Slot: description
a textual description of the element's purpose and use
URI: skos:definition
Alias: description
Applicable Classes
| Name |
Description |
Modifies Slot |
| Definition |
abstract base class for core metaclasses |
no |
| SchemaDefinition |
A collection of definitions that make up a schema or a data model |
no |
| EnumDefinition |
an element whose instances must be drawn from a specified set of permissible ... |
no |
| AnonymousSlotExpression |
|
no |
| ClassRule |
A rule that applies to instances of a class |
no |
| SlotDefinition |
an element that describes how instances are related to other instances |
no |
| PatternExpression |
a regular expression pattern used to evaluate conformance of a string |
no |
| PermissibleValue |
a permissible value, accompanied by intended text and an optional mapping to ... |
no |
| PathExpression |
An expression that describes an abstract path from an object to another throu... |
no |
| CommonMetadata |
Generic metadata shared across definitions |
no |
| UniqueKey |
a collection of slots whose values uniquely identify an instance of a class |
no |
| StructuredAlias |
object that contains meta data about a synonym or alias including where it ca... |
no |
| AnonymousClassExpression |
|
no |
| EnumBinding |
A binding of a slot or a class to a permissible value from an enumeration |
no |
| TypeMapping |
Represents how a slot or type can be serialized to a format |
no |
| AnonymousExpression |
An abstract parent class for any nested expression |
no |
| TypeDefinition |
an element that whose instances are atomic scalar values that can be mapped t... |
no |
| ArrayExpression |
defines the dimensions of an array |
no |
| DimensionExpression |
defines one of the dimensions of an array |
no |
| ImportExpression |
an expression describing an import |
no |
| ClassDefinition |
an element whose instances are complex objects that may have slot-value assig... |
no |
| Element |
A named element in the model |
no |
| SubsetDefinition |
an element that can be used to group other metamodel elements |
no |
Properties
Type and Range
Cardinality and Requirements
| Property |
Value |
| Recommended |
Yes |
In Subsets
Aliases
Rank: 5
Schema Source
Mappings
| Mapping Type |
Mapped Value |
| self |
skos:definition |
| native |
linkml:description |
| exact |
dcterms:description, schema:description |
LinkML Source
name: description
description: a textual description of the element's purpose and use
in_subset:
- BasicSubset
from_schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/meta
aliases:
- definition
exact_mappings:
- dcterms:description
- schema:description
rank: 5
domain: element
slot_uri: skos:definition
alias: description
domain_of:
- common_metadata
- permissible_value
range: string
recommended: true