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A <namespace> is a <class_of_arrangement_of_individual> where the class_of_whole and class_of_part are members of <class_of_information_representation> and the part is the most significant part of the whole that is the namespace.
EXAMPLE The STRING WC1: is the namespace in the identifier WC1:1234.

EXPRESS specification:

ENTITY namespace
ABSTRACT SUPERTYPE OF (ONEOF(right_namespace, left_namespace))
SUBTYPE OF ( class_of_arrangement_of_individual);
SELF\class_of_composition_of_individual.class_of_part  :  class_of_information_representation;
SELF\class_of_arrangement_of_individual.class_of_whole  :  class_of_information_representation;
END_ENTITY;

Attribute definitions:

class_of_part  :  The <class_of_information_representation> that is the namespace.
class_of_whole  :  The <class_of_information_representation> that has the class_of_part as a namespace.

References (3):

Name Type Referred through Express-G
class_of_arrangement_of_individual Entity
Subtype
Diagram 7
left_namespace Entity
Supertype
Diagram 20
right_namespace Entity
Supertype
Diagram 20

Inheritance graph

ENTITY namespace;
ENTITY thing;
id  :  STRING;
record_copy_created  :  OPTIONAL representation_of_Gregorian_date_and_UTC_time;
record_created  :  OPTIONAL representation_of_Gregorian_date_and_UTC_time;
record_creator  :  OPTIONAL possible_individual;
record_logically_deleted  :  OPTIONAL representation_of_Gregorian_date_and_UTC_time;
why_deleted  :  OPTIONAL class_of_information_representation;
ENTITY abstract_object;
ENTITY class;
ENTITY class_of_abstract_object;
ENTITY class_of_relationship;
end_1_cardinality  :  OPTIONAL cardinality;
end_2_cardinality  :  OPTIONAL cardinality;
ENTITY class_of_composition_of_individual;
ENTITY class_of_arrangement_of_individual;
ENTITY namespace;
class_of_part  :  class_of_information_representation;
class_of_whole  :  class_of_information_representation;
END_ENTITY;