The Concept of hierarchy (drawn from the Greek term “direction by the priests”) applies to several fields, Physique S or Moraux. It represents the classification, by Prêtre S (or Nobody S having a Autorité) several elements, on a scale established according to some Critère S, allotting to some of them a superiority on others.
For example, of the facts Médiatique S chosen among thousands of others establish a hierarchy, the " a " Journaux, whereas others event S can be relatively more important, but the hierarchy Médiatique chooses what is to be shown or not.
In Anthropology, and in particular in Political anthropology, the hierarchy is the scale of the differences of to be able, Statut, Richesse, etc
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between the individuals inside a social entity (for example hierarchy interns of a Entreprise: even Organization)
- or between such and such Segment of population of the company, Concept historically resulting from the concept of Social class (and resulting from a scientific Definition different)
Definition of the Dictionary: Organization of a group, of a unit such as each one of its elements is subordinate to that which it follows.
One speaks for example about the hierarchy of the Church, the corporative hierarchy, the military hierarchy, the hierarchy of the values, etc
Data-processing use in
In data processing, the concept of hierarchy is very much used in the diagrams of organization of Structures of data, even if today the hierarchical Databases are often replaced by other types of Databases: Databases network, relational, directed object…
It should be noted that the databases XML preserved a hierarchical structure.
See too
- Authority
- To be able
- Maîtres of the Hierarchy, concerning the Hierarchy of the " Main of wisdom " , such as definite according to the Theosophy, and by its esoterists authors: Mrs. Blavatsky, Alice Bailey.
Simple: Power structure
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