Class: Association

An assocation is a relationship between two or more entities derived by some informational analysis.

URI: sio:Association

Parents

• is_a: MathematicalEntity - A mathematical entity is an information content entity that are components of a mathematical system or can be defined in mathematical terms.

Children

• Chemical-diseaseAssociation - A chemical-disease association is an association between a chemical and a disease.
• Chemical-geneAssocation - a chemical-gene assocation is an assocation between a chemical and a gene.
• Chemical-pathwayAssociation - a chemical-pathway association is an association between a chemical and a pathway.
• DatabaseCross-reference - A database cross-reference is an association between one data item and another.
• EpimerAssociation - None
• Gene-diseaseAssociation - A gene-disease association is an association between a gene and a disease.
• StatisticalAssociation - A statistical association is any relationship between two measured quantities that renders them statistically dependent.

Referenced by Class

Attributes

Inherited from MathematicalEntity:

• hasCreator _0..1
  • Description: has creator is a relation between an entity and that which created it.
  • Range: Entity

• hasAttribute _0..1

  • Description: has attribute is a relation that associates a entity with an attribute where an attribute is an intrinsic characteristic such as a quality, capability, disposition, function, or is an externally derived attribute determined from some descriptor (e.g. a quantity, position, label/identifier) either directly or indirectly through generalization of entities of the same type.

  • Range: Entity

  • satisfies _0..1

  • Description: satisfies is a relation between an entity and the specification or objective that it conforms to.

  • Range: Description

  • isRelatedTo _0..1
  • Description: A is related to B iff there is some relation between A and B.
  • Range: Entity
  • derivesInto _0..1

  • Description: a derives to b if and only if a or some part thereof is consumed in the formation of b.

  • Range: Object

  • hasUnit _0..1
  • Description: has unit is a relation between a quantity and the unit it is a multiple of.
  • Range: UnitOfMeasurement