TemporalEntity

Pattern

This class has been associated with the following pattern:

Pattern:Time Pattern

Subclass Of

Time:TemporalEntity

Description

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TemporalEntity represents a generic time object – either an Instant or an Interval.Core properties are: o before: specifies a Temporal Entity that the Temporal Entity exists before o after: specifies a Temporal Entity that the Temporal Entity exists after o hasBeginning: specifies an Instant the identifies the beginning of the Temporal Entity o hasEnd: specifies an Instant that identifies the end of the Temporal Entity o hasXSDDuration: specifies the duration of a Temporal Entity in the xsd:duration format.

Required by Use Case(s)

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CDM References

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• State ‎ (← links)
• Contract ‎ (← links)
• Pattern:Time Pattern ‎ (← links)

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Status

Pending Approval

Annotations

Annotation	Value

Manchester Syntax Specification

Property	Restriction	Value
After	only	TemporalEntity
HasEnd	only	Instant
HasBeginning	only	Instant
HasXSDDuration	only	xsd:duration
Before	only	TemporalEntity
equivalentClass		Instant or Interval

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