Slot: description
a description of the element's purpose and use
URI: skos:definition
Applicable Classes
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| CommonMetadata | Generic metadata shared across definitions |
| PermissibleValue | a permissible value, accompanied by intended text and an optional mapping to ... |
| Element | a named element in the model |
| SchemaDefinition | a collection of subset, type, slot and class definitions |
| TypeDefinition | an element that whose instances are atomic scalar values that can be mapped t... |
| SubsetDefinition | an element that can be used to group other metamodel elements |
| Definition | abstract base class for core metaclasses |
| EnumDefinition | an element whose instances must be drawn from a specified set of permissible ... |
| StructuredAlias | object that contains meta data about a synonym or alias including where it ca... |
| AnonymousExpression | |
| PathExpression | An expression that describes an abstract path from an object to another throu... |
| AnonymousSlotExpression | |
| SlotDefinition | an element that describes how instances are related to other instances |
| AnonymousClassExpression | |
| ClassDefinition | an element whose instances are complex objects that may have slot-value assig... |
| ClassRule | A rule that applies to instances of a class |
| PatternExpression | a regular expression pattern used to evaluate conformance of a string |
| ImportExpression | an expression describing an import |
| UniqueKey | a collection of slots whose values uniquely identify an instance of a class |
Properties
- Range: String
- Recommended: True
Aliases
- definition
Identifier and Mapping Information
Schema Source
- from schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/meta
LinkML Source
name: description
description: a 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