# Class: BestMatch



URI: [sim:BestMatch](https://w3id.org/linkml/similarity/BestMatch)




```{mermaid}
 classDiagram
    class BestMatch
      BestMatch : match_source
        
      BestMatch : match_source_label
        
      BestMatch : match_subsumer
        
      BestMatch : match_subsumer_label
        
      BestMatch : match_target
        
      BestMatch : match_target_label
        
      BestMatch : score
        
      BestMatch : similarity
        
          BestMatch --> TermPairwiseSimilarity : similarity
        
      
```




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## Slots

| Name | Cardinality and Range | Description | Inheritance |
| ---  | --- | --- | --- |
| [match_source](match_source.md) | 1..1 <br/> [String](String.md) |  | direct |
| [match_source_label](match_source_label.md) | 0..1 <br/> [String](String.md) |  | direct |
| [match_target](match_target.md) | 0..1 <br/> [String](String.md) | the entity matches | direct |
| [match_target_label](match_target_label.md) | 0..1 <br/> [String](String.md) |  | direct |
| [score](score.md) | 1..1 <br/> [Float](Float.md) |  | direct |
| [match_subsumer](match_subsumer.md) | 0..1 <br/> [Uriorcurie](Uriorcurie.md) |  | direct |
| [match_subsumer_label](match_subsumer_label.md) | 0..1 <br/> [String](String.md) |  | direct |
| [similarity](similarity.md) | 1..1 <br/> [TermPairwiseSimilarity](TermPairwiseSimilarity.md) |  | direct |





## Usages

| used by | used in | type | used |
| ---  | --- | --- | --- |
| [TermSetPairwiseSimilarity](TermSetPairwiseSimilarity.md) | [subject_best_matches](subject_best_matches.md) | range | [BestMatch](BestMatch.md) |
| [TermSetPairwiseSimilarity](TermSetPairwiseSimilarity.md) | [object_best_matches](object_best_matches.md) | range | [BestMatch](BestMatch.md) |






## Identifier and Mapping Information







### Schema Source


* from schema: https://w3id.org/oak/similarity





## Mappings

| Mapping Type | Mapped Value |
| ---  | ---  |
| self | sim:BestMatch |
| native | sim:BestMatch |





## LinkML Source

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### Direct

<details>
```yaml
name: BestMatch
from_schema: https://w3id.org/oak/similarity
attributes:
  match_source:
    name: match_source
    comments:
    - note that the match_source is either the subject or the object
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/oak/similarity
    rank: 1000
    identifier: true
    domain_of:
    - BestMatch
    required: true
  match_source_label:
    name: match_source_label
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/oak/similarity
    rank: 1000
    domain_of:
    - BestMatch
  match_target:
    name: match_target
    description: the entity matches
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/oak/similarity
    rank: 1000
    domain_of:
    - BestMatch
  match_target_label:
    name: match_target_label
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/oak/similarity
    rank: 1000
    domain_of:
    - BestMatch
  score:
    name: score
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/oak/similarity
    domain_of:
    - BestMatch
    range: float
    required: true
  match_subsumer:
    name: match_subsumer
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/oak/similarity
    rank: 1000
    domain_of:
    - BestMatch
    range: uriorcurie
  match_subsumer_label:
    name: match_subsumer_label
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/oak/similarity
    rank: 1000
    domain_of:
    - BestMatch
  similarity:
    name: similarity
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/oak/similarity
    rank: 1000
    domain_of:
    - BestMatch
    range: TermPairwiseSimilarity
    required: true

```
</details>

### Induced

<details>
```yaml
name: BestMatch
from_schema: https://w3id.org/oak/similarity
attributes:
  match_source:
    name: match_source
    comments:
    - note that the match_source is either the subject or the object
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/oak/similarity
    rank: 1000
    identifier: true
    alias: match_source
    owner: BestMatch
    domain_of:
    - BestMatch
    range: string
    required: true
  match_source_label:
    name: match_source_label
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/oak/similarity
    rank: 1000
    alias: match_source_label
    owner: BestMatch
    domain_of:
    - BestMatch
    range: string
  match_target:
    name: match_target
    description: the entity matches
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/oak/similarity
    rank: 1000
    alias: match_target
    owner: BestMatch
    domain_of:
    - BestMatch
    range: string
  match_target_label:
    name: match_target_label
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/oak/similarity
    rank: 1000
    alias: match_target_label
    owner: BestMatch
    domain_of:
    - BestMatch
    range: string
  score:
    name: score
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/oak/similarity
    alias: score
    owner: BestMatch
    domain_of:
    - BestMatch
    range: float
    required: true
  match_subsumer:
    name: match_subsumer
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/oak/similarity
    rank: 1000
    alias: match_subsumer
    owner: BestMatch
    domain_of:
    - BestMatch
    range: uriorcurie
  match_subsumer_label:
    name: match_subsumer_label
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/oak/similarity
    rank: 1000
    alias: match_subsumer_label
    owner: BestMatch
    domain_of:
    - BestMatch
    range: string
  similarity:
    name: similarity
    from_schema: https://w3id.org/oak/similarity
    rank: 1000
    alias: similarity
    owner: BestMatch
    domain_of:
    - BestMatch
    range: TermPairwiseSimilarity
    required: true

```
</details>