A
representation term is a word, or a combination of words, that semantically represent the data type (value domain) of a data element. A representation term is commonly referred to as a
class word by those familiar with
data dictionaries. ISO/IEC 11179-5:2005 defines
representation term as a
designation of an instance of a representation class As used in
ISO/IEC 11179, the representation term is that part of a
data element name that provides a semantic pointer to the underlying data type. A
Representation class is a class of representations. This
representation class provides a way to
classify or group
data elements.