<protocol>
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This element defines the protocol used in an assay.

This information is used for submissions to dbSTS and maps directly to the protocol section of a dbSTS submission.

Subelements
name

The name of this protocol.

description

A description of this protocol.

This element maps to dbSTS's PROTOCOL tag.