Class: Term

A term is a word or phrase used to denote one or more entities.

URI: sio:Term

Parents

• is_a: LanguageEntity - A language entity implements some language specification for the visual interpretation and is part of some document.

Children

• Concept - A concept is term that refers to a generalization of a set of attributes or entities.
• Descriptor - A descriptor (index term, subject term, subject heading) is a term that captures the essence of the topic of a document.
• Label - a label is a term that is associated with some entity
• TermVariant - A term variant is a term that is a variant of another term.

Referenced by Class

• Term isBroadMatchTo _0..1 Term
• Term isBroaderThan _0..1 Term
• Term isBroaderThant _0..1 Term
• Term isCloseMatchTo _0..1 Term
• Term isExactMatchTo _0..1 Term
• Term isMatchTo _0..1 Term
• Term isNarrowerThan _0..1 Term
• Term isNarrowerThant _0..1 Term

Attributes

Own

• isNarrowerThant _0..1
  • Description: A is narrower than B (t) iff for A is narrower than B.
  • Range: Term

• isMatchTo _0..1

  • Description: A is match to B iff A and B are terms with similar (related, broad, close, exact) meanings

  • Range: Term

  • isBroaderThant _0..1
  • Description: A is broader than B (t) iff for A is broader than B.
  • Range: Term

Inherited from LanguageEntity:

• 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