Entity

This Entity class is imported from the GKM-Core model, which defines common classes that are used across several GKM Specifications. All VA Core Model classes inherit from GKM-Core Entity or Element classes.

Trial Use

May change in future releases. See Maturity Model.

Abstract Class — not instantiated directly; concrete subclasses inherit its attributes.

Computational Definition

Anything that exists, has existed, or will exist.

Information Model

Field	Flags	Type	Limits	Description
id		string	0..1	The ‘logical’ identifier of the Entity in the system of record, e.g. a UUID. This ‘id’ is unique within a given system, but may or may not be globally unique outside the system. It is used within a system to reference an object from another.
type		string	1..1	The name of the class that is instantiated by a data object representing the Entity.
name		string	0..1	A primary name for the entity.
description		string	0..1	A free-text description of the Entity.
aliases	⋮	string	0..m	Alternative name(s) for the Entity.
extensions	⋮	Extension	0..m	A list of extensions to the Entity, that allow for capture of information not directly supported by elements defined in the model.

Subclasses: Agent, CategoricalVariant, Concept Set, Contribution, Data Set, Document, Functional Domain, Ga4ghIdentifiableObject, Information Entity, Mappable Concept, Method, Proposition, SequenceExpression, Sequence Offset Location, SequenceReference, Study Group, Traversal Block, Unspecified Element

Used in: Genetic Context Variant Proposition, Proposition, Study Result, Subject Variant Proposition

Subclasses

• Agent
• Contribution
• Data Item
• Data Set
• Document
• Evidence Line
• Genetic Context Variant Proposition
• Information Entity
• Mappable Concept
• Method
• Proposition
• Statement
• Study Group
• Study Result
• Subject Variant Proposition