Skip to content

Slot: Plausible Maximum Value (value_range_plausible_max)

Physical / domain upper bound for plausible values (e.g. 60 °C for ambient Tmax).

Tier: recommended

Why this slot matters

Together with the plausible minimum, this gives automated quality checks a sanity band: without it, unit mix-ups and corrupted values slip silently past validation into exposure analyses.

In plain terms

The highest value that would still make physical sense — for example 60 °C for outdoor air temperature. Anything above it likely signals a unit mix-up or a data error worth investigating.

URI: envar:slot/value_range_plausible_max

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 Float
Domain Of VariableIdentity

Cardinality and Requirements

Property Value

Examples

Value
60

Identifier and Mapping Information

Annotations

property value
tier recommended
justification Together with the plausible minimum, this gives automated quality checks a sanity band: without it, unit mix-ups and corrupted values slip silently past validation into exposure analyses.
explanation The highest value that would still make physical sense — for example 60 °C for outdoor air temperature. Anything above it likely signals a unit mix-up or a data error worth investigating.
covered_by None

Schema Source

Mappings

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

LinkML Source

name: value_range_plausible_max
annotations:
  tier:
    tag: tier
    value: recommended
  justification:
    tag: justification
    value: 'Together with the plausible minimum, this gives automated quality checks
      a sanity band: without it, unit mix-ups and corrupted values slip silently past
      validation into exposure analyses.'
  explanation:
    tag: explanation
    value: The highest value that would still make physical sense — for example 60
      °C for outdoor air temperature. Anything above it likely signals a unit mix-up
      or a data error worth investigating.
  covered_by:
    tag: covered_by
    annotations:
      omop_gaia:
        tag: omop_gaia
        annotations:
          extent:
            tag: extent
            value: full
          status:
            tag: status
            value: verified
          where:
            tag: where
            value: gaia_db/variable_source.max_value (60); also JSON-LD variableMeasured
          evidence:
            tag: evidence
            value: EnVar/examples/heat/COMPARISON.md §F (Variable valid range min/max
              — ✅ for GAIA)
          note:
            tag: note
            value: GAIA carries a first-class max_value (60) as variable metadata.
      degauss:
        tag: degauss
        annotations:
          extent:
            tag: extent
            value: absent
          status:
            tag: status
            value: asserted
          where:
            tag: where
            value: no column
          note:
            tag: note
            value: DeGAUSS carries no plausible-range metadata.
      amadeus:
        tag: amadeus
        annotations:
          extent:
            tag: extent
            value: absent
          status:
            tag: status
            value: asserted
          where:
            tag: where
            value: no column
          note:
            tag: note
            value: Amadeus carries no plausible-range bounds; only a _FillValue sentinel.
      cher:
        tag: cher
        annotations:
          extent:
            tag: extent
            value: absent
          status:
            tag: status
            value: asserted
          where:
            tag: where
            value: no column
          note:
            tag: note
            value: C-HER column metadata carries no per-variable plausible min/max.
      codata:
        tag: codata
        annotations:
          extent:
            tag: extent
            value: partial
          status:
            tag: status
            value: asserted
          where:
            tag: where
            value: I-ADOPT Constraint on the Property; DDI-CDI value-domain bounds
          note:
            tag: note
            value: Plausible domain bounds are naturally an I-ADOPT Constraint on
              the property / a CDI value-domain restriction at the conceptual layer.
description: Physical / domain upper bound for plausible values (e.g. 60 °C for ambient
  Tmax).
title: Plausible Maximum Value
examples:
- value: '60'
  description: plausible upper bound for ambient Tmax in °C
from_schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/microschemas/envar
rank: 1000
domain_of:
- VariableIdentity
range: float