Containment
- Directed
yes
- Source end
- Multiplicity
1 - 1
- Target end
- Allowed
- Multiplicity
1 - 1
- Binary properties
- Reflexivity
no
- Transitivity
no
- Symmetry
no
- Cyclicity
no
Definition
«Containment» is a relation between a container and its contents – a «Quantity», e.g., a barrel contains beer.
Multiplicities of the containment relation must be exactly one for the same reason as those of the «SubQuantityOf» relation.
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See also
References:
GUIZZARDI, Giancarlo. Ontological Foundations for Structural Conceptual Models. Enschede: CTIT, Telematica Instituut, 2005. GUIZZARDI, Giancarlo. Introduction to Ontological Engineering. [presentation] Prague: Prague University of Economics, 2011.