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. 1999 Sep-Oct;6(5):374–392. doi: 10.1136/jamia.1999.0060374

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Figure 2Top

, Ontology of operators. Operators are methods of manipulating data and models. The BLAST search operator and the basic BLAST search operator classes are shown to illustrate how subclasses can be added to the upper level operator classes. These subclasses inherit properties from their ancestor classes, as shown in . Bottom, Ontology of states. States are methods of storing data and models.