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Class: OntologyClass

A representation of class defined in an external ontology.

URI: nmdc:OntologyClass

classDiagram class OntologyClass click OntologyClass href "../OntologyClass" NamedThing <|-- OntologyClass click NamedThing href "../NamedThing" OntologyClass <|-- EnvironmentalMaterialTerm click EnvironmentalMaterialTerm href "../EnvironmentalMaterialTerm" OntologyClass <|-- ChemicalEntity click ChemicalEntity href "../ChemicalEntity" OntologyClass <|-- FunctionalAnnotationTerm click FunctionalAnnotationTerm href "../FunctionalAnnotationTerm" OntologyClass : alternative_identifiers OntologyClass : alternative_names OntologyClass : definition OntologyClass : description OntologyClass : id OntologyClass : name OntologyClass : relations OntologyClass --> "*" OntologyRelation : relations click OntologyRelation href "../OntologyRelation" OntologyClass : type

Inheritance

Slots

Name Cardinality and Range Description Inheritance
alternative_names *
String
A list of alternative names used to refer to the entity direct
definition 0..1
String
The definition of the ontology term as provided by the ontology direct
relations *
OntologyRelation
direct
id 1
Uriorcurie
A unique identifier for a thing NamedThing
name 0..1
String
A human readable label for an entity NamedThing
description 0..1
String
a human-readable description of a thing NamedThing
alternative_identifiers *
Uriorcurie
A list of alternative identifiers for the entity NamedThing
type 1
Uriorcurie
the class_uri of the class that has been instantiated NamedThing

Usages

used by used in type used
ControlledTermValue term range OntologyClass
ControlledIdentifiedTermValue term range OntologyClass
OntologyRelation subject range OntologyClass
OntologyRelation predicate range OntologyClass
OntologyRelation object range OntologyClass

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

Mappings

Mapping Type Mapped Value
self nmdc:OntologyClass
native nmdc:OntologyClass
exact biolink:OntologyClass, owl:Class, schema:Class

LinkML Source

Direct

name: OntologyClass
description: A representation of class defined in an external ontology.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/nmdc/nmdc
exact_mappings:
- biolink:OntologyClass
- owl:Class
- schema:Class
is_a: NamedThing
slots:
- alternative_names
slot_usage:
  id:
    name: id
    notes:
    - The identifiers for terms from external ontologies can't have their ids constrained
      to the nmdc namespace
    pattern: ^[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9_\.]+:[a-zA-Z0-9_][a-zA-Z0-9_\-\/\.,]*$
attributes:
  definition:
    name: definition
    description: The definition of the ontology term as provided by the ontology.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/nmdc/basic_classes
    rank: 1000
    domain_of:
    - OntologyClass
    range: string
  relations:
    name: relations
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/nmdc/basic_classes
    rank: 1000
    domain_of:
    - OntologyClass
    range: OntologyRelation
    multivalued: true
    inlined: true
    inlined_as_list: true
class_uri: nmdc:OntologyClass

Induced

name: OntologyClass
description: A representation of class defined in an external ontology.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/nmdc/nmdc
exact_mappings:
- biolink:OntologyClass
- owl:Class
- schema:Class
is_a: NamedThing
slot_usage:
  id:
    name: id
    notes:
    - The identifiers for terms from external ontologies can't have their ids constrained
      to the nmdc namespace
    pattern: ^[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9_\.]+:[a-zA-Z0-9_][a-zA-Z0-9_\-\/\.,]*$
attributes:
  definition:
    name: definition
    description: The definition of the ontology term as provided by the ontology.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/nmdc/basic_classes
    rank: 1000
    alias: definition
    owner: OntologyClass
    domain_of:
    - OntologyClass
    range: string
  relations:
    name: relations
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/nmdc/basic_classes
    rank: 1000
    alias: relations
    owner: OntologyClass
    domain_of:
    - OntologyClass
    range: OntologyRelation
    multivalued: true
    inlined: true
    inlined_as_list: true
  alternative_names:
    name: alternative_names
    description: A list of alternative names used to refer to the entity. The distinction
      between name and alternative names is application-specific.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/nmdc/nmdc
    exact_mappings:
    - dcterms:alternative
    - skos:altLabel
    rank: 1000
    alias: alternative_names
    owner: OntologyClass
    domain_of:
    - OntologyClass
    - Study
    range: string
    multivalued: true
  id:
    name: id
    description: A unique identifier for a thing. Must be either a CURIE shorthand
      for a URI or a complete URI
    notes:
    - The identifiers for terms from external ontologies can't have their ids constrained
      to the nmdc namespace
    examples:
    - value: nmdc:mgmag-00-x012.1_7_c1
      description: https://github.com/microbiomedata/nmdc-schema/pull/499#discussion_r1018499248
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/nmdc/nmdc
    rank: 1000
    identifier: true
    alias: id
    owner: OntologyClass
    domain_of:
    - NamedThing
    range: uriorcurie
    required: true
    pattern: ^[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9_\.]+:[a-zA-Z0-9_][a-zA-Z0-9_\-\/\.,]*$
  name:
    name: name
    description: A human readable label for an entity
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/nmdc/nmdc
    rank: 1000
    alias: name
    owner: OntologyClass
    domain_of:
    - PersonValue
    - NamedThing
    - Protocol
    range: string
  description:
    name: description
    description: a human-readable description of a thing
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/nmdc/nmdc
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: dcterms:description
    alias: description
    owner: OntologyClass
    domain_of:
    - ImageValue
    - NamedThing
    range: string
  alternative_identifiers:
    name: alternative_identifiers
    description: A list of alternative identifiers for the entity.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/nmdc/nmdc
    rank: 1000
    alias: alternative_identifiers
    owner: OntologyClass
    domain_of:
    - MetaboliteIdentification
    - NamedThing
    range: uriorcurie
    multivalued: true
    pattern: ^[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9_\.]+:[a-zA-Z0-9_][a-zA-Z0-9_\-\/\.,\(\)\=\#]*$
  type:
    name: type
    description: the class_uri of the class that has been instantiated
    notes:
    - replaces legacy nmdc:type slot
    - makes it easier to read example data files
    - required for polymorphic MongoDB collections
    examples:
    - value: nmdc:Biosample
    - value: nmdc:Study
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/nmdc/nmdc
    see_also:
    - https://github.com/microbiomedata/nmdc-schema/issues/1048
    - https://github.com/microbiomedata/nmdc-schema/issues/1233
    - https://github.com/microbiomedata/nmdc-schema/issues/248
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: rdf:type
    designates_type: true
    alias: type
    owner: OntologyClass
    domain_of:
    - EukEval
    - FunctionalAnnotationAggMember
    - PeptideQuantification
    - ProteinQuantification
    - MobilePhaseSegment
    - PortionOfSubstance
    - MagBin
    - MetaboliteIdentification
    - GenomeFeature
    - FunctionalAnnotation
    - AttributeValue
    - NamedThing
    - OntologyRelation
    - FailureCategorization
    - Protocol
    - CreditAssociation
    - Doi
    range: uriorcurie
    required: true
class_uri: nmdc:OntologyClass