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Is-a

In knowledge representation, ontology components and ontology engineering, including for object-oriented programming and design, is-a (also written as is_a or is a) is a subsumptive relationship between abstractions (e.g., types, classes), wherein one class A is a subclass of another class B (and so B is a superclass of A). In other words, type A is a…

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Is-a

Nodes29
Edges28
Triples25
Avg. degree1.93
Density0.068966
Components1

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related to References · 16
Is-a → An Analysis, Brachman, Didier Roland, ER, IEEE Computer, IS-A Relations, Jean Henrard, Jean-Marc Hick, Luc Hainaut, October, Ronald, Semantic Networks, Taxonomic Links, Understanding Implementations, Vincent Englebert, What IS-A
see also · 5
Is-a → Has-aHolonymyMeronymy, Hyponymy, Inheritance, Liskov, SubsumptionIs-aHypernymy
related to Related concepts · 3
Is-a → The, To, Type
is a · 1
Is-a → common error when designing a model

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relationship class also holonym meronym types classes cat animal cats animals relation type object subtype specification relations ownership without a's

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Is-ais acommon error when designing a model0.90text
Is-arelated to ReferencesRonald0.60section
Is-arelated to ReferencesBrachman0.60section
Is-arelated to ReferencesWhat IS-A0.60section
Is-arelated to ReferencesAn Analysis0.60section
Is-arelated to ReferencesTaxonomic Links0.60section
Is-arelated to ReferencesSemantic Networks0.60section
Is-arelated to ReferencesIEEE Computer0.60section
Is-arelated to ReferencesOctober0.60section
Is-arelated to ReferencesLuc Hainaut0.60section
Is-arelated to ReferencesJean-Marc Hick0.60section
Is-arelated to ReferencesVincent Englebert0.60section

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