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Slot: Relations (relations)

Declares an unqualified relation of the subject Thing to another Thing. This schema slot is used to define related things inline. If such a definition is not needed. A qualified relationship can be declared directly using the characterized_by slot.

URI: dlthings:relation

Applicable Classes

Name Description Modifies Slot
Thing The most basic, identifiable item yes
XYZAccolade An award, prize, or other honor received in recognition of an achievement no
XYZDataItem An information content entity that is intended to be a truthful statement abo... no
XYZDataType Type of an data item no
XYZConvention A set of agreed, stipulated, or generally accepted standards, norms, social n... no
XYZDataset A collection of data, published or curated by a single agent no
XYZDistribution A specific representation of a data item, which may come in the form of an el... no
XYZDistributionPartType Type or role of a part of a distribution no
XYZDocument A conceptual entity representing things which a, broadly conceived, "document... no
XYZConcept An idea or notion; a unit of thought no
XYZGenesis A process in which an entity comes into being as a result of the process no
XYZGrant A grant, typically financial or otherwise quantifiable, resources no
XYZInstrument A thing that enables an agent to perform an action no
XYZOrganization A social or legal institution such as a company, a society, or a university no
XYZPerson Person agents are people, alive, dead, or fictional no
XYZProject A collective endeavour of some kind no
XYZPublication A resource that is the output of a publishing process no
XYZBibliographicType Type of a publication or document, e no
XYZInstrumentType Type of an instrument no
XYZPublicationVenue "Place" of a publication, e no
XYZStudy A planned process that consists of parts: planning, study design execution, d... no
XYZSubject A subject is an entity being investigated in a study no
XYZSubjectType Type of a subject no
XYZTopic Topic a subject is about, e no
XYZRule Permissions, prohibitions, obligatations or other rights/policies no
XYZAgentRole A role is the function of an agent with respect to a subject, in the context ... no
XYZObjective A proposition that indicates a planned or anticipated outcome no
FlatThing Thing variant that provides a basis for the annotation and curation of more... no
FlatProperty An RDF property, a Thing used to define a predicate, for example in a `St... no
AnnotationTag A tag identifying an annotation no
Property An RDF property, a Thing used to define a predicate, for example in a `St... no
ValueSpecification A Thing that is a value of some kind no
Distribution A specific representation of a data item, which may come in the form of an el... no
Publication A resource that is the output of a publishing process no
Convention A set of agreed, stipulated, or generally accepted standards, norms, social n... no
DataItem An information content entity that is intended to be a truthful statement abo... no
Dataset A collection of data (data items), published or curated by a single agent no
Document A conceptual entity representing things which a, broadly conceived, "document... no
Grant A grant, typically financial or otherwise quantifiable, resources no
Instrument A thing that enables an agent to perform an action no
Organization A social or legal institution such as a company, a society, or a university no
Person Person agents are people, alive, dead, or fictional no
Project A collective endeavour of some kind no
Study A planned process that consists of parts: planning, study design execution, d... no
Subject A subject is an entity being investigated in a study no

Properties

Type and Range

Property Value
Range Thing
Domain Thing
Domain Of Thing
Slot URI dlthings:relation

Cardinality and Requirements

Property Value
Multivalued Yes
Relationship Properties | Property | Value | | --- | --- | | Symmetric | Yes | | Relational Role | OBJECT |

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

  • from schema: https://concepts.datalad.org/s/demo-research-assets/unreleased

Mappings

Mapping Type Mapped Value
self dlthings:relation
native xyzra:relations
exact dcat:relation, dcterms:relation

LinkML Source

name: relations
description: Declares an unqualified relation of the subject `Thing` to another `Thing`.
  This schema slot is used to define related things inline. If such a definition is
  not needed. A qualified relationship can be declared directly using the `characterized_by`
  slot.
title: Relations
from_schema: https://concepts.datalad.org/s/demo-research-assets/unreleased
exact_mappings:
- dcat:relation
- dcterms:relation
rank: 1000
domain: Thing
slot_uri: dlthings:relation
domain_of:
- Thing
symmetric: true
relational_role: OBJECT
range: Thing
multivalued: true
inlined: true
inlined_as_list: false