Ontology Anti-patterns
1 Wagonwheels
A wagonwheel occurs when a collection of entities manage their relationship with each other through a single entity. These entities assume the telltale shape of a wheel with several spokes, the entity in the center resembling the hub, the relationship with other entities resembling the spokes a wheel, and the entities on the edge resembling the rim of the wheel. Most of the relationships within a wagonwheel will tend to point in the same direction, either pointing to the entity in the middle, or starting from the entity in the middle and pointing to the entities at the rim.
