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Slot: description

A statement about someone or something's attributes or characteristics.

URI: gist_upstream:description Alias: description

Applicable Classes

Name Description Modifies Slot
ElectronicAddressType A category indicating a kind of electronic address no
Template Something used to make objects in its own image no
Permission A description of things one is permitted to do no
Organization A structured entity formed to achieve specific goals, typically involving mem... no
SubCountryGovernment The government of a governed geographic region other than a country which is ... no
ProductSpecification A description of something that could be physically warehoused or digitally s... no
Network A composite consisting of nodes connected by links no
GovernmentOrganization An independent organization exercising political and/or regulatory authority ... no
Equipment Human-made, tangible property other than land or buildings used to perform a ... no
OrderedCollection A collection whose members are ordered in some way no
Medium A physical material on which a work can be rendered, represented, or implemen... no
Collection A grouping of things no
Task An activity or piece of work that is either proposed, planned, scheduled, und... no
ContemporaryEvent An event that has started but has not yet ended no
ContractTerm A specification of some aspect of a contract no
Event Something that occurs over a period of time, often characterized as an activi... no
MediaType A digitized type that computer applications can recognize no
Text Content expressed as a written sequence of characters no
Behavior A category indicating the nature of an activity no
System A composite made up of interacting or interdependent components that together... no
EventSpecification A characterization of an event that might happen no
CountryGovernment A government organization which asserts both sovereignty (i no
DegreeOfCommitment The difficulty of reversing a commitment no
OrderedMember A member of an ordered collection serving as a proxy for a real world item, w... no
AddressUsageType A category indicating the context or manner in which an address may be used no
Function The activity that a human-made item is intended to perform no
Composite Something which is made up of various parts or elements that are independentl... no
LivingThing Something that is currently, or at some point in time was, alive no
Building A relatively permanent man-made structure situated on a plot of land, having ... no
PhysicalAddress An address that refers to a locatable place within the physical universe no
ContingentEvent An event with a probability of happening in the future, and usually dependent... no
Person A human being who was or is alive no
CatalogItem A description of a product or service to be delivered, given in a sufficient ... no
GeoLocation A physical location, with the earth as a frame of reference no
GeoRegion A bounded region (or set of regions) on the surface of the Earth no
ContingentObligation An obligation that is not yet firm no
TemporalRelation A relationship existing for a period of time no
IntellectualProperty An intangible work, invention, or concept, independent of its being expressed... no
ProductCategory Any of many ways of categorizing products no
Content Information available in some medium no
Category A concept or label used to categorize other instances without specifying any ... no
BundledCatalogItem Any combination of descriptions of things offered together no
Determination An event whose purpose is to establish a specific result, value, or outcome, ... no
ContentExpression Content reduced to text, audio, etc no
ElectronicAddress An address referring to a locatable virtual place that does not physically ex... no
Assignment A temporal relationship between an assignee, the thing assigned, and the reso... no
KnowledgeConcept An abstract concept that arises from the distillation of experience no
Magnitude The amount of a measurable characteristic (aspect) no
Requirement The obligation of a person or organization to behave in a certain way no
Aspect A measurable characteristic no
ControlledVocabulary A collection of terms approved and managed by some organization or person no
TimeInterval A span of time with a known start time, end time, and duration no
Account An agreement having a balance no
PhysicalActionType A category indicating the type of an action based on its effect in the physic... no
Language A recognized, organized set of symbols and grammar no
FormattedContent Content encoded in a specific format, but existing as data independent of any... no
Commitment A promise made by a single party to one or more parties to do or not do somet... no
Restriction A description of things one is prevented from doing no
GovernedGeoRegion A geographic region governed by at least one government organization no
Component Something that, while having an independent existence, is inherently part of ... no
IntergovernmentalOrganization An organization whose members are government organizations no
Specification The set of characteristics and constraints on their values that specify what ... no
ServiceSpecification A description of something that can be done for a person or organization (whi... no
GeoVolume A three-dimensional space on or near the surface of the Earth no
Project A task, usually of longer duration, made up of other tasks no
ReferenceValue A magnitude that was neither measured nor estimated but set by fiat no
RenderedContent Content expressed via some physical medium no
Landmark Something permanently attached to the Earth no
GistThing Mixin providing universal slots applicable to any GIST entity no
ScheduledEvent An event with a planned start datetime no
GeoPoint An individual point on or above the Earth's surface, identified by latitude, ... no
SchemaMetaData Superclass for all types of metadata no
Message A specific instance of content sent from a sender to at least one other recip... no
GeoRoute An ordered set of geographic points that defines a path from a starting point... no
PhysicalIdentifiableItem A discrete physical object which, if subdivided, will result in parts that ar... no
Intention A goal, desire, or aspiration no
TaskTemplate An outline of a task of a particular type, which is the basis for executing s... no
PhysicalSubstance An undifferentiated amount of physical material which, when subdivided, resul... no
HistoricalEvent An event which occurred in time, with an actual end earlier than the present ... no
Offer A contingent commitment to buy, sell, swap or provide one or more described o... no
EquipmentType A category of equipment no
NetworkLink An abstract representation of the connection between two or more nodes in a n... no
Transaction An exchange or transfer of goods, services, or funds no
UnitGroup A collection of units of measure that can all be used to measure the same asp... no
ID Content that is used to uniquely identify something or someone no
ScheduledTask A task with a planned start datetime no
NetworkNode A node in a network no
PhysicalAddressType A category indicating local customary characterizations of physical addresses no
Tag A term in a folksonomy used to categorize things no
Discipline An area of study or practice no
UnitOfMeasure A standard amount used to measure or specify things no
CountryGeoRegion A geographic region governed by exactly one country government no
PhysicalEvent An event that can be said to have occurred at some place in space no
Address A reference to a place (real or virtual) that can be located by some routing ... no
Agreement A mutually understood arrangement in which two or more parties make commitmen... no
Contract An agreement which can be enforced by law no
GeneralMediaType The real-world media type for content no

Properties

Type and Range

Property Value
Range String
Domain Of GistThing
Slot URI gist_upstream:description

Cardinality and Requirements

Property Value

In Subsets

Aliases

  • description

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.
'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.'

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.

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

Mappings

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

LinkML Source

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
domain_of:
- GistThing
range: string