Description of analysis procedures 2005-11-13 Copyright (c) 2006 CSIRO - see https://www.seegrid.csiro.au/twiki/bin/view/Xmml/LegalNotices#Software_Notice A list of procedures. Except where they are part of a suite, these may not be related to each other. Description of a procedure or pointer to one. A set of analyte procedures comprising a suite. The members may be described inline, or may be references to procedures stored elsewhere either in the current document or remotely. The analyte procedure element is specific to an analyte/method pair of analysis to be performed on the submitted specimens within the envelope The analyte species. An optional code assigned at the discretion of the provider to identify the procedure. The laboratory analysis process If the value of the method property is "calculated" choose "calculation", else provide the specified parameters "massAnalysed", etc An expression to build a result based on other results, e.g. total Fe based on measurements of Fe2O3 + Fe3O4, etc. Analytical sample weight This is used for the representing the laboratory extracted aliquot volume for the specimen in requiring analysis. This value may be referenced as a default for catch weigh LIMS systems. E.g. 10 The procedure may involve diluting the specimen by a certain factor in order to bring the result within the detection range of the instrument. A standard dilution may be used as part of some procedures. However, dilution usually happens on a per-specimen/per-analyte basis, so is more often recorded as part of the Analysis element. Note, however, that the dilution factor is always provided for information only, and the numeric value of the result always represents the "true" value, with the correction due to dilution already applied. The lower detection limit for the given method for this analyte. The upper detection limit for the given method for this analyte. Some procedures may have a secondary upper detection limit for the given method for this analyte. Results may be reported with values between the primary and secondary upper detection limits that have reduced accuracy. Primary digestion procedure for this analyte/method. Secondary leach, organic extraction or concentration procedure for this analyte/method. Specialized method of delivery to analytical equipment: e.g. Hydride. The party responsible for performing the procedure and/ or specific laboratory location.