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Created April 26, 2016 18:43
Notes about the confusion between instance and subclass relationship

Research question

In data modeling and knowledge organization we often find the need to connect item as subclasses or instances of each other. These two types of relationships are often confused, but why?

Background

Where does subclass and instance come from? Object oriented modeling? Artificial Intelligence? Knowledge Organization? Plato? ...

Some influental sources should be identified.