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characteristic description [2 records]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2006-02-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information Technology Vocabulary
Universal entry(ies)
31.02.04 (2382)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

concept description that states properties common to all instances of a given concept

OBS

characteristic description: term and definition standardized by ISO/IEC [ISO/IEC 2382-31:1997].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - ISO/CEI JTC 1 Vocabulaire des technologies de l'information
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
31.02.04 (2382)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

description de concept qui indique les propriétés communes à toutes les instances d'un concept donné

OBS

description par traits distinctifs : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO/CEI [ISO/IEC 2382-31:1997].

Spanish

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Record 2 1992-10-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
DEF

...description of a class of objects, that specifies all common properties of known objects in the class, and by that defines the class in the context of an unlimited number of other object classes.

CONT

A characteristic description of a class of objects (also known as conjunctive generalization) ... is typically a conjunction of some simple properties common to all objects in the class.

OBS

Conjunctive generalization is a near synonym.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
OBS

Nous avons défini une généralisation qui ne permet d'obtenir que des formules généralisées conjonctives. Il est cependant évident que des disjonctions doivent apparaître dans certaines formules.

OBS

"Généralisation conjonctive" est un quasi-synonyme.

Spanish

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