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Model building blocks

Describer hook ups
These help you to describe basic objects by hooking up objects and their describers. They also hook up objects to processes that do them.

Has-describer.
Has-describer hooks a basic object up with a describer or a number describer. This is a one way relationship. Example: We know that Johnny has a certain height, so we say that Johnny has a describer, height.

Has-state-or-form.
Has-describer hooks an a basic object up with a state or form. This is a one way relationship. Example: Water can be in the form ice, if it is freezing. You can be in the state, asleep.

Does
The 'Does' link connects an entity with a process if it does that process. This is a one way relationship. For example, my stomach does the process digestion.

Use the "object hook up" arrows to attach describers or processes to basic objects. Whenever a box has the black arrow surrounded by turquoise pointing out of it, then an object hook up can come out of it. When it has a black arrow surrounded by turquoise pointing into it, then an object hook up can come into it. If it has a two way arrow, it can have a hook up coming either way from it.

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