tayamk.blogg.se - Archy words

Interaction: the relationship between an object and its direct superior or subordinate (i.e.

Peer: an object with the same rank (and therefore at the same level).

Collection: all of the objects at one level (i.e.

Subordinate: a lower level or an object ranked at a lower level (A child or a descendant).

Superior: a higher level or an object ranked at a higher level (A parent or an ancestor).

Neighbour: a member adjacent to another member in the same (level or rank).

Leaf, a member in any level of a dimension without subordinates in the hierarchy.

Orphans can be grafted back into the hierarchy by creating a relationship (interaction) with a parent in the immediately superior level

Orphan, a member in any level of a dimension without a parent member.

Member, a (member or node) in any level of a hierarchy in a dimension to which (superior and subordinate) members are attached.

Hierarch, the apex of the hierarchy, consisting of one single orphan (object or member) in the top level of a dimension.

Multiple hierarchies are possible per (dimension taxonomy or Classification-system), in which selected levels of the dimension are omitted to flatten the structure

Hierarchy: the arrangement of a particular set of members into (ranks or levels).Ordering: the arrangement of the (ranks or levels).Level or Tier: a set of objects with the same rank OR importance.Rank: the relative value, worth, complexity, power, importance, authority, level etc.Member: an (element or object) at any (level or rank) in a (class-system, taxonomy or dimension).Dimension: another word for "system" from on-line analytical processing (e.g.System: the entire set of objects that are being arranged hierarchically (e.g., an administration).Object: one entity (e.g., a person, department or concept or element of arrangement or member of a set).In an organizational context, the following terms are often used related to hierarchies: These terms are easiest to understand when a hierarchy is diagrammed (see below). Hierarchies have their own special vocabulary.

See also: Glossary of graph theory, Taxonomy (general), and Structure Organizational forms exist that are both alternative and complementary to hierarchy. This is akin to two co-workers or colleagues each reports to a common superior, but they have the same relative amount of authority. All parts of the hierarchy that are not linked vertically to one another nevertheless can be "horizontally" linked through a path by traveling up the hierarchy to find a common direct or indirect superior, and then down again. Hierarchical links can extend "vertically" upwards or downwards via multiple links in the same direction, following a path. The only direct links in a hierarchy, insofar as they are hierarchical, are to one's immediate superior or to one of one's subordinates, although a system that is largely hierarchical can also incorporate alternative hierarchies. Hierarchy is an important concept in a wide variety of fields, such as architecture, philosophy, design, mathematics, computer science, organizational theory, systems theory, systematic biology, and the social sciences (especially political philosophy).Ī hierarchy can link entities either directly or indirectly, and either vertically or diagonally. For other uses, see Subordination.Ī hierarchy (from Greek: ἱεραρχία, hierarkhia, 'rule of a high priest', from hierarkhes, 'president of sacred rites') is an arrangement of items (objects, names, values, categories, etc.) that are represented as being "above", "below", or "at the same level as" one another.