FEATURE - Typology
| Description | Abstract Concept A Typology is a relationship between a Concrete Entity and its categorical nature - the intrinsic properties or criteria that determine the Concrete Entity membership within a Class of Entity. Typology governs two distinct categorization mechanisms: - Classification: assigning a Concrete Entity to a predefined Class of Entity based on shared characteristics (e.g., grouping by common traits). - Specialization: refining a Class of Entity into a subclass with narrower criteria (e.g., inheritance hierarchies or subtype relationships). While Classification focuses on grouping Concrete Entitys into Class of Entitys, Specialization emphasizes hierarchical refinement of Class of Entityes themselves. Both mechanisms operate under the umbrella of typology, which formalizes how Concrete Entitys are systematically categorized.
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| External references |
 Matthew West - Ontology meets Business - Non well founded sets Multi-level conceptual modeling: Theory, language and application Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Non-wellfounded set theory SysFEAT -Semantic.pdf Wordnet - Semantics WordNet - Typology |
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Relationship |
RELATED ENTITIES
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Concrete Entity | Abstract Concrete Entity is a class whose instances are classifed by an Ordered Class: it is the power instance of Ordered Class. Examples: - |
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Class of Entity | Abstract A Class of Entity is a Class of Element that classifies Entitys. Being a subtype of Entity, it is also an instance of itself. Note: 1) SysFEAT is a higher-order ontology, so Class of Entity may have members that are also Class of Entity (Class of Classes). 2) SysFEAT is also a non-well-founded allows for self-referencing Class of Entity. |
SEMANTIC TAXONOMY
Sub-Types Super-Types
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