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Hierarchical relationship

The asymmetrical relationship that defines a hierarchy. This can be for instance an authority relationship, a parent-child relationship, a containment relationship, or a part-to-whole relationship.

The relationship conventionally has a direction that is labelled as upward and goes from a member labelled as immediate subordinate to another which is its immediate superior.


Generalizations: asymmetrical relationship

Specializations: None yet

Involved in: Hierarchy

Primary Domain: Interdisciplinarity

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