Slot: type
Indicates the nature or kind of the containing object.
URI: [oscal:type](https://w3id.org/lmodel/oscal/type)
## Applicable Classes
| Name | Description | Modifies Slot |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Party](Party.md) | An organization or person, which may be associated with roles or other concep... | yes |
| [Action](Action.md) | An action applied by a role within a given party to the content | yes |
| [TelephoneNumber](TelephoneNumber.md) | A telephone service number as defined by ITU-T E | yes |
| [Address](Address.md) | A postal address for the location | yes |
| [AssessmentSubject](AssessmentSubject.md) | Identifies system elements being assessed, such as components, inventory item... | yes |
| [SelectSubjectById](SelectSubjectById.md) | Identifies a set of assessment subjects to include/exclude by UUID | yes |
| [SubjectReference](SubjectReference.md) | A human-oriented identifier reference to a resource | yes |
| [Task](Task.md) | Represents a scheduled event or milestone, which may be associated with a ser... | yes |
| [SystemComponent](SystemComponent.md) | A defined component that can be part of an implemented system | yes |
| [OriginActor](OriginActor.md) | The actor that produces an observation, a finding, or a risk | yes |
| [FindingTarget](FindingTarget.md) | Captures an assessor's conclusions regarding the degree to which an objective... | yes |
| [DefinedComponent](DefinedComponent.md) | A defined component that can be part of an implemented system | yes |
| [MappingItem](MappingItem.md) | A source or target item participating in a mapping entry | yes |
| [MappingResourceReference](MappingResourceReference.md) | A reference to the source or target resource for a mapping | yes |
| [SspSystemComponent](SspSystemComponent.md) | SSP-scoped system component with allows-authenticated-scan property typing | no |
## Properties
### Type and Range
| Property | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Range | [String](String.md) |
| Domain Of | [Party](Party.md), [Action](Action.md), [TelephoneNumber](TelephoneNumber.md), [Address](Address.md), [AssessmentSubject](AssessmentSubject.md), [SelectSubjectById](SelectSubjectById.md), [SubjectReference](SubjectReference.md), [Task](Task.md), [SystemComponent](SystemComponent.md), [OriginActor](OriginActor.md), [FindingTarget](FindingTarget.md), [DefinedComponent](DefinedComponent.md), [MappingItem](MappingItem.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:type |
| native | oscal:type |
## LinkML Source
name: type
description: Indicates the nature or kind of the containing object.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/oscal
rank: 1000
domain_of:
- Party
- Action
- TelephoneNumber
- Address
- AssessmentSubject
- SelectSubjectById
- SubjectReference
- Task
- SystemComponent
- OriginActor
- FindingTarget
- DefinedComponent
- MappingItem
- MappingResourceReference
range: string