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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
ValueSpecification A Thing that is a value of some kind no
Agent Something that bears some form of responsibility for an activity taking place... no
SoftwareAgent Running software no
Thing The most basic, identifiable item yes
Role A role is the function of a resource or agent with respect to a subject, in t... no
InstantaneousEvent A moment of a transition from one particular state of the world to another 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
Property An RDF property, a Thing used to define a predicate, for example in a `St... no
AttributeSpecification An attribute is conceptually a thing, but it requires no dedicated identifier... no
Entity A physical, digital, conceptual, or other kind of thing with some fixed aspec... 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