Slot: mixins

A collection of secondary parent classes or slots from which inheritable metaslots are propagated from.

URI: linkml:mixins Alias: mixins

Applicable Classes

Name	Description	Modifies Slot
EnumDefinition	an element whose instances must be drawn from a specified set of permissible ...	no
ClassDefinition	an element whose instances are complex objects that may have slot-value assig...	yes
SlotDefinition	an element that describes how instances are related to other instances	yes
Definition	abstract base class for core metaclasses	no
PermissibleValue	a permissible value, accompanied by intended text and an optional mapping to ...	yes

Properties

Type and Range

Property	Value
Range	Definition
Domain Of	Definition, PermissibleValue

Cardinality and Requirements

Property	Value
Multivalued	Yes

In Subsets

• SpecificationSubset
• BasicSubset
• ObjectOrientedProfile
• OwlProfile

Aliases

• traits

Comments

• mixins act in the same way as parents (is_a). They allow a model to have a primary strict hierarchy, while keeping the benefits of multiple inheritance

See Also

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixin

Identifier and Mapping Information

Administrative Metadata

Rank: 13

Schema Source

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

Mappings

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

LinkML Source

name: mixins
description: A collection of secondary parent classes or slots from which inheritable
  metaslots are propagated from.
comments:
- mixins act in the same way as parents (is_a). They allow a model to have a primary
  strict hierarchy, while keeping the benefits of multiple inheritance
in_subset:
- SpecificationSubset
- BasicSubset
- ObjectOrientedProfile
- OwlProfile
from_schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/meta
see_also:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixin
aliases:
- traits
rank: 13
alias: mixins
domain_of:
- definition
- permissible_value
range: definition
multivalued: true