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class_of_description

A <class_of_description> is a <class_of_representation_of_thing> that indicates the pattern is a description of the represented thing.
EXAMPLE The link between the pattern 'this is an old bilge pump' and a particular pump can be represented by an instance of <class_of_description>.

EXPRESS specification:

ENTITY class_of_description
SUBTYPE OF ( class_of_representation_of_thing);
END_ENTITY;

References (1):

Name Type Referred through Express-G
class_of_representation_of_thing Entity
Subtype
Diagram 17

Inheritance graph

ENTITY class_of_description;
ENTITY thing;
id  :  STRING;
record_copy_created  :  OPTIONAL representation_of_Gregorian_date_and_UTC_time;
record_created  :  OPTIONAL representation_of_Gregorian_date_and_UTC_time;
record_creator  :  OPTIONAL possible_individual;
record_logically_deleted  :  OPTIONAL representation_of_Gregorian_date_and_UTC_time;
why_deleted  :  OPTIONAL class_of_information_representation;
ENTITY abstract_object;
ENTITY class;
ENTITY class_of_abstract_object;
ENTITY class_of_relationship;
end_1_cardinality  :  OPTIONAL cardinality;
end_2_cardinality  :  OPTIONAL cardinality;
ENTITY class_of_representation_of_thing;
pattern  :  class_of_information_representation;
represented  :  thing;
ENTITY class_of_description;
END_ENTITY;