VTAT It is valid to use an anchored type `AT' of the form `like anchor' in a class `C' if and only if it satisfies the following conditions: 1 `anchor' is either `Current' or the final name of a query of `C'. 2 `anchor' is not a cyclic anchor. 3 The deanchored form `UT' of `AT' is valid in `C'. The base class and base type of `AT' are those of `UT'.