# MeasurementMethodEnum - Schema.org Enumeration Type

> Source: https://schema.org/MeasurementMethodEnum
> Extracted: 2026-02-16T18:49:18.702Z

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A Schema.org Enumeration Type

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Instances of [MeasurementMethodEnum](https://schema.org/MeasurementMethodEnum "MeasurementMethodEnum") may appear as a value for the following properties

Property

On Types

Description

[measurementMethod](https://schema.org/measurementMethod "measurementMethod")

[DataCatalog](https://schema.org/DataCatalog "DataCatalog")  or  
[DataDownload](https://schema.org/DataDownload "DataDownload")  or  
[Dataset](https://schema.org/Dataset "Dataset")  or  
[Observation](https://schema.org/Observation "Observation")  or  
[PropertyValue](https://schema.org/PropertyValue "PropertyValue")  or  
[StatisticalVariable](https://schema.org/StatisticalVariable "StatisticalVariable")

A subproperty of [measurementTechnique](https://schema.org/measurementTechnique) that can be used for specifying specific methods, in particular via [MeasurementMethodEnum](https://schema.org/MeasurementMethodEnum).

[measurementTechnique](https://schema.org/measurementTechnique "measurementTechnique")

[DataCatalog](https://schema.org/DataCatalog "DataCatalog")  or  
[DataDownload](https://schema.org/DataDownload "DataDownload")  or  
[Dataset](https://schema.org/Dataset "Dataset")  or  
[Observation](https://schema.org/Observation "Observation")  or  
[PropertyValue](https://schema.org/PropertyValue "PropertyValue")  or  
[StatisticalVariable](https://schema.org/StatisticalVariable "StatisticalVariable")

A technique, method or technology used in an [Observation](https://schema.org/Observation), [StatisticalVariable](https://schema.org/StatisticalVariable) or [Dataset](https://schema.org/Dataset) (or [DataDownload](https://schema.org/DataDownload), [DataCatalog](https://schema.org/DataCatalog)), corresponding to the method used for measuring the corresponding variable(s) (for datasets, described using [variableMeasured](https://schema.org/variableMeasured); for [Observation](https://schema.org/Observation), a [StatisticalVariable](https://schema.org/StatisticalVariable)). Often but not necessarily each [variableMeasured](https://schema.org/variableMeasured) will have an explicit representation as (or mapping to) an property such as those defined in Schema.org, or other RDF vocabularies and "knowledge graphs". In that case the subproperty of [variableMeasured](https://schema.org/variableMeasured) called [measuredProperty](https://schema.org/measuredProperty) is applicable.

The [measurementTechnique](https://schema.org/measurementTechnique) property helps when extra clarification is needed about how a [measuredProperty](https://schema.org/measuredProperty) was measured. This is oriented towards scientific and scholarly dataset publication but may have broader applicability; it is not intended as a full representation of measurement, but can often serve as a high level summary for dataset discovery.

For example, if [variableMeasured](https://schema.org/variableMeasured) is: molecule concentration, [measurementTechnique](https://schema.org/measurementTechnique) could be: "mass spectrometry" or "nmr spectroscopy" or "colorimetry" or "immunofluorescence". If the [variableMeasured](https://schema.org/variableMeasured) is "depression rating", the [measurementTechnique](https://schema.org/measurementTechnique) could be "Zung Scale" or "HAM-D" or "Beck Depression Inventory".

If there are several [variableMeasured](https://schema.org/variableMeasured) properties recorded for some given data object, use a [PropertyValue](https://schema.org/PropertyValue) for each [variableMeasured](https://schema.org/variableMeasured) and attach the corresponding [measurementTechnique](https://schema.org/measurementTechnique). The value can also be from an enumeration, organized as a [MeasurementMetholdEnumeration](https://schema.org/MeasurementMetholdEnumeration).

#### Enumeration members

-   [ExampleMeasurementMethodEnum](https://schema.org/ExampleMeasurementMethodEnum "ExampleMeasurementMethodEnum")

#### Source

[https://github.com/schemaorg/schemaorg/issues/2564](https://github.com/schemaorg/schemaorg/issues/2564)