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title: The Relationship object
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# The `Relationship` object

A relationship in the Graph is represented with the data type presented in this page, which aims to model a directed edge between two nodes, providing information about its semantics, provenance and validation.

### source
_Type: String • Cardinality: ONE_

OpenAIRE identifier of the node in the graph.

```json
"source": "openorgs____::1cb75a3ad756e4c83e455e3e7347643b"
```

### sourceType
_Type: String • Cardinality: ONE_

Graph node type.

```json
"sourceType": "organization"
```

### target
_Type: String • Cardinality: ONE_

OpenAIRE identifier of the node in the graph.

```json
"target": "doajarticles::022409068174087a003647ff46070f7f"
```

### targetType
_Type: String • Cardinality: ONE_

Graph node type.

```json
"target": "datasource"
```

### reltype
_Type: [RelType](#the-reltype-object) • Cardinality: ONE_

Represent the semantics of the relationship between two nodes of the graph.

```json
"reltype": {
    "name": "provides",
    "type": "provision"
}
```
### provenance
_Type: [Provenance](/data-model/entities/other#provenance-1) • Cardinality: ONE_

Indicates the process that produced (or provided) the information.

```json
"provenance": {
    "provenance": "Harvested",
    "trust":"0.900"
}
```

### validated
_Type: Boolean • Cardinality: ONE_

Indicates weather or not the relationship was validated.

```json
"validated": true
```

### validationDate
_Type: String • Cardinality: ONE_

Indicates the validation date of the relationship - applies only when the validated flag is set to true.

```json
"validationDate": "2022-09-02"
```

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## The `RelType` object

The RelType data type models the semantic of the relationship among two nodes.

### type
_Type: String • Cardinality: ONE_

The relationship category, e.g. affiliation, citation.  (see [relationship types](./relationship-types)).

```json
"name": "provides"
```

### name
_Type: String • Cardinality: ONE_

Further specifies the relationship semantic, indicating the relationship direction, e.g. Cites, isCitedBy.

```json
"type": "provision"
```
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