A determiner that specifies that the Entity object represents a particular
collection of physical things (as opposed to a universal, kind, or class of
physical thing).
Description:A determiner that specifies that the Entity object represents a
particular physical thing (as opposed to a universal, kind, or class of
physical thing).
Description:A determiner that specifies that the Entity object represents a
universal, kind or class of physical thing (as opposed to a particular
thing).
Description:A determiner that specifies that the Entity object represents a
particular physical thing (as opposed to a universal, kind, or class of
physical thing).
Discussion: It does not matter whether an INSTANCE still exists as a whole at
the point in time (or process) when we mention it, for example, a drug
product lot is an INSTANCE even though it has been portioned out for retail
purpose.
A determiner that specifies that the Entity object represents a particular
collection of physical things (as opposed to a universal, kind, or class of
physical thing). While the collection may resolve to having only a single
individual (or even no individuals), the potential should exist for it to
cover multiple individuals.
Description:A determiner that specifies that the Entity object represents a
universal, kind or class of physical thing (as opposed to a particular
thing).
A determiner that specifies that the Entity object represents a universal,
kind or class of collections physical things. While the collection may
resolve to having only a single individual (or even no individuals), the
potential should exist for it to cover multiple individuals.
The described quantified determiner indicates that the given Entity is taken
as a general description of a specific amount of a thing. For example,
QUANTIFIED_KIND of syringe (quantity = 3,) stands for exactly three syringes.
Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an
enum constant in this type. (Extraneous whitespace characters are
not permitted.)
Parameters:
name - the name of the enum constant to be returned.