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The Common European Research Information Format
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Improve the definition of the cfClassScheme entity #2

Open jdvorak001 opened 7 years ago

jdvorak001 commented 7 years ago

We start from:

Classification scheme: an arrangement of Classifications to reflect a certain aspect of objects. In CERIF, the concept of Classification Scheme is physically (cfClassScheme) and logically (cfClassificationScheme) defined as an entity in an ERM, represented by attributes and through maintaining relationships with other entities: classes, classification schemes, multilingual classification scheme names, multilingual classification scheme descriptions.

jdvorak001 commented 7 years ago

A first approximation:

Classification Scheme: a structured collection of Classifications to describe a certain aspect of objects or their relationships.

CERIF Classification Schemes can represent flat or hierarchical lists, taxonomies, thesauri, ontologies or any general arrangement of concepts (Classifications).