Method for finding elements in database containing families of combined elements, involves determining family to which each element belongs and outputting elements

摘要

The method involves determining the elements which have a property or combination of properties specified by a user. For each such element the system determines at least one family to which the element belongs. An element representative of each determined family is then output. The determined element may also be output together with the representative element, if the representative element does not have the properties specified by the user.