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Slot: Attributes (attributes)

Declares a relation that associates a Thing (or another attribute) with an attribute, where an attribute is an intrinsic characteristic, such as a quality, capability, disposition, function, or is an externally derived attribute determined from some descriptor (e.g. a quantity, position, label/identifier). Technically, this declaration is done via an AttributeSpecification that combines a predicate with a value declaration and the attribute-related slots of a Thing. Importantly, such attributes are declared inline, because they do not have a unique identifier. If an identifier is available, a Thing declaration (see relation), and a qualification of that relationship via a Statement (see characterized_by) should be preferred.

URI: dlthings:attributes Alias: attributes

Applicable Classes

Name Description Modifies Slot
Agent Something that bears some form of responsibility for an activity taking place... no
Entity A physical, digital, conceptual, or other kind of thing with some fixed aspec... no
SoftwareAgent Running software no
Thing The most basic, identifiable item yes
ValueSpecification A Thing that is a value of some kind no
InstantaneousEvent A moment of a transition from one particular state of the world to another no
AttributeSpecification An attribute is conceptually a thing, but it requires no dedicated identifier... no
Property An RDF property, a Thing used to define a predicate, for example in a `St... no
ThingMixin Mix-in with the common interface of Thing and AttributeSpecification no
Activity An activity is something that occurs over a period of time and acts upon or w... no
Role A role is the function of a resource or agent with respect to a subject, in t... no
Location A location can be an identifiable geographic place (ISO 19112), but it can al... no

Properties

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

  • from schema: https://concepts.datalad.org/s/prov/unreleased

Mappings

Mapping Type Mapped Value
self dlthings:attributes
native dlprov:attributes
exact sio:SIO_000008

LinkML Source

name: attributes
description: Declares a relation that associates a `Thing` (or another attribute)
  with an attribute, where an attribute is an intrinsic characteristic, such as a
  quality, capability, disposition, function, or is an externally derived attribute
  determined from some descriptor (e.g. a quantity, position, label/identifier). Technically,
  this declaration is done via an `AttributeSpecification` that combines a `predicate`
  with a value declaration and the attribute-related slots of a `Thing`. Importantly,
  such attributes are declared inline, because they do not have a unique identifier.
  If an identifier is available, a `Thing` declaration (see `relation`), and a qualification
  of that relationship via a `Statement` (see `characterized_by`) should be preferred.
title: Attributes
from_schema: https://concepts.datalad.org/s/prov/unreleased
exact_mappings:
- sio:SIO_000008
rank: 1000
slot_uri: dlthings:attributes
alias: attributes
domain_of:
- ThingMixin
range: AttributeSpecification
multivalued: true
inlined: true
inlined_as_list: true