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temporal_sequence

A <temporal_sequence> is a <relationship> that indicates that one <possible_individual> precedes another in a temporal sense.
EXAMPLE 1 The <relationship> that indicates that the <possible_individual> that is the construction phase of a plant precedes the <possible_individual> that is the commissioning phase of a plant can be represented by an instance of <temporal_sequence>.
EXAMPLE 2 The <relationship> that indicates that the <period_in_time> known as the industrial revolution preceded the <period_in_time> known as the information revolution can be represented by an instance of <temporal_sequence>.

EXPRESS specification:

ENTITY temporal_sequence
SUBTYPE OF ( relationship);
predecessor  :  possible_individual;
successor  :  possible_individual;
END_ENTITY;

Attribute definitions:

predecessor  :  The <possible_individual> that is the predecessor in the <sequence>.
successor  :  The <possible_individual> that is the successor in a <sequence>.

References (1):

Name Type Referred through Express-G
relationship Entity
Subtype
Diagram 11

Inheritance graph

ENTITY temporal_sequence;
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 temporal_sequence;
predecessor  :  possible_individual;
successor  :  possible_individual;
END_ENTITY;