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Class: Specification

The set of characteristics and constraints on their values that specify what it means to be a particular type of thing, such as a material, product, service or event. A specification is sufficiently precise to allow evaluating conformance to the specification.

URI: gist_upstream:Specification

 classDiagram
    class Specification
    click Specification href "../Specification/"
      Intention <|-- Specification
        click Intention href "../Intention/"


      Specification <|-- EventSpecification
        click EventSpecification href "../EventSpecification/"
      Specification <|-- ContractTerm
        click ContractTerm href "../ContractTerm/"
      Specification <|-- CatalogItem
        click CatalogItem href "../CatalogItem/"


      Specification : description

      Specification : name

Inheritance

Class Properties

Property Value
Class URI gist_upstream:Specification

Slots

Name Cardinality and Range Description Inheritance
name 0..1
String
Relates an individual to (one of) its name(s) GistThing
description 0..1
String
A statement about someone or something's attributes or characteristics GistThing

In Subsets

Aliases

  • Specification

Examples

Value
The specification of the iPhone 14; hypothetical events covered by a homeowner's insurance policy; a drug quality specification - a set of acceptance criteria for quality characteristics that must be controlled to ensure a drug is fit for its intended use.

Comments

  • Although a characterization of how to do something is often called a specification, the intended meaning here is limited to specifying what something is. The focus is on the what, not the how. Use gist:TaskTemplate for specifying the how, such as a plan or process specification. Use gist:conformsTo to assert that something conforms to a specification. To represent a definition of a particular type of thing that is not sufficiently precise to be a gist:Specification, consider using gist:KnowledgeConcept.

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

Mappings

Mapping Type Mapped Value
self gist_upstream:Specification
native gist:Specification

LinkML Source

Direct

name: Specification
description: The set of characteristics and constraints on their values that specify
  what it means to be a particular type of thing, such as a material, product, service
  or event. A specification is sufficiently precise to allow evaluating conformance
  to the specification.
comments:
- Although a characterization of how to do something is often called a specification,
  the intended meaning here is limited to specifying what something is. The focus
  is on the what, not the how. Use gist:TaskTemplate for specifying the how, such
  as a plan or process specification. Use gist:conformsTo to assert that something
  conforms to a specification. To represent a definition of a particular type of thing
  that is not sufficiently precise to be a gist:Specification, consider using gist:KnowledgeConcept.
examples:
- value: The specification of the iPhone 14; hypothetical events covered by a homeowner's
    insurance policy; a drug quality specification - a set of acceptance criteria
    for quality characteristics that must be controlled to ensure a drug is fit for
    its intended use.
in_subset:
- gist_core
from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/gist
aliases:
- Specification
is_a: Intention
class_uri: gist_upstream:Specification

Induced

name: Specification
description: The set of characteristics and constraints on their values that specify
  what it means to be a particular type of thing, such as a material, product, service
  or event. A specification is sufficiently precise to allow evaluating conformance
  to the specification.
comments:
- Although a characterization of how to do something is often called a specification,
  the intended meaning here is limited to specifying what something is. The focus
  is on the what, not the how. Use gist:TaskTemplate for specifying the how, such
  as a plan or process specification. Use gist:conformsTo to assert that something
  conforms to a specification. To represent a definition of a particular type of thing
  that is not sufficiently precise to be a gist:Specification, consider using gist:KnowledgeConcept.
examples:
- value: The specification of the iPhone 14; hypothetical events covered by a homeowner's
    insurance policy; a drug quality specification - a set of acceptance criteria
    for quality characteristics that must be controlled to ensure a drug is fit for
    its intended use.
in_subset:
- gist_core
from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/gist
aliases:
- Specification
is_a: Intention
attributes:
  name:
    name: name
    description: Relates an individual to (one of) its name(s).
    in_subset:
    - gist_core
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/gist
    aliases:
    - name
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: gist_upstream:name
    alias: name
    owner: Specification
    domain_of:
    - GistThing
    range: string
  description:
    name: description
    description: A statement about someone or something's attributes or characteristics.
    comments:
    - This property is used to describe instance data which is not part of the ontology.
      A definition and a description have different semantics. Use skos:definition
      for a statement of the meaning of a thing and gist:description to describe a
      thing's attributes, characteristics, or features.
    examples:
    - value: A person does not have a definition, but might be described as being
        six feet tall with brown hair and blue eyes; an ontology class or taxonomy
        term has a definition.
    - value: '''The Empire State Building is a 102-story Art Deco skyscraper in midtown
        Manhattan in New York City. It was designed by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon and built
        from 1930 to 1931.'''
    in_subset:
    - gist_core
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/gist
    aliases:
    - description
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: gist_upstream:description
    alias: description
    owner: Specification
    domain_of:
    - GistThing
    range: string
class_uri: gist_upstream:Specification