Specialisation

Specialization

Specializations allow object classes to be grouped and subtyped in a meaningful manner and help users in browsing and locating relevant object classes. This is achieved through the use of Qualifiers and Specialisation.

Specialization Inheritance allows object classes to be grouped and subtyped in a meaningful manner and help users in browsing and locating relevant object classes. In a specialisation tree an object class can only be associated with a single parent object class but may have more than one child object classes. A child object class inherits all characteristics of its parent object class, but a child object class may have unique characteristics.

CTRNet refines

• use of specializations should be limited
• recommend use where a number of decendants sharing common characteristics of a parent and expect further child relations