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Class: Capability

A specific AI capability or ability, such as reading comprehension, logical reasoning, or code generation. Aligned with the W3C DPV AI extension dpv-ai:Capability, representing what an AI technology is capable of achieving or providing.

Capabilities are distinct from: (1) the intended purpose for which the technology is designed, (2) the actual tasks performed in a specific deployment context, and (3) the technical implementation mechanisms (intrinsics, adapters) that enable the capability.

URI: [ai:Capability](https://w3id.org/dpv/ai#Capability)
 classDiagram
    class Capability
    click Capability href "../Capability/"
      CapabilityConcept <|-- Capability
        click CapabilityConcept href "../CapabilityConcept/"
      Entry <|-- Capability
        click Entry href "../Entry/"

      Capability : broad_mappings





        Capability --> "*" Any : broad_mappings
        click Any href "../Any/"



      Capability : close_mappings





        Capability --> "*" Any : close_mappings
        click Any href "../Any/"



      Capability : dateCreated

      Capability : dateModified

      Capability : description

      Capability : exact_mappings





        Capability --> "*" Any : exact_mappings
        click Any href "../Any/"



      Capability : hasDocumentation





        Capability --> "*" Documentation : hasDocumentation
        click Documentation href "../Documentation/"



      Capability : hasExternalReference





        Capability --> "*" Documentation : hasExternalReference
        click Documentation href "../Documentation/"



      Capability : hasJurisdiction

      Capability : hasLifecycleStatus





        Capability --> "0..1" LifecycleStatus : hasLifecycleStatus
        click LifecycleStatus href "../LifecycleStatus/"



      Capability : hasRule





        Capability --> "*" Rule : hasRule
        click Rule href "../Rule/"



      Capability : id

      Capability : implementedByAdapter





        Capability --> "*" Adapter : implementedByAdapter
        click Adapter href "../Adapter/"



      Capability : isCategorizedAs





        Capability --> "*" Any : isCategorizedAs
        click Any href "../Any/"



      Capability : isDefinedByTaxonomy





        Capability --> "0..1" Taxonomy : isDefinedByTaxonomy
        click Taxonomy href "../Taxonomy/"



      Capability : isDefinedByVocabulary





        Capability --> "0..1" Vocabulary : isDefinedByVocabulary
        click Vocabulary href "../Vocabulary/"



      Capability : isPartOf





        Capability --> "0..1" CapabilityGroup : isPartOf
        click CapabilityGroup href "../CapabilityGroup/"



      Capability : name

      Capability : narrow_mappings





        Capability --> "*" Any : narrow_mappings
        click Any href "../Any/"



      Capability : notes

      Capability : related_mappings





        Capability --> "*" Any : related_mappings
        click Any href "../Any/"



      Capability : requiredByTask





        Capability --> "*" AiTask : requiredByTask
        click AiTask href "../AiTask/"



      Capability : requiresCapability





        Capability --> "*" Any : requiresCapability
        click Any href "../Any/"



      Capability : type

      Capability : url

## Inheritance - [Entity](Entity.md) - [Entry](Entry.md) - **Capability** [ [CapabilityConcept](CapabilityConcept.md)] ## Class Properties | Property | Value | | --------- | --------------------------------------------------- | | Class URI | [ai:Capability](https://w3id.org/dpv/ai#Capability) | ## Slots | Name | Cardinality and Range | Description | Inheritance | | ------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------- | | [requiredByTask](requiredByTask.md) | \*
[AiTask](AiTask.md) | Indicates that this capability is required to perform a specific AI task | direct | | [implementedByAdapter](implementedByAdapter.md) | \*
[Adapter](Adapter.md) | Indicates that this capability is implemented by a specific adapter | direct | | [isDefinedByTaxonomy](isDefinedByTaxonomy.md) | 0..1
[Taxonomy](Taxonomy.md) | A relationship where a concept or a concept group is defined by a taxonomy | [Concept](Concept.md), [Entry](Entry.md) | | [isDefinedByVocabulary](isDefinedByVocabulary.md) | 0..1
[Vocabulary](Vocabulary.md) | A relationship where a term or a term group is defined by a vocabulary | [Entry](Entry.md) | | [hasDocumentation](hasDocumentation.md) | \*
[Documentation](Documentation.md) | Indicates documentation associated with an entity | [Concept](Concept.md), [Entry](Entry.md) | | [hasExternalReference](hasExternalReference.md) | \*
[Documentation](Documentation.md) | External references / additional resources related to this entity, such as ar... | [Entry](Entry.md) | | [isPartOf](isPartOf.md) | 0..1
[CapabilityGroup](CapabilityGroup.md) | A relationship where a capability is part of a capability group | [Entry](Entry.md) | | [requiresCapability](requiresCapability.md) | \*
[Any](Any.md) | Indicates that this entry requires a specific capability | [Entry](Entry.md) | | [hasRule](hasRule.md) | \*
[Rule](Rule.md) | Specifying applicability or inclusion of a rule within specified context | [Entry](Entry.md) | | [type](type.md) | 0..1
[String](String.md) | The entry type or class designation specifying what kind of entry this is | [Concept](Concept.md), [Entry](Entry.md) | | [id](id.md) | 1
[String](String.md) | A unique identifier to this instance of the model element | [Entity](Entity.md) | | [name](name.md) | 0..1
[String](String.md) | A text name of this instance | [Entity](Entity.md) | | [description](description.md) | 0..1
[String](String.md) | The description of an entity | [Entity](Entity.md) | | [url](url.md) | 0..1
[Uri](Uri.md) | An optional URL associated with this instance | [Entity](Entity.md) | | [dateCreated](dateCreated.md) | 0..1
[Date](Date.md) | The date on which the entity was created | [Entity](Entity.md) | | [dateModified](dateModified.md) | 0..1
[Date](Date.md) | The date on which the entity was most recently modified | [Entity](Entity.md) | | [exact_mappings](exact_mappings.md) | \*
[Any](Any.md) | The property is used to link two concepts, indicating a high degree of confid... | [Entity](Entity.md) | | [close_mappings](close_mappings.md) | \*
[Any](Any.md) | The property is used to link two concepts that are sufficiently similar that ... | [Entity](Entity.md) | | [related_mappings](related_mappings.md) | \*
[Any](Any.md) | The property skos:relatedMatch is used to state an associative mapping link b... | [Entity](Entity.md) | | [narrow_mappings](narrow_mappings.md) | \*
[Any](Any.md) | The property is used to state a hierarchical mapping link between two concept... | [Entity](Entity.md) | | [broad_mappings](broad_mappings.md) | \*
[Any](Any.md) | The property is used to state a hierarchical mapping link between two concept... | [Entity](Entity.md) | | [isCategorizedAs](isCategorizedAs.md) | \*
[Any](Any.md) | A relationship where an entity has been deemed to be categorized | [Entity](Entity.md) | | [hasLifecycleStatus](hasLifecycleStatus.md) | 0..1
[LifecycleStatus](LifecycleStatus.md) | The editorial / publication lifecycle state of this entity | [Entity](Entity.md) | | [notes](notes.md) | \*
[String](String.md) | Free-text editorial notes, source breadcrumbs, or build-time provenance that ... | [Entity](Entity.md) | | [hasJurisdiction](hasJurisdiction.md) | \*
[Jurisdiction](Jurisdiction.md) or 
[String](String.md) or 
[SubnationalJurisdiction](SubnationalJurisdiction.md) or 
[SupraNationalJurisdiction](SupraNationalJurisdiction.md) | The legal or regulatory jurisdiction(s) applicable to an AI system, policy, r... | [Concept](Concept.md) | ## Usages | used by | used in | type | used | | ------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- | ------ | --------------------------- | | [CapabilityGroup](CapabilityGroup.md) | [hasPart](hasPart.md) | range | [Capability](Capability.md) | | [Capability](Capability.md) | [requiredByTask](requiredByTask.md) | domain | [Capability](Capability.md) | | [Capability](Capability.md) | [implementedByAdapter](implementedByAdapter.md) | domain | [Capability](Capability.md) | | [AiSystem](AiSystem.md) | [hasCapability](hasCapability.md) | range | [Capability](Capability.md) | | [AiAgent](AiAgent.md) | [hasCapability](hasCapability.md) | range | [Capability](Capability.md) | | [AiTask](AiTask.md) | [requiresCapability](requiresCapability.md) | range | [Capability](Capability.md) | | [Adapter](Adapter.md) | [implementsCapability](implementsCapability.md) | range | [Capability](Capability.md) | | [Adapter](Adapter.md) | [hasCapability](hasCapability.md) | range | [Capability](Capability.md) | | [LLMIntrinsic](LLMIntrinsic.md) | [hasCapability](hasCapability.md) | range | [Capability](Capability.md) | | [LLMIntrinsic](LLMIntrinsic.md) | [implementsCapability](implementsCapability.md) | range | [Capability](Capability.md) | ## Identifier and Mapping Information ### Schema Source - from schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai-risk-ontology ## Mappings | Mapping Type | Mapped Value | | ------------ | ---------------- | | self | ai:Capability | | native | nexus:Capability | | broad | tech:Capability | ## LinkML Source ### Direct
```yaml name: Capability description: 'A specific AI capability or ability, such as reading comprehension, logical reasoning, or code generation. Aligned with the W3C DPV AI extension dpv-ai:Capability, representing what an AI technology is capable of achieving or providing. Capabilities are distinct from: (1) the intended purpose for which the technology is designed, (2) the actual tasks performed in a specific deployment context, and (3) the technical implementation mechanisms (intrinsics, adapters) that enable the capability.' from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai-risk-ontology broad_mappings: - tech:Capability is_a: Entry mixins: - CapabilityConcept slots: - requiredByTask - implementedByAdapter slot_usage: isPartOf: name: isPartOf description: A relationship where a capability is part of a capability group range: CapabilityGroup requiredByTask: name: requiredByTask description: Indicates that this capability is required to perform a specific AI task. This links abstract capabilities (technical abilities) to concrete tasks (application-level operations). An AI system with this capability can perform tasks that require it. domain: Capability range: AiTask implementedByAdapter: name: implementedByAdapter description: Indicates that this capability is implemented by a specific adapter. This relationship distinguishes the abstract capability (what can be done) from the technical implementation mechanism (how it is added/extended via adapters). domain: Capability range: Adapter class_uri: ai:Capability ````
### Induced
```yaml name: Capability description: 'A specific AI capability or ability, such as reading comprehension, logical reasoning, or code generation. Aligned with the W3C DPV AI extension dpv-ai:Capability, representing what an AI technology is capable of achieving or providing. Capabilities are distinct from: (1) the intended purpose for which the technology is designed, (2) the actual tasks performed in a specific deployment context, and (3) the technical implementation mechanisms (intrinsics, adapters) that enable the capability.' from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai-risk-ontology broad_mappings: - tech:Capability is_a: Entry mixins: - CapabilityConcept slot_usage: isPartOf: name: isPartOf description: A relationship where a capability is part of a capability group range: CapabilityGroup requiredByTask: name: requiredByTask description: Indicates that this capability is required to perform a specific AI task. This links abstract capabilities (technical abilities) to concrete tasks (application-level operations). An AI system with this capability can perform tasks that require it. domain: Capability range: AiTask implementedByAdapter: name: implementedByAdapter description: Indicates that this capability is implemented by a specific adapter. This relationship distinguishes the abstract capability (what can be done) from the technical implementation mechanism (how it is added/extended via adapters). domain: Capability range: Adapter attributes: requiredByTask: name: requiredByTask description: Indicates that this capability is required to perform a specific AI task. This links abstract capabilities (technical abilities) to concrete tasks (application-level operations). An AI system with this capability can perform tasks that require it. from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai-risk-ontology rank: 1000 domain: Capability alias: requiredByTask owner: Capability domain_of: - Entry - Capability inverse: requiresCapability range: AiTask multivalued: true inlined: false implementedByAdapter: name: implementedByAdapter description: Indicates that this capability is implemented by a specific adapter. This relationship distinguishes the abstract capability (what can be done) from the technical implementation mechanism (how it is added/extended via adapters). from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai-risk-ontology rank: 1000 domain: Capability alias: implementedByAdapter owner: Capability domain_of: - Entry - Capability inverse: implementsCapability range: Adapter multivalued: true inlined: false isDefinedByTaxonomy: name: isDefinedByTaxonomy description: A relationship where a concept or a concept group is defined by a taxonomy from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai-risk-ontology rank: 1000 slot_uri: schema:isPartOf alias: isDefinedByTaxonomy owner: Capability domain_of: - Concept - Control - Group - Entry - Policy - Rule - RiskControlGroup - RiskGroup - Risk - RiskControl - Action - RiskIncident - CapabilityGroup - AiTaskDomain - AiTaskGroup - Stakeholder - StakeholderGroup - Requirement range: Taxonomy isDefinedByVocabulary: name: isDefinedByVocabulary description: A relationship where a term or a term group is defined by a vocabulary from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai-risk-ontology rank: 1000 slot_uri: schema:isPartOf alias: isDefinedByVocabulary owner: Capability domain_of: - Entry - Term - Adapter - LLMIntrinsic range: Vocabulary hasDocumentation: name: hasDocumentation description: Indicates documentation associated with an entity. from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai-risk-ontology rank: 1000 slot_uri: airo:hasDocumentation alias: hasDocumentation owner: Capability domain_of: - Dataset - Vocabulary - Taxonomy - Concept - Group - Entry - Term - Principle - RiskTaxonomy - RiskControlGroupTaxonomy - Action - BaseAi - LargeLanguageModelFamily - AiTaskTaxonomy - AiEval - EveryEvalAIResult - BenchmarkMetadataCard - Adapter - LLMIntrinsic range: Documentation multivalued: true inlined: false hasExternalReference: name: hasExternalReference description: External references / additional resources related to this entity, such as articles, tools, or datasets. Distinct from hasDocumentation, which documents the entity itself. External references are not necessarily curated or vetted, and quality will vary. from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai-risk-ontology aliases: - additional resources - external_links close_mappings: - rdfs:seeAlso rank: 1000 slot_uri: nexus:hasExternalReference alias: hasExternalReference owner: Capability domain_of: - Control - Entry range: Documentation multivalued: true inlined: false isPartOf: name: isPartOf description: A relationship where a capability is part of a capability group from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai-risk-ontology rank: 1000 slot_uri: schema:isPartOf alias: isPartOf owner: Capability domain_of: - Entry - Risk - CapabilityGroup - LargeLanguageModel - AiTaskGroup - Stakeholder range: CapabilityGroup requiresCapability: name: requiresCapability description: Indicates that this entry requires a specific capability from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai-risk-ontology rank: 1000 domain: Any alias: requiresCapability owner: Capability domain_of: - Entry - LargeLanguageModel - AiTask - Adapter inverse: requiredByTask range: Any multivalued: true inlined: false hasRule: name: hasRule description: Specifying applicability or inclusion of a rule within specified context. from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai-risk-ontology rank: 1000 slot_uri: dpv:hasRule alias: hasRule owner: Capability domain_of: - Entry - LLMQuestionPolicy - Rule - Requirement range: Rule multivalued: true inlined: false type: name: type description: The entry type or class designation specifying what kind of entry this is. from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/common designates_type: true alias: type owner: Capability domain_of: - Vocabulary - Taxonomy - Concept - Control - Group - Entry - Policy - Rule - Permission - Prohibition - Obligation - Recommendation - Certification - BenchmarkMetadataCard - ControlActivity - ControlActivityPermission - ControlActivityProhibition - ControlActivityObligation - ControlActivityRecommendation - Requirement range: string id: name: id description: A unique identifier to this instance of the model element. Example identifiers include UUID, URI, URN, etc. from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai-risk-ontology rank: 1000 slot_uri: schema:identifier identifier: true alias: id owner: Capability domain_of: - Entity range: string required: true name: name: name description: A text name of this instance. from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai-risk-ontology rank: 1000 slot_uri: schema:name alias: name owner: Capability domain_of: - Entity - BenchmarkMetadataCard range: string description: name: description description: The description of an entity from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai-risk-ontology rank: 1000 slot_uri: schema:description alias: description owner: Capability domain_of: - Entity range: string url: name: url description: An optional URL associated with this instance. from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai-risk-ontology rank: 1000 slot_uri: schema:url alias: url owner: Capability domain_of: - Entity range: uri dateCreated: name: dateCreated description: The date on which the entity was created. from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai-risk-ontology rank: 1000 slot_uri: schema:dateCreated alias: dateCreated owner: Capability domain_of: - Entity range: date required: false dateModified: name: dateModified description: The date on which the entity was most recently modified. from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai-risk-ontology rank: 1000 slot_uri: schema:dateModified alias: dateModified owner: Capability domain_of: - Entity range: date required: false exact_mappings: name: exact_mappings description: The property is used to link two concepts, indicating a high degree of confidence that the concepts can be used interchangeably across a wide range of information retrieval applications from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai-risk-ontology rank: 1000 slot_uri: skos:exactMatch alias: exact_mappings owner: Capability domain_of: - Entity range: Any multivalued: true inlined: false close_mappings: name: close_mappings description: The property is used to link two concepts that are sufficiently similar that they can be used interchangeably in some information retrieval applications. from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai-risk-ontology rank: 1000 slot_uri: skos:closeMatch alias: close_mappings owner: Capability domain_of: - Entity range: Any multivalued: true inlined: false related_mappings: name: related_mappings description: The property skos:relatedMatch is used to state an associative mapping link between two concepts. from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai-risk-ontology rank: 1000 slot_uri: skos:relatedMatch alias: related_mappings owner: Capability domain_of: - Entity range: Any multivalued: true inlined: false narrow_mappings: name: narrow_mappings description: The property is used to state a hierarchical mapping link between two concepts, indicating that the concept linked to, is a narrower concept than the originating concept. from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai-risk-ontology rank: 1000 slot_uri: skos:narrowMatch alias: narrow_mappings owner: Capability domain_of: - Entity range: Any multivalued: true inlined: false broad_mappings: name: broad_mappings description: The property is used to state a hierarchical mapping link between two concepts, indicating that the concept linked to, is a broader concept than the originating concept. from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai-risk-ontology rank: 1000 slot_uri: skos:broadMatch alias: broad_mappings owner: Capability domain_of: - Entity range: Any multivalued: true inlined: false isCategorizedAs: name: isCategorizedAs description: A relationship where an entity has been deemed to be categorized from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai-risk-ontology rank: 1000 slot_uri: nexus:isCategorizedAs alias: isCategorizedAs owner: Capability domain_of: - Entity range: Any multivalued: true inlined: false hasLifecycleStatus: name: hasLifecycleStatus description: The editorial / publication lifecycle state of this entity. Distinct from AiLifecyclePhase, which describes an AI system's runtime evolution rather than the editorial workflow of a catalogued entry. from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai-risk-ontology aliases: - lifecycle_status - doc_status rank: 1000 slot_uri: adms:status alias: hasLifecycleStatus owner: Capability domain_of: - Entity range: LifecycleStatus notes: name: notes description: Free-text editorial notes, source breadcrumbs, or build-time provenance that do not belong in the user-facing description. Opaque to consumers. from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai-risk-ontology rank: 1000 slot_uri: skos:note alias: notes owner: Capability domain_of: - Entity range: string recommended: false multivalued: true hasJurisdiction: name: hasJurisdiction description: The legal or regulatory jurisdiction(s) applicable to an AI system, policy, risk, or obligation. Accepts ISO 3166-1 country codes, supra-national bodies, or subnational jurisdictions with distinct regulatory significance. Aligns with dpv:hasJurisdiction. from_schema: https://w3id.org/ai-atlas-nexus/ai-risk-ontology see_also: - https://w3id.org/dpv#hasJurisdiction rank: 1000 slot_uri: dpv:hasJurisdiction alias: hasJurisdiction owner: Capability domain_of: - Concept range: string multivalued: true inlined: false any_of: - range: Jurisdiction - range: SupraNationalJurisdiction - range: SubnationalJurisdiction class_uri: ai:Capability ````