# Type: Curie




_a compact URI_



URI: [xsd:string](http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string)

* [base](https://w3id.org/linkml/base): Curie

* [uri](https://w3id.org/linkml/uri): xsd:string

* [repr](https://w3id.org/linkml/repr): str








## Comments

* in RDF serializations this MUST be expanded to a URI
* in non-RDF serializations MAY be serialized as the compact representation

## Identifier and Mapping Information







### Schema Source


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