:Plan` - "A plan is an entity that represents a set of actions or
  steps intended by one or more agents to achieve some goals."

prefixes:
  linkml: https://w3id.org/linkml/
  hc: https://nde.nl/ontology/hc/
  prov: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#
  schema: http://schema.org/

imports:
  - linkml:types
  - ../slots/has_or_had_identifier
  - ../slots/has_or_had_label
  - ../slots/has_or_had_description
  - ../slots/specificity_annotation
  - ../slots/has_or_had_score

default_prefix: hc

classes:
  EstimationMethod:
    class_uri: prov:Plan
    description: >-
      Describes the specific technique used to estimate a value (e.g., visual inspection, 
      sampling, extrapolation).
      
      Used in conjunction with `is_or_was_based_on` to provide provenance for estimated quantities.
    exact_mappings:
      - prov:Plan
    slots:
      - has_or_had_identifier
      - has_or_had_label
      - has_or_had_description
      - specificity_annotation
      - has_or_had_score
    slot_usage:
      has_or_had_label:
        range: string
        description: Name of the estimation method (e.g., "Visual Inspection", "Sampling").