# Class: Taxon
_A term that represents a taxonomic group, may be at species level of a higher level_
URI: [tc:Taxon](https://w3id.org/linkml/taxon_constraints/Taxon)
```{mermaid}
classDiagram
class Taxon
Term <|-- Taxon
Taxon : id
Taxon : label
```
## Inheritance
* [Term](Term.md)
* **Taxon**
## Slots
| Name | Cardinality and Range | Description | Inheritance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [id](id.md) | 1..1
[Uriorcurie](Uriorcurie.md) | the OBO CURIE for the term | [Term](Term.md) |
| [label](label.md) | 0..1
[String](String.md) | the human readable name or label of the term | [Term](Term.md) |
## Usages
| used by | used in | type | used |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [TaxonConstraint](TaxonConstraint.md) | [taxon](taxon.md) | range | [Taxon](Taxon.md) |
## Identifier and Mapping Information
### Valid ID Prefixes
Instances of this class *should* have identifiers with one of the following prefixes:
* NCBITaxon
* NCBITaxon_Union
### Schema Source
* from schema: https://w3id.org/oak/taxon_constraints
## Mappings
| Mapping Type | Mapped Value |
| --- | --- |
| self | tc:Taxon |
| native | tc:Taxon |
| exact | NCBITaxon:1 |
## LinkML Source
### Direct
```yaml
name: Taxon
id_prefixes:
- NCBITaxon
- NCBITaxon_Union
description: A term that represents a taxonomic group, may be at species level of
a higher level
from_schema: https://w3id.org/oak/taxon_constraints
exact_mappings:
- NCBITaxon:1
is_a: Term
```
### Induced
```yaml
name: Taxon
id_prefixes:
- NCBITaxon
- NCBITaxon_Union
description: A term that represents a taxonomic group, may be at species level of
a higher level
from_schema: https://w3id.org/oak/taxon_constraints
exact_mappings:
- NCBITaxon:1
is_a: Term
attributes:
id:
name: id
description: the OBO CURIE for the term
from_schema: https://w3id.org/oak/taxon_constraints
rank: 1000
identifier: true
alias: id
owner: Taxon
domain_of:
- Term
range: uriorcurie
required: true
label:
name: label
description: the human readable name or label of the term
from_schema: https://w3id.org/oak/taxon_constraints
rank: 1000
slot_uri: rdfs:label
alias: label
owner: Taxon
domain_of:
- Term
range: string
```