Class: SoftwareEntity

A software entity is a computational entity that can be interpreted by or directly executed by a processing unit.

URI: sio:SoftwareEntity

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Parents

  • is_a: ComputationalEntity - A computational entity is an information content entity operated on using some computational system.

Children

  • SoftwareApplication - A software application is software that can be directly executed by some processing unit.
  • SoftwareLibrary - A software library is software composed of a collection of software modules and/or software methods in a form that can be statically or dynamically linked to some software application.
  • SoftwareMethod - A software method (also called subroutine, subprogram, procedure, method, function, or routine) is software designed to execute a specific task.
  • SoftwareModule - A software module is software composed of a collection of software methods.
  • SoftwareScript - A software script is software whose instructions can be executed using a software interpreter.

Referenced by Class

Attributes

Inherited from ComputationalEntity:

  • 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