Class | Description | Rate for Physically Unique samples | Rate for Physically Archived/archivable Samples |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Historical sampling of environment or time specific elements | 1.0 | 1.0 |
2 | Very rare objects | 1.0 | 1.0 |
3 | Longitudinal studies which could in theory be rerun in the future but have a > 10 year horizon to recreate | 1.0 | 2.0 |
4 | Samples acquired from patients or animals with a high individual acquisition cost, but a conceptually continuous generation | 1.0 | 10.0 |
5 | A complex experiment with > 6 month resource development | 10.0 | 100.0 |
6 | A routine experiment with < 6 month resource development | 20.0 | 200.0 |
7 | Verification experiment as a component in an overall flow | 1000.0 | ∞ (Infinite compression of data indicates no data archiving; it may, however, be useful simply to record that the experiment was carried out.) |