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#subclasses
Cidoc-crm Version 4.2.4 - Reference Document
Strict inheritance
Strict inheritance means that there are no exceptions to the inheritance of properties from superclasses to subclasses. For instance, some systems may declare that elephants are grey, and regard a white elephant as an exception. Under strict inheritance it would hold that: if…
Subclass, class specialization
A subclass is a class that is a specialization of another class (its superclass). Specialization or the IsA relationship means that: 1. all instances of the subclass are also instances of its superclass, 2. the intension of the subclass extends the intension of its superclass…