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Class: Entity

A physical, digital, conceptual, or other kind of thing with some common characteristics

  • NOTE: this is an abstract class and should not be instantiated directly

URI: schema:Thing

classDiagram class Entity click Entity href "../Entity" Typed <|-- Entity click Typed href "../Typed" Entity <|-- Intangible click Intangible href "../Intangible" Entity <|-- PhysicalEntity click PhysicalEntity href "../PhysicalEntity" Entity <|-- Event click Event href "../Event" Entity <|-- SubjectHistory click SubjectHistory href "../SubjectHistory" Entity : type

Inheritance

Slots

Name Cardinality and Range Description Inheritance
type 0..1
String		 A type for a thing Typed

Usages

used by used in type used
Relationship subject range Entity
Relationship object range Entity
PhysicalSystem events range Entity
EntitySet members range Entity
Model models range Entity
ComputationalModel models range Entity
Simulation models range Entity
DigitalTwin models range Entity
Observation observation_subject range Entity
SetOfObservations observation_subject range Entity
Measurement observation_subject range Entity
QualitativeObservation observation_subject range Entity
TemporalRelationship relative_to range Entity
TemporalRelationship subject range Entity
TemporalRelationship object range Entity
EconomicSystem events range Entity
PersonInRole subject range Entity
PersonInRole object range Entity
EnvironmentalSystem events range Entity
Climate events range Entity
OrganismalRelationship subject range Entity
OrganismalRelationship object range Entity

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

  • from schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/linkml-common

Mappings

Mapping Type Mapped Value
self schema:Thing
native linkml_common:Entity

LinkML Source

Direct

name: Entity
description: A physical, digital, conceptual, or other kind of thing with some common
  characteristics
from_schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/linkml-common
abstract: true
mixins:
- Typed
class_uri: schema:Thing

Induced

name: Entity
description: A physical, digital, conceptual, or other kind of thing with some common
  characteristics
from_schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/linkml-common
abstract: true
mixins:
- Typed
attributes:
  type:
    name: type
    description: A type for a thing. The range of this should be a class within the
      schema. It is intended for schema-based classification. Anything beneath the
      shoreline of the schema should use `classification`.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/linkml-common
    rank: 1000
    designates_type: true
    alias: type
    owner: Entity
    domain_of:
    - Typed
    range: string
class_uri: schema:Thing