CDIFDataDescription

PrimaryKey

CDIFDataDescription::Classes::PrimaryKey

Definition

Documentation

Original
Reference

cdi:PrimaryKey

Definition

Definition

Role of a set of data structure components for content linkage purposes

Explanatory notes

Equivalent to primary key in the relational model. A primary key essentially indicates which data structure components correspond to key members. It can also be used in conjunction with foreign key to link data structures and their related datasets.

CDIF
Definition

Primary key of the dataset: a cdif:Key whose cdif:isComposedOf is an ordered list of ComponentPosition entries, each indexing the InstanceVariable at that position in the key.

Diagram

Inheritance

No generalization relationships.

Attributes

NameTypeMultiplicityDescription
identifierXsdAnyUri[0..1]

Documentation

Original
Reference

schema:identifier

Definition

The identifier property represents any kind of identifier for any kind of [[Thing]], such as ISBNs, GTIN codes, UUIDs etc. Schema.org provides dedicated properties for representing many of these, either as textual strings or as URL (URI) links. See [background notes](/docs/datamodel.html#identifierBg) for more details.

Scope

Domain: Thing (https://schema.org/Thing). Range: PropertyValue (https://schema.org/PropertyValue), Text (https://schema.org/Text), URL (https://schema.org/URL).

CDIF
Definition

Identifier for this enumerated (categorical) domain.

Scope

@id.

Associations

RoleTargetMultiplicityKind
hasPrimaryKeyDataset[0..1]composition
isComposedOfComponentPosition[1..*]composition