Slot: methods
Identifies how the observation was made. Recommended values are in ObservationMethodEnum; other values are permitted (OSCAL allow-other="yes").
URI: [oscal:methods](https://w3id.org/lmodel/oscal/methods)
## Applicable Classes
| Name | Description | Modifies Slot |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Observation](Observation.md) | Describes an individual observation | yes |
## Properties
### Type and Range
| Property | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Range | [String](String.md) or
[ObservationMethodEnum](ObservationMethodEnum.md) | | Domain Of | [Observation](Observation.md) | ### Cardinality and Requirements | Property | Value | | --- | --- | | Multivalued | Yes |
## Identifier and Mapping Information
### Schema Source
* from schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/oscal
## Mappings
| Mapping Type | Mapped Value |
| --- | --- |
| self | oscal:methods |
| native | oscal:methods |
## LinkML Source
[ObservationMethodEnum](ObservationMethodEnum.md) | | Domain Of | [Observation](Observation.md) | ### Cardinality and Requirements | Property | Value | | --- | --- | | Multivalued | Yes |
Expressions & Logic
#### Any Of Value must satisfy at least one of: - AnonymousSlotExpression({'range': 'ObservationMethodEnum'}) - AnonymousSlotExpression({'range': 'string'})name: methods
description: Identifies how the observation was made. Recommended values are in ObservationMethodEnum;
other values are permitted (OSCAL allow-other="yes").
from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/oscal
rank: 1000
domain_of:
- Observation
range: string
multivalued: true
any_of:
- range: ObservationMethodEnum
- range: string