Class: Taxon (Taxon)
Conceptual entity that groups one or more populations of an organism or organisms, as seen by taxonomists, to form a unit.
URI: EVORAO:Taxon
classDiagram
class Taxon
click Taxon href "../Taxon"
Term <|-- Taxon
click Term href "../Term"
Taxon : alternateName
Taxon --> "*" AlternateName : alternateName
click AlternateName href "../AlternateName"
Taxon : dateIssued
Taxon : dateModified
Taxon : description
Taxon : externalEquivalentTaxon
Taxon --> "*" Taxon : externalEquivalentTaxon
click Taxon href "../Taxon"
Taxon : identifier
Taxon : inVocabulary
Taxon --> "0..1 _recommended_" Vocabulary : inVocabulary
click Vocabulary href "../Vocabulary"
Taxon : iri
Taxon : keyword
Taxon : lineage
Taxon : parentTaxon
Taxon --> "0..1 _recommended_" Taxon : parentTaxon
click Taxon href "../Taxon"
Taxon : previouslyKnownAs
Taxon --> "*" Taxon : previouslyKnownAs
click Taxon href "../Taxon"
Taxon : publisher
Taxon --> "0..1" PersonOrOrganization : publisher
click PersonOrOrganization href "../PersonOrOrganization"
Taxon : rank
Taxon --> "0..1 _recommended_" TaxonomicRank : rank
click TaxonomicRank href "../TaxonomicRank"
Taxon : taxonomicId
Taxon : taxonomicNodeId
Taxon : taxonomy
Taxon --> "* _recommended_" Taxonomy : taxonomy
click Taxonomy href "../Taxonomy"
Taxon : title
Taxon : weight
Inheritance
Slots
Usages
- The taxonomic taxons connected to their parent so that a full lienage can be rebuild.
- Use of Data provider recommended.
Schema Source
- from schema: https://w3id.org/evorao/
Mappings
| Mapping Type |
Mapped Value |
| self |
EVORAO:Taxon |
| native |
EVORAO:Taxon |
| exact |
schema:Taxon, schema:Taxon |
| close |
wd:Q16521, dwc:Taxon, uniprotrdfs:Taxon, wd:Q16521, dwc:Taxon, uniprotrdfs:Taxon |
LinkML Source
Direct
```yaml
name: Taxon
description: Conceptual entity that groups one or more populations of an organism
or organisms, as seen by taxonomists, to form a unit.
title: Taxon
comments:
- The taxonomic taxons connected to their parent so that a full lienage can be rebuild.
- Use of Data provider recommended.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/evorao/
exact_mappings:
- schema:Taxon
- schema:Taxon
close_mappings:
- wd:Q16521
- dwc:Taxon
- uniprotrdfs:Taxon
- wd:Q16521
- dwc:Taxon
- uniprotrdfs:Taxon
is_a: Term
slots:
- taxonomy
- parentTaxon
- rank
- externalEquivalentTaxon
- taxonomicId
- taxonomicNodeId
- alternateName
- previouslyKnownAs
- lineage
slot_usage:
taxonomy:
name: taxonomy
description: The taxonomy release(s) in which this entity exists.
title: taxonomy
broad_mappings:
- dct:isPartOf
domain_of:
- Taxon
- TaxonomicRank
range: Taxonomy
required: false
recommended: true
multivalued: true
parentTaxon:
name: parentTaxon
description: Immediate broader taxon that contains the current taxon in the taxonomy
hierarchy.
title: parent taxon
exact_mappings:
- schema:parentTaxon
close_mappings:
- wdp:P171
broad_mappings:
- dwc:Taxon
domain_of:
- Taxon
range: Taxon
required: false
recommended: true
multivalued: false
rank:
name: rank
description: Relative level or position of the identified taxon in the taxonomy.
title: rank
exact_mappings:
- wdp:P105
close_mappings:
- dwc:taxonRank
- schema:taxonRank
- biolink:has_taxonomic_rank
related_mappings:
- taxrank:1000000
- ncbitaxon:has_rank
domain_of:
- Taxon
- Taxonomy
range: TaxonomicRank
required: false
recommended: true
multivalued: false
externalEquivalentTaxon:
name: externalEquivalentTaxon
description: Any equivalent taxon in a different taxonomy if exists/known to serve
as a bridge (e.g, ICTV towards NCBI).
title: external equivalent taxon
comments:
- Could serve as a bridge between ICTV and NCBI as several providers currently
uses NCBI Taxonomy.
close_mappings:
- dwc:taxonID
related_mappings:
- dct:references
domain_of:
- Taxon
range: Taxon
required: false
multivalued: true
taxonomicId:
name: taxonomicId
description: The taxonomic identifier as a persistent identifier accross releases.
title: taxonomic ID
exact_mappings:
- dwc:taxonID
narrow_mappings:
- ncit:P331
broad_mappings:
- schema:identifier
- dct:identifier
is_a: identifier
domain_of:
- Taxon
range: string
required: true
multivalued: false
taxonomicNodeId:
name: taxonomicNodeId
description: Identifier for the taxonomic node, unique to this taxon within the
specific taxonomy release/version.
title: taxonomic node ID
comments:
- NCBI does not have a taxon_node id, only a taxonomicID. Taxon_node id is Unique in
ICTV= Key of the taxon node!
close_mappings:
- dwc:taxonID
broad_mappings:
- dct:identifier
is_a: identifier
domain_of:
- Taxon
range: string
required: false
recommended: true
multivalued: false
alternateName:
name: alternateName
description: Any other name under which the entity can be known.
title: alternate name
comments:
- This includes previous names, acronyms, former taxonomic terms, and other variations.
- This information can serve as keywords for search purposes and as a bridge with
other projects that use different naming systems or taxonomies.
exact_mappings:
- schema:alternateName
- dct:alternative
- iao:0000118
close_mappings:
- wdp:P4970
domain_of:
- Taxon
- CommonName
- AlternateName
- ClinicalGroup
- Organization
range: AlternateName
required: false
multivalued: true
previouslyKnownAs:
name: previouslyKnownAs
description: Any historic version of this taxon having a different name.
title: previously known as
deprecated: Deprecated in favor of EVORAO:alternateName. Use EVORAO:alternateName
for historical names, synonyms, and other alternative labels. EVORAO:previouslyKnownAs
was limited to historical taxon names and required a Taxon value, which made
it too narrow for broader naming use cases.
deprecated_element_has_possible_replacement: EVORAO:alternateName
related_mappings:
- schema:alternateName
broad_mappings:
- dwc:Taxon
domain_of:
- Taxon
range: Taxon
required: false
multivalued: true
lineage:
name: lineage
description: An ordered list of textual taxon names representing the taxonomic
lineage of the current taxon, normally from the highest known ancestor to the
immediate parent.
title: lineage
comments:
- This property is intended for display, indexing, and search optimisation purposes.
It represents a denormalised view of the taxonomic lineage and is typically
derived automatically from successive parentTaxon relations. It MUST NOT be
considered authoritative for taxonomic reasoning. This property provides a flattened,
display-oriented view of the lineage and does not replace the parentTaxon relation.
domain_of:
- Taxon
range: string
required: false
multivalued: true
```
Induced
```yaml
name: Taxon
description: Conceptual entity that groups one or more populations of an organism
or organisms, as seen by taxonomists, to form a unit.
title: Taxon
comments:
- The taxonomic taxons connected to their parent so that a full lienage can be rebuild.
- Use of Data provider recommended.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/evorao/
exact_mappings:
- schema:Taxon
- schema:Taxon
close_mappings:
- wd:Q16521
- dwc:Taxon
- uniprotrdfs:Taxon
- wd:Q16521
- dwc:Taxon
- uniprotrdfs:Taxon
is_a: Term
slot_usage:
taxonomy:
name: taxonomy
description: The taxonomy release(s) in which this entity exists.
title: taxonomy
broad_mappings:
- dct:isPartOf
domain_of:
- Taxon
- TaxonomicRank
range: Taxonomy
required: false
recommended: true
multivalued: true
parentTaxon:
name: parentTaxon
description: Immediate broader taxon that contains the current taxon in the taxonomy
hierarchy.
title: parent taxon
exact_mappings:
- schema:parentTaxon
close_mappings:
- wdp:P171
broad_mappings:
- dwc:Taxon
domain_of:
- Taxon
range: Taxon
required: false
recommended: true
multivalued: false
rank:
name: rank
description: Relative level or position of the identified taxon in the taxonomy.
title: rank
exact_mappings:
- wdp:P105
close_mappings:
- dwc:taxonRank
- schema:taxonRank
- biolink:has_taxonomic_rank
related_mappings:
- taxrank:1000000
- ncbitaxon:has_rank
domain_of:
- Taxon
- Taxonomy
range: TaxonomicRank
required: false
recommended: true
multivalued: false
externalEquivalentTaxon:
name: externalEquivalentTaxon
description: Any equivalent taxon in a different taxonomy if exists/known to serve
as a bridge (e.g, ICTV towards NCBI).
title: external equivalent taxon
comments:
- Could serve as a bridge between ICTV and NCBI as several providers currently
uses NCBI Taxonomy.
close_mappings:
- dwc:taxonID
related_mappings:
- dct:references
domain_of:
- Taxon
range: Taxon
required: false
multivalued: true
taxonomicId:
name: taxonomicId
description: The taxonomic identifier as a persistent identifier accross releases.
title: taxonomic ID
exact_mappings:
- dwc:taxonID
narrow_mappings:
- ncit:P331
broad_mappings:
- schema:identifier
- dct:identifier
is_a: identifier
domain_of:
- Taxon
range: string
required: true
multivalued: false
taxonomicNodeId:
name: taxonomicNodeId
description: Identifier for the taxonomic node, unique to this taxon within the
specific taxonomy release/version.
title: taxonomic node ID
comments:
- NCBI does not have a taxon_node id, only a taxonomicID. Taxon_node id is Unique in
ICTV= Key of the taxon node!
close_mappings:
- dwc:taxonID
broad_mappings:
- dct:identifier
is_a: identifier
domain_of:
- Taxon
range: string
required: false
recommended: true
multivalued: false
alternateName:
name: alternateName
description: Any other name under which the entity can be known.
title: alternate name
comments:
- This includes previous names, acronyms, former taxonomic terms, and other variations.
- This information can serve as keywords for search purposes and as a bridge with
other projects that use different naming systems or taxonomies.
exact_mappings:
- schema:alternateName
- dct:alternative
- iao:0000118
close_mappings:
- wdp:P4970
domain_of:
- Taxon
- CommonName
- AlternateName
- ClinicalGroup
- Organization
range: AlternateName
required: false
multivalued: true
previouslyKnownAs:
name: previouslyKnownAs
description: Any historic version of this taxon having a different name.
title: previously known as
deprecated: Deprecated in favor of EVORAO:alternateName. Use EVORAO:alternateName
for historical names, synonyms, and other alternative labels. EVORAO:previouslyKnownAs
was limited to historical taxon names and required a Taxon value, which made
it too narrow for broader naming use cases.
deprecated_element_has_possible_replacement: EVORAO:alternateName
related_mappings:
- schema:alternateName
broad_mappings:
- dwc:Taxon
domain_of:
- Taxon
range: Taxon
required: false
multivalued: true
lineage:
name: lineage
description: An ordered list of textual taxon names representing the taxonomic
lineage of the current taxon, normally from the highest known ancestor to the
immediate parent.
title: lineage
comments:
- This property is intended for display, indexing, and search optimisation purposes.
It represents a denormalised view of the taxonomic lineage and is typically
derived automatically from successive parentTaxon relations. It MUST NOT be
considered authoritative for taxonomic reasoning. This property provides a flattened,
display-oriented view of the lineage and does not replace the parentTaxon relation.
domain_of:
- Taxon
range: string
required: false
multivalued: true
attributes:
taxonomy:
name: taxonomy
description: The taxonomy release(s) in which this entity exists.
title: taxonomy
from_schema: https://w3id.org/evorao/
broad_mappings:
- dct:isPartOf
rank: 1000
alias: taxonomy
owner: Taxon
domain_of:
- Taxon
- TaxonomicRank
range: Taxonomy
required: false
recommended: true
multivalued: true
parentTaxon:
name: parentTaxon
description: Immediate broader taxon that contains the current taxon in the taxonomy
hierarchy.
title: parent taxon
from_schema: https://w3id.org/evorao/
exact_mappings:
- schema:parentTaxon
close_mappings:
- wdp:P171
broad_mappings:
- dwc:Taxon
rank: 1000
alias: parentTaxon
owner: Taxon
domain_of:
- Taxon
range: Taxon
required: false
recommended: true
multivalued: false
rank:
name: rank
description: Relative level or position of the identified taxon in the taxonomy.
title: rank
from_schema: https://w3id.org/evorao/
exact_mappings:
- wdp:P105
close_mappings:
- dwc:taxonRank
- schema:taxonRank
- biolink:has_taxonomic_rank
related_mappings:
- taxrank:1000000
- ncbitaxon:has_rank
rank: 1000
alias: rank
owner: Taxon
domain_of:
- Taxon
- Taxonomy
range: TaxonomicRank
required: false
recommended: true
multivalued: false
externalEquivalentTaxon:
name: externalEquivalentTaxon
description: Any equivalent taxon in a different taxonomy if exists/known to serve
as a bridge (e.g, ICTV towards NCBI).
title: external equivalent taxon
comments:
- Could serve as a bridge between ICTV and NCBI as several providers currently
uses NCBI Taxonomy.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/evorao/
close_mappings:
- dwc:taxonID
related_mappings:
- dct:references
rank: 1000
alias: externalEquivalentTaxon
owner: Taxon
domain_of:
- Taxon
range: Taxon
required: false
multivalued: true
taxonomicId:
name: taxonomicId
description: The taxonomic identifier as a persistent identifier accross releases.
title: taxonomic ID
from_schema: https://w3id.org/evorao/
exact_mappings:
- dwc:taxonID
narrow_mappings:
- ncit:P331
broad_mappings:
- schema:identifier
- dct:identifier
rank: 1000
is_a: identifier
alias: taxonomicId
owner: Taxon
domain_of:
- Taxon
range: string
required: true
multivalued: false
taxonomicNodeId:
name: taxonomicNodeId
description: Identifier for the taxonomic node, unique to this taxon within the
specific taxonomy release/version.
title: taxonomic node ID
comments:
- NCBI does not have a taxon_node id, only a taxonomicID. Taxon_node id is Unique in
ICTV= Key of the taxon node!
from_schema: https://w3id.org/evorao/
close_mappings:
- dwc:taxonID
broad_mappings:
- dct:identifier
rank: 1000
is_a: identifier
alias: taxonomicNodeId
owner: Taxon
domain_of:
- Taxon
range: string
required: false
recommended: true
multivalued: false
alternateName:
name: alternateName
description: Any other name under which the entity can be known.
title: alternate name
comments:
- This includes previous names, acronyms, former taxonomic terms, and other variations.
- This information can serve as keywords for search purposes and as a bridge with
other projects that use different naming systems or taxonomies.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/evorao/
exact_mappings:
- schema:alternateName
- dct:alternative
- iao:0000118
close_mappings:
- wdp:P4970
rank: 1000
alias: alternateName
owner: Taxon
domain_of:
- Taxon
- CommonName
- AlternateName
- ClinicalGroup
- Organization
range: AlternateName
required: false
multivalued: true
previouslyKnownAs:
name: previouslyKnownAs
description: Any historic version of this taxon having a different name.
title: previously known as
deprecated: Deprecated in favor of EVORAO:alternateName. Use EVORAO:alternateName
for historical names, synonyms, and other alternative labels. EVORAO:previouslyKnownAs
was limited to historical taxon names and required a Taxon value, which made
it too narrow for broader naming use cases.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/evorao/
deprecated_element_has_possible_replacement: EVORAO:alternateName
related_mappings:
- schema:alternateName
broad_mappings:
- dwc:Taxon
rank: 1000
alias: previouslyKnownAs
owner: Taxon
domain_of:
- Taxon
range: Taxon
required: false
multivalued: true
lineage:
name: lineage
description: An ordered list of textual taxon names representing the taxonomic
lineage of the current taxon, normally from the highest known ancestor to the
immediate parent.
title: lineage
comments:
- This property is intended for display, indexing, and search optimisation purposes.
It represents a denormalised view of the taxonomic lineage and is typically
derived automatically from successive parentTaxon relations. It MUST NOT be
considered authoritative for taxonomic reasoning. This property provides a flattened,
display-oriented view of the lineage and does not replace the parentTaxon relation.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/evorao/
rank: 1000
alias: lineage
owner: Taxon
domain_of:
- Taxon
range: string
required: false
multivalued: true
title:
name: title
description: A name given to the resource.
title: title
comments:
- The title of the item should be as short and descriptive as possible.
- 'E.g. for virus products it should basically be based on the following Pattern:
''Virus name'', ''virus host type'', ''collection year'', ''country of collection''
ex ''suspected epidemiological origin'', ''genotype'', ''strain'', ''variant
name or specific feature.'
from_schema: https://w3id.org/evorao/
exact_mappings:
- schema:name
- rdfs:label
rank: 1000
slot_uri: dct:title
alias: title
owner: Taxon
domain_of:
- Term
- Dataset
- DataService
- Publication
- License
- Certification
- FundingSource
range: string
required: true
multivalued: false
description:
name: description
description: A short explanation of the characteristics, features, or nature of
the current item.
title: description
comments:
- Describe this item in few lines. This description will serve as a summary to
present the resource.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/evorao/
exact_mappings:
- schema:description
rank: 1000
slot_uri: dct:description
alias: description
owner: Taxon
domain_of:
- Term
- Dataset
- DataService
- PersonOrOrganization
- File
- ContactPoint
- License
- Certification
- FundingSource
range: string
required: false
recommended: true
multivalued: false
weight:
name: weight
description: A numerical value indicating relative importance or priority, generally
processed in ascending order. This weight helps prioritize content when organizing
or processing data. Its value can be negative, with a default set to 0.
title: weight
comments:
- The lowest weighted Data providers are triggered first.
- This property may be usefull to populate at first entities that are referenced
by others (e.g. Version ahead of Rank ahead of Taxon).
from_schema: https://w3id.org/evorao/
close_mappings:
- adms:status
rank: 1000
ifabsent: int(0)
alias: weight
owner: Taxon
domain_of:
- Term
- DataProvider
range: integer
required: false
recommended: true
multivalued: false
inVocabulary:
name: inVocabulary
description: Terms belong to a specific vocabulary.
title: in Vocabulary
from_schema: https://w3id.org/evorao/
close_mappings:
- wdp:P972
related_mappings:
- dct:isReferencedBy
broad_mappings:
- dct:isPartOf
rank: 1000
alias: inVocabulary
owner: Taxon
domain_of:
- Term
range: Vocabulary
required: false
recommended: true
multivalued: false
keyword:
name: keyword
description: A keyword or tag describing the resource.
title: keyword
from_schema: https://w3id.org/evorao/
rank: 1000
slot_uri: dcat:keyword
alias: keyword
owner: Taxon
domain_of:
- Resource
range: string
required: false
multivalued: true
dateIssued:
name: dateIssued
description: Date of formal issuance (e.g., publication) of the resource.
title: date issued
comments:
- encoded using the relevant ISO 8601 Date and Time compliant string [DATETIME].
from_schema: https://w3id.org/evorao/
exact_mappings:
- sepio:0000051
close_mappings:
- schema:datePublished
- schema:dateCreated
rank: 1000
slot_uri: dct:issued
alias: dateIssued
owner: Taxon
domain_of:
- Resource
range: datetime
required: false
multivalued: false
dateModified:
name: dateModified
description: Most recent date on which the resource was changed, updated or modified.
title: date modified
comments:
- encoded using the relevant ISO 8601 Date and Time compliant string [DATETIME].
from_schema: https://w3id.org/evorao/
exact_mappings:
- sepio:0000036
close_mappings:
- schema:dateModified
rank: 1000
slot_uri: dct:modified
alias: dateModified
owner: Taxon
domain_of:
- Resource
range: datetime
required: false
multivalued: false
identifier:
name: identifier
description: A unique identifier of the resource being described or cataloged.
title: identifier
comments:
- The identifier is a text string which is assigned to the resource to provide
an unambiguous reference within a particular context. Persistent identifiers
should be provided as HTTP URIs.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/evorao/
exact_mappings:
- schema:identifier
rank: 1000
slot_uri: dct:identifier
alias: identifier
owner: Taxon
domain_of:
- Resource
range: string
required: false
multivalued: true
iri:
name: iri
description: International Resource Identifier (IRI) that uniquely identifies
or refers to the resource. IRIs include URIs, and URIs include URLs.
title: IRI
comments:
- An IRI is a global identifier standardized by IETF RFC 3987. It may or may not
be resolvable on the web. IRIs include URIs, and URIs include URLs.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/evorao/
close_mappings:
- biolink:iri
related_mappings:
- mi:url
narrow_mappings:
- schema:url
rank: 1000
is_a: identifier
alias: iri
owner: Taxon
domain_of:
- Resource
range: uri
required: false
multivalued: true
publisher:
name: publisher
description: The entity responsible for making the resource available.
title: publisher
comments:
- Resources of type foaf:Agent like EVORAO:PersonOrOrganization are recommended
as values for this property.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/evorao/
rank: 1000
slot_uri: dct:publisher
alias: publisher
owner: Taxon
domain_of:
- Resource
range: PersonOrOrganization
required: false
multivalued: false
```