Class: CausalAssociation

A causal association between two activities

URI: [gocam:CausalAssociation](https://w3id.org/gocam/CausalAssociation)

classDiagram class CausalAssociation click CausalAssociation href "../CausalAssociation/" Association <|-- CausalAssociation click Association href "../Association/" CausalAssociation : downstream_activity CausalAssociation --> "0..1" Activity : downstream_activity click Activity href "../Activity/" CausalAssociation : evidence CausalAssociation --> "*" EvidenceItem : evidence click EvidenceItem href "../EvidenceItem/" CausalAssociation : predicate CausalAssociation --> "0..1" PredicateTermObject : predicate click PredicateTermObject href "../PredicateTermObject/" CausalAssociation : provenances CausalAssociation --> "*" ProvenanceInfo : provenances click ProvenanceInfo href "../ProvenanceInfo/" CausalAssociation : type

## Inheritance * [Association](Association.md) * **CausalAssociation** ## Slots | Name | Cardinality and Range | Description | Inheritance | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [predicate](predicate.md) | 0..1
[PredicateTermObject](PredicateTermObject.md) | The RO relation that represents the type of relationship | direct | | [downstream_activity](downstream_activity.md) | 0..1
[Activity](Activity.md) | The activity unit that is downstream of this one | direct | | [type](type.md) | 0..1
[String](String.md) | The type of association | [Association](Association.md) | | [evidence](evidence.md) | *
[EvidenceItem](EvidenceItem.md) | The set of evidence items that support the association | [Association](Association.md) | | [provenances](provenances.md) | *
[ProvenanceInfo](ProvenanceInfo.md) | The set of provenance objects that provide metadata about who made the associ... | [Association](Association.md) | ## Usages | used by | used in | type | used | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Activity](Activity.md) | [causal_associations](causal_associations.md) | range | [CausalAssociation](CausalAssociation.md) | ## Identifier and Mapping Information ### Schema Source * from schema: https://w3id.org/gocam ## Mappings | Mapping Type | Mapped Value | | --- | --- | | self | gocam:CausalAssociation | | native | gocam:CausalAssociation | ## LinkML Source ### Direct

name: CausalAssociation
description: A causal association between two activities
from_schema: https://w3id.org/gocam
is_a: Association
attributes:
  predicate:
    name: predicate
    description: The RO relation that represents the type of relationship
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/gocam
    rank: 1000
    domain_of:
    - CausalAssociation
    - MoleculeAssociation
    range: PredicateTermObject
  downstream_activity:
    name: downstream_activity
    description: The activity unit that is downstream of this one
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/gocam
    aliases:
    - object
    rank: 1000
    domain_of:
    - CausalAssociation
    range: Activity

### Induced

name: CausalAssociation
description: A causal association between two activities
from_schema: https://w3id.org/gocam
is_a: Association
attributes:
  predicate:
    name: predicate
    description: The RO relation that represents the type of relationship
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/gocam
    rank: 1000
    owner: CausalAssociation
    domain_of:
    - CausalAssociation
    - MoleculeAssociation
    range: PredicateTermObject
  downstream_activity:
    name: downstream_activity
    description: The activity unit that is downstream of this one
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/gocam
    aliases:
    - object
    rank: 1000
    owner: CausalAssociation
    domain_of:
    - CausalAssociation
    range: Activity
  type:
    name: type
    description: The type of association.
    comments:
    - when instantiating Association objects in Python and other languages, it isn't
      necessary to populate this, it is auto-populated from the object class.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/gocam
    rank: 1000
    designates_type: true
    owner: CausalAssociation
    domain_of:
    - Association
    - Object
    range: string
  evidence:
    name: evidence
    description: The set of evidence items that support the association.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/gocam
    rank: 1000
    owner: CausalAssociation
    domain_of:
    - Association
    range: EvidenceItem
    multivalued: true
    inlined: true
  provenances:
    name: provenances
    description: The set of provenance objects that provide metadata about who made
      the association.
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/gocam
    owner: CausalAssociation
    domain_of:
    - Model
    - Activity
    - EvidenceItem
    - Association
    range: ProvenanceInfo
    multivalued: true
    inlined: true
    inlined_as_list: true