ARCHIVED 2.4.5. Non-Hierarchical Relationships (Associative Networks)
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In associative relationships, concepts are linked by spatial or temporal proximity and may share non-essential features. Such relationships include the following types:
- producer-product: bake - bread
- action-result: presidential election - president elect
- action-tool: hammering - hammer
- container-contents: bottle - fruit juice
- cause-effect: humidity - mould
- opposites: winner - loser
The following diagram was taken from Tutorial on Terminology Work, HUTCHESON/MICHAUD, SCC CAC/ISO/TC 37, 1995: 21.
An example of associative relationships is based on the following concepts (taken from Tutorial on Terminology Work, HUTCHESON/MICHAUD, SCC CAC/ISO/TC 37, 1995: 21):
- audit
- Planned and documented investigative evaluation of an item or process to determine its adequacy and effectiveness and compliance with established procedures and instructions.
- audit finding
- Result of the evaluation of evidence collected at audit and compared against audit criteria. "Audit finding" is in a relationship of action-result with "audit."
- auditor
- Person who is carrying out an audit. "Auditor" is in a relationship of actor-actionwith "audit."
- auditee
- Organization being audited by an auditor. "Auditee" is in a relationship of agent-object with "audit."
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