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Child Of (basic relationship) Title of this Item
child_of Name of this Item
This is the fundamental type of hierarchical relationship. This relationship states that the subject (left-hand side) of the relationship ("A" in the relationship "A is a Child-Of B", and like "spacecraft" in "spacecraft is Child-Of vehicle") is a subset of the object of the relationship ("B" and "vehicle"). When showing a graph of connections between items, the system will attempt to indicate 'Child Of' relationships as primarily vertical, with the object-item drawn nearer "the root" of the graph and the subject-item toward "the leaves". 'Child Of' is typically appropriate for relationships between two categories or between two individuals. To indicate that an individual is contained by a category, the more specific 'One Of' can be used. 'Child Of' is the opposite of 'Parent Of'. Creating a relationship that states one category is 'Child Of' another is exactly the same as creating a 'Parent Of' relationship with the subject and object reversed, and the system will list the relationship between then using both relationship names (which name is given priority depends on which item is more central to the display). Description of this Item
