Conceptual schema

From Wikinfo

A conceptual schema is a map of concepts and their relationships.

Incomplete list of concepts:

• physical object (an instance of something)
• abstraction (a class of something)

Incomplete list of relationships:

• A is a B
• A contains B
• A requires B

See also:

• Knowledge representation
• Mindmap, Semantic Web, Ontology (computer science)

References

• Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Conceptual_schema" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conceptual_schema, used under the GNU Free Documentation License