{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "schema:MedicalEntity",
  "title": "MedicalEntity",
  "description": "The most generic type of entity related to health and the practice of medicine.",
  "type": "object",
  "allOf": [
    { "description": "The most generic type of item.", "$ref": "schema:Thing" }
  ],
  "properties": {
    "code": {
      "description": "A medical code for the entity, taken from a controlled vocabulary or ontology such as ICD-9, DiseasesDB, MeSH, SNOMED-CT, RxNorm, etc.",
      "oneOf": [
        { "$ref": "schema:MedicalCode" },
        { "type": "array", "items": { "$ref": "schema:MedicalCode" } }
      ]
    },
    "funding": {
      "description": "A [[Grant]] that directly or indirectly provide funding or sponsorship for this item. See also [[ownershipFundingInfo]].",
      "oneOf": [
        { "$ref": "schema:Grant" },
        { "type": "array", "items": { "$ref": "schema:Grant" } }
      ]
    },
    "guideline": {
      "description": "A medical guideline related to this entity.",
      "oneOf": [
        { "$ref": "schema:MedicalGuideline" },
        { "type": "array", "items": { "$ref": "schema:MedicalGuideline" } }
      ]
    },
    "legalStatus": {
      "description": "The drug or supplement's legal status, including any controlled substance schedules that apply.",
      "anyOf": [
        { "type": "string" },
        { "$ref": "schema:DrugLegalStatus" },
        { "$ref": "schema:MedicalEnumeration" }
      ]
    },
    "medicineSystem": {
      "description": "The system of medicine that includes this MedicalEntity, for example 'evidence-based', 'homeopathic', 'chiropractic', etc.",
      "$ref": "schema:MedicineSystem"
    },
    "recognizingAuthority": {
      "description": "If applicable, the organization that officially recognizes this entity as part of its endorsed system of medicine.",
      "oneOf": [
        { "$ref": "schema:Organization" },
        { "type": "array", "items": { "$ref": "schema:Organization" } }
      ]
    },
    "relevantSpecialty": {
      "description": "If applicable, a medical specialty in which this entity is relevant.",
      "oneOf": [
        { "$ref": "schema:MedicalSpecialty" },
        { "type": "array", "items": { "$ref": "schema:MedicalSpecialty" } }
      ]
    },
    "study": {
      "description": "A medical study or trial related to this entity.",
      "oneOf": [
        { "$ref": "schema:MedicalStudy" },
        { "type": "array", "items": { "$ref": "schema:MedicalStudy" } }
      ]
    }
  }
}