Reference
CDIFCore::Classes::Reference
Definition
A typed reference to an external entity (cdif:Reference). Provides a labeled link surface (name, description, url) plus the DDI-CDI dt-Reference semantics (uri, optional cdif:semantic describing the role). See the cdifDataType/cdifReference building block for the full definition; this is the per-profile UML class that JSON-shape unions reduce to.
JSON serialization: In a JSON instance, a property typed as
Reference may also be supplied as a plain string (a URL) or as an object reference ({"@id": ...}) instead of a full cdif:Reference object.Diagram
Inheritance
No generalization relationships.
Attributes
| Name | Type | Multiplicity | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| name | string | [0..1] | schema:name - human-readable label for the reference. |
| description | string | [0..1] | schema:description - short summary of the referenced resource. |
| url | XsdAnyUri ↗ | [0..1] | schema:url - presentation URL for the referenced resource. |
| relation | XsdAnyUri ↗ | [0..1] | dcterms:relation - canonical URI of the related resource (distinct from schema:url, the presentation URL). |
| hadRole | DefinedTerm ↗ | [0..1] | dcat:hadRole - role of the related resource, as a controlled term (SKOS Concept / DefinedTerm). |
Associations
| Role | Target | Multiplicity | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| license | ← Dataset ↗ | [0..*] | association |