Slot: ns
An optional namespace qualifying a name. Allows different organizations to associate distinct semantics with the same name.
URI: [oscal:ns](https://w3id.org/lmodel/oscal/ns)
## Applicable Classes
| Name | Description | Modifies Slot |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Property](Property.md) | An attribute, characteristic, or quality of the containing object expressed a... | yes |
| [Part](Part.md) | An annotated, markup-based textual element of a control's or catalog group's ... | yes |
| [AssessmentPart](AssessmentPart.md) | A partition of an assessment plan or results or a child of another part | no |
| [ControlPart](ControlPart.md) | An annotated, markup-based textual element of a control's or catalog group's ... | no |
| [Map](Map.md) | A relationship-based mapping entry between source and target sets | no |
| [MappingResourceReference](MappingResourceReference.md) | A reference to the source or target resource for a mapping | no |
| [MetadataProperty](MetadataProperty.md) | Metadata-scoped OSCAL property | no |
| [RevisionProperty](RevisionProperty.md) | Revision-scoped OSCAL property | no |
| [LocationProperty](LocationProperty.md) | Location-scoped OSCAL property | no |
| [PartyProperty](PartyProperty.md) | Party-scoped OSCAL property | no |
| [ResourceProperty](ResourceProperty.md) | Back-matter resource-scoped OSCAL property | no |
| [PartProperty](PartProperty.md) | Control-common part-scoped OSCAL property | no |
| [ParameterProperty](ParameterProperty.md) | Control-common parameter-scoped OSCAL property | no |
| [ProfileAlterationProperty](ProfileAlterationProperty.md) | OSCAL property entries allowed in profile modify additions | no |
| [TermsAndConditionsPart](TermsAndConditionsPart.md) | A terms-and-conditions scoped assessment part | no |
| [ImplementationCommonProperty](ImplementationCommonProperty.md) | Implementation-common scoped OSCAL property | no |
| [SspSystemCharacteristicsProp](SspSystemCharacteristicsProp.md) | SSP-scoped property used in system characteristics | no |
| [SspSystemInformationProp](SspSystemInformationProp.md) | SSP-scoped property used in system information | no |
| [SspControlOriginationProp](SspControlOriginationProp.md) | SSP-scoped property used in implemented requirement and by-component contexts | no |
| [SspAllowsAuthenticatedScanProp](SspAllowsAuthenticatedScanProp.md) | SSP-scoped property used for component and inventory allows-authenticated-sca... | no |
## Properties
### Type and Range
| Property | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Range | [URIType](URIType.md) |
| Domain Of | [Property](Property.md), [Part](Part.md), [AssessmentPart](AssessmentPart.md), [ControlPart](ControlPart.md), [Map](Map.md), [MappingResourceReference](MappingResourceReference.md) |
### 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:ns |
| native | oscal:ns |
## LinkML Source
name: ns
description: An optional namespace qualifying a name. Allows different organizations
to associate distinct semantics with the same name.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/oscal
rank: 1000
domain_of:
- Property
- Part
- AssessmentPart
- ControlPart
- Map
- MappingResourceReference
range: URIType