DEFINITION DISJOINT SUBTYPES CONTENT MANAGEMENT

FAMILY OF CONCEPTS - Element Nature of Element


Categorized Class  Element
An  Element is an elementary constituent of a model. It is the top level abstraction of the  SysFEAT upper ontology.

DISJOINT SUBTYPES of 'Element'


NameDescription
  Entity
An  Entity is a distinct, identifiable Element that has a proper existence (living or non living). It is accessible by some referencing mechanism and can establish elementary relationships (Relationship) to other  Entitys.
The  Entity class is the powerinstance of Class of Entity: all subtypes of  Entity are instances of Class of Entity.
  Relationship
Relationship is the reification of a Kuratowski's ordered pair of the Elementary Graph, as an Element that represents a directed connection between a source Entity and a target Entity.
 Relationships are nested within their source Entity. (principle of locality).