. . . . "is a part of" . "is a - asserts that the thing on the left belongs to the class on the right" . "is called - connects a formal identifier (left) to an informal human-readable name (right)" . "is a subclass of - states that all instances of the class to the left are also instances of the class to the right" . "class - a class represents a set of concrete or abstract things" . "deprecated class" . "is exactly the same as" . "is defined as follows: - connects an identifier (left) to a human-readable definition (right)" . "is related to - connects two classes that are somehow related" . "enables - connects a FAIR-Enabling Resource class to a FAIR principle it enables" . "supports - connects a FAIR Supporting Resource class to a FAIR principle it facilitates or operationalizes" . "

Such a nanopublication defines a new class. Classes represent sets of concrete or abstract things, and are by convention named with singular nouns (or noun phrases) like 'human', 'cardiovascular disease', or 'approach'.

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If the term you want to define does not refer to a set of things but a single instance, such as the planet Mars or Marie Curie, define them with the template for individuals instead.

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This variant of the 'Defining a new class' template additionally allows for linking the class to the FAIR principles it enables (for FAIR-Enabling Resources) or supports (for other FAIR Supporting Resources).

" . . "Defining a new class with FAIR principle links" . . . . . . . . . . . "Terms" . . . . "short name, used as URI suffix" . . "definition of the class" . . "the URI of the FAIR principle this class (as a FAIR-Enabling Resource) enables" . "https://w3id.org/np/l/nanopub-query-1.1/api/RAyMrQ89RECTi9gZK5q7gjL1wKTiP8StkLy0NIkkCiyew/find-things?type=https://w3id.org/fair/principles/terms/FAIR-SubPrinciple" . . "the name of the class" . . "URI of a related class or other entity" . "http://purl.org/nanopub/api/find_signed_things?type=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2002%2F07%2Fowl%23Class&searchterm=" . "https://www.wikidata.org/w/api.php?action=wbsearchentities&language=en&format=json&limit=5&search=" . . "URI of a class that should be treated as fully synonymous" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "the URI of the superclass" . "http://purl.org/nanopub/api/find_signed_things?type=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2002%2F07%2Fowl%23Class&searchterm=" . "https://www.wikidata.org/w/api.php?action=wbsearchentities&language=en&format=json&limit=5&search=" . . "the URI of the FAIR principle this class supports" . "https://w3id.org/np/l/nanopub-query-1.1/api/RAyMrQ89RECTi9gZK5q7gjL1wKTiP8StkLy0NIkkCiyew/find-things?type=https://w3id.org/fair/principles/terms/FAIR-SubPrinciple" . . "select class type, if appropriate" . . . "vocabulary / ontology" . "http://purl.org/nanopub/api/find_signed_things?type=http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl%23Ontology&searchterm=" . . . "Tobias Kuhn" . "2026-08-11T17:42:07Z"^^ .