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Slot: model_scale

Biological scale at which this model actually represents or measures the linked target — molecular, cellular, tissue/organ, or organism. Records what the model observes, which is not always the scale of the mechanism it is cited for: a signalling-network model whose output node is named for a tissue-level outcome still observes only molecular state. Compared against the target node's own biological_scale, this makes the scale gap computable rather than leaving it buried in limitations prose. Reuses BiologicalScaleEnum so the two are directly comparable.

URI: dismech:slot/model_scale Alias: model_scale

Applicable Classes

Name Description Modifies Slot
ModelMechanismLink Links an experimental (NAM), animal, or computational model to a specific pat... no

Properties

Type and Range

Property Value
Range BiologicalScaleEnum
Domain Of ModelMechanismLink

Cardinality and Requirements

Property Value

Examples

Value
MOLECULAR
ORGANISM

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

  • from schema: https://w3id.org/monarch-initiative/dismech

Mappings

Mapping Type Mapped Value
self dismech:model_scale
native dismech:model_scale

LinkML Source

name: model_scale
description: 'Biological scale at which this model actually represents or measures
  the linked target — molecular, cellular, tissue/organ, or organism. Records what
  the model *observes*, which is not always the scale of the mechanism it is cited
  for: a signalling-network model whose output node is named for a tissue-level outcome
  still observes only molecular state. Compared against the target node''s own `biological_scale`,
  this makes the scale gap computable rather than leaving it buried in `limitations`
  prose. Reuses BiologicalScaleEnum so the two are directly comparable.'
examples:
- value: MOLECULAR
  description: A Boolean signalling network linked to an ORGANISM-scale node — the
    model observes molecular state and infers the organism-scale outcome.
- value: ORGANISM
  description: A whole-animal model linked to a MOLECULAR node — the model contains
    the target scale, so no extrapolation is involved.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/monarch-initiative/dismech
rank: 1000
alias: model_scale
domain_of:
- ModelMechanismLink
range: BiologicalScaleEnum