This is the unique identifier for the entity. If it has the ADDICTO: prefix it was developed for the Addiction Ontology. If it has another prefix it has been re-used from another ontology.
ADDICTO:0000776
Curation status
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This indicates the stage of development that the entity has reached. Only when the status is 'Published' are the entities ready for general use.
Proposed
Created
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This is the date that the entity was first proposed for AddictO
18 Dec '20
Modified
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This is the most recent date that the entity details modified
24 Oct '24
Parents
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Parent class and superclasses all the way to to 'Entity'
Definition
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This is an ontological definition of the entity using the standard format of specifying the parent class followed by specification of characteristics that distinguish this class from others in that class
A person who was a substance in the past but is not currently a substance user.
Note: Definitions may show angled brackets (< and >) around some of the text to show that it is the parent term.
Synonyms
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This specifies terms that are often used instead of the formal label. A given synonym may relate to more than one label and labels may have more than one synonym so it is better to use the formal label than any synonyms when writing to avoid confusion.
ex-substance user
Comment
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This is optional explanatory text, elaborating on the definition and explaining how the entity should be used
Substance use includes caffeine, nicotine, alcohol as well as ones that are generally referred to in the literature such as cannabis.
Fuzzy set
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This indicates whether the entity has fuzzy boundaries e.g. adolescence. In that case users of the term must precisely specify the operationalisation of the class in each usage.
Yes
Fuzzy explanation
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This describes for users why the class is considered to be a fuzzy set
There needs to be a specification of the period of time that has elapsed since the last occasion of substance use and the period for during which substance use occurred.
AddictO sub-ontology
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This specifies which of 8 AddictO sub-ontologies the entity is contained within. These are: Human being, Human population, Human behaviour, Organisation, Intervention, Environmental system, Product, Research activity