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title: Specimen

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A **Specimen** represents...

h2. Methods

See "REST methods for working with Arvados resources":/api/methods.html

API endpoint base: @https://{{ site.arvados_api_host }}/arvados/v1/specimen@

h2. Creation

h3. Prerequisites

Prerequisites for creating a Specimen.

h3. Side effects

Side effects of creating a Specimen.

h2. Resources

Each Specimen has, in addition to the usual "attributes of Arvados resources":/api/resources.html:

table(table table-bordered table-condensed).
|_. Attribute|_. Type|_. Description|_. Example|
|material|string|||
|updated_at|datetime|||
|properties|Hash|||