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:0000649
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 Aug '21
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 tobacco use pattern which involves the cessation of smoking cigarettes.
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.
Smoking cessation
tobacco cessation
Comment
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This is optional explanatory text, elaborating on the definition and explaining how the entity should be used
This represents smoking cigarette cessation only and is deliberately separate from tobacco cessation as other types of tobacco smoking may continue e.g., cannabis and tobacco use.
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.
No
AddictO sub-ontology
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This specifies which of 9 AddictO sub-ontologies the entity is contained within. These are: Human being, Human population, Human behaviour, Organisation, Intervention, Environmental system, Product, Research activity