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Slot: slot_usage

the refinement of a slot in the context of the containing class definition.

URI: linkml:slot_usage

Applicable Classes

Name Description Modifies Slot
ClassDefinition an element whose instances are complex objects that may have slot-value assig... no

Properties

Comments

  • Many slots may be re-used across different classes, but the meaning of the slot may be refined by context. For example, a generic association model may use slots subject/predicate/object with generic semantics and minimal constraints. When this is subclasses, e.g. to disease-phenotype associations then slot usage may specify both local naming (e.g. subject=disease) and local constraints

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

  • from schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/meta

LinkML Source

name: slot_usage
description: the refinement of a slot in the context of the containing class definition.
comments:
- Many slots may be re-used across different classes, but the meaning of the slot
  may be refined by context. For example, a generic association model may use slots
  subject/predicate/object with generic semantics and minimal constraints. When this
  is subclasses, e.g. to disease-phenotype associations then slot usage may specify
  both local naming (e.g. subject=disease) and local constraints
in_subset:
- SpecificationSubset
- BasicSubset
from_schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/meta
rank: 23
domain: class_definition
multivalued: true
alias: slot_usage
domain_of:
- class_definition
range: slot_definition
inlined: true