Issue Relations Between the Blocks

Issue: Relations Between the Blocks

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Introduction

In the development process it proved to be appropriate to consider the relationship of individual data realisations, for example, from the perspective of object representation.

Considered Relations

Blocks are probably not isolated to each other, but there exists mutual relations between them.

For example: Extension of, to determine the type, be a part of, be the same as, be a complement of… (todo)

Type - Instance of the Type

This relationship says that one block determines the type and the second is an instance of this type. Types will probably form a tree hierarchy by extension relation.

Parent - Child

This relationship reflects that one block is an extension of the second block and provides additional features.

Whole - Part

This relationship indicates that one of the blocks is a part of another, or that the block was founded as composition of other blocks.

Equivalence

This relationship says that blocks, which posse this relationship, express the equivalent information, and are fully interchangeable. (For example: RGB, CMY)

Interface - Implementation

This relationship of the interface to the block, was taken from programming languages. Probably is confused with the type of relationship type - instance of type.