Class: Claim

A checkable proposition in canonical wording, independent of who said it. Multiple Statements can make the same Claim.

URI: schema:Claim

 classDiagram
    class Claim
    click Claim href "Claim.html"
      HasProvenance <|-- Claim
        click HasProvenance href "HasProvenance.html"
      
      Claim : appearances
        
          
    
        
        
        Claim --> "*" Statement : appearances
        click Statement href "Statement.html"
    

        
      Claim : first_appearance
        
          
    
        
        
        Claim --> "0..1" Statement : first_appearance
        click Statement href "Statement.html"
    

        
      Claim : id
        
      Claim : record_status
        
          
    
        
        
        Claim --> "0..1" RecordStatusEnum : record_status
        click RecordStatusEnum href "RecordStatusEnum.html"
    

        
      Claim : recorded_at
        
      Claim : recorded_by
        
      Claim : sources
        
          
    
        
        
        Claim --> "*" Source : sources
        click Source href "Source.html"
    

        
      Claim : text
        
      Claim : topics
        
          
    
        
        
        Claim --> "*" Topic : topics
        click Topic href "Topic.html"
    

        
      

Inheritance

• Claim [ HasProvenance]

Class Properties

Property	Value
Class URI	schema:Claim

Slots

Name	Cardinality and Range	Description	Inheritance
id	1 Uriorcurie	Stable Electepedia identifier, e.g. elp:person/jane-example. External identifiers (Bioguide, FEC, Wikidata…) go in identifiers.	direct
topics	* Topic	Subject areas the record is about.	direct
text	1 String	The proposition in canonical, neutral wording.	direct
appearances	* Statement	Statements that make this claim.	direct
first_appearance	0..1 Statement	Earliest known statement making this claim.	direct
sources	* Source	The source records this record was derived from.	HasProvenance
recorded_by	0..1 String	Contributor account or automated pipeline that created this record (e.g. “user:alice”, “pipeline:congress-votes@v1”).	HasProvenance
recorded_at	0..1 Datetime	When the record was created in Electepedia, not when the underlying event happened.	HasProvenance
record_status	0..1 RecordStatusEnum	Whether this record accurately reflects its sources (e.g. the person really said this, the vote really happened this way). This is NOT a judgement on whether a claim is true; that is what ClaimReview is for.	HasProvenance

Usages

used by	used in	type	used
Dataset	claims	range	Claim
ClaimReview	item_reviewed	range	Claim

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

• from schema: https://electepedia.com/schema/electepedia

Mappings

Mapping Type	Mapped Value
self	schema:Claim
native	electepedia:Claim

LinkML Source

Direct

name: Claim
description: A checkable proposition in canonical wording, independent of who said
  it. Multiple Statements can make the same Claim.
from_schema: https://electepedia.com/schema/electepedia
rank: 1000
mixins:
- HasProvenance
slots:
- id
- topics
attributes:
  text:
    name: text
    description: The proposition in canonical, neutral wording.
    from_schema: https://electepedia.com/schema/electepedia
    slot_uri: schema:text
    domain_of:
    - Statement
    - Claim
    - Motion
    required: true
  appearances:
    name: appearances
    description: Statements that make this claim.
    from_schema: https://electepedia.com/schema/electepedia
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: schema:appearance
    domain_of:
    - Claim
    range: Statement
    multivalued: true
  first_appearance:
    name: first_appearance
    description: Earliest known statement making this claim.
    from_schema: https://electepedia.com/schema/electepedia
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: schema:firstAppearance
    domain_of:
    - Claim
    range: Statement
class_uri: schema:Claim

Induced

name: Claim
description: A checkable proposition in canonical wording, independent of who said
  it. Multiple Statements can make the same Claim.
from_schema: https://electepedia.com/schema/electepedia
rank: 1000
mixins:
- HasProvenance
attributes:
  text:
    name: text
    description: The proposition in canonical, neutral wording.
    from_schema: https://electepedia.com/schema/electepedia
    slot_uri: schema:text
    owner: Claim
    domain_of:
    - Statement
    - Claim
    - Motion
    range: string
    required: true
  appearances:
    name: appearances
    description: Statements that make this claim.
    from_schema: https://electepedia.com/schema/electepedia
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: schema:appearance
    owner: Claim
    domain_of:
    - Claim
    range: Statement
    multivalued: true
  first_appearance:
    name: first_appearance
    description: Earliest known statement making this claim.
    from_schema: https://electepedia.com/schema/electepedia
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: schema:firstAppearance
    owner: Claim
    domain_of:
    - Claim
    range: Statement
  id:
    name: id
    description: Stable Electepedia identifier, e.g. elp:person/jane-example. External
      identifiers (Bioguide, FEC, Wikidata...) go in `identifiers`.
    from_schema: https://electepedia.com/schema/electepedia
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: schema:identifier
    identifier: true
    owner: Claim
    domain_of:
    - NamedThing
    - Post
    - Membership
    - Source
    - Statement
    - Claim
    - ClaimReview
    - Topic
    - Motion
    - VoteEvent
    - Vote
    - FinancialTransaction
    range: uriorcurie
    required: true
  topics:
    name: topics
    description: Subject areas the record is about.
    from_schema: https://electepedia.com/schema/electepedia
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: schema:about
    owner: Claim
    domain_of:
    - Dataset
    - Event
    - Statement
    - Claim
    - Bill
    range: Topic
    multivalued: true
  sources:
    name: sources
    description: The source records this record was derived from.
    from_schema: https://electepedia.com/schema/electepedia
    close_mappings:
    - dcterms:source
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: prov:wasDerivedFrom
    owner: Claim
    domain_of:
    - Dataset
    - HasProvenance
    range: Source
    multivalued: true
  recorded_by:
    name: recorded_by
    description: Contributor account or automated pipeline that created this record
      (e.g. "user:alice", "pipeline:congress-votes@v1").
    from_schema: https://electepedia.com/schema/electepedia
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: prov:wasAttributedTo
    owner: Claim
    domain_of:
    - HasProvenance
    range: string
  recorded_at:
    name: recorded_at
    description: When the record was created in Electepedia, not when the underlying
      event happened.
    from_schema: https://electepedia.com/schema/electepedia
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: pav:createdOn
    owner: Claim
    domain_of:
    - HasProvenance
    range: datetime
  record_status:
    name: record_status
    description: Whether this record accurately reflects its sources (e.g. the person
      really said this, the vote really happened this way). This is NOT a judgement
      on whether a claim is true; that is what ClaimReview is for.
    from_schema: https://electepedia.com/schema/electepedia
    rank: 1000
    ifabsent: string(unverified)
    owner: Claim
    domain_of:
    - HasProvenance
    range: RecordStatusEnum
class_uri: schema:Claim