|  Example about relations as the best information model, for the dm-discuss and rdf folks
|      Adrian Walker     adrianw@snet.net    20030521



this-relationship is a specialization of this-higher-relationship
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sibling                                family
marriage                               family
family                                 the class of all relationships


some-relationship1 is a specialization of some-relationship2
that-relationship2 is a specialization of some-relationship3
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that-relationship1 is a specialization of that-relationship3


some-person is related through some-relationship to some-other-person
that-relationship is a specialization of some-higher-relationship
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that-person is related through that-higher-relationship to that-other-person


this-person is related through this-relationship to this-other-person
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Fred                           marriage              Jane
Fred                           sibling               John