DDEX Data Dictionary , 2010-06-18

1

3

4

7

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Y

All

Category

A characteristic of an Entity expressed as a fully-defined lexical or numeric value.

Comments	Category: Scope A Category is a "controlled value" which enables an Entity to be grouped or described according to common or measurable attributes. A Category may be expressed in a variety of forms: for example, the height of a person may be categorized as a Flag (eg IsTall=True), a Class (eg TallPerson), an adjectival Quality (eg Tall), a nounal Quality (eg Tallness) or a numeric Quantity (eg Height=GreaterThan 1.92 metres).
Relationships
Parents	Thing	An Entity in a Context playing a role other than that of Time or Place.
Children	Characteristic	An intrinsic Attribute of an Entity which is an instance of an Aspect of that Entity.
	Class	A group of Entities sharing one or more common attributes.

Copyright © 2006-2010 DDEX LLC