Class: NamedThing

Base class. Everything has an identifier and may have a label and a description.

* __NOTE__: this is an abstract class and should not be instantiated directly URI: [schema:Thing](http://schema.org/Thing)

 classDiagram
    class NamedThing
    click NamedThing href "../NamedThing/"
      NamedThing <|-- Taxon
        click Taxon href "../Taxon/"
      NamedThing <|-- Host
        click Host href "../Host/"
      NamedThing <|-- FunctionalGene
        click FunctionalGene href "../FunctionalGene/"
      NamedThing <|-- Metabolite
        click Metabolite href "../Metabolite/"
      NamedThing <|-- Disease
        click Disease href "../Disease/"
      NamedThing <|-- FoodItem
        click FoodItem href "../FoodItem/"
      NamedThing <|-- Sample
        click Sample href "../Sample/"
      NamedThing <|-- Observation
        click Observation href "../Observation/"
      NamedThing <|-- Study
        click Study href "../Study/"
      NamedThing <|-- Association
        click Association href "../Association/"

      NamedThing : description

      NamedThing : id

      NamedThing : name

## Inheritance * **NamedThing** * [Taxon](Taxon.md) * [Host](Host.md) * [FunctionalGene](FunctionalGene.md) * [Metabolite](Metabolite.md) * [Disease](Disease.md) * [FoodItem](FoodItem.md) * [Sample](Sample.md) * [Observation](Observation.md) * [Study](Study.md) * [Association](Association.md) ## Class Properties | Property | Value | | --- | --- | | Class URI | [schema:Thing](http://schema.org/Thing) | ## Slots | Name | Cardinality and Range | Description | Inheritance | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [id](id.md) | 1
[Uriorcurie](Uriorcurie.md) | CURIE or IRI | direct | | [name](name.md) | 0..1
[String](String.md) | Human-readable label | direct | | [description](description.md) | 0..1
[String](String.md) | Free-text description | direct | ## Identifier and Mapping Information ### Schema Source * from schema: https://w3id.org/micokg ## Mappings | Mapping Type | Mapped Value | | --- | --- | | self | schema:Thing | | native | micokg:NamedThing | | exact | biolink:NamedThing | ## LinkML Source ### Direct

name: NamedThing
description: Base class. Everything has an identifier and may have a label and a description.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/micokg
exact_mappings:
- biolink:NamedThing
abstract: true
slots:
- id
- name
- description
class_uri: schema:Thing

### Induced

name: NamedThing
description: Base class. Everything has an identifier and may have a label and a description.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/micokg
exact_mappings:
- biolink:NamedThing
abstract: true
attributes:
  id:
    name: id
    description: CURIE or IRI. Reuse ontology IDs; mint micokg:<type>/<local-id> for
      instances.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/micokg
    rank: 1000
    identifier: true
    owner: NamedThing
    domain_of:
    - NamedThing
    range: uriorcurie
    required: true
  name:
    name: name
    description: Human-readable label.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/micokg
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: rdfs:label
    owner: NamedThing
    domain_of:
    - NamedThing
    range: string
  description:
    name: description
    description: Free-text description.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/micokg
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: dct:description
    owner: NamedThing
    domain_of:
    - NamedThing
    range: string
class_uri: schema:Thing