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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](http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#prefLabel) ## Applicable Classes | Name | Description | Modifies Slot | | --- | --- | --- | | [SlotDefinition](SlotDefinition.md) | an element that describes how instances are related to other instances | no | | [ClassDefinition](ClassDefinition.md) | an element whose instances are complex objects that may have slot-value assig... | no | | [DimensionExpression](DimensionExpression.md) | defines one of the dimensions of an array | no | ## Properties ### Type and Range | Property | Value | | --- | --- | | Range | [String](String.md) | | Domain | [SlotDefinition](SlotDefinition.md) | | Domain Of | [SlotDefinition](SlotDefinition.md), [ClassDefinition](ClassDefinition.md), [DimensionExpression](DimensionExpression.md) | | Slot URI | [skos:prefLabel](http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#prefLabel) | ### Cardinality and Requirements | Property | Value | | --- | --- | ## In Subsets * [SpecificationSubset](SpecificationSubset.md) ## 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
domain_of:
- slot_definition
- class_definition
- dimension_expression
range: string