Add semapv:EntityCloning

[matentzn]

I want to add a new "mapping activity" which I can use as a "mapping justification" in SSSOM:

name: "entity cloning" definition: "A process that involves cloning an entity from one semantic space to another." comment: "Many semantic spaces, such as Wikidata or dbpedia, frequently incorporate concepts or classes from other semantic spaces, such as ontologies. For example, the class DOID:0060392 was migrated/cloned to wikidata:Q21124537 as part of a DO - Wikidata alignment process."

A cloning process like this one can serve as a mapping justification is SSSOM: If the term was migrated / copied / cloned, an exact mapping can be safely assumed.

[cthoyt]

Can we try and find a better label for this? I don't think migration is the right word, that makes me think that a term was taken out of one semantic space then put in another (eg a replaced by relation)

The definition also reuses the label making it hard to understand quickly.

From what I understand, this mapping exists because the term in the second semantic space was constructed deterministically from the term in the first one, therefore making a mapping by construction. Is that correct?

[matentzn]

that makes me think that a term was taken out of one semantic space then put in another

I guess for me this is the same as "constructed deterministically from the term in the first one" - I have been using the "migration" term, but I am happy to hear better ideas to get the concept across!

[matentzn]

I did a bit more research, and I can't find an official term for this. Here are some more options:

• entity transference
• identifier re-assignment
• entity cloning (I prefer this one)
• entity duplication

[cthoyt]

I like cloning as the term too

[matentzn]

I updated the title and proposal to use the word "cloning"