Class: Collection

A collection is a set for which there exists at least one member, although any member need not to exist at any point in the collection's existence.

URI: sio:Collection

Parents

• is_a: Set - A set is a collection of entities, for which there may be zero members.

Children

• ACollectionOfDuplicates - a collection of duplicates is a collection composed of items that are an exact copy of other items in the collection.
• ACollectionOfReplicates - a collection of replicates is a collection composed of items that are a facsimile, reproduction, or copy of other items in the collection.
• Catalog - A catalog is a systemic collection of items of the same type.
• CollectionOf3dMolecularStructureModels - A collection of 3D molecular structure models is just that.
• CollectionOfDocuments - A collection of documents is a non-zero set of documents.
• CollectionOfPoints - A collection of points is a geometric entity that contains a non-zero set of geometric points.
• ProteinFamily - None
• SequenceAlignment - A sequence alignment is the character-based alignment of sequences using some method.
• UnigeneCluster - None

Referenced by Class

Attributes

Own

• hasMember _0..1
  • Description: has member is a mereological relation between a collection and an item.
  • Range: Entity

Inherited from Set:

• 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