Class: BiologicalEntity

Biological entities including genes, proteins, cells, and anatomical structures

NOTE: this is an abstract class and should not be instantiated directly

classDiagram class BiologicalEntity click BiologicalEntity href "../BiologicalEntity/" NamedThing <|-- BiologicalEntity click NamedThing href "../NamedThing/" BiologicalEntity <|-- Gene click Gene href "../Gene/" BiologicalEntity <|-- Protein click Protein href "../Protein/" BiologicalEntity <|-- CellType click CellType href "../CellType/" BiologicalEntity <|-- AnatomicalEntity click AnatomicalEntity href "../AnatomicalEntity/" BiologicalEntity <|-- Organism click Organism href "../Organism/" BiologicalEntity : category BiologicalEntity : description BiologicalEntity : id BiologicalEntity : name BiologicalEntity : xref

Inheritance

NamedThing
- BiologicalEntity
  - Gene
  - Protein
  - CellType
  - AnatomicalEntity
  - Organism

Slots

Name	Cardinality and Range	Description	Inheritance
id	1 Uriorcurie	A unique identifier for a thing	NamedThing
name	0..1 String	A human-readable name for a thing	NamedThing
description	0..1 String	A human-readable description for a thing	NamedThing
category	* String	A category or type for a thing	NamedThing
xref	* Uriorcurie	External database cross-references	NamedThing

Usages

used by	used in	type	used
ExposomeDatabase	biological_entities	range	BiologicalEntity

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

from schema: https://w3id.org/diatomsRcool/exposome-schema

Mappings

Mapping Type	Mapped Value
self	exposome_schema:BiologicalEntity
native	exposome_schema:BiologicalEntity

LinkML Source

Direct

name: BiologicalEntity
description: Biological entities including genes, proteins, cells, and anatomical
  structures
from_schema: https://w3id.org/diatomsRcool/exposome-schema
is_a: NamedThing
abstract: true

Induced

name: BiologicalEntity
description: Biological entities including genes, proteins, cells, and anatomical
  structures
from_schema: https://w3id.org/diatomsRcool/exposome-schema
is_a: NamedThing
abstract: true
attributes:
  id:
    name: id
    description: A unique identifier for a thing
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/diatomsRcool/exposome-schema
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: schema:identifier
    identifier: true
    alias: id
    owner: BiologicalEntity
    domain_of:
    - NamedThing
    range: uriorcurie
    required: true
  name:
    name: name
    description: A human-readable name for a thing
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/diatomsRcool/exposome-schema
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: schema:name
    alias: name
    owner: BiologicalEntity
    domain_of:
    - NamedThing
    range: string
  description:
    name: description
    description: A human-readable description for a thing
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/diatomsRcool/exposome-schema
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: schema:description
    alias: description
    owner: BiologicalEntity
    domain_of:
    - NamedThing
    range: string
  category:
    name: category
    description: A category or type for a thing
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/diatomsRcool/exposome-schema
    rank: 1000
    alias: category
    owner: BiologicalEntity
    domain_of:
    - NamedThing
    range: string
    multivalued: true
  xref:
    name: xref
    description: External database cross-references
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/diatomsRcool/exposome-schema
    rank: 1000
    alias: xref
    owner: BiologicalEntity
    domain_of:
    - NamedThing
    range: uriorcurie
    multivalued: true