Search for cases Sample Clauses

Search for cases. Retrieves the pseudonym identifiers of cases stored in biobanks that correspond to a given set of parameters. In our context, a case is set of jointly harvested samples. This use case is sub divided into two classes 2a. Distributed metadata queries. Operates only on the metadatabase and returns pseudonym case identifiers. 2b. Search for detailed data for cases. Operates additional on the local databases of the participating biobanks and retrieves only a pseudonym unique identifier of the appropriate cases.