Entity
Root Biolink Model class for all things and informational relationships, real or imagined.
classDiagram
Entity <|-- NamedThing
Entity <|-- Association
Entity : category
Entity : description
Entity : has_attribute
Entity : id
Entity : iri
Entity : name
Entity : source
Entity : type
Parent Classes
None
Children
- Entity
Slots
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| category | Name of the high level ontology class in which this entity is categorized. Corresponds to the label for the biolink entity type class. In a neo4j database this MAY correspond to the neo4j label tag. In an RDF database it should be a biolink model class URI. This field is multi-valued. It should include values for ancestors of the biolink class; for example, a protein such as Shh would have category values biolink:Protein, biolink:GeneProduct, biolink:MolecularEntity, etc. In an RDF database, nodes will typically have an rdf:type triples. This can be to the most specific biolink class, or potentially to a class more specific than something in biolink. For example, a sequence feature f may have a rdf:type assertion to a SO class such as TF_binding_site, which is more specific than anything in biolink. Here we would have categories {biolink:GenomicEntity, biolink:MolecularEntity, biolink:NamedThing} |
| description | a human-readable description of an entity |
| has_attribute | connects any entity to an attribute |
| id | A unique identifier for an entity. Must be either a CURIE shorthand for a URI or a complete URI |
| iri | An IRI for an entity. This is determined by the id using expansion rules. |
| name | A human-readable name for an attribute or entity. |
| source | None |
| type | None |
Mappings
| Mapping Type | Mapped Value |
|---|---|
| self | ['biolink:Entity'] |
| native | ['biolink:Entity'] |