Class: LanguageEntity

A language entity implements some language specification for the visual interpretation and is part of some document.

URI: sio:LanguageEntity

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Parents

  • is_a: InformationContentEntity - information content entity is an object that requires some background knowledge or procedure to correctly interpret.

Children

  • Character - A character is a language symbol used to construct words.
  • Description - A description is language entity in which elements of a language (formal or natural) are used to characterize an entity.
  • Language - Language is a language entity which is the result of encoding and decoding information through systematic creation and usage of systems of symbols, each pairing a specific sign with an intended meaning, established through social conventions
  • Morpheme - A morpheme is the smallest semantically meaningful unit in a language.
  • Phrase - A phrase is a group of words functioning as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence.
  • Term - A term is a word or phrase used to denote one or more entities.
  • TextualEntity - A textual entity is language entity that is manifested as a sequence of one or more distinct characters.
  • VerbalLanguageEntity - A verbal language entity is a language entity that is manifested through sound.
  • VisualLanguageEntity - A visual language entity is a language entity that is manifested within the spectrum of light and can be pereceived and processed by a visual system.
  • Word - A word is the smallest free form (an item that may be expressed in isolation with semantic or pragmatic content) in a language.

Referenced by Class

Attributes

Own

  • isAnnotationOf 0..1

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

    • Range: Entity

Inherited from InformationContentEntity:

  • 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