| Term | Definition | URI | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broader | A related term that is more general in meaning. Also establishes a hierarchical link where the related term is the immediate parent concept. | ||
| broadMatch | A mapping relation where the object is a broader concept than the subject. | http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#broadMatch | |
| Class | Description of a set of objects that share the same attributes, operations, methods, relationships, and semantics | ISO 11179 | |
| ClassDefinition | An element whose instances are complex objects that may have slot-value assignments_ | LinkML Metamodel | |
| closeMatch | A mapping relation where the subject and object are sufficiently similar that they can be used interchangeably in some information retrieval applications. | https://www.w3.org/2009/08/skos-reference/skos.html#closeMatch | |
| Concept | The units of thought which underlie many knowledge organization systems. | http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#Concept | |
| Concept | The units of thought which underlie many knowledge organization systems. | http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#Concept | Concepts exist in the mind as abstract entities which are independent of the terms used to label them. |
| exactMatch | A mapping relation where the subject and object are sufficiently similar, with a high degree of confidence, that they can be used interchangeably across a wide range of information retrieval applications. | https://www.w3.org/2009/08/skos-reference/skos.html#exactMatch | |
| Instance | Named value belonging to a concept scheme | ||
| Instance-based Matching Process | A matching process based on individual representations (or instances). | https://w3id.org/semapv/vocab/InstanceBasedMatching | |
| Manual Mapping Curation | An matching process that is performed by a human agent and is based on human judgement and domain knowledge. | https://w3id.org/semapv/vocab/ManualMappingCuration | A human curator determines that a subject should be mapped to an object by virtue of their domain expertise. |
| Mapping | A triple comprising a subject entity s, an object entity o and a mapping predicate p. | https://w3id.org/semapv/vocab/Mapping | The subject entity NCI:C9305 is mapped to the object entity ICD10:C80.9 using the skos:relatedMatch mapping predicate. |
| Mapping Relation | A mapping (alignment) between SKOS concepts in different concept schemes, where the links are inherent in the meaning of the linked concepts | https://www.w3.org/2009/08/skos-reference/skos.html#mappingRelation | |
| narrowMatch | A mapping relation where the object is a narrower concept that the subject. | https://www.w3.org/2009/08/skos-reference/skos.html#narrowMatch | |
| Normalization | A family of preprocessing techniques for reducing strings to be compared to a common format. | https://w3id.org/semapv/vocab/Normalization | |
| Object | Concept the subject is being mapped to | SSSOM Specification | |
| Predicate | A mapping annotation that is used to describe the mapping between the subject and object | ||
| Property | A quality common to all members of an object class | ISO 11179 | |
| Range | Defines the type of the object of the slot. | LinkML Metamodel | |
| Related | A related term (object) in an associative semantic relationship with the subject term, where the two concepts are not related hierarchically, but sufficiently similar to establish a functional relationship for information retrieval activities. | ||
| relatedMatch | A mapping relation where the subject and the object are inherently related, but where none is in any way more general than the other. | https://www.w3.org/2009/08/skos-reference/skos.html#relatedMatch | |
| Slot | A top-level concept in the LinkML schema, slots are analogous to attributes, fields, columns, and properties can be associated with classes to specify what fields instances of that class can have | LinkML Metamodel | |
| SlotDefinition | An element that describes how instances are related to other instances | LinkML Metamodel | |
| Subject | Concept being mapped | SSSOM Specification | |
| TypeDefinition | An element that whose instances are atomic scalar values that can be mapped to primitive types | LinkML Metamodel |
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