Slot: description
a textual description of the element's purpose and use
URI: skos:definition
Applicable Classes
| Name | Description | Modifies Slot |
|---|---|---|
| CommonMetadata | Generic metadata shared across definitions | no |
| PermissibleValue | a permissible value, accompanied by intended text and an optional mapping to ... | no |
| Element | A named element in the model | no |
| SchemaDefinition | A collection of definitions that make up a schema or a data model | no |
| TypeDefinition | an element that whose instances are atomic scalar values that can be mapped t... | no |
| SubsetDefinition | an element that can be used to group other metamodel elements | no |
| Definition | abstract base class for core metaclasses | no |
| EnumDefinition | an element whose instances must be drawn from a specified set of permissible ... | no |
| EnumBinding | A binding of a slot or a class to a permissible value from an enumeration | no |
| StructuredAlias | object that contains meta data about a synonym or alias including where it ca... | no |
| AnonymousExpression | An abstract parent class for any nested expression | no |
| PathExpression | An expression that describes an abstract path from an object to another throu... | no |
| AnonymousSlotExpression | no | |
| SlotDefinition | an element that describes how instances are related to other instances | no |
| AnonymousClassExpression | no | |
| ClassDefinition | an element whose instances are complex objects that may have slot-value assig... | no |
| ClassRule | A rule that applies to instances of a class | no |
| ArrayExpression | defines the dimensions of an array | no |
| DimensionExpression | defines one of the dimensions of an array | no |
| PatternExpression | a regular expression pattern used to evaluate conformance of a string | no |
| ImportExpression | an expression describing an import | no |
| UniqueKey | a collection of slots whose values uniquely identify an instance of a class | no |
| TypeMapping | Represents how a slot or type can be serialized to a format | no |
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 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