Slot: alias

the name used for a slot in the context of its owning class. If present, this is used instead of the actual slot name.

URI: skos:prefLabel Alias: alias

Applicable Classes

Name	Description	Modifies Slot
DimensionExpression	defines one of the dimensions of an array	no
ClassDefinition	an element whose instances are complex objects that may have slot-value assig...	no
SlotDefinition	an element that describes how instances are related to other instances	no

Properties

Type and Range

Property	Value
Range	String
Domain	SlotDefinition
Domain Of	SlotDefinition, ClassDefinition, DimensionExpression
Slot URI	skos:prefLabel

Cardinality and Requirements

Property	Value

In Subsets

• SpecificationSubset

Comments

• an example of alias is used within this metamodel, slot_definitions is aliases as slots
• not to be confused with aliases, which indicates a set of terms to be used for search purposes.

Identifier and Mapping Information

Administrative Metadata

Rank: 6

Schema Source

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

Mappings

Mapping Type	Mapped Value
self	skos:prefLabel
native	linkml:alias

LinkML Source

name: alias
description: the name used for a slot in the context of its owning class.  If present,
  this is used instead of the actual slot name.
comments:
- an example of alias is used within this metamodel, slot_definitions is aliases as
  slots
- not to be confused with aliases, which indicates a set of terms to be used for search
  purposes.
in_subset:
- SpecificationSubset
from_schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/meta
rank: 6
domain: slot_definition
slot_uri: skos:prefLabel
alias: alias
domain_of:
- slot_definition
- class_definition
- dimension_expression
range: string