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Association

A typed association between two entities, supported by evidence. Associations have three base slots: subject, object, and relation, but they can have any number of additional attributes that help qualify the relationship between the subject and the object. The subject is the curie (or identifier) of the class that is the subject of the association, and likewise the object is the curie (or identifier of the class that is the object. The relationship between subject and object is defined by the relation slot (which can also be constrained using the range of the relation).

classDiagram AuditedObject <|-- Association Association : created_by Association : date_created Association : date_updated Association : db_date_created Association : db_date_updated Association : internal Association : obsolete Association : relation Association : updated_by

URI: alliance:Association

Parent Classes

Children

Slots

Name Description
created_by The individual that created the entity.
date_created The date on which an entity was created. This can be applied to nodes or edges.
date_updated Date on which an entity was last modified.
db_date_created The date on which an entity was created in the Alliance database. This is distinct from date_created, which represents the date when the entity was originally created (i.e. at the MOD for imported data).
db_date_updated Date on which an entity was last modified in the Alliance database. This is distinct from date_updated, which represents the date when the entity was last modified and may predate import into the Alliance database.
internal Classifies the entity as private (for internal use) or not (for public use).
obsolete Entity is no longer current.
relation A high-level grouping for the relationship type. This is analogous to category for nodes. In RDF, this corresponds to rdf:predicate and in Neo4j this corresponds to the relationship type.
updated_by The individual that last modified the entity.

Mappings

Mapping Type Mapped Value
self ['alliance:Association']
native ['alliance:Association']

LinkML Specification

Direct

name: Association
description: 'A typed association between two entities, supported by evidence.  Associations
  have three base slots: subject, object, and relation, but they can have any number
  of additional attributes that help qualify the relationship between the subject
  and the object.  The subject is the curie (or identifier) of the class that is the
  subject of the association, and likewise the object is the curie (or identifier
  of the class that is the object. The relationship between subject and object is
  defined by the relation slot (which can also be constrained using the range of the
  relation).'
notes:
- Keeping this more generic than biolink:association by foregoing the qualifiers and
  negated slots. Association child classes must also have subject and object slots
  defined, but (due to implementation issues) these must have distinct names if the
  range of the slot inherits from a different base table in the database. Therefore
  these are defined in the appropriate classes with a prefix indicating the class(es)
  using the slot, e.g. disease_annotation_subject, allele_association_subject, allele_construct_association_object.
from_schema: https://github.com/alliance-genome/agr_curation_schema/alliance_schema
is_a: AuditedObject
slots:
- relation
slot_usage:
  relation:
    name: relation
    domain_of:
    - ConstructComponentSlotAnnotation
    - Association
    required: true

Induced

name: Association
description: 'A typed association between two entities, supported by evidence.  Associations
  have three base slots: subject, object, and relation, but they can have any number
  of additional attributes that help qualify the relationship between the subject
  and the object.  The subject is the curie (or identifier) of the class that is the
  subject of the association, and likewise the object is the curie (or identifier
  of the class that is the object. The relationship between subject and object is
  defined by the relation slot (which can also be constrained using the range of the
  relation).'
notes:
- Keeping this more generic than biolink:association by foregoing the qualifiers and
  negated slots. Association child classes must also have subject and object slots
  defined, but (due to implementation issues) these must have distinct names if the
  range of the slot inherits from a different base table in the database. Therefore
  these are defined in the appropriate classes with a prefix indicating the class(es)
  using the slot, e.g. disease_annotation_subject, allele_association_subject, allele_construct_association_object.
from_schema: https://github.com/alliance-genome/agr_curation_schema/alliance_schema
is_a: AuditedObject
slot_usage:
  relation:
    name: relation
    domain_of:
    - ConstructComponentSlotAnnotation
    - Association
    required: true
attributes:
  relation:
    name: relation
    description: A high-level grouping for the relationship type. This is analogous
      to category for nodes. In RDF, this corresponds to rdf:predicate and in Neo4j
      this corresponds to the relationship type.
    from_schema: https://github.com/alliance-genome/agr_curation_schema/alliance_schema
    is_a: association_slot
    alias: relation
    owner: Association
    domain_of:
    - ConstructComponentSlotAnnotation
    - Association
    range: string
    required: true
  created_by:
    name: created_by
    description: The individual that created the entity.
    from_schema: https://github.com/alliance-genome/agr_curation_schema/alliance_schema
    domain: AuditedObject
    multivalued: false
    alias: created_by
    owner: Association
    domain_of:
    - AuditedObject
    range: Person
  date_created:
    name: date_created
    description: The date on which an entity was created. This can be applied to nodes
      or edges.
    from_schema: https://github.com/alliance-genome/agr_curation_schema/alliance_schema
    aliases:
    - creation_date
    exact_mappings:
    - dct:createdOn
    - WIKIDATA_PROPERTY:P577
    alias: date_created
    owner: Association
    domain_of:
    - AuditedObject
    - AuditedObjectDTO
    range: datetime
  updated_by:
    name: updated_by
    description: The individual that last modified the entity.
    from_schema: https://github.com/alliance-genome/agr_curation_schema/alliance_schema
    domain: AuditedObject
    multivalued: false
    alias: updated_by
    owner: Association
    domain_of:
    - AuditedObject
    range: Person
  date_updated:
    name: date_updated
    description: Date on which an entity was last modified.
    from_schema: https://github.com/alliance-genome/agr_curation_schema/alliance_schema
    aliases:
    - date_last_modified
    alias: date_updated
    owner: Association
    domain_of:
    - AuditedObject
    - AuditedObjectDTO
    range: datetime
  db_date_created:
    name: db_date_created
    description: The date on which an entity was created in the Alliance database.  This
      is distinct from date_created, which represents the date when the entity was
      originally created (i.e. at the MOD for imported data).
    from_schema: https://github.com/alliance-genome/agr_curation_schema/alliance_schema
    alias: db_date_created
    owner: Association
    domain_of:
    - AuditedObject
    - AuditedObjectDTO
    range: datetime
  db_date_updated:
    name: db_date_updated
    description: Date on which an entity was last modified in the Alliance database.  This
      is distinct from date_updated, which represents the date when the entity was
      last modified and may predate import into the Alliance database.
    from_schema: https://github.com/alliance-genome/agr_curation_schema/alliance_schema
    alias: db_date_updated
    owner: Association
    domain_of:
    - AuditedObject
    - AuditedObjectDTO
    range: datetime
  internal:
    name: internal
    description: Classifies the entity as private (for internal use) or not (for public
      use).
    notes:
    - Default value is true.
    from_schema: https://github.com/alliance-genome/agr_curation_schema/alliance_schema
    alias: internal
    owner: Association
    domain_of:
    - AuditedObject
    - AuditedObjectDTO
    range: boolean
    required: true
  obsolete:
    name: obsolete
    description: Entity is no longer current.
    notes:
    - Obsolete entities are preserved in the database for posterity but should not
      be publicly displayed.
    from_schema: https://github.com/alliance-genome/agr_curation_schema/alliance_schema
    alias: obsolete
    owner: Association
    domain_of:
    - AuditedObject
    - AuditedObjectDTO
    range: boolean