Extension of a class

The extension of a class is the set of all real life instances belonging to the class that fulfil the criteria of its intension. This set is "open" in the sense that it is generally beyond our capabilities to know all instances of a class in the world and indeed that the future may bring new instances about at any time (Open World). An information system may at any point in time refer to some instances of a class, which form a subset of its extension.

Saved 26 February 2013 / www.google.co.uk ↗

#instances #set #information-systems #extension