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Slot: recommended

true means that the slot should be present in instances of the class definition, but this is not required

URI: linkml:recommended Alias: recommended

Applicable Classes

Name Description Modifies Slot
AnonymousSlotExpression no
SlotExpression an expression that constrains the range of values a slot can take no
SlotDefinition an element that describes how instances are related to other instances no

Properties

Type and Range

Property Value
Range Boolean
Domain SlotDefinition
Domain Of SlotExpression

Cardinality and Requirements

Property Value
### Slot Characteristics
Property Value
Inherited Yes

In Subsets

Comments

  • This is to be used where not all data is expected to conform to having a required field
  • If a slot is recommended, and it is not populated, applications must not treat this as an error. Applications may use this to inform the user of missing data

See Also

Identifier and Mapping Information

Administrative Metadata

Rank: 9

Schema Source

Mappings

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

LinkML Source

name: recommended
description: true means that the slot should be present in instances of the class
  definition, but this is not required
comments:
- This is to be used where not all data is expected to conform to having a required
  field
- If a slot is recommended, and it is not populated, applications must not treat this
  as an error. Applications may use this to inform the user of missing data
in_subset:
- SpecificationSubset
- BasicSubset
from_schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/meta
see_also:
- https://github.com/linkml/linkml/issues/177
rank: 9
domain: slot_definition
inherited: true
alias: recommended
domain_of:
- slot_expression
range: boolean