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Slot: description

Brief textual definition or description.

URI: kb_cdm:description Alias: description

Applicable Classes

Name Description Modifies Slot
Experiment A discrete scientific procedure undertaken to make a discovery, test a hypothesis, or demonstrate a known fact. no
Event Something that happened. no
Sample A material entity that can be characterised by an experiment. no
Identifier A string used as a resolvable (external) identifier for an entity. This should be a URI or CURIE. If the string cannot be resolved to an URL, it should be added as a 'name' instead.

This table is used for capturing external IDs. The internal CDM identifier should be used in the *_id field (e.g. feature_id, protein_id, contig_collection_id).
yes
Name A string used as the name or label for an entity. This may be a primary name, alternative name, synonym, acronym, or any other label used to refer to an entity.

Identifiers that look like CURIEs or database references, but which cannot be resolved using bioregistry or identifiers.org should be added as names.
yes
Protein Proteins are large, complex molecules made up of one or more long, folded chains of amino acids, whose sequences are determined by the DNA sequence of the protein-encoding gene. no
Cluster Represents an individual execution of a clustering protocol. See the ClusterMember class for clustering results. no
Protocol Defined method or set of methods. no
Project Administrative unit for collecting data related to a certain topic, location, data type, grant funding, and so on. no

Properties

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

  • from schema: http://kbase.github.io/cdm-schema/cdm_schema

Mappings

Mapping Type Mapped Value
self kb_cdm:description
native kb_cdm:description

LinkML Source

name: description
description: Brief textual definition or description.
from_schema: http://kbase.github.io/cdm-schema/cdm_schema
rank: 1000
alias: description
domain_of:
- Cluster
- Event
- Experiment
- Project
- Protein
- Protocol
- Sample
- Identifier
- Name
range: string