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class¶
set of ideas, abstractions or things in the real world that are identified with explicit boundaries and meaning and whose properties and behaviour follow the same rules
Clause: 3.1.11.2
Admitted term: object class
Note 1 to entry: Some ISO/TC 204 documents use the term "object class" for consistency with ISO 11179-1, but within ITS, the term "class" is more generally understood.
Note 2 to entry: This is semantically equivalent to a "class" as used within UML (ISO19505-2:2012).
Source: ISO/IEC 11179-1:2015, 3.3.18, modified - term changed to from "object class" to "class" and Notes to entry added.
History note: Introduced in ISO/TS 14812:2022
Relationships for class¶
| Property | Constraint |
|---|---|
| subClassOf | dataConcept |
References to class¶
| Referencing Term | Type of Reference |
|---|---|
| data element | describes |