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Attributir

Attributir is the act of attributing: the process of assigning a property, quality, or relationship to a subject, or crediting its origin or authorship. The term is used across disciplines and languages with cognate forms in related tongues, all rooted in the idea of ascribing something to someone or something else.

In information science and data management, attributir involves attaching attributes to data items. An object in

In linguistics and literature, attributing is the act of ascribing statements, characteristics, or authorship to a

Etymology: the concept stems from Latin attribuere, meaning to assign. In English, related forms include attribute

See also: attribute, attribution, ascription, credit.

a
database
or
ontology
may
be
described
by
attribute–value
pairs
such
as
author,
date,
format,
or
license.
In
knowledge
representation,
attributes
define
the
properties
of
concepts,
and
attributing
assigns
specific
values
to
those
properties,
enabling
querying
and
reasoning.
person
or
source.
In
journalism
and
publishing,
attribution
refers
to
crediting
the
original
creator
of
a
work,
a
practice
governed
by
licensing
and
citation
norms.
(as
a
verb)
and
attribution
(as
a
noun);
in
other
languages,
similar
verb
forms
exist,
such
as
attribuer,
atribuir,
or
attribuire.