Class: FunctionalSpecification

A functional specification is a specification that describes the characteristics of an object.

URI: sio:FunctionalSpecification

Parents

• is_a: Specification - A specification is a description of the essential technical attributes/requirements for an object or procedure, and may be used to determine that the object / procedure meets its requirements/attributes.

Children

• Design - A specification of an object, manifested by an agent, intended to accomplish goals, in a particular environment, using a set of primitive components, satisfying a set of requirements, subject to constraints.
• DesignSpecification - A design specification is a specification that provides precise and explicit information about the requirements for a product design.
• FormalSpecification - A formal specification is a mathematical description of software or hardware that may be used to develop an implementation.
• Genotype - A genotype is a functional specification of a biological entity in terms of its genetic composition (or lack thereof).
• MeasurementScale - A measurement scale is a functional specification that specifies an allowed range of categories or values.
• SpatialSpecification - A specification for spatial location is an effective specification towards representation spatial position or spatial data.
• Structure - structure is the specification that refers to the composition and arrangement of parts of an object.

Referenced by Class

Attributes

Inherited from Specification:

• 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

  • isAnnotationOf _0..1

  • Description: is annotation of is a relation between some textual entity and the entity that it annotates.

  • Range: Entity