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:0001191
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
16 Feb '22
Modified
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This is the most recent date that the entity details modified
21 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 participates in nicotine replacement therapy use.
Note: Definitions may show angled brackets (< and >) around some of the text to show that it is the parent term.
Informal definition
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Ontological definitions can sometimes be hard to read so this provides an informal version that is more user friendly where required
A person who uses nicotine replacement therapy.
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.
NRT user
Comment
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This is optional explanatory text, elaborating on the definition and explaining how the entity should be used
The type of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) used should be specified. It may also be useful in the reporting of studies to quantify the amount of NRT used and the strength.
Examples
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Examples of correct use of the label representing the entity
This is definition used across studies and also within the reporting of NRT use in the Smoking Toolkit Study: www.smokinginengland.info
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 8 AddictO sub-ontologies the entity is contained within. These are: Human being, Human population, Human behaviour, Organisation, Intervention, Environmental system, Product, Research activity