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direct_connection

A <direct_connection> is a <connection_of_individual> that indicates that the side_1 and side_2 are directly connected via a common spatial boundary.
EXAMPLE The relation that indicates that the plug terminating a serial communications cable is connected to the socket on a piece of computer equipment can be represented by an instance of of <direct_connection>.

EXPRESS specification:

ENTITY direct_connection
SUBTYPE OF ( connection_of_individual);
END_ENTITY;

References (1):

Name Type Referred through Express-G
connection_of_individual Entity
Subtype
Diagram 21

Inheritance graph

ENTITY direct_connection;
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 relationship;
ENTITY connection_of_individual;
side_1  :  possible_individual;
side_2  :  possible_individual;
ENTITY direct_connection;
END_ENTITY;