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It is often the case that the instances of an entity type must also necessarily be an instance of another entity type. This can be understood as a special relationship, an IsA relationship, between entity types (and, in general, between concepts). IsA relationships are constraints. Entity types and their IsA relationships form a network structure called a taxonomy. Taxonomies are a very important part of conceptual schemas, and the objective of this chapter is to study them.
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(2007). Taxonomies. In: Conceptual Modeling of Information Systems. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-39390-0_10
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