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Slot: description

A human-readable description.

URI: oscal:description Alias: description

Applicable Classes

Name Description Modifies Slot
Observation Describes an individual observation yes
AuthorizationBoundary A description of this system's authorization boundary, optionally supplemente... yes
RequiredAsset Identifies an asset required to achieve remediation yes
ProvidedControlImplementation Describes a capability which may be inherited by a leveraging system yes
ControlImplementationSet Defines how the component or capability supports a set of controls yes
DataFlow A description of the logical flow of information within the system and across... yes
IncorporatesComponent The collection of components comprising a capability yes
ControlObjectiveSelection Identifies the control objectives of the assessment no
PoamItem Describes an individual POA&M item yes
AssessmentMethod A local definition of a control objective no
Step Identifies an individual step in a series of steps related to an activity, su... yes
InventoryItem A single managed inventory item within the system yes
NetworkArchitecture A description of the system's network architecture, optionally supplemented w... yes
AssessmentLogEntry Identifies the result of an action and/or task that occurred as part of execu... no
AssessmentSubjectPlaceholder Used when the assessment subjects will be determined as part of one or more o... no
Role Defines a function, which might be assigned to a party in a specific situatio... no
Export Defines a set of control implementations that are provided as reference imple... no
ParameterConstraint A formal or informal expression of a constraint or test yes
Finding Describes an individual finding yes
InformationType Contains details about one information type that is stored, processed, or tra... yes
RelevantEvidence Links this observation to relevant evidence yes
AuthorizedPrivilege Identifies a specific system privilege held by the user, along with an associ... no
Capability A grouping of other components and/or capabilities yes
QualifierItem A qualifier describing requirements or incompatibilities yes
SystemComponent A defined component that can be part of an implemented system yes
RiskLogEntry Identifies an individual risk response that occurred as part of managing an i... no
Diagram A graphic that provides a visual representation the system, or some aspect of... no
ReviewedControls Identifies the controls being assessed and their control objectives no
Risk An identified risk yes
FindingTarget Captures an assessor's conclusions regarding the degree to which an objective... no
SspControlImplementation Describes how the system satisfies a set of controls yes
Response Describes either recommended or an actual plan for addressing the risk yes
ControlSelection Identifies the controls being assessed no
MitigatingFactor Describes an existing mitigating factor that may affect the overall determina... yes
SystemUser A type of user that interacts with the system based on an associated role no
DefinedComponent A defined component that can be part of an implemented system yes
Result Identifies all of the assessment observations and findings, initial and resid... yes
Resource A resource associated with content in the containing document instance yes
InheritedControlImplementation Describes a control implementation inherited by a leveraging system yes
LocalObjective A local definition of a control objective for this assessment no
ByComponent Defines how the referenced component implements a set of controls yes
ControlResponsibility Describes a control implementation responsibility imposed on a leveraging sys... yes
SspInventoryItem SSP-scoped inventory item with allows-authenticated-scan property typing no
AssessmentSubject Identifies system elements being assessed, such as components, inventory item... no
ImplementedRequirement Describes how the containing component or capability implements an individual... yes
ImplementedControlStatement Identifies which statements within a control are addressed yes
Activity Identifies an assessment or related process that can be performed yes
Task Represents a scheduled event or milestone, which may be associated with a ser... no
SystemCharacteristics Contains the characteristics of the system, such as its name, purpose, and se... yes
SatisfiedControlImplementation Describes how this system satisfies a responsibility imposed by a leveraged s... yes
SspSystemComponent SSP-scoped system component with allows-authenticated-scan property typing no

Properties

Type and Range

Property Value
Range MarkupMultilineType
Domain Of Role, Resource, ParameterConstraint, ReviewedControls, ControlSelection, ControlObjectiveSelection, AssessmentSubject, AssessmentSubjectPlaceholder, LocalObjective, AssessmentMethod, Activity, Step, Task, SystemComponent, SystemUser, AuthorizedPrivilege, InventoryItem, Observation, RelevantEvidence, Finding, FindingTarget, Risk, MitigatingFactor, Response, RequiredAsset, RiskLogEntry, SystemCharacteristics, InformationType, AuthorizationBoundary, Diagram, NetworkArchitecture, DataFlow, SspControlImplementation, ByComponent, Export, ProvidedControlImplementation, ControlResponsibility, InheritedControlImplementation, SatisfiedControlImplementation, Result, AssessmentLogEntry, DefinedComponent, Capability, IncorporatesComponent, ControlImplementationSet, ImplementedRequirement, ImplementedControlStatement, QualifierItem, PoamItem

Cardinality and Requirements

Property Value

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

  • from schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/oscal

Mappings

Mapping Type Mapped Value
self oscal:description
native oscal:description

LinkML Source

name: description
description: A human-readable description.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/oscal
rank: 1000
alias: description
domain_of:
- Role
- Resource
- ParameterConstraint
- ReviewedControls
- ControlSelection
- ControlObjectiveSelection
- AssessmentSubject
- AssessmentSubjectPlaceholder
- LocalObjective
- AssessmentMethod
- Activity
- Step
- Task
- SystemComponent
- SystemUser
- AuthorizedPrivilege
- InventoryItem
- Observation
- RelevantEvidence
- Finding
- FindingTarget
- Risk
- MitigatingFactor
- Response
- RequiredAsset
- RiskLogEntry
- SystemCharacteristics
- InformationType
- AuthorizationBoundary
- Diagram
- NetworkArchitecture
- DataFlow
- SspControlImplementation
- ByComponent
- Export
- ProvidedControlImplementation
- ControlResponsibility
- InheritedControlImplementation
- SatisfiedControlImplementation
- Result
- AssessmentLogEntry
- DefinedComponent
- Capability
- IncorporatesComponent
- ControlImplementationSet
- ImplementedRequirement
- ImplementedControlStatement
- QualifierItem
- PoamItem
range: MarkupMultilineType