Class: NamedThing

Base for records that have a display name and may carry external identifiers.

• NOTE: this is an abstract class and should not be instantiated directly

URI: electepedia:NamedThing

 classDiagram
    class NamedThing
    click NamedThing href "NamedThing.html"
      NamedThing <|-- Agent
        click Agent href "Agent.html"
      NamedThing <|-- Event
        click Event href "Event.html"
      NamedThing <|-- Bill
        click Bill href "Bill.html"
      
      NamedThing : description
        
      NamedThing : id
        
      NamedThing : identifiers
        
          
    
        
        
        NamedThing --> "*" ExternalIdentifier : identifiers
        click ExternalIdentifier href "ExternalIdentifier.html"
    

        
      NamedThing : name
        
      

Inheritance

• NamedThing
  • Agent
  • Event [ HasProvenance]
  • Bill [ HasProvenance]

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
name	1 String	Primary display name.	direct
description	0..1 String	Free-text summary of the record.	direct
identifiers	* ExternalIdentifier	Identifiers for this entity in external registries.	direct

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

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

Mappings

Mapping Type	Mapped Value
self	electepedia:NamedThing
native	electepedia:NamedThing

LinkML Source

Direct

name: NamedThing
description: Base for records that have a display name and may carry external identifiers.
from_schema: https://electepedia.com/schema/electepedia
rank: 1000
abstract: true
slots:
- id
- name
- description
- identifiers
slot_usage:
  name:
    name: name
    required: true

Induced

name: NamedThing
description: Base for records that have a display name and may carry external identifiers.
from_schema: https://electepedia.com/schema/electepedia
rank: 1000
abstract: true
slot_usage:
  name:
    name: name
    required: true
attributes:
  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: NamedThing
    domain_of:
    - NamedThing
    - Post
    - Membership
    - Source
    - Statement
    - Claim
    - ClaimReview
    - Topic
    - Motion
    - VoteEvent
    - Vote
    - FinancialTransaction
    range: uriorcurie
    required: true
  name:
    name: name
    description: Primary display name.
    from_schema: https://electepedia.com/schema/electepedia
    exact_mappings:
    - foaf:name
    - skos:prefLabel
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: schema:name
    owner: NamedThing
    domain_of:
    - NamedThing
    - Source
    - Topic
    range: string
    required: true
  description:
    name: description
    description: Free-text summary of the record.
    from_schema: https://electepedia.com/schema/electepedia
    exact_mappings:
    - dcterms:description
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: schema:description
    owner: NamedThing
    domain_of:
    - NamedThing
    - Topic
    - FinancialTransaction
    range: string
  identifiers:
    name: identifiers
    description: Identifiers for this entity in external registries.
    from_schema: https://electepedia.com/schema/electepedia
    close_mappings:
    - dcterms:identifier
    rank: 1000
    slot_uri: schema:identifier
    owner: NamedThing
    domain_of:
    - NamedThing
    range: ExternalIdentifier
    multivalued: true
    inlined: true
    inlined_as_list: true