CDIFProvenance

AbstractDistribution«abstract» inherited from CDIFCore

CDIFProvenance::Classes::AbstractDistribution

Definition

Documentation

CDIF
Definition

Abstract supertype for resource distributions (DataDownload for files, WebAPI for service endpoints). Use the concrete subclass that matches the access method.

Diagram

Inheritance

Specialized by: DataDownload, WebAPI

Attributes

NameTypeMultiplicityDescription
identifierIdentifier[0..1]

Documentation

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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

Formal identifier for this activity

Scope

@id - URI for this distribution.

namestring[0..1]

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schema:name

Definition

The name of the item.

Scope

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

CDIF
Definition

Human-readable name for the activity

Scope

schema:name - human-readable name for this distribution.

descriptionstring[0..1]

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schema:description

Definition

A description of the item.

Scope

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

CDIF
Definition

Text description of what this activity did

Scope

schema:description - short summary of this distribution.

Associations

RoleTargetMultiplicityKind
distributionDataset[0..*]association