Slot: exact_match
The external concept is interchangeable with this entity. Symmetric AND transitive, so it chains through third-party mappings. Do not use where several of our entities map to one external concept: the entailment would then assert that those entities are equivalent to each other.
URI: [skos:exactMatch](http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#exactMatch)
## Applicable Classes
| Name | Description | Modifies Slot |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [OntologyMappable](OntologyMappable.md) | A mixin for entities that map to concepts in external vocabularies | no |
| [CellTypeTaxon](CellTypeTaxon.md) | A node in the cell type taxonomy representing a unit of cell type classificat... | no |
| [Abbreviation](Abbreviation.md) | Maps an abbreviation string to its decoded meaning | no |
## Properties
### Type and Range
| Property | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Range | [OntologyClass](OntologyClass.md) |
| Domain Of | [OntologyMappable](OntologyMappable.md) |
| Slot URI | [skos:exactMatch](http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#exactMatch) |
### Cardinality and Requirements
| Property | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Multivalued | Yes |
## Identifier and Mapping Information
### Schema Source
* from schema: https://w3id.org/brain-bican/cell-taxonomy
## Mappings
| Mapping Type | Mapped Value |
| --- | --- |
| self | skos:exactMatch |
| native | bican:exact_match |
## LinkML Source
name: exact_match
description: 'The external concept is interchangeable with this entity. Symmetric
AND transitive, so it chains through third-party mappings. Do not use where several
of our entities map to one external concept: the entailment would then assert that
those entities are equivalent to each other.'
from_schema: https://w3id.org/brain-bican/cell-taxonomy
rank: 1000
slot_uri: skos:exactMatch
domain_of:
- OntologyMappable
range: ontology class
multivalued: true