Slot: Concept Cross-References (concept_mappings)

Cross-references binding this variable to other vocabularies and ontologies, each as a CURIE. One generic list rather than a slot per standard, so adding a vocabulary is a new prefix, not a schema change. Examples: ECTO:0000012 (Environmental Conditions, Treatments and Exposures Ontology — cross-Monarch / cross-CHORDS alignment), ENVO:01000339 (Environment Ontology — material or process exposed to), LOINC:... / SNOMED:... (where the variable has clinical coverage). Note: the primary downstream health-data binding, with its existing / proposed / gap status, stays in the structured target_concept_* slots — this list is for additional, status-free cross-references.

Tier: optional

Why this slot matters

Cross-references to ontologies (ECTO, ENVO) and clinical codes (LOINC, SNOMED) let the variable be found and aligned across projects and communities; without them, cross-study harmonisation has to be redone by hand. Enrichment only — not needed to reproduce the value.

In plain terms

Different scientific communities keep different dictionaries of concepts. This is a list of "also known as" links pointing to the matching entries in those dictionaries, so people searching any of them can still find this measurement.

URI: envar:slot/concept_mappings

Applicable Classes

Name	Description	Modifies Slot
VariableIdentity	The identity and semantics of an environmental exposure variable — what physi...	no

Properties

Type and Range

Property	Value
Range	Uriorcurie
Domain Of	VariableIdentity

Cardinality and Requirements

Property	Value
Multivalued	Yes

Examples

Value
ECTO:0000012
ENVO:03000049

Identifier and Mapping Information

Annotations

property	value
tier	optional
justification	Cross-references to ontologies (ECTO, ENVO) and clinical codes (LOINC, SNOMED) let the variable be found and aligned across projects and communities; without them, cross-study harmonisation has to be redone by hand. Enrichment only — not needed to reproduce the value.
explanation	Different scientific communities keep different dictionaries of concepts. This is a list of "also known as" links pointing to the matching entries in those dictionaries, so people searching any of them can still find this measurement.

Schema Source

from schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/microschemas/envar

Mappings

Mapping Type	Mapped Value
self	envar:concept_mappings
native	envar:concept_mappings

LinkML Source

name: concept_mappings
annotations:
  tier:
    tag: tier
    value: optional
  justification:
    tag: justification
    value: Cross-references to ontologies (ECTO, ENVO) and clinical codes (LOINC,
      SNOMED) let the variable be found and aligned across projects and communities;
      without them, cross-study harmonisation has to be redone by hand. Enrichment
      only — not needed to reproduce the value.
  explanation:
    tag: explanation
    value: Different scientific communities keep different dictionaries of concepts.
      This is a list of "also known as" links pointing to the matching entries in
      those dictionaries, so people searching any of them can still find this measurement.
description: 'Cross-references binding this variable to other vocabularies and ontologies,
  each as a CURIE. One generic list rather than a slot per standard, so adding a vocabulary
  is a new prefix, not a schema change. Examples: `ECTO:0000012` (Environmental Conditions,
  Treatments and Exposures Ontology — cross-Monarch / cross-CHORDS alignment), `ENVO:01000339`
  (Environment Ontology — material or process exposed to), `LOINC:...` / `SNOMED:...`
  (where the variable has clinical coverage). Note: the *primary* downstream health-data
  binding, with its `existing` / `proposed` / `gap` status, stays in the structured
  `target_concept_*` slots — this list is for additional, status-free cross-references.'
title: Concept Cross-References
examples:
- value: ECTO:0000012
  description: exposure to temperature (ECTO) — one element of the cross-reference
    list for the Daymet daily Tmax scenario
- value: ENVO:03000049
  description: temperature of air (ENVO) — a second element of the same cross-reference
    list
from_schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/microschemas/envar
see_also:
- https://obofoundry.org/ontology/ecto.html
- https://obofoundry.org/ontology/envo.html
- https://loinc.org/
rank: 1000
domain_of:
- VariableIdentity
range: uriorcurie
multivalued: true