ODM2 ActionType Controlled Vocabulary ODM2 Working Group A vocabulary for describing the type of actions performed in making observations. Depending on the action type, the action may or may not produce an observation result. Specimen analysis The analysis of a specimen ex situ using an instrument, typically in a laboratory, for the purpose of measuring properties of that specimen. Observation A specific form of the Observation actions category of actions, which is the only category of actions that can produce observation results. This term should be used to describe an action that creates an observation result from ex situ analysis of a specimen.