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Slot: 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. 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}. NOTE: The category slot was modified to have a curie range and a pattern for bican categories.

URI: biolink:category

Inheritance

Applicable Classes

Name Description Modifies Slot
Activity An activity is something that occurs over a period of time and acts upon or w... no
GeneAnnotation An annotation describing the location, boundaries, and functions of individu... no
NamedThing a databased entity or concept/class no
OrganismTaxon A classification of a set of organisms no
Entity Root Biolink Model class for all things and informational relationships, real... no
GenomeAnnotation Location and nomenclature of genes and all of the coding regions in a genome ... no
Genome A genome is the sum of genetic material within a cell or virion no
Dataset an item that refers to a collection of data from a data source no
Attribute A property or characteristic of an entity no
InformationContentEntity a piece of information that typically describes some topic of discourse or is... no
PhysicalEntity An entity that has material reality (a no
Procedure A series of actions conducted in a certain order or manner no
Gene A region (or regions) that includes all of the sequence elements necessary to... no
Checksum Checksum values associated with digital entities no
MaterialSample A sample is a limited quantity of something (e no
BiologicalEntity no
GenomeAssembly Genome assembly to contain version and label information no

Properties

  • Range: Curie

  • Multivalued: True

  • Regex pattern: ^bican:[A-Z][A-Za-z]+$

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

  • from schema: https://identifiers.org/brain-bican/genome-annotation-schema

Mappings

Mapping Type Mapped Value
self biolink:category
native bican:category

LinkML Source

name: category
definition_uri: https://w3id.org/biolink/vocab/category
description: '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`. 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}.
  NOTE: The category slot was modified to have a curie range and a pattern for bican
  categories.'
in_subset:
- translator_minimal
from_schema: https://identifiers.org/brain-bican/genome-annotation-schema
rank: 1000
is_a: type
domain: entity
slot_uri: biolink:category
designates_type: true
alias: category
owner: entity
domain_of:
- entity
- attribute
- named thing
- organism taxon
- information content entity
- dataset
- physical entity
- activity
- procedure
- material sample
- biological entity
- gene
- genome
is_class_field: true
range: curie
multivalued: true
pattern: ^bican:[A-Z][A-Za-z]+$