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Slot: alternativePrefix

A prefix of an ontology or vocabulary namespace according to the W3C specification that is not the officially preferren one but an alternative that may be used in different contexts (e.g. DCTERMS or dct instead of the preferredPrefix dcterms for http://purl.org/dc/terms/.

URI: idot:alternatePrefix

Applicable Classes

Name Description
OptionalMetadata A mixin that provides the optional properties needed to index an ontology or ...
Ontology An OWL ontology
SkosConceptScheme A SKOS vocabulary serialized in RDF using the skos:ConceptScheme

Properties

  • Range: String
  • Recommended: True

Comments

  • This property is recommended to be used when there are multiple prefixes in use for a namespace, to allow resolvability of CURIEs.

LinkML Source

name: alternativePrefix
description: A prefix of an ontology or vocabulary namespace according to the [W3C
  specification](https://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-xml-names-19990114/#NT-NCName) that
  is not the officially preferren one but an alternative that may be used in different
  contexts (e.g. **DCTERMS** or **dct** instead of the [preferredPrefix](preferredPrefix)
  **dcterms** for [http://purl.org/dc/terms/](http://purl.org/dc/terms/).
comments:
- This property is recommended to be used when there are multiple prefixes in use
  for a namespace, to allow resolvability of CURIEs.
from_schema: http://terminology.tib.eu/schema
rank: 1000
slot_uri: idot:alternatePrefix
alias: alternativePrefix
domain_of:
- OptionalMetadata
range: string
required: false
recommended: true