diff --git a/docs/source/design/concepts/samples_and_specimens.rst b/docs/source/design/concepts/samples_and_specimens.rst index 674cb9b0..051af2ec 100644 --- a/docs/source/design/concepts/samples_and_specimens.rst +++ b/docs/source/design/concepts/samples_and_specimens.rst @@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ may have all of the same qualities of a sample*. In addition: Biospecimen is designed as a child class of sample to provide for backwards-compatibility with older ingest packages that existed before the -sample concept. Moving forward, it is advised to use the sample class when +sample concept. + +Moving forward, it is advised to use the sample class when extracting information that is most related to the sample and use biospecimen only when extracting information that is specific to the biospecimen (such as concentration, analyte, and consent information).