Description: A join table to link chemicals (samples of a chemical substance) and datasets via the Component
element.
- id: chemicals_datasets primary key (auto-generated and unique)
- chemical_id: foreign key (chemicals table) linking to a chemical that is part of a dataset
- dataset_id: foreign key (datasets table) linking a dataset to a chemical it uses
- updated: datetime last updated
This table is a convenience table and not absolutely necessary. Formally, the link between chemicals and datasets is:
datasets
are linked tosystems
systems
are joined tosubstances
throughsubstances_systems
substances
are linked bychemicals