Individual concept

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Definition: concept that corresponds to only one object


Source: SBVR Meanings Concepts


Source: ISO 1087-1 (English) 3.2.2 individual concept


General concept: noun concept


Concept type: concept type


Necessity : No individual concept is an object type.


Necessity : No individual concept is a fact type role.


Note: While each referring individual concept has exactly one and the same instance in all possible worlds, there can be multiple individual concepts that correspond to the same thing. Different definite descriptions of the same individual thing can represent different individual concepts that correspond to that thing."While each referring individual concept has exactly one and the same instance in all possible worlds, there can be multiple individual concepts that correspond to the same thing. Different definite descriptions of the same individual thing can represent different individual concepts that correspond to that thing." cannot be used as a page name in this wiki.


Example: The individual concept ‘California’ whose one instance is an individual state in the United States of America