class_of_individual

Class of Individual

A class_of_state that is individual or any of its subsets.

Note: Only classes that necessarily apply to an individual for the whole of its life are valid members. Others are members of class_of_state and apply to the state that is the individual for the period of time that the class applies for.

Subtypes

• class_of_activity
• class_of_association
• class_of_intentionally_constructed_object
• class_of_physical_object
• class_of_possible_world
• kind_of_individual

EXPRESS Specification

Schema

ENTITY class_of_individual
  SUBTYPE OF(class_of_state);
END_ENTITY;

Inheritance Graph

ENTITY class_of_individual;
  ENTITY thing;
    member__of            : OPTIONAL SET [1:?] OF class;
  ENTITY abstract_object;
  ENTITY class;
    member_of             : OPTIONAL SET [1:?] OF class_of_class;
    has_superclass        : OPTIONAL SET [1:?] OF class;
  ENTITY class_of_spatio_temporal_extent;
    member_of_            : OPTIONAL SET [1:?] OF class_of_class_of_spatio_temporal_extent;
    part__of_by_class     : OPTIONAL SET [1:?] OF class_of_spatio_temporal_extent;
  INVERSE
    consists__of_by_class : SET [1:?] OF class_of_spatio_temporal_extent FOR part__of_by_class;
  ENTITY class_of_state;
  ENTITY class_of_individual;
END_ENTITY;