Mediation
- Directed
yes
- Source end
- Multiplicity
1 - *
- Target end
- Multiplicity
1 - *
- Binary properties
- Reflexivity
no
- Transitivity
no
- Symmetry
no
- Cyclicity
no
Definition
We define a relation of «Mediation» between a «Relator» and the entities it connects. Mediation is a type of existential dependence relation (a form of nonfunctional inherence). It can be derived from the relation between the relata and the qua individiuals that compose the relator and that inhere in the relata. A «Relator» must mediate at least two distinct individuals.
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Examples
EX1:
For more examples see «Relator», «Material», and «Relator pattern».
Quoted from:
GUIZZARDI, Giancarlo. Introduction to Ontological Engineering. [presentation] Prague: Prague University of Economics, 2011.