| def: A reference is a label which refers to data elsewhere, as opposed to containing the data itself. Accessing the value that a reference refers to is called dereferencing it. References are fundamental in constructing many data structures and in exchanging information between different parts of programs and databases. |
| •owl:Thing |
| •entity |
| •continuant |
| •dependent_continuant |
| •quality |
| •characteristic |
| •reference |