Slot: extra_slots

How a class instance handles extra data not specified in the class definition.

Note that this does not define the constraints that are placed on additional slots defined by inheriting classes.

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Possible values:

- allowed: true - allow all additional data

- allowed: false (or allowed: or allowed: null while range_expression is null) -

_ forbid all additional data (default)_

- range_expression: ... - allow additional data if it matches the slot expression (see examples)

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URI: linkml:extra_slots

Applicable Classes

Name	Description	Modifies Slot
ClassDefinition	an element whose instances are complex objects that may have slot-value assig...	no

Properties

Type and Range

Property	Value
Range	ExtraSlotsExpression
Domain	ClassDefinition
Domain Of	ClassDefinition

Cardinality and Requirements

Property	Value

In Subsets

• SpecificationSubset
• BasicSubset

Examples

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Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

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

Mappings

Mapping Type	Mapped Value
self	linkml:extra_slots
native	linkml:extra_slots

LinkML Source

name: extra_slots
description: "How a class instance handles extra data not specified in the class definition.\n\
  Note that this does *not* define the constraints that are placed on additional slots\
  \ defined by inheriting classes.\n\nPossible values:\n- `allowed: true` - allow\
  \ all additional data\n- `allowed: false` (or `allowed:` or `allowed: null` while\
  \ `range_expression` is `null`) -\n  forbid all additional data (default)\n- `range_expression:\
  \ ...`  - allow additional data if it matches the slot expression (see examples)\n"
examples:
- description: Allow all additional data
  object:
    allowed: true
- description: Forbid any additional data
  object:
    allowed: false
- description: Allow additional data that are strings
  object:
    range_expression:
      range: string
- description: Allow additional data if they are instances of the class definition
    "AClassDefinition"
  object:
    range_expression:
      range: AClassDefinition
- description: allow additional data if they are either strings or integers
  object:
    range_expression:
      any_of:
      - range: string
      - range: integer
- description: 'Allow additional data if they are lists of integers of at most length
    5.

    Note that this does *not* mean that a maximum of 5 extra slots are allowed.

    '
  object:
    range_expression:
      range: integer
      multivalued: true
      maximum_cardinality: 5
- description: 'Allow additional data if they are integers.

    `required` is meaningless in this context and ignored, since by definition all
    "extra" slots are optional.

    '
  object:
    range_expression:
      range: integer
      required: true
- description: 'A semantically *invalid* use of `extra_slots`, as extra slots will
    be forbidden and the

    `anonymous_slot_expression` will be ignored.

    '
  object:
    allowed: false
    range_expression:
      range: string
in_subset:
- SpecificationSubset
- BasicSubset
from_schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/meta
rank: 1000
domain: class_definition
domain_of:
- class_definition
range: extra_slots_expression