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.
 Entity 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).