CVDO is an ontology of cardiovascular diseases structured on OBO foundry’s principle and based on BFO. CVDO reorganizes and completes DOID cardiovascular diseases following OGMS tripartite model of disease, and builds its taxonomy of diseases largely by automatic reasoning.
Relates an entity in the ontology to the name of the variable that is used to represent it in the code that generates the BFO OWL file from the lispy specification.
Really of interest to developers only
BFO OWL specification label
Relates an entity in the ontology to the term that is used to represent it in the the CLIF specification of BFO2
BFO CLIF specification label
This annotation property is created temporarily for better visibility of the distinction between DOID definitions and updated CVDO definition (when a DOID definition of a class did not need to be changed, no additional CVDO definition was included). Ultimately, 'CVDO definition' annotation properties should be replaced by 'definition' annotation properties.
CVDO definition
This annotation property is created temporarily for better visibility of the CVDO notes, in particular those that concern DOID classes. Ultimately, 'CVDO editor note' annotation properties should be replaced by 'editor note' annotation properties, or removed.
CVDO editor note
editor preferred term
The concise, meaningful, and human-friendly name for a class or property preferred by the ontology developers. (US-English)
PERSON:Daniel Schober
example of usage
has curation status
PERSON:Alan Ruttenberg
PERSON:Bill Bug
PERSON:Melanie Courtot
definition
The official definition, explaining the meaning of a class or property. Shall be Aristotelian, formalized and normalized. Can be augmented with colloquial definitions.
editor note
An administrative note intended for its editor. It may not be included in the publication version of the ontology, so it should contain nothing necessary for end users to understand the ontology.
definition editor
Name of editor entering the definition in the file. The definition editor is a point of contact for information regarding the term. The definition editor may be, but is not always, the author of the definition, which may have been worked upon by several people
term editor
alternative term
definition source
formal citation, e.g. identifier in external database to indicate / attribute source(s) for the definition. Free text indicate / attribute source(s) for the definition. EXAMPLE: Author Name, URI, MeSH Term C04, PUBMED ID, Wiki uri on 31.01.2007
Discussion on obo-discuss mailing-list, see http://bit.ly/hgm99w
curator note
An administrative note of use for a curator but of no use for a user
imported from
elucidation
has associated axiom(nl)
has associated axiom(fol)
has axiom label
gram-positive bacterial infectious disease
b inheres_in c at t =Def. b is a dependent continuant & c is an independent continuant that is not a spatial region & b s-depends_on c at t. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [051-002])
Alan Ruttenberg: This is a binary version of a ternary time-indexed, instance-level, relation. The BFO reading of the binary relation 'inheres in at all times@en' is: forall(t) exists_at(x,t) -> exists_at(y,t) and 'inheres in@en(x,y,t)'.
BFO 2 Reference: Inherence is a subrelation of s-depends_on which holds between a dependent continuant and an independent continuant that is not a spatial region. Since dependent continuants cannot migrate from one independent continuant bearer to another, it follows that if b s-depends_on independent continuant c at some time, then b s-depends_on c at all times at which a exists. Inherence is in this sense redundantly time-indexed.For example, consider the particular instance of openness inhering in my mouth at t as I prepare to take a bite out of a donut, followed by a closedness at t+1 when I bite the donut and start chewing. The openness instance is then shortlived, and to say that it s-depends_on my mouth at all times at which this openness exists, means: at all times during this short life. Every time you make a fist, you make a new (instance of the universal) fist. (Every time your hand has the fist-shaped quality, there is created a new instance of the universal fist-shaped quality.)
BFO2 Reference: independent continuant that is not a spatial region
BFO2 Reference: specifically dependent continuant
(iff (inheresInAt a b t) (and (DependentContinuant a) (IndependentContinuant b) (not (SpatialRegion b)) (specificallyDependsOnAt a b t))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [051-002]
inheres in at all times
b bearer_of c at t =Def. c s-depends_on b at t & b is an independent continuant that is not a spatial region. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [053-004])
Alan Ruttenberg: This is a binary version of a ternary time-indexed, instance level, relation. The BFO reading of the binary relation 'bearer of at some time@en' is: exists t, exists_at(x,t) & exists_at(y,t) & 'bearer of@en'(x,y,t)
(iff (bearerOfAt a b t) (and (specificallyDependsOnAt b a t) (IndependentContinuant a) (not (SpatialRegion a)) (existsAt b t))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [053-004]
bearer of at some time
[copied from inverse property 'realizes'] to say that b realizes c at t is to assert that there is some material entity d & b is a process which has participant d at t & c is a disposition or role of which d is bearer_of at t& the type instantiated by b is correlated with the type instantiated by c. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [059-003])
if a realizable entity b is realized in a process p, then p stands in the has_participant relation to the bearer of b. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [106-002])
(forall (x y z t) (if (and (RealizableEntity x) (Process y) (realizesAt y x t) (bearerOfAt z x t)) (hasParticipantAt y z t))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [106-002]
realized in
to say that b realizes c at t is to assert that there is some material entity d & b is a process which has participant d at t & c is a disposition or role of which d is bearer_of at t& the type instantiated by b is correlated with the type instantiated by c. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [059-003])
(forall (x y t) (if (realizesAt x y t) (and (Process x) (or (Disposition y) (Role y)) (exists (z) (and (MaterialEntity z) (hasParticipantAt x z t) (bearerOfAt z y t)))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [059-003]
realizes
[copied from inverse property 'has participant at some time'] Alan Ruttenberg: This is a binary version of a ternary time-indexed, instance level, relation. The BFO reading of the binary relation 'has participant at some time@en' is: exists t, exists_at(x,t) & exists_at(y,t) & 'has participant@en'(x,y,t)
[copied from inverse property 'has participant at some time'] BFO 2 Reference: Spatial regions do not participate in processes.
[copied from inverse property 'has participant at some time'] BFO2 Reference: independent continuant that is not a spatial region, specifically dependent continuant, generically dependent continuant
[copied from inverse property 'has participant at some time'] BFO2 Reference: process
[copied from inverse property 'has participant at some time'] has_participant is an instance-level relation between a process, a continuant, and a temporal region at which the continuant participates in some way in the process. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [086-003])
participates in at some time
Alan Ruttenberg: This is a binary version of a ternary time-indexed, instance level, relation. The BFO reading of the binary relation 'has participant at some time@en' is: exists t, exists_at(x,t) & exists_at(y,t) & 'has participant@en'(x,y,t)
BFO 2 Reference: Spatial regions do not participate in processes.
BFO2 Reference: independent continuant that is not a spatial region, specifically dependent continuant, generically dependent continuant
has_participant is an instance-level relation between a process, a continuant, and a temporal region at which the continuant participates in some way in the process. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [086-003])
if b has_participant c at t & c is a generically dependent continuant, then there is some independent continuant that is not a spatial region d, and which is such that c g-depends on d at t & b s-depends_on d at t. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [091-003])
if b has_participant c at t & c is a specifically dependent continuant, then there is some independent continuant that is not a spatial region d, c s-depends_on d at t & b s-depends_on d at t. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [090-003])
if b has_participant c at t then b is an occurrent. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [087-001])
if b has_participant c at t then c exists at t. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [089-001])
if b has_participant c at t then c is a continuant. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [088-001])
(forall (x y t) (if (and (hasParticipantAt x y t) (GenericallyDependentContinuant y)) (exists (z) (and (IndependentContinuant z) (not (SpatialRegion z)) (genericallyDependsOn y z t) (specificallyDependsOnAt x z t))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [091-003]
(forall (x y t) (if (and (hasParticipantAt x y t) (SpecificallyDependentContinuant y)) (exists (z) (and (IndependentContinuant z) (not (SpatialRegion z)) (specificallyDependsOnAt x z t) (specificallyDependsOnAt y z t))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [090-003]
(forall (x y t) (if (hasParticipantAt x y t) (Continuant y))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [088-001]
(forall (x y t) (if (hasParticipantAt x y t) (Occurrent x))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [087-001]
(forall (x y t) (if (hasParticipantAt x y t) (existsAt y t))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [089-001]
has participant at some time
[copied from inverse property 'concretizes at some time'] You may concretize a piece of software by installing it in your computer
[copied from inverse property 'concretizes at some time'] You may concretize a recipe that you find in a cookbook by turning it into a plan which exists as a realizable dependent continuant in your head.
[copied from inverse property 'concretizes at some time'] you may concretize a poem as a pattern of memory traces in your head
[copied from inverse property 'concretizes at some time'] Alan Ruttenberg: This is a binary version of a ternary time-indexed, instance level, relation. The BFO reading of the binary relation 'concretizes at some time@en' is: exists t, exists_at(x,t) & exists_at(y,t) & 'concretizes@en'(x,y,t)
[copied from inverse property 'concretizes at some time'] b concretizes c at t means: b is a specifically dependent continuant & c is a generically dependent continuant & for some independent continuant that is not a spatial region d, b s-depends_on d at t & c g-depends on d at t & if c migrates from bearer d to another bearer e than a copy of b will be created in e. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [075-002])
concretized by at some time
You may concretize a piece of software by installing it in your computer
You may concretize a recipe that you find in a cookbook by turning it into a plan which exists as a realizable dependent continuant in your head.
you may concretize a poem as a pattern of memory traces in your head
Alan Ruttenberg: This is a binary version of a ternary time-indexed, instance level, relation. The BFO reading of the binary relation 'concretizes at some time@en' is: exists t, exists_at(x,t) & exists_at(y,t) & 'concretizes@en'(x,y,t)
b concretizes c at t means: b is a specifically dependent continuant & c is a generically dependent continuant & for some independent continuant that is not a spatial region d, b s-depends_on d at t & c g-depends on d at t & if c migrates from bearer d to another bearer e than a copy of b will be created in e. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [075-002])
if b g-depends on c at some time t, then there is some d, such that d concretizes b at t and d s-depends_on c at t. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [076-001])
(forall (x y t) (if (concretizesAt x y t) (and (SpecificallyDependentContinuant x) (GenericallyDependentContinuant y) (exists (z) (and (IndependentContinuant z) (specificallyDependsOnAt x z t) (genericallyDependsOnAt y z t)))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [075-002]
(forall (x y t) (if (genericallyDependsOnAt x y t) (exists (z) (and (concretizesAt z x t) (specificallyDependsOnAt z y t))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [076-001]
concretizes at some time
CVDO adds the property chain that if A occurs_in B and B located_in_at_all_times C, then A occurs_in C. This is used for a few inferences in the ontology, but CVDO can be used without problem without this property chain.
b occurs_in c =def b is a process and c is a material entity or immaterial entity& there exists a spatiotemporal region r and b occupies_spatiotemporal_region r.& forall(t) if b exists_at t then c exists_at t & there exist spatial regions s and s’ where & b spatially_projects_onto s at t& c is occupies_spatial_region s’ at t& s is a proper_continuant_part_of s’ at t [XXX-001
occurs in
[copied from inverse property 'occurs in'] b occurs_in c =def b is a process and c is a material entity or immaterial entity& there exists a spatiotemporal region r and b occupies_spatiotemporal_region r.& forall(t) if b exists_at t then c exists_at t & there exist spatial regions s and s’ where & b spatially_projects_onto s at t& c is occupies_spatial_region s’ at t& s is a proper_continuant_part_of s’ at t [XXX-001
contains process
A pain s-depends_on the organism that is experiencing the pain
a gait s-depends_on the walking object. (All at some specific time.)
a shape s-depends_on the shaped object
one-sided s-dependence of a dependent continuant on an independent continuant: an instance of headache s-depends_on some head
one-sided s-dependence of a dependent continuant on an independent continuant: an instance of temperature s-depends_on some organism
one-sided s-dependence of a process on something: a process of cell death s-depends_on a cell
one-sided s-dependence of a process on something: an instance of seeing (a relational process) s-depends_on some organism and on some seen entity, which may be an occurrent or a continuant
one-sided s-dependence of one occurrent on another: a process of answering a question is dependent on a prior process of asking a question
one-sided s-dependence of one occurrent on another: a process of obeying a command is dependent on a prior process of issuing a command
one-sided s-dependence of one occurrent on multiple independent continuants: a relational process of hitting a ball with a cricket bat
one-sided s-dependence of one occurrent on multiple independent continuants: a relational process of paying cash to a merchant in exchange for a bag of figs
reciprocal s-dependence between occurrents: a process of buying and the associated process of selling
reciprocal s-dependence between occurrents: a process of increasing the volume of a portion of gas while temperature remains constant and the associated process of decreasing the pressure exerted by the gas
reciprocal s-dependence between occurrents: in a game of chess the process of playing with the white pieces is mutually dependent on the process of playing with the black pieces
the one-sided dependence of an occurrent on an independent continuant: football match on the players, the ground, the ball
the one-sided dependence of an occurrent on an independent continuant: handwave on a hand
the three-sided reciprocal s-dependence of the hue, saturation and brightness of a color [45
the three-sided reciprocal s-dependence of the pitch, timbre and volume of a tone [45
the two-sided reciprocal s-dependence of the roles of husband and wife [20
Alan Ruttenberg: This is a binary version of a ternary time-indexed, instance-level, relation. The BFO reading of the binary relation 'specifically depends on at all times@en' is: forall(t) exists_at(x,t) -> exists_at(y,t) and 'specifically depends on@en(x,y,t)'.
BFO 2 Reference: An entity – for example an act of communication or a game of football – can s-depends_on more than one entity. Complex phenomena for example in the psychological and social realms (such as inferring, commanding and requesting) or in the realm of multi-organismal biological processes (such as infection and resistance), will involve multiple families of dependence relations, involving both continuants and occurrents [1, 4, 28
BFO 2 Reference: S-dependence is just one type of dependence among many; it is what, in the literature, is referred to as ‘existential dependence’ [87, 46, 65, 20
BFO 2 Reference: the relation of s-depends_on does not in every case require simultaneous existence of its relata. Note the difference between such cases and the cases of continuant universals defined historically: the act of answering depends existentially on the prior act of questioning; the human being who was baptized or who answered a question does not himself depend existentially on the prior act of baptism or answering. He would still exist even if these acts had never taken place.
BFO2 Reference: specifically dependent continuant\; process; process boundary
To say that b s-depends_on a at t is to say that b and c do not share common parts & b is of its nature such that it cannot exist unless c exists & b is not a boundary of c and b is not a site of which c is the host [64
If b is s-depends_on something at some time, then b is not a material entity. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [052-001])
If b s-depends_on something at t, then there is some c, which is an independent continuant and not a spatial region, such that b s-depends_on c at t. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [136-001])
If occurrent b s-depends_on some independent continuant c at t, then b s-depends_on c at every time at which b exists. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [015-002])
an entity does not s-depend_on any of its (continuant or occurrent) parts or on anything it is part of. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [013-002])
if b s-depends_on c at t & c s-depends_on d at t then b s-depends_on d at t. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [054-002])
(forall (x y t) (if (and (Entity x) (or (continuantPartOfAt y x t) (continuantPartOfAt x y t) (occurrentPartOf x y) (occurrentPartOf y x))) (not (specificallyDependsOnAt x y t)))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [013-002]
(forall (x y t) (if (and (Occurrent x) (IndependentContinuant y) (specificallyDependsOnAt x y t)) (forall (t_1) (if (existsAt x t_1) (specificallyDependsOnAt x y t_1))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [015-002]
(forall (x y t) (if (specificallyDependsOnAt x y t) (exists (z) (and (IndependentContinuant z) (not (SpatialRegion z)) (specificallyDependsOnAt x z t))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [136-001]
(forall (x y z t) (if (and (specificallyDependsOnAt x y t) (specificallyDependsOnAt y z t)) (specificallyDependsOnAt x z t))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [054-002]
(forall (x) (if (exists (y t) (specificallyDependsOnAt x y t)) (not (MaterialEntity x)))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [052-001]
specifically depends on at all times
a function_of b at t =Def. a is a function and a inheres_in b at t. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [067-001])
Alan Ruttenberg: This is a binary version of a ternary time-indexed, instance-level, relation. The BFO reading of the binary relation 'function of at all times@en' is: forall(t) exists_at(x,t) -> exists_at(y,t) and 'function of@en(x,y,t)'.
(iff (functionOf a b t) (and (Function a) (inheresInAt a b t))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [067-001]
function of at all times
b quality_of c at t = Def. b is a quality & c is an independent continuant that is not a spatial region & b s-depends_on c at t. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [056-002])
Alan Ruttenberg: This is a binary version of a ternary time-indexed, instance-level, relation. The BFO reading of the binary relation 'quality of at all times@en' is: forall(t) exists_at(x,t) -> exists_at(y,t) and 'quality of@en(x,y,t)'.
(iff (qualityOfAt a b t) (and (Quality a) (IndependentContinuant b) (not (SpatialRegion b)) (specificallyDependsOnAt a b t))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [056-002]
quality of at all times
a role_of b at t =Def. a is a role and a inheres_in b at t. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [065-001])
Alan Ruttenberg: This is a binary version of a ternary time-indexed, instance-level, relation. The BFO reading of the binary relation 'role of at all times@en' is: forall(t) exists_at(x,t) -> exists_at(y,t) and 'role of@en(x,y,t)'.
(iff (roleOfAt a b t) (and (Role a) (inheresInAt a b t))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [065-001]
role of at all times
Mary located_in Salzburg
the Empire State Building located_in New York.
this portion of cocaine located_in this portion of blood
this stem cell located_in this portion of bone marrow
your arm located_in your body
b located_in c at t = Def. b and c are independent continuants, and the region at which b is located at t is a (proper or improper) continuant_part_of the region at which c is located at t. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [045-001])
Alan Ruttenberg: This is a binary version of a ternary time-indexed, instance-level, relation. The BFO reading of the binary relation 'located in at all times@en' is: forall(t) exists_at(x,t) -> exists_at(y,t) and 'located in@en(x,y,t)'.
Located_in is transitive. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [046-001])
for all independent continuants b, c, and d: if b continuant_part_of c at t & c located_in d at t, then b located_in d at t. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [048-001])
for all independent continuants b, c, and d: if b located_in c at t & c continuant_part_of d at t, then b located_in d at t. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [049-001])
(forall (x y z t) (if (and (IndependentContinuant x) (IndependentContinuant y) (IndependentContinuant z) (continuantPartOfAt x y t) (locatedInAt y z t)) (locatedInAt x z t))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [048-001]
(forall (x y z t) (if (and (IndependentContinuant x) (IndependentContinuant y) (IndependentContinuant z) (locatedInAt x y t) (continuantPartOfAt y z t)) (locatedInAt x z t))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [049-001]
(forall (x y z t) (if (and (locatedInAt x y t) (locatedInAt y z t)) (locatedInAt x z t))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [046-001]
(iff (locatedInAt a b t) (and (IndependentContinuant a) (IndependentContinuant b) (exists (r_1 r_2) (and (occupiesSpatialRegionAt a r_1 t) (occupiesSpatialRegionAt b r_2 t) (continuantPartOfAt r_1 r_2 t))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [045-001]
located in at all times
Alan Ruttenberg: This is a binary version of a ternary time-indexed, instance level, relation. The BFO reading of the binary relation 'occupies spatial region at some time@en' is: exists t, exists_at(x,t) & exists_at(y,t) & 'occupies spatial region@en'(x,y,t)
b occupies_spatial_region r at t means that r is a spatial region in which independent continuant b is exactly located (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [041-002])
every region r is occupies_spatial_region r at all times. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [042-002])
if b occupies_spatial_region r at t & b continuant_part_of b at t, then there is some r which is continuant_part_of r at t such that b occupies_spatial_region r at t. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [043-001])
(forall (r t) (if (Region r) (occupiesSpatialRegionAt r r t))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [042-002]
(forall (x r t) (if (occupiesSpatialRegionAt x r t) (and (SpatialRegion r) (IndependentContinuant x)))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [041-002]
(forall (x y r_1 t) (if (and (occupiesSpatialRegionAt x r_1 t) (continuantPartOfAt y x t)) (exists (r_2) (and (continuantPartOfAt r_2 r_1 t) (occupiesSpatialRegionAt y r_2 t))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [043-001]
occupies spatial region at some time
Alan Ruttenberg: This is a binary version of a ternary time-indexed, instance level, relation. The BFO reading of the binary relation 'generically depends on at some time@en' is: exists t, exists_at(x,t) & exists_at(y,t) & 'generically depends on@en'(x,y,t)
BFO2 Reference: generically dependent continuant
b g-depends on c at t1 means: b exists at t1 and c exists at t1 & for some type B it holds that (c instantiates B at t1) & necessarily, for all t (if b exists at t then some instance_of B exists at t) & not (b s-depends_on c at t1). (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [072-002])
if b g-depends_on c at some time t, then b g-depends_on something at all times at which b exists. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [073-001])
(forall (x y) (if (exists (t) (genericallyDependsOnAt x y t)) (forall (t_1) (if (existsAt x t_1) (exists (z) (genericallyDependsOnAt x z t_1)))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [073-001]
generically depends on at some time
a has_function b at t =Def. b function_of a at t. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [070-001])
Alan Ruttenberg: This is a binary version of a ternary time-indexed, instance level, relation. The BFO reading of the binary relation 'has function at some time@en' is: exists t, exists_at(x,t) & exists_at(y,t) & 'has function@en'(x,y,t)
(iff (hasFunctionAt a b t) (functionOf b a t)) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [070-001]
has function at some time
has quality at some time
a has_role b at t =Def. b role_of a at t. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [068-001])
Alan Ruttenberg: This is a binary version of a ternary time-indexed, instance level, relation. The BFO reading of the binary relation 'has role at some time@en' is: exists t, exists_at(x,t) & exists_at(y,t) & 'has role@en'(x,y,t)
(iff (hasRoleAt a b t) (roleOfAt b a t)) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [068-001]
has role at some time
[copied from inverse property 'generically depends on at some time'] Alan Ruttenberg: This is a binary version of a ternary time-indexed, instance level, relation. The BFO reading of the binary relation 'generically depends on at some time@en' is: exists t, exists_at(x,t) & exists_at(y,t) & 'generically depends on@en'(x,y,t)
[copied from inverse property 'generically depends on at some time'] BFO2 Reference: generically dependent continuant
[copied from inverse property 'generically depends on at some time'] BFO2 Reference: independent continuant
[copied from inverse property 'generically depends on at some time'] b g-depends on c at t1 means: b exists at t1 and c exists at t1 & for some type B it holds that (c instantiates B at t1) & necessarily, for all t (if b exists at t then some instance_of B exists at t) & not (b s-depends_on c at t1). (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [072-002])
has generic dependent at some time
a disposition_of b at t =Def. a is a disposition and a inheres_in b at t. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [066-001])
Alan Ruttenberg: This is a binary version of a ternary time-indexed, instance-level, relation. The BFO reading of the binary relation 'disposition of at all times@en' is: forall(t) exists_at(x,t) -> exists_at(y,t) and 'disposition of@en(x,y,t)'.
(iff (dispositionOf a b t) (and (Disposition a) (inheresInAt a b t))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [066-001]
disposition of at all times
b exists_at t means: b is an entity which exists at some temporal region t. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [118-002])
exists at
[copied from inverse property 'part of continuant at all times that whole exists'] forall(t) exists_at(y,t) -> exists_at(x,t) and 'part of continuant'(x,y,t)
b has_continuant_part c at t = Def. c continuant_part_of b at t. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [006-001])
Alan Ruttenberg: This is a binary version of a ternary time-indexed, instance-level, relation. The BFO reading of the binary relation 'has continuant part at all times@en' is: forall(t) exists_at(x,t) -> exists_at(y,t) and 'has continuant part@en(x,y,t)'.
[copied from inverse property 'part of continuant at all times that whole exists'] This is a binary version of a ternary time-indexed, instance level, relation. Unlike the rest of the temporalized relations which temporally quantify over existence of the subject of the relation, this relation temporally quantifies over the existence of the object of the relation. The relation is provided tentatively, to assess whether the GO needs such a relation. It is inverse of 'has continuant part at all times'
(iff (hasContinuantPartAt a b t) (continuantPartOfAt b a t)) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [006-001]
has continuant part at all times
b has_proper_continuant_part c at t = Def. c proper_continuant_part_of b at t. [XXX-001
Alan Ruttenberg: This is a binary version of a ternary time-indexed, instance-level, relation. The BFO reading of the binary relation 'has proper continuant part at all times@en' is: forall(t) exists_at(x,t) -> exists_at(y,t) and 'has proper continuant part@en(x,y,t)'.
has proper continuant part at all times
a has_disposition b at t =Def. b disposition_of a at t. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [069-001])
Alan Ruttenberg: This is a binary version of a ternary time-indexed, instance level, relation. The BFO reading of the binary relation 'has disposition at some time@en' is: exists t, exists_at(x,t) & exists_at(y,t) & 'has disposition@en'(x,y,t)
(iff (hasDispositionAt a b t) (dispositionOf b a t)) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [069-001]
has disposition at some time
the material basis of John’s disposition to cough is the viral infection in John’s upper respiratory tract
the material basis of the disposition to wear unevenly of John’s tires is the worn suspension of his car.
Alan Ruttenberg: This is a binary version of a ternary time-indexed, instance-level, relation. The BFO reading of the binary relation 'has material basis at all times@en' is: forall(t) exists_at(x,t) -> exists_at(y,t) and 'has material basis@en(x,y,t)'.
b has_material_basis c at t means: b is a disposition & c is a material entity & there is some d bearer_of b at t& c continuant_part_of d at t& d has_disposition b at t because c continuant_part_of d at t. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [071-002])
(forall (x y t) (if (hasMaterialBasisAt x y t) (and (Disposition x) (MaterialEntity y) (exists (z) (and (bearerOfAt z x t) (continuantPartOfAt y z t) (exists (w) (and (Disposition w) (if (hasDisposition z w) (continuantPartOfAt y z t))))))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [071-002]
has material basis at all times
[copied from inverse property 'member part of at some time'] each piece in a chess set is a member part of the chess set; each Beatle in the collection called The Beatles is a member part of The Beatles.
[copied from inverse property 'member part of at some time'] each tree in a forest is a member_part of the forest
[copied from inverse property 'member part of at some time'] b member_part_of c at t =Def. b is an object & there is at t a mutually exhaustive and pairwise disjoint partition of c into objects x1, …, xn (for some n > 1) with b = xi for some 1 ? i ? n. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [026-004])
[copied from inverse property 'member part of at some time'] Alan Ruttenberg: This is a binary version of a ternary time-indexed, instance level, relation. The BFO reading of the binary relation 'member part of at some time@en' is: exists t, exists_at(x,t) & exists_at(y,t) & 'member part of@en'(x,y,t)
[copied from inverse property 'member part of at some time'] BFO2 Reference: object
[copied from inverse property 'member part of at some time'] BFO2 Reference: object aggregate
has member part at some time
[copied from inverse property 'part of occurrent'] Mary’s 5th birthday occurrent_part_of Mary’s life
[copied from inverse property 'part of occurrent'] The process of a footballer’s heart beating once is an occurrent part but not a temporal_part of a game of football.
[copied from inverse property 'part of occurrent'] the first set of the tennis match occurrent_part_of the tennis match.
b has_occurrent_part c = Def. c occurrent_part_of b. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [007-001])
[copied from inverse property 'part of occurrent'] BFO 2 Reference: a (continuant or occurrent) part of itself. We appreciate that this is counterintuitive for some users, since it implies for example that President Obama is a part of himself. However it brings benefits in simplifying the logical formalism, and it captures an important feature of identity, namely that it is the limit case of mereological inclusion.
[copied from inverse property 'part of occurrent'] BFO2 Reference: occurrent
[copied from inverse property 'part of occurrent'] b occurrent_part_of c =Def. b is a part of c & b and c are occurrents. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [003-002])
(iff (hasOccurrentPart a b) (occurrentPartOf b a)) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [007-001]
has occurrent part
[copied from inverse property 'proper part of occurrent'] b proper_occurrent_part_of c =Def. b occurrent_part_of c & b and c are not identical. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [005-001])
b has_proper_occurrent_part c = Def. c proper_occurrent_part_of b. [XXX-001
has proper occurrent part
has profile
[copied from inverse property 'temporal part of'] the 4th year of your life is a temporal part of your life\. The first quarter of a game of football is a temporal part of the whole game\. The process of your heart beating from 4pm to 5pm today is a temporal part of the entire process of your heart beating.\ The 4th year of your life is a temporal part of your life
[copied from inverse property 'temporal part of'] the process boundary which separates the 3rd and 4th years of your life.
[copied from inverse property 'temporal part of'] your heart beating from 4pm to 5pm today is a temporal part of the process of your heart beating
[copied from inverse property 'temporal part of'] b proper_temporal_part_of c =Def. b temporal_part_of c & not (b = c). (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [116-001])
[copied from inverse property 'temporal part of'] b temporal_part_of c =Def.b occurrent_part_of c & & for some temporal region t, b occupies_temporal_region t & for all occurrents d, t (if d occupies_temporal_region t & t? occurrent_part_of t then (d occurrent_part_of a iff d occurrent_part_of b)). (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [078-003])
has temporal part
[copied from inverse property 'occupies spatial region at some time'] Alan Ruttenberg: This is a binary version of a ternary time-indexed, instance level, relation. The BFO reading of the binary relation 'occupies spatial region at some time@en' is: exists t, exists_at(x,t) & exists_at(y,t) & 'occupies spatial region@en'(x,y,t)
[copied from inverse property 'occupies spatial region at some time'] BFO2 Reference: independent continuant
[copied from inverse property 'occupies spatial region at some time'] BFO2 Reference: spatial region
[copied from inverse property 'occupies spatial region at some time'] b occupies_spatial_region r at t means that r is a spatial region in which independent continuant b is exactly located (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [041-002])
has spatial occupant at some time
[copied from inverse property 'located in at some time'] Mary located_in Salzburg
[copied from inverse property 'located in at some time'] the Empire State Building located_in New York.
[copied from inverse property 'located in at some time'] this portion of cocaine located_in this portion of blood
[copied from inverse property 'located in at some time'] this stem cell located_in this portion of bone marrow
[copied from inverse property 'located in at some time'] your arm located_in your body
[copied from inverse property 'located in at some time'] b located_in c at t = Def. b and c are independent continuants, and the region at which b is located at t is a (proper or improper) continuant_part_of the region at which c is located at t. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [045-001])
[copied from inverse property 'located in at some time'] Alan Ruttenberg: This is a binary version of a ternary time-indexed, instance level, relation. The BFO reading of the binary relation 'located in at some time@en' is: exists t, exists_at(x,t) & exists_at(y,t) & 'located in@en'(x,y,t)
[copied from inverse property 'located in at some time'] BFO2 Reference: independent continuant
has location at some time
[copied from inverse property 'specifically depends on at some time'] A pain s-depends_on the organism that is experiencing the pain
[copied from inverse property 'specifically depends on at some time'] a gait s-depends_on the walking object. (All at some specific time.)
[copied from inverse property 'specifically depends on at some time'] a shape s-depends_on the shaped object
[copied from inverse property 'specifically depends on at some time'] one-sided s-dependence of a dependent continuant on an independent continuant: an instance of headache s-depends_on some head
[copied from inverse property 'specifically depends on at some time'] one-sided s-dependence of a dependent continuant on an independent continuant: an instance of temperature s-depends_on some organism
[copied from inverse property 'specifically depends on at some time'] one-sided s-dependence of a process on something: a process of cell death s-depends_on a cell
[copied from inverse property 'specifically depends on at some time'] one-sided s-dependence of a process on something: an instance of seeing (a relational process) s-depends_on some organism and on some seen entity, which may be an occurrent or a continuant
[copied from inverse property 'specifically depends on at some time'] one-sided s-dependence of one occurrent on another: a process of answering a question is dependent on a prior process of asking a question
[copied from inverse property 'specifically depends on at some time'] one-sided s-dependence of one occurrent on another: a process of obeying a command is dependent on a prior process of issuing a command
[copied from inverse property 'specifically depends on at some time'] one-sided s-dependence of one occurrent on multiple independent continuants: a relational process of hitting a ball with a cricket bat
[copied from inverse property 'specifically depends on at some time'] one-sided s-dependence of one occurrent on multiple independent continuants: a relational process of paying cash to a merchant in exchange for a bag of figs
[copied from inverse property 'specifically depends on at some time'] reciprocal s-dependence between occurrents: a process of buying and the associated process of selling
[copied from inverse property 'specifically depends on at some time'] reciprocal s-dependence between occurrents: a process of increasing the volume of a portion of gas while temperature remains constant and the associated process of decreasing the pressure exerted by the gas
[copied from inverse property 'specifically depends on at some time'] reciprocal s-dependence between occurrents: in a game of chess the process of playing with the white pieces is mutually dependent on the process of playing with the black pieces
[copied from inverse property 'specifically depends on at some time'] the one-sided dependence of an occurrent on an independent continuant: football match on the players, the ground, the ball
[copied from inverse property 'specifically depends on at some time'] the one-sided dependence of an occurrent on an independent continuant: handwave on a hand
[copied from inverse property 'specifically depends on at some time'] the three-sided reciprocal s-dependence of the hue, saturation and brightness of a color [45
[copied from inverse property 'specifically depends on at some time'] the three-sided reciprocal s-dependence of the pitch, timbre and volume of a tone [45
[copied from inverse property 'specifically depends on at some time'] the two-sided reciprocal s-dependence of the roles of husband and wife [20
[copied from inverse property 'specifically depends on at some time'] Alan Ruttenberg: This is a binary version of a ternary time-indexed, instance level, relation. The BFO reading of the binary relation 'specifically depends on at some time@en' is: exists t, exists_at(x,t) & exists_at(y,t) & 'specifically depends on@en'(x,y,t)
[copied from inverse property 'specifically depends on at some time'] BFO 2 Reference: An entity – for example an act of communication or a game of football – can s-depends_on more than one entity. Complex phenomena for example in the psychological and social realms (such as inferring, commanding and requesting) or in the realm of multi-organismal biological processes (such as infection and resistance), will involve multiple families of dependence relations, involving both continuants and occurrents [1, 4, 28
[copied from inverse property 'specifically depends on at some time'] BFO 2 Reference: S-dependence is just one type of dependence among many; it is what, in the literature, is referred to as ‘existential dependence’ [87, 46, 65, 20
[copied from inverse property 'specifically depends on at some time'] BFO 2 Reference: the relation of s-depends_on does not in every case require simultaneous existence of its relata. Note the difference between such cases and the cases of continuant universals defined historically: the act of answering depends existentially on the prior act of questioning; the human being who was baptized or who answered a question does not himself depend existentially on the prior act of baptism or answering. He would still exist even if these acts had never taken place.
[copied from inverse property 'specifically depends on at some time'] BFO2 Reference: specifically dependent continuant\; process; process boundary
[copied from inverse property 'specifically depends on at some time'] To say that b s-depends_on a at t is to say that b and c do not share common parts & b is of its nature such that it cannot exist unless c exists & b is not a boundary of c and b is not a site of which c is the host [64
has specific dependent at some time
[copied from inverse property 'occupies spatiotemporal region'] BFO 2 Reference: The occupies_spatiotemporal_region and occupies_temporal_region relations are the counterpart, on the occurrent side, of the relation occupies_spatial_region.
[copied from inverse property 'occupies spatiotemporal region'] p occupies_spatiotemporal_region s. This is a primitive relation between an occurrent p and the spatiotemporal region s which is its spatiotemporal extent. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [082-003])
has spatiotemporal occupant
material basis of at some time
each piece in a chess set is a member part of the chess set; each Beatle in the collection called The Beatles is a member part of The Beatles.
each tree in a forest is a member_part of the forest
b member_part_of c at t =Def. b is an object & there is at t a mutually exhaustive and pairwise disjoint partition of c into objects x1, …, xn (for some n > 1) with b = xi for some 1 ? i ? n. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [026-004])
Alan Ruttenberg: This is a binary version of a ternary time-indexed, instance level, relation. The BFO reading of the binary relation 'member part of at some time@en' is: exists t, exists_at(x,t) & exists_at(y,t) & 'member part of@en'(x,y,t)
if b member_part_of c at t then b continuant_part_of c at t. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [104-001])
(forall (x y t) (if (memberPartOfAt x y t) (continuantPartOfAt x y t))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [104-001]
member part of at some time
BFO 2 Reference: The occupies_spatiotemporal_region and occupies_temporal_region relations are the counterpart, on the occurrent side, of the relation occupies_spatial_region.
p occupies_spatiotemporal_region s. This is a primitive relation between an occurrent p and the spatiotemporal region s which is its spatiotemporal extent. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [082-003])
occupies spatiotemporal region
Mary’s 5th birthday occurrent_part_of Mary’s life
The process of a footballer’s heart beating once is an occurrent part but not a temporal_part of a game of football.
the first set of the tennis match occurrent_part_of the tennis match.
[copied from inverse property 'has occurrent part'] b has_occurrent_part c = Def. c occurrent_part_of b. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [007-001])
BFO 2 Reference: a (continuant or occurrent) part of itself. We appreciate that this is counterintuitive for some users, since it implies for example that President Obama is a part of himself. However it brings benefits in simplifying the logical formalism, and it captures an important feature of identity, namely that it is the limit case of mereological inclusion.
b occurrent_part_of c =Def. b is a part of c & b and c are occurrents. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [003-002])
occurrent_part_of is antisymmetric. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [123-001])
occurrent_part_of is reflexive (every occurrent entity is an occurrent_part_of itself). (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [113-002])
occurrent_part_of is transitive. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [112-001])
occurrent_part_of satisfies unique product. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [125-001])
occurrent_part_of satisfies weak supplementation. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [124-001])
(forall (x y t) (if (and (occurrentPartOf x y t) (not (= x y))) (exists (z) (and (occurrentPartOf z y t) (not (exists (w) (and (occurrentPartOf w x t) (occurrentPartOf w z t)))))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [124-001]
(forall (x y t) (if (and (occurrentPartOf x y t) (occurrentPartOf y x t)) (= x y))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [123-001]
(forall (x y t) (if (exists (v) (and (occurrentPartOf v x t) (occurrentPartOf v y t))) (exists (z) (forall (u w) (iff (iff (occurrentPartOf w u t) (and (occurrentPartOf w x t) (occurrentPartOf w y t))) (= z u)))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [125-001]
(forall (x y z) (if (and (occurrentPartOf x y) (occurrentPartOf y z)) (occurrentPartOf x z))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [112-001]
(forall (x) (if (Occurrent x) (occurrentPartOf x x))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [113-002]
part of occurrent
process profile of
proper temporal part of
b proper_continuant_part_of c at t =Def. b continuant_part_of c at t & b and c are not identical. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [004-001])
Alan Ruttenberg: This is a binary version of a ternary time-indexed, instance-level, relation. The BFO reading of the binary relation 'proper part of continuant at all times@en' is: forall(t) exists_at(x,t) -> exists_at(y,t) and 'proper part of continuant@en(x,y,t)'.
(iff (properContinuantPartOfAt a b t) (and (continuantPartOfAt a b t) (not (= a b)))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [004-001]
proper part of continuant at all times
[copied from inverse property 'has proper occurrent part'] b has_proper_occurrent_part c = Def. c proper_occurrent_part_of b. [XXX-001
b proper_occurrent_part_of c =Def. b occurrent_part_of c & b and c are not identical. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [005-001])
(iff (properOccurrentPartOf a b) (and (occurrentPartOf a b) (not (= a b)))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [005-001]
proper part of occurrent
the 4th year of your life is a temporal part of your life\. The first quarter of a game of football is a temporal part of the whole game\. The process of your heart beating from 4pm to 5pm today is a temporal part of the entire process of your heart beating.\ The 4th year of your life is a temporal part of your life
the process boundary which separates the 3rd and 4th years of your life.
your heart beating from 4pm to 5pm today is a temporal part of the process of your heart beating
b proper_temporal_part_of c =Def. b temporal_part_of c & not (b = c). (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [116-001])
b temporal_part_of c =Def.b occurrent_part_of c & & for some temporal region t, b occupies_temporal_region t & for all occurrents d, t (if d occupies_temporal_region t & t? occurrent_part_of t then (d occurrent_part_of a iff d occurrent_part_of b)). (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [078-003])
if b proper_temporal_part_of c, then there is some d which is a proper_temporal_part_of c and which shares no parts with b. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [117-002])
(forall (x y) (if (properTemporalPartOf x y) (exists (z) (and (properTemporalPartOf z y) (not (exists (w) (and (temporalPartOf w x) (temporalPartOf w z)))))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [117-002]
(iff (properTemporalPartOf a b) (and (temporalPartOf a b) (not (= a b)))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [116-001]
(iff (temporalPartOf a b) (and (occurrentPartOf a b) (exists (t) (and (TemporalRegion t) (occupiesSpatioTemporalRegion a t))) (forall (c t_1) (if (and (Occurrent c) (occupiesSpatioTemporalRegion c t_1) (occurrentPartOf t_1 r)) (iff (occurrentPartOf c a) (occurrentPartOf c b)))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [078-003]
temporal part of
projects onto spatial region at some time
spatial projection of spatiotemporal at some time
projects onto temporal region
temporal projection of spatiotemporal
p occupies_temporal_region t. This is a primitive relation between an occurrent p and the temporal region t upon which the spatiotemporal region p occupies_spatiotemporal_region projects. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [132-001])
occupies temporal region
[copied from inverse property 'occupies temporal region'] p occupies_temporal_region t. This is a primitive relation between an occurrent p and the temporal region t upon which the spatiotemporal region p occupies_spatiotemporal_region projects. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [132-001])
has temporal occupant
[copied from inverse property 'exists at'] BFO2 Reference: entity
[copied from inverse property 'exists at'] BFO2 Reference: temporal region
[copied from inverse property 'exists at'] b exists_at t means: b is an entity which exists at some temporal region t. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [118-002])
during which exists
Alan Ruttenberg: This is a binary version of a ternary time-indexed, instance-level, relation. The BFO reading of the binary relation 'bearer of at all times@en' is: forall(t) exists_at(x,t) -> exists_at(y,t) and 'bearer of@en(x,y,t)'.
bearer of at all times
has quality at all times
Alan Ruttenberg: This is a binary version of a ternary time-indexed, instance-level, relation. The BFO reading of the binary relation 'has function at all times@en' is: forall(t) exists_at(x,t) -> exists_at(y,t) and 'has function@en(x,y,t)'.
has function at all times
Alan Ruttenberg: This is a binary version of a ternary time-indexed, instance-level, relation. The BFO reading of the binary relation 'has role at all times@en' is: forall(t) exists_at(x,t) -> exists_at(y,t) and 'has role@en(x,y,t)'.
has role at all times
Alan Ruttenberg: This is a binary version of a ternary time-indexed, instance-level, relation. The BFO reading of the binary relation 'has disposition at all times@en' is: forall(t) exists_at(x,t) -> exists_at(y,t) and 'has disposition@en(x,y,t)'.
has disposition at all times
material basis of at all times
Alan Ruttenberg: This is a binary version of a ternary time-indexed, instance-level, relation. The BFO reading of the binary relation 'concretizes at all times@en' is: forall(t) exists_at(x,t) -> exists_at(y,t) and 'concretizes@en(x,y,t)'.
concretizes at all times
concretized by at all times
participates in at all times
Alan Ruttenberg: This is a binary version of a ternary time-indexed, instance-level, relation. The BFO reading of the binary relation 'has participant at all times@en' is: forall(t) exists_at(x,t) -> exists_at(y,t) and 'has participant@en(x,y,t)'.
has participant at all times
has specific dependent at all times
Alan Ruttenberg: This is a binary version of a ternary time-indexed, instance level, relation. The BFO reading of the binary relation 'specifically depends on at some time@en' is: exists t, exists_at(x,t) & exists_at(y,t) & 'specifically depends on@en'(x,y,t)
specifically depends on at some time
has location at all times
Alan Ruttenberg: This is a binary version of a ternary time-indexed, instance level, relation. The BFO reading of the binary relation 'located in at some time@en' is: exists t, exists_at(x,t) & exists_at(y,t) & 'located in@en'(x,y,t)
located in at some time
has member part at all times
Alan Ruttenberg: This is a binary version of a ternary time-indexed, instance-level, relation. The BFO reading of the binary relation 'member part of at all times@en' is: forall(t) exists_at(x,t) -> exists_at(y,t) and 'member part of@en(x,y,t)'.
member part of at all times
[copied from inverse property 'proper part of continuant at some time'] b proper_continuant_part_of c at t =Def. b continuant_part_of c at t & b and c are not identical. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [004-001])
Alan Ruttenberg: This is a binary version of a ternary time-indexed, instance level, relation. The BFO reading of the binary relation 'has proper continuant part at some time@en' is: exists t, exists_at(x,t) & exists_at(y,t) & 'has proper continuant part@en'(x,y,t)
[copied from inverse property 'proper part of continuant at some time'] Alan Ruttenberg: This is a binary version of a ternary time-indexed, instance level, relation. The BFO reading of the binary relation 'proper part of continuant at some time@en' is: exists t, exists_at(x,t) & exists_at(y,t) & 'proper part of continuant@en'(x,y,t)
has proper continuant part at some time
[copied from inverse property 'has proper continuant part at some time'] b has_proper_continuant_part c at t = Def. c proper_continuant_part_of b at t. [XXX-001
Alan Ruttenberg: This is a binary version of a ternary time-indexed, instance level, relation. The BFO reading of the binary relation 'proper part of continuant at some time@en' is: exists t, exists_at(x,t) & exists_at(y,t) & 'proper part of continuant@en'(x,y,t)
[copied from inverse property 'has proper continuant part at some time'] Alan Ruttenberg: This is a binary version of a ternary time-indexed, instance level, relation. The BFO reading of the binary relation 'has proper continuant part at some time@en' is: exists t, exists_at(x,t) & exists_at(y,t) & 'has proper continuant part@en'(x,y,t)
proper part of continuant at some time
Mary’s arm continuant_part_of Mary in the time of her life prior to her operation
the Northern hemisphere of the planet Earth is a part of the planet Earth at all times at which the planet Earth exists.
[copied from inverse property 'has continuant part at some time'] b has_continuant_part c at t = Def. c continuant_part_of b at t. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [006-001])
Alan Ruttenberg: This is a binary version of a ternary time-indexed, instance level, relation. The BFO reading of the binary relation 'part of continuant at some time@en' is: exists t, exists_at(x,t) & exists_at(y,t) & 'part of continuant@en'(x,y,t)
BFO 2 Reference: Immaterial entities are in some cases continuant parts of their material hosts. Thus the hold of a ship, for example, is a part of the ship; it may itself have parts, which may have names (used for example by ship stow planners, customs inspectors, and the like). Immaterial entities under both 1. and 2. can be of zero, one, two or three dimensions. We define:a(immaterial entity)[Definition: a is an immaterial entity = Def. a is an independent continuant that has no material entities as parts. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [028-001])
BFO2 Reference: continuantThe range for ‘t’ (as in all cases throughout this document unless otherwise specified) is: temporal region.
[copied from inverse property 'has continuant part at some time'] Alan Ruttenberg: This is a binary version of a ternary time-indexed, instance level, relation. The BFO reading of the binary relation 'has continuant part at some time@en' is: exists t, exists_at(x,t) & exists_at(y,t) & 'has continuant part@en'(x,y,t)
b continuant_part_of c at t =Def. b is a part of c at t & t is a time & b and c are continuants. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [002-001])
continuant_part_of is antisymmetric. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [120-001])
continuant_part_of is reflexive (every continuant entity is a continuant_part_of itself). (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [111-002])
continuant_part_of is transitive. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [110-001])
continuant_part_of satisfies unique product. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [122-001])
continuant_part_of satisfies weak supplementation. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [121-001])
if b continuant_part_of c at t and b is an independent continuant, then b is located_in c at t. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [047-002])
(forall (x t) (if (Continuant x) (continuantPartOfAt x x t))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [111-002]
(forall (x y t) (if (and (continuantPartOfAt x y t) (IndependentContinuant x)) (locatedInAt x y t))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [047-002]
(forall (x y t) (if (and (continuantPartOfAt x y t) (continuantPartOfAt y x t)) (= x y))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [120-001]
(forall (x y t) (if (and (continuantPartOfAt x y t) (not (= x y))) (exists (z) (and (continuantPartOfAt z y t) (not (exists (w) (and (continuantPartOfAt w x t) (continuantPartOfAt w z t)))))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [121-001]
(forall (x y t) (if (exists (v) (and (continuantPartOfAt v x t) (continuantPartOfAt v y t))) (exists (z) (forall (u w) (iff (iff (continuantPartOfAt w u t) (and (continuantPartOfAt w x t) (continuantPartOfAt w y t))) (= z u)))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [122-001]
(forall (x y z t) (if (and (continuantPartOfAt x y t) (continuantPartOfAt y z t)) (continuantPartOfAt x z t))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [110-001]
(iff (ImmaterialEntity a) (and (IndependentContinuant a) (not (exists (b t) (and (MaterialEntity b) (continuantPartOfAt b a t)))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [028-001]
part of continuant at some time
[copied from inverse property 'has continuant part at all times that part exists'] forall(t) exists_at(y,t) -> exists_at(x,t) and 'has continuant part'(x,y,t)
Alan Ruttenberg: This is a binary version of a ternary time-indexed, instance-level, relation. The BFO reading of the binary relation 'part of continuant at all times@en' is: forall(t) exists_at(x,t) -> exists_at(y,t) and 'part of continuant@en(x,y,t)'.
[copied from inverse property 'has continuant part at all times that part exists'] This is a binary version of a ternary time-indexed, instance level, relation. Unlike the rest of the temporalized relations which temporally quantify over existence of the subject of the relation, this relation temporally quantifies over the existence of the object of the relation. The relation is provided tentatively, to assess whether the GO needs such a relation. It is inverse of 'part of continuant at all times'
part of continuant at all times
[copied from inverse property 'part of continuant at some time'] Mary’s arm continuant_part_of Mary in the time of her life prior to her operation
[copied from inverse property 'part of continuant at some time'] the Northern hemisphere of the planet Earth is a part of the planet Earth at all times at which the planet Earth exists.
Alan Ruttenberg: This is a binary version of a ternary time-indexed, instance level, relation. The BFO reading of the binary relation 'has continuant part at some time@en' is: exists t, exists_at(x,t) & exists_at(y,t) & 'has continuant part@en'(x,y,t)
[copied from inverse property 'part of continuant at some time'] Alan Ruttenberg: This is a binary version of a ternary time-indexed, instance level, relation. The BFO reading of the binary relation 'part of continuant at some time@en' is: exists t, exists_at(x,t) & exists_at(y,t) & 'part of continuant@en'(x,y,t)
[copied from inverse property 'part of continuant at some time'] BFO 2 Reference: Immaterial entities are in some cases continuant parts of their material hosts. Thus the hold of a ship, for example, is a part of the ship; it may itself have parts, which may have names (used for example by ship stow planners, customs inspectors, and the like). Immaterial entities under both 1. and 2. can be of zero, one, two or three dimensions. We define:a(immaterial entity)[Definition: a is an immaterial entity = Def. a is an independent continuant that has no material entities as parts. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [028-001])
[copied from inverse property 'part of continuant at some time'] BFO 2 Reference: a (continuant or occurrent) part of itself. We appreciate that this is counterintuitive for some users, since it implies for example that President Obama is a part of himself. However it brings benefits in simplifying the logical formalism, and it captures an important feature of identity, namely that it is the limit case of mereological inclusion.
[copied from inverse property 'part of continuant at some time'] BFO2 Reference: continuant
[copied from inverse property 'part of continuant at some time'] BFO2 Reference: continuantThe range for ‘t’ (as in all cases throughout this document unless otherwise specified) is: temporal region.
[copied from inverse property 'part of continuant at some time'] b continuant_part_of c at t =Def. b is a part of c at t & t is a time & b and c are continuants. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [002-001])
has continuant part at some time
has proper temporal part
[copied from inverse property 'has history'] b has_history c iff c history_of b [XXX-001
b history_of c if c is a material entity or site and b is a history that is the unique history of cAxiom: if b history_of c and b history_of d then c=d [XXX-001
history of
b has_history c iff c history_of b [XXX-001
[copied from inverse property 'history of'] b history_of c if c is a material entity or site and b is a history that is the unique history of cAxiom: if b history_of c and b history_of d then c=d [XXX-001
has history
[copied from inverse property 'has continuant part at all times'] b has_continuant_part c at t = Def. c continuant_part_of b at t. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [006-001])
forall(t) exists_at(y,t) -> exists_at(x,t) and 'part of continuant'(x,y,t)
This is a binary version of a ternary time-indexed, instance level, relation. Unlike the rest of the temporalized relations which temporally quantify over existence of the subject of the relation, this relation temporally quantifies over the existence of the object of the relation. The relation is provided tentatively, to assess whether the GO needs such a relation. It is inverse of 'has continuant part at all times'
[copied from inverse property 'has continuant part at all times'] Alan Ruttenberg: This is a binary version of a ternary time-indexed, instance-level, relation. The BFO reading of the binary relation 'has continuant part at all times@en' is: forall(t) exists_at(x,t) -> exists_at(y,t) and 'has continuant part@en(x,y,t)'.
part of continuant at all times that whole exists
[copied from inverse property 'part of continuant at all times'] Mary’s arm continuant_part_of Mary in the time of her life prior to her operation
[copied from inverse property 'part of continuant at all times'] the Northern hemisphere of the planet Earth is a part of the planet Earth at all times at which the planet Earth exists.
forall(t) exists_at(y,t) -> exists_at(x,t) and 'has continuant part'(x,y,t)
This is a binary version of a ternary time-indexed, instance level, relation. Unlike the rest of the temporalized relations which temporally quantify over existence of the subject of the relation, this relation temporally quantifies over the existence of the object of the relation. The relation is provided tentatively, to assess whether the GO needs such a relation. It is inverse of 'part of continuant at all times'
[copied from inverse property 'part of continuant at all times'] Alan Ruttenberg: This is a binary version of a ternary time-indexed, instance-level, relation. The BFO reading of the binary relation 'part of continuant at all times@en' is: forall(t) exists_at(x,t) -> exists_at(y,t) and 'part of continuant@en(x,y,t)'.
[copied from inverse property 'part of continuant at all times'] BFO 2 Reference: Immaterial entities are in some cases continuant parts of their material hosts. Thus the hold of a ship, for example, is a part of the ship; it may itself have parts, which may have names (used for example by ship stow planners, customs inspectors, and the like). Immaterial entities under both 1. and 2. can be of zero, one, two or three dimensions. We define:a(immaterial entity)[Definition: a is an immaterial entity = Def. a is an independent continuant that has no material entities as parts. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [028-001])
[copied from inverse property 'part of continuant at all times'] BFO 2 Reference: a (continuant or occurrent) part of itself. We appreciate that this is counterintuitive for some users, since it implies for example that President Obama is a part of himself. However it brings benefits in simplifying the logical formalism, and it captures an important feature of identity, namely that it is the limit case of mereological inclusion.
[copied from inverse property 'part of continuant at all times'] BFO2 Reference: continuant
[copied from inverse property 'part of continuant at all times'] BFO2 Reference: continuantThe range for ‘t’ (as in all cases throughout this document unless otherwise specified) is: temporal region.
[copied from inverse property 'part of continuant at all times'] b continuant_part_of c at t =Def. b is a part of c at t & t is a time & b and c are continuants. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [002-001])
has continuant part at all times that part exists
Julius Caesar
Verdi’s Requiem
the Second World War
your body mass index
BFO 2 Reference: In all areas of empirical inquiry we encounter general terms of two sorts. First are general terms which refer to universals or types:animaltuberculosissurgical procedurediseaseSecond, are general terms used to refer to groups of entities which instantiate a given universal but do not correspond to the extension of any subuniversal of that universal because there is nothing intrinsic to the entities in question by virtue of which they – and only they – are counted as belonging to the given group. Examples are: animal purchased by the Emperortuberculosis diagnosed on a Wednesdaysurgical procedure performed on a patient from Stockholmperson identified as candidate for clinical trial #2056-555person who is signatory of Form 656-PPVpainting by Leonardo da VinciSuch terms, which represent what are called ‘specializations’ in [81
Entity doesn't have a closure axiom because the subclasses don't necessarily exhaust all possibilites. For example Werner Ceusters 'portions of reality' include 4 sorts, entities (as BFO construes them), universals, configurations, and relations. It is an open question as to whether entities as construed in BFO will at some point also include these other portions of reality. See, for example, 'How to track absolutely everything' at http://www.referent-tracking.com/_RTU/papers/CeustersICbookRevised.pdf
An entity is anything that exists or has existed or will exist. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [001-001])
entity
BFO 2 Reference: Continuant entities are entities which can be sliced to yield parts only along the spatial dimension, yielding for example the parts of your table which we call its legs, its top, its nails. ‘My desk stretches from the window to the door. It has spatial parts, and can be sliced (in space) in two. With respect to time, however, a thing is a continuant.’ [60, p. 240
Continuant doesn't have a closure axiom because the subclasses don't necessarily exhaust all possibilites. For example, in an expansion involving bringing in some of Ceuster's other portions of reality, questions are raised as to whether universals are continuants
A continuant is an entity that persists, endures, or continues to exist through time while maintaining its identity. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [008-002])
if b is a continuant and if, for some t, c has_continuant_part b at t, then c is a continuant. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [126-001])
if b is a continuant and if, for some t, cis continuant_part of b at t, then c is a continuant. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [009-002])
if b is a material entity, then there is some temporal interval (referred to below as a one-dimensional temporal region) during which b exists. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [011-002])
(forall (x y) (if (and (Continuant x) (exists (t) (continuantPartOfAt y x t))) (Continuant y))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [009-002]
(forall (x y) (if (and (Continuant x) (exists (t) (hasContinuantPartOfAt y x t))) (Continuant y))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [126-001]
(forall (x) (if (Continuant x) (Entity x))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [008-002]
(forall (x) (if (Material Entity x) (exists (t) (and (TemporalRegion t) (existsAt x t))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [011-002]
continuant
BFO 2 Reference: every occurrent that is not a temporal or spatiotemporal region is s-dependent on some independent continuant that is not a spatial region
BFO 2 Reference: s-dependence obtains between every process and its participants in the sense that, as a matter of necessity, this process could not have existed unless these or those participants existed also. A process may have a succession of participants at different phases of its unfolding. Thus there may be different players on the field at different times during the course of a football game; but the process which is the entire game s-depends_on all of these players nonetheless. Some temporal parts of this process will s-depend_on on only some of the players.
Occurrent doesn't have a closure axiom because the subclasses don't necessarily exhaust all possibilites. An example would be the sum of a process and the process boundary of another process.
Simons uses different terminology for relations of occurrents to regions: Denote the spatio-temporal location of a given occurrent e by 'spn[e]' and call this region its span. We may say an occurrent is at its span, in any larger region, and covers any smaller region. Now suppose we have fixed a frame of reference so that we can speak not merely of spatio-temporal but also of spatial regions (places) and temporal regions (times). The spread of an occurrent, (relative to a frame of reference) is the space it exactly occupies, and its spell is likewise the time it exactly occupies. We write 'spr[e]' and `spl[e]' respectively for the spread and spell of e, omitting mention of the frame.
An occurrent is an entity that unfolds itself in time or it is the instantaneous boundary of such an entity (for example a beginning or an ending) or it is a temporal or spatiotemporal region which such an entity occupies_temporal_region or occupies_spatiotemporal_region. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [077-002])
Every occurrent occupies_spatiotemporal_region some spatiotemporal region. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [108-001])
b is an occurrent entity iff b is an entity that has temporal parts. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [079-001])
(forall (x) (if (Occurrent x) (exists (r) (and (SpatioTemporalRegion r) (occupiesSpatioTemporalRegion x r))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [108-001]
(forall (x) (iff (Occurrent x) (and (Entity x) (exists (y) (temporalPartOf y x))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [079-001]
occurrent
a chair
a heart
a leg
a molecule
a spatial region
an atom
an orchestra.
an organism
the bottom right portion of a human torso
the interior of your mouth
b is an independent continuant = Def. b is a continuant which is such that there is no c and no t such that b s-depends_on c at t. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [017-002])
For any independent continuant b and any time t there is some spatial region r such that b is located_in r at t. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [134-001])
For every independent continuant b and time t during the region of time spanned by its life, there are entities which s-depends_on b during t. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [018-002])
(forall (x t) (if (IndependentContinuant x) (exists (r) (and (SpatialRegion r) (locatedInAt x r t))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [134-001]
(forall (x t) (if (and (IndependentContinuant x) (existsAt x t)) (exists (y) (and (Entity y) (specificallyDependsOnAt y x t))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [018-002]
(iff (IndependentContinuant a) (and (Continuant a) (not (exists (b t) (specificallyDependsOnAt a b t))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [017-002]
independent continuant
Spatial region doesn't have a closure axiom because the subclasses don't exhaust all possibilites. An example would be the union of a spatial point and a spatial line that doesn't overlap the point, or two spatial lines that intersect at a single point. In both cases the resultant spatial region is neither 0-dimensional, 1-dimensional, 2-dimensional, or 3-dimensional.
A spatial region is a continuant entity that is a continuant_part_of spaceR as defined relative to some frame R. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [035-001])
All continuant parts of spatial regions are spatial regions. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [036-001])
(forall (x y t) (if (and (SpatialRegion x) (continuantPartOfAt y x t)) (SpatialRegion y))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [036-001]
(forall (x) (if (SpatialRegion x) (Continuant x))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [035-001]
spatial region
Temporal region doesn't have a closure axiom because the subclasses don't exhaust all possibilites. An example would be the mereological sum of a temporal instant and a temporal interval that doesn't overlap the instant. In this case the resultant temporal region is neither 0-dimensional nor 1-dimensional
A temporal region is an occurrent entity that is part of time as defined relative to some reference frame. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [100-001])
All parts of temporal regions are temporal regions. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [101-001])
Every temporal region t is such that t occupies_temporal_region t. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [119-002])
(forall (r) (if (TemporalRegion r) (occupiesTemporalRegion r r))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [119-002]
(forall (x y) (if (and (TemporalRegion x) (occurrentPartOf y x)) (TemporalRegion y))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [101-001]
(forall (x) (if (TemporalRegion x) (Occurrent x))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [100-001]
temporal region
an infinitely thin plane in space.
the surface of a sphere-shaped part of space
A two-dimensional spatial region is a spatial region that is of two dimensions. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [039-001])
(forall (x) (if (TwoDimensionalSpatialRegion x) (SpatialRegion x))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [039-001]
two-dimensional spatial region
the spatiotemporal region occupied by a human life
the spatiotemporal region occupied by a process of cellular meiosis.
the spatiotemporal region occupied by the development of a cancer tumor
A spatiotemporal region is an occurrent entity that is part of spacetime. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [095-001])
All parts of spatiotemporal regions are spatiotemporal regions. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [096-001])
Each spatiotemporal region at any time t projects_onto some spatial region at t. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [099-001])
Each spatiotemporal region projects_onto some temporal region. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [098-001])
Every spatiotemporal region occupies_spatiotemporal_region itself.
Every spatiotemporal region s is such that s occupies_spatiotemporal_region s. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [107-002])
(forall (r) (if (SpatioTemporalRegion r) (occupiesSpatioTemporalRegion r r))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [107-002]
(forall (x t) (if (SpatioTemporalRegion x) (exists (y) (and (SpatialRegion y) (spatiallyProjectsOntoAt x y t))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [099-001]
(forall (x y) (if (and (SpatioTemporalRegion x) (occurrentPartOf y x)) (SpatioTemporalRegion y))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [096-001]
(forall (x) (if (SpatioTemporalRegion x) (Occurrent x))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [095-001]
(forall (x) (if (SpatioTemporalRegion x) (exists (y) (and (TemporalRegion y) (temporallyProjectsOnto x y))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [098-001]
spatiotemporal region
a process of cell-division, \ a beating of the heart
a process of meiosis
a process of sleeping
the course of a disease
the flight of a bird
the life of an organism
your process of aging.
p is a process = Def. p is an occurrent that has temporal proper parts and for some time t, p s-depends_on some material entity at t. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [083-003])
BFO 2 Reference: The realm of occurrents is less pervasively marked by the presence of natural units than is the case in the realm of independent continuants. Thus there is here no counterpart of ‘object’. In BFO 1.0 ‘process’ served as such a counterpart. In BFO 2.0 ‘process’ is, rather, the occurrent counterpart of ‘material entity’. Those natural – as contrasted with engineered, which here means: deliberately executed – units which do exist in the realm of occurrents are typically either parasitic on the existence of natural units on the continuant side, or they are fiat in nature. Thus we can count lives; we can count football games; we can count chemical reactions performed in experiments or in chemical manufacturing. We cannot count the processes taking place, for instance, in an episode of insect mating behavior.Even where natural units are identifiable, for example cycles in a cyclical process such as the beating of a heart or an organism’s sleep/wake cycle, the processes in question form a sequence with no discontinuities (temporal gaps) of the sort that we find for instance where billiard balls or zebrafish or planets are separated by clear spatial gaps. Lives of organisms are process units, but they too unfold in a continuous series from other, prior processes such as fertilization, and they unfold in turn in continuous series of post-life processes such as post-mortem decay. Clear examples of boundaries of processes are almost always of the fiat sort (midnight, a time of death as declared in an operating theater or on a death certificate, the initiation of a state of war)
(iff (Process a) (and (Occurrent a) (exists (b) (properTemporalPartOf b a)) (exists (c t) (and (MaterialEntity c) (specificallyDependsOnAt a c t))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [083-003]
process
an atom of element X has the disposition to decay to an atom of element Y
certain people have a predisposition to colon cancer
children are innately disposed to categorize objects in certain ways.
the cell wall is disposed to filter chemicals in endocytosis and exocytosis
BFO 2 Reference: Dispositions exist along a strength continuum. Weaker forms of disposition are realized in only a fraction of triggering cases. These forms occur in a significant number of cases of a similar type.
b is a disposition means: b is a realizable entity & b’s bearer is some material entity & b is such that if it ceases to exist, then its bearer is physically changed, & b’s realization occurs when and because this bearer is in some special physical circumstances, & this realization occurs in virtue of the bearer’s physical make-up. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [062-002])
If b is a realizable entity then for all t at which b exists, b s-depends_on some material entity at t. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [063-002])
(forall (x t) (if (and (RealizableEntity x) (existsAt x t)) (exists (y) (and (MaterialEntity y) (specificallyDepends x y t))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [063-002]
(forall (x) (if (Disposition x) (and (RealizableEntity x) (exists (y) (and (MaterialEntity y) (bearerOfAt x y t)))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [062-002]
disposition
the disposition of this piece of metal to conduct electricity.
the disposition of your blood to coagulate
the function of your reproductive organs
the role of being a doctor
the role of this boundary to delineate where Utah and Colorado meet
To say that b is a realizable entity is to say that b is a specifically dependent continuant that inheres in some independent continuant which is not a spatial region and is of a type instances of which are realized in processes of a correlated type. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [058-002])
All realizable dependent continuants have independent continuants that are not spatial regions as their bearers. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [060-002])
(forall (x t) (if (RealizableEntity x) (exists (y) (and (IndependentContinuant y) (not (SpatialRegion y)) (bearerOfAt y x t))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [060-002]
(forall (x) (if (RealizableEntity x) (and (SpecificallyDependentContinuant x) (exists (y) (and (IndependentContinuant y) (not (SpatialRegion y)) (inheresIn x y)))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [058-002]
realizable entity
A zero-dimensional spatial region is a point in space. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [037-001])
(forall (x) (if (ZeroDimensionalSpatialRegion x) (SpatialRegion x))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [037-001]
zero-dimensional spatial region
the ambient temperature of this portion of air
the color of a tomato
the length of the circumference of your waist
the mass of this piece of gold.
the shape of your nose
the shape of your nostril
a quality is a specifically dependent continuant that, in contrast to roles and dispositions, does not require any further process in order to be realized. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [055-001])
If an entity is a quality at any time that it exists, then it is a quality at every time that it exists. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [105-001])
(forall (x) (if (Quality x) (SpecificallyDependentContinuant x))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [055-001]
(forall (x) (if (exists (t) (and (existsAt x t) (Quality x))) (forall (t_1) (if (existsAt x t_1) (Quality x))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [105-001]
quality
Reciprocal specifically dependent continuants: the function of this key to open this lock and the mutually dependent disposition of this lock: to be opened by this key
of one-sided specifically dependent continuants: the mass of this tomato
of relational dependent continuants (multiple bearers): John’s love for Mary, the ownership relation between John and this statue, the relation of authority between John and his subordinates.
the disposition of this fish to decay
the function of this heart: to pump blood
the mutual dependence of proton donors and acceptors in chemical reactions [79
the mutual dependence of the role predator and the role prey as played by two organisms in a given interaction
the pink color of a medium rare piece of grilled filet mignon at its center
the shape of this hole.
the smell of this portion of mozzarella
b is a relational specifically dependent continuant = Def. b is a specifically dependent continuant and there are n > 1 independent continuants c1, … cn which are not spatial regions are such that for all 1 i < j n, ci and cj share no common parts, are such that for each 1 i n, b s-depends_on ci at every time t during the course of b’s existence (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [131-004])
b is a specifically dependent continuant = Def. b is a continuant & there is some independent continuant c which is not a spatial region and which is such that b s-depends_on c at every time t during the course of b’s existence. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [050-003])
Specifically dependent continuant doesn't have a closure axiom because the subclasses don't necessarily exhaust all possibilites. We're not sure what else will develop here, but for example there are questions such as what are promises, obligation, etc.
(iff (RelationalSpecificallyDependentContinuant a) (and (SpecificallyDependentContinuant a) (forall (t) (exists (b c) (and (not (SpatialRegion b)) (not (SpatialRegion c)) (not (= b c)) (not (exists (d) (and (continuantPartOfAt d b t) (continuantPartOfAt d c t)))) (specificallyDependsOnAt a b t) (specificallyDependsOnAt a c t)))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [131-004]
(iff (SpecificallyDependentContinuant a) (and (Continuant a) (forall (t) (if (existsAt a t) (exists (b) (and (IndependentContinuant b) (not (SpatialRegion b)) (specificallyDependsOnAt a b t))))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [050-003]
specifically dependent continuant
John’s role of husband to Mary is dependent on Mary’s role of wife to John, and both are dependent on the object aggregate comprising John and Mary as member parts joined together through the relational quality of being married.
the priest role
the role of a boundary to demarcate two neighboring administrative territories
the role of a building in serving as a military target
the role of a stone in marking a property boundary
the role of subject in a clinical trial
the student role
BFO 2 Reference: One major family of examples of non-rigid universals involves roles, and ontologies developed for corresponding administrative purposes may consist entirely of representatives of entities of this sort. Thus ‘professor’, defined as follows,b instance_of professor at t =Def. there is some c, c instance_of professor role & c inheres_in b at t.denotes a non-rigid universal and so also do ‘nurse’, ‘student’, ‘colonel’, ‘taxpayer’, and so forth. (These terms are all, in the jargon of philosophy, phase sortals.) By using role terms in definitions, we can create a BFO conformant treatment of such entities drawing on the fact that, while an instance of professor may be simultaneously an instance of trade union member, no instance of the type professor role is also (at any time) an instance of the type trade union member role (any more than any instance of the type color is at any time an instance of the type length).If an ontology of employment positions should be defined in terms of roles following the above pattern, this enables the ontology to do justice to the fact that individuals instantiate the corresponding universals – professor, sergeant, nurse – only during certain phases in their lives.
b is a role means: b is a realizable entity & b exists because there is some single bearer that is in some special physical, social, or institutional set of circumstances in which this bearer does not have to be& b is not such that, if it ceases to exist, then the physical make-up of the bearer is thereby changed. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [061-001])
(forall (x) (if (Role x) (RealizableEntity x))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [061-001]
role
or with divisions drawn by cognitive subjects for practical reasons, such as the division of a cake (before slicing) into (what will become) slices (and thus member parts of an object aggregate). However, this does not mean that fiat object parts are dependent for their existence on divisions or delineations effected by cognitive subjects. If, for example, it is correct to conceive geological layers of the Earth as fiat object parts of the Earth, then even though these layers were first delineated in recent times, still existed long before such delineation and what holds of these layers (for example that the oldest layers are also the lowest layers) did not begin to hold because of our acts of delineation.Treatment of material entity in BFOExamples viewed by some as problematic cases for the trichotomy of fiat object part, object, and object aggregate include: a mussel on (and attached to) a rock, a slime mold, a pizza, a cloud, a galaxy, a railway train with engine and multiple carriages, a clonal stand of quaking aspen, a bacterial community (biofilm), a broken femur. Note that, as Aristotle already clearly recognized, such problematic cases – which lie at or near the penumbra of instances defined by the categories in question – need not invalidate these categories. The existence of grey objects does not prove that there are not objects which are black and objects which are white; the existence of mules does not prove that there are not objects which are donkeys and objects which are horses. It does, however, show that the examples in question need to be addressed carefully in order to show how they can be fitted into the proposed scheme, for example by recognizing additional subdivisions [29
the FMA:regional parts of an intact human body.
the Western hemisphere of the Earth
the division of the brain into regions
the division of the planet into hemispheres
the dorsal and ventral surfaces of the body
the upper and lower lobes of the left lung
BFO 2 Reference: Most examples of fiat object parts are associated with theoretically drawn divisions
b is a fiat object part = Def. b is a material entity which is such that for all times t, if b exists at t then there is some object c such that b proper continuant_part of c at t and c is demarcated from the remainder of c by a two-dimensional continuant fiat boundary. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [027-004])
(forall (x) (if (FiatObjectPart x) (and (MaterialEntity x) (forall (t) (if (existsAt x t) (exists (y) (and (Object y) (properContinuantPartOfAt x y t)))))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [027-004]
fiat object
an edge of a cube-shaped portion of space.
A one-dimensional spatial region is a line or aggregate of lines stretching from one point in space to another. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [038-001])
(forall (x) (if (OneDimensionalSpatialRegion x) (SpatialRegion x))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [038-001]
one-dimensional spatial region
a collection of cells in a blood biobank.
a swarm of bees is an aggregate of members who are linked together through natural bonds
a symphony orchestra
an organization is an aggregate whose member parts have roles of specific types (for example in a jazz band, a chess club, a football team)
defined by fiat: the aggregate of members of an organization
defined through physical attachment: the aggregate of atoms in a lump of granite
defined through physical containment: the aggregate of molecules of carbon dioxide in a sealed container
defined via attributive delimitations such as: the patients in this hospital
the aggregate of bearings in a constant velocity axle joint
the aggregate of blood cells in your body
the nitrogen atoms in the atmosphere
the restaurants in Palo Alto
your collection of Meissen ceramic plates.
An entity a is an object aggregate if and only if there is a mutually exhaustive and pairwise disjoint partition of a into objects
BFO 2 Reference: object aggregates may gain and lose parts while remaining numerically identical (one and the same individual) over time. This holds both for aggregates whose membership is determined naturally (the aggregate of cells in your body) and aggregates determined by fiat (a baseball team, a congressional committee).
ISBN:978-3-938793-98-5pp124-158#Thomas Bittner and Barry Smith, 'A Theory of Granular Partitions', in K. Munn and B. Smith (eds.), Applied Ontology: An Introduction, Frankfurt/Lancaster: ontos, 2008, 125-158.
b is an object aggregate means: b is a material entity consisting exactly of a plurality of objects as member_parts at all times at which b exists. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [025-004])
(forall (x) (if (ObjectAggregate x) (and (MaterialEntity x) (forall (t) (if (existsAt x t) (exists (y z) (and (Object y) (Object z) (memberPartOfAt y x t) (memberPartOfAt z x t) (not (= y z)))))) (not (exists (w t_1) (and (memberPartOfAt w x t_1) (not (Object w)))))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [025-004]
object aggregate
a cube-shaped region of space
a sphere-shaped region of space,
A three-dimensional spatial region is a spatial region that is of three dimensions. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [040-001])
(forall (x) (if (ThreeDimensionalSpatialRegion x) (SpatialRegion x))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [040-001]
three-dimensional spatial region
Manhattan Canyon)
a hole in the interior of a portion of cheese
a rabbit hole
an air traffic control region defined in the airspace above an airport
the Grand Canyon
the Piazza San Marco
the cockpit of an aircraft
the hold of a ship
the interior of a kangaroo pouch
the interior of the trunk of your car
the interior of your bedroom
the interior of your office
the interior of your refrigerator
the lumen of your gut
your left nostril (a fiat part – the opening – of your left nasal cavity)
b is a site means: b is a three-dimensional immaterial entity that is (partially or wholly) bounded by a material entity or it is a three-dimensional immaterial part thereof. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [034-002])
(forall (x) (if (Site x) (ImmaterialEntity x))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [034-002]
site
atom
cell
cells and organisms
engineered artifacts
grain of sand
molecule
organelle
organism
planet
solid portions of matter
star
BFO 2 Reference: BFO rests on the presupposition that at multiple micro-, meso- and macroscopic scales reality exhibits certain stable, spatially separated or separable material units, combined or combinable into aggregates of various sorts (for example organisms into what are called ‘populations’). Such units play a central role in almost all domains of natural science from particle physics to cosmology. Many scientific laws govern the units in question, employing general terms (such as ‘molecule’ or ‘planet’) referring to the types and subtypes of units, and also to the types and subtypes of the processes through which such units develop and interact. The division of reality into such natural units is at the heart of biological science, as also is the fact that these units may form higher-level units (as cells form multicellular organisms) and that they may also form aggregates of units, for example as cells form portions of tissue and organs form families, herds, breeds, species, and so on. At the same time, the division of certain portions of reality into engineered units (manufactured artifacts) is the basis of modern industrial technology, which rests on the distributed mass production of engineered parts through division of labor and on their assembly into larger, compound units such as cars and laptops. The division of portions of reality into units is one starting point for the phenomenon of counting.
BFO 2 Reference: Each object is such that there are entities of which we can assert unproblematically that they lie in its interior, and other entities of which we can assert unproblematically that they lie in its exterior. This may not be so for entities lying at or near the boundary between the interior and exterior. This means that two objects – for example the two cells depicted in Figure 3 – may be such that there are material entities crossing their boundaries which belong determinately to neither cell. Something similar obtains in certain cases of conjoined twins (see below).
BFO 2 Reference: To say that b is causally unified means: b is a material entity which is such that its material parts are tied together in such a way that, in environments typical for entities of the type in question,if c, a continuant part of b that is in the interior of b at t, is larger than a certain threshold size (which will be determined differently from case to case, depending on factors such as porosity of external cover) and is moved in space to be at t at a location on the exterior of the spatial region that had been occupied by b at t, then either b’s other parts will be moved in coordinated fashion or b will be damaged (be affected, for example, by breakage or tearing) in the interval between t and t.causal changes in one part of b can have consequences for other parts of b without the mediation of any entity that lies on the exterior of b. Material entities with no proper material parts would satisfy these conditions trivially. Candidate examples of types of causal unity for material entities of more complex sorts are as follows (this is not intended to be an exhaustive list):CU1: Causal unity via physical coveringHere the parts in the interior of the unified entity are combined together causally through a common membrane or other physical covering\. The latter points outwards toward and may serve a protective function in relation to what lies on the exterior of the entity [13, 47
BFO 2 Reference: an object is a maximal causally unified material entity
BFO 2 Reference: ‘objects’ are sometimes referred to as ‘grains’ [74
b is an object means: b is a material entity which manifests causal unity of one or other of the types CUn listed above & is of a type (a material universal) instances of which are maximal relative to this criterion of causal unity. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [024-001])
object
The entries in your database are patterns instantiated as quality instances in your hard drive. The database itself is an aggregate of such patterns. When you create the database you create a particular instance of the generically dependent continuant type database. Each entry in the database is an instance of the generically dependent continuant type IAO: information content entity.
the pdf file on your laptop, the pdf file that is a copy thereof on my laptop
the sequence of this protein molecule; the sequence that is a copy thereof in that protein molecule.
b is a generically dependent continuant = Def. b is a continuant that g-depends_on one or more other entities. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [074-001])
(iff (GenericallyDependentContinuant a) (and (Continuant a) (exists (b t) (genericallyDependsOnAt a b t)))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [074-001]
generically dependent continuant
the function of a hammer to drive in nails
the function of a heart pacemaker to regulate the beating of a heart through electricity
the function of amylase in saliva to break down starch into sugar
BFO 2 Reference: In the past, we have distinguished two varieties of function, artifactual function and biological function. These are not asserted subtypes of BFO:function however, since the same function – for example: to pump, to transport – can exist both in artifacts and in biological entities. The asserted subtypes of function that would be needed in order to yield a separate monoheirarchy are not artifactual function, biological function, etc., but rather transporting function, pumping function, etc.
A function is a disposition that exists in virtue of the bearer’s physical make-up and this physical make-up is something the bearer possesses because it came into being, either through evolution (in the case of natural biological entities) or through intentional design (in the case of artifacts), in order to realize processes of a certain sort. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [064-001])
(forall (x) (if (Function x) (Disposition x))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [064-001]
function
the boundary between the 2nd and 3rd year of your life.
p is a process boundary =Def. p is a temporal part of a process & p has no proper temporal parts. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [084-001])
Every process boundary occupies_temporal_region a zero-dimensional temporal region. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [085-002])
(forall (x) (if (ProcessBoundary x) (exists (y) (and (ZeroDimensionalTemporalRegion y) (occupiesTemporalRegion x y))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [085-002]
(iff (ProcessBoundary a) (exists (p) (and (Process p) (temporalPartOf a p) (not (exists (b) (properTemporalPartOf b a)))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [084-001]
process boundary
the temporal region during which a process occurs.
BFO 2 Reference: A temporal interval is a special kind of one-dimensional temporal region, namely one that is self-connected (is without gaps or breaks).
A one-dimensional temporal region is a temporal region that is extended. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [103-001])
(forall (x) (if (OneDimensionalTemporalRegion x) (TemporalRegion x))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [103-001]
one-dimensional temporal region
a flame
a forest fire
a human being
a hurricane
a photon
a puff of smoke
a sea wave
a tornado
an aggregate of human beings.
an energy wave
an epidemic
the undetached arm of a human being
BFO 2 Reference: Material entities (continuants) can preserve their identity even while gaining and losing material parts. Continuants are contrasted with occurrents, which unfold themselves in successive temporal parts or phases [60
BFO 2 Reference: Object, Fiat Object Part and Object Aggregate are not intended to be exhaustive of Material Entity. Users are invited to propose new subcategories of Material Entity.
BFO 2 Reference: ‘Matter’ is intended to encompass both mass and energy (we will address the ontological treatment of portions of energy in a later version of BFO). A portion of matter is anything that includes elementary particles among its proper or improper parts: quarks and leptons, including electrons, as the smallest particles thus far discovered; baryons (including protons and neutrons) at a higher level of granularity; atoms and molecules at still higher levels, forming the cells, organs, organisms and other material entities studied by biologists, the portions of rock studied by geologists, the fossils studied by paleontologists, and so on.Material entities are three-dimensional entities (entities extended in three spatial dimensions), as contrasted with the processes in which they participate, which are four-dimensional entities (entities extended also along the dimension of time).According to the FMA, material entities may have immaterial entities as parts – including the entities identified below as sites; for example the interior (or ‘lumen’) of your small intestine is a part of your body. BFO 2.0 embodies a decision to follow the FMA here.
A material entity is an independent continuant that has some portion of matter as proper or improper continuant part. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [019-002])
Every entity which has a material entity as continuant part is a material entity. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [020-002])
every entity of which a material entity is continuant part is also a material entity. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [021-002])
(forall (x) (if (MaterialEntity x) (IndependentContinuant x))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [019-002]
(forall (x) (if (and (Entity x) (exists (y t) (and (MaterialEntity y) (continuantPartOfAt x y t)))) (MaterialEntity x))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [021-002]
(forall (x) (if (and (Entity x) (exists (y t) (and (MaterialEntity y) (continuantPartOfAt y x t)))) (MaterialEntity x))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [020-002]
material entity
b is a continuant fiat boundary = Def. b is an immaterial entity that is of zero, one or two dimensions and does not include a spatial region as part. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [029-001])
BFO 2 Reference: In BFO 1.1 the assumption was made that the external surface of a material entity such as a cell could be treated as if it were a boundary in the mathematical sense. The new document propounds the view that when we talk about external surfaces of material objects in this way then we are talking about something fiat. To be dealt with in a future version: fiat boundaries at different levels of granularity.More generally, the focus in discussion of boundaries in BFO 2.0 is now on fiat boundaries, which means: boundaries for which there is no assumption that they coincide with physical discontinuities. The ontology of boundaries becomes more closely allied with the ontology of regions.
BFO 2 Reference: a continuant fiat boundary is a boundary of some material entity (for example: the plane separating the Northern and Southern hemispheres; the North Pole), or it is a boundary of some immaterial entity (for example of some portion of airspace). Three basic kinds of continuant fiat boundary can be distinguished (together with various combination kinds [29
Continuant fiat boundary doesn't have a closure axiom because the subclasses don't necessarily exhaust all possibilites. An example would be the mereological sum of two-dimensional continuant fiat boundary and a one dimensional continuant fiat boundary that doesn't overlap it. The situation is analogous to temporal and spatial regions.
Every continuant fiat boundary is located at some spatial region at every time at which it exists
(iff (ContinuantFiatBoundary a) (and (ImmaterialEntity a) (exists (b) (and (or (ZeroDimensionalSpatialRegion b) (OneDimensionalSpatialRegion b) (TwoDimensionalSpatialRegion b)) (forall (t) (locatedInAt a b t)))) (not (exists (c t) (and (SpatialRegion c) (continuantPartOfAt c a t)))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [029-001]
continuant fiat boundary
BFO 2 Reference: Immaterial entities are divided into two subgroups:boundaries and sites, which bound, or are demarcated in relation, to material entities, and which can thus change location, shape and size and as their material hosts move or change shape or size (for example: your nasal passage; the hold of a ship; the boundary of Wales (which moves with the rotation of the Earth) [38, 7, 10
immaterial entity
The Equator
all geopolitical boundaries
all lines of latitude and longitude
the line separating the outer surface of the mucosa of the lower lip from the outer surface of the skin of the chin.
the median sulcus of your tongue
a one-dimensional continuant fiat boundary is a continuous fiat line whose location is defined in relation to some material entity. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [032-001])
(iff (OneDimensionalContinuantFiatBoundary a) (and (ContinuantFiatBoundary a) (exists (b) (and (OneDimensionalSpatialRegion b) (forall (t) (locatedInAt a b t)))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [032-001]
one-dimensional continuant fiat boundary
On a somewhat higher level of complexity are what we shall call rate process profiles, which are the targets of selective abstraction focused not on determinate quality magnitudes plotted over time, but rather on certain ratios between these magnitudes and elapsed times. A speed process profile, for example, is represented by a graph plotting against time the ratio of distance covered per unit of time. Since rates may change, and since such changes, too, may have rates of change, we have to deal here with a hierarchy of process profile universals at successive levels
One important sub-family of rate process profiles is illustrated by the beat or frequency profiles of cyclical processes, illustrated by the 60 beats per minute beating process of John’s heart, or the 120 beats per minute drumming process involved in one of John’s performances in a rock band, and so on. Each such process includes what we shall call a beat process profile instance as part, a subtype of rate process profile in which the salient ratio is not distance covered but rather number of beat cycles per unit of time. Each beat process profile instance instantiates the determinable universal beat process profile. But it also instantiates multiple more specialized universals at lower levels of generality, selected from rate process profilebeat process profileregular beat process profile3 bpm beat process profile4 bpm beat process profileirregular beat process profileincreasing beat process profileand so on.In the case of a regular beat process profile, a rate can be assigned in the simplest possible fashion by dividing the number of cycles by the length of the temporal region occupied by the beating process profile as a whole. Irregular process profiles of this sort, for example as identified in the clinic, or in the readings on an aircraft instrument panel, are often of diagnostic significance.
The simplest type of process profiles are what we shall call ‘quality process profiles’, which are the process profiles which serve as the foci of the sort of selective abstraction that is involved when measurements are made of changes in single qualities, as illustrated, for example, by process profiles of mass, temperature, aortic pressure, and so on.
b is a process_profile =Def. there is some process c such that b process_profile_of c (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [093-002])
b process_profile_of c holds when b proper_occurrent_part_of c& there is some proper_occurrent_part d of c which has no parts in common with b & is mutually dependent on b& is such that b, c and d occupy the same temporal region (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [094-005])
(forall (x y) (if (processProfileOf x y) (and (properContinuantPartOf x y) (exists (z t) (and (properOccurrentPartOf z y) (TemporalRegion t) (occupiesSpatioTemporalRegion x t) (occupiesSpatioTemporalRegion y t) (occupiesSpatioTemporalRegion z t) (not (exists (w) (and (occurrentPartOf w x) (occurrentPartOf w z))))))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [094-005]
(iff (ProcessProfile a) (exists (b) (and (Process b) (processProfileOf a b)))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [093-002]
process profile
a marriage bond, an instance of love, an obligation between one person and another.
b is a relational quality = Def. for some independent continuants c, d and for some time t: b quality_of c at t & b quality_of d at t. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [057-001])
(iff (RelationalQuality a) (exists (b c t) (and (IndependentContinuant b) (IndependentContinuant c) (qualityOfAt a b t) (qualityOfAt a c t)))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [057-001]
relational quality
a two-dimensional continuant fiat boundary (surface) is a self-connected fiat surface whose location is defined in relation to some material entity. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [033-001])
(iff (TwoDimensionalContinuantFiatBoundary a) (and (ContinuantFiatBoundary a) (exists (b) (and (TwoDimensionalSpatialRegion b) (forall (t) (locatedInAt a b t)))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [033-001]
two-dimensional continuant fiat boundary
the geographic North Pole
the point of origin of some spatial coordinate system.
the quadripoint where the boundaries of Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona meet
zero dimension continuant fiat boundaries are not spatial points. Considering the example 'the quadripoint where the boundaries of Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona meet' : There are many frames in which that point is zooming through many points in space. Whereas, no matter what the frame, the quadripoint is always in the same relation to the boundaries of Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona.
a zero-dimensional continuant fiat boundary is a fiat point whose location is defined in relation to some material entity. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [031-001])
(iff (ZeroDimensionalContinuantFiatBoundary a) (and (ContinuantFiatBoundary a) (exists (b) (and (ZeroDimensionalSpatialRegion b) (forall (t) (locatedInAt a b t)))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [031-001]
zero-dimensional continuant fiat boundary
a temporal region that is occupied by a process boundary
right now
the moment at which a child is born
the moment at which a finger is detached in an industrial accident
the moment of death.
temporal instant.
A zero-dimensional temporal region is a temporal region that is without extent. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [102-001])
(forall (x) (if (ZeroDimensionalTemporalRegion x) (TemporalRegion x))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [102-001]
zero-dimensional temporal region
A history is a process that is the sum of the totality of processes taking place in the spatiotemporal region occupied by a material entity or site, including processes on the surface of the entity or within the cavities to which it serves as host. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [138-001])
history
An endocarditis caused by bacterial infection.
bacterial endocarditis
An endocarditis caused by viral infection.
viral endocarditis
An endocarditis caused by fungal infection.
fungal endocarditis
A disorder located in the heart.
heart disorder
A disorder always located in a blood vessel.
vascular disorder
A disorder always located in the endocardium.
endocardium disorder
A disorder always located in the pericardium.
Since the pericardium is not a part of the heart according to FMA, pericardium disorder is not classified as a heart disorder.
pericardium disorder
A pericarditis caused by an infection.
infectious pericarditis
A pericarditis caused by a bacterial infection.
bacterial pericarditis
A pericarditis caused by a viral infection.
viral pericarditis
A pericarditis caused by a fungal infection.
fungal pericarditis
protozoal pericarditis
A pathological process involving or occuring in the heart.
heart pathological process
A pathological process involving or occuring in the pericardium.
pericardium pathological process
A pericarditis that has an acute disease course.
acute pericarditis
A pericarditis that has a chronic disease course.
chronic pericarditis
atrioventricular block (disease)
first degree atrioventricular block (disease)
Mobitz I second degree atrioventricular block (disease)
third degree atrioventricular block (disease)
A disorder always loacted in the conducting tissue of the heart.
heart conduction disorder
impaired atrioventricular node
impaired right branch of atrioventricular bundle
bundle of Kent
sinoatrial block (disease)
Mobitz I second degree sinoatrial block (disease)
Mobitz II second degree sinoatrial block (disease)
first degree sinoatrial block (disease)
third degree sinoatrial block (disease)
impaired sinoatrial node
heart block (disease)
impaired posterior division of left branch of atrioventricular bundle
left posterior fascicular block (disease)
infra-hisian block (disease)
left bundle branch block (disease)
A heart conduction disease characterized by cardiac arrhythmia processes.
Usual medical language does not differentiate the disease and the corresponding pathological process for the different kinds of cardiac arrhythmias. CVDO distinguishes them explicitly with the suffix '(disease)' or '(process)'.
cardiac arrhythmia (disease)
atrial fibrillation (disease)
atrial fibrillation (process)
atrial flutter (disease)
cavotricuspid isthmus dependant macroreentry tachycardia
common atrial flutter (disease)
A pathological process of fibrosis of the cardiac atrium.
cardiac atrium fibrosis
supraventricular tachycardia (process)
bradycardia (disease)
bradycardia (process)
premature atrial contraction (disease)
left anterior fascicle
A disorder always located in a heart valve.
heart valve disorder
wandering pacemaker
A disease affecting the tricuspid valve of the heart.
tricuspid valve disease
A degenerated structure in a mitral valve leaflet due to myxomatous proliferation.
myxomatous degenerated structure in a mitral valve leaflet
A heart pathological process that has a heart valve as a participant.
This class should not be confused with 'heart valve pathological process', which are pathological processes occurring in a heart valve, rather than pathological process having as participant a heart valve.
heart pathological process involving a heart valve
mitral valve leaflet displacement into the left atrium during left ventricular systole
tricuspid valve leaflet displacement into the right atrium during right ventricular systole
aortic valve leaflet displacement into the left ventricle during left ventricular diastole
heart valve leaflet displacement into a cardiac chamber during ventricular systole
mitral valve improper close during left ventricular systole
retrograd blood flow through mitral valve during left ventricular systole
retrograd blood flow through pulmonary valve during right ventricular diastole
pulmonary valve improper close during right ventricular diastole
tricuspid valve improper close during right ventricular systole
aortic valve improper close during left ventricular diastole
retrograd blood flow through tricuspid valve during right ventricular systole
retrograd blood flow through aortic valve during left ventricular diastole
disturbed anterograd blood flow through mitral valve during left ventricular diastole
retrograd blood flow through a heart valve
disturbed anterograd blood flow through a heart valve
disturbed anterograd blood flow through tricuspid valve during right ventricular diastole
disturbed anterograd blood flow through pulmonary valve during right ventricular systole
disturbed anterograd blood flow through aortic valve during left ventricular systole
A disease in which some disorder of a heart valve prevents it from opening properly, occasioning disturbance in the anterograd blood flow through the valve.
heart valve stenosis
impaired cardiac output
pressure
blood pressure
A pathological process of highly pressured aerterial blood flow.
highly pressured arterial blood flow
A disease in which an abnormal structure in a heart valve prevents it to close propertly, occasioning a retrograd blood flow through the valve.
heart valve insufficiency
A pathological process of a heart valve closing improperly.
heart valve improper close
A disorder always located in a vein.
vein disorder
A pathological process involving or occuring in a blood vessel.
vascular pathological process
A pathological process of formation of a blood clot inside a blood vessel, obstructing the flow of blood.
thrombosis
A thrombosis occurring in a deep vein.
deep vein thrombosis
A pathological process of an artery hardening.
artery hardening
A pathological process of formation of atheromous plaques in an artery.
atheromous plaque formation in artery
A pathological process of lodging of an embolus in a blood vessel.
embolism
A disorder of localized, blood-filled balloon-like bulge in the wall of a blood vessel.
aneurysm (disorder)
ischemic disease
compression disease
An atrial fibrillation disease that is characterized by an atrial fibrillation episode longer than 7 days which does not terminate by cardioversion.
permanent atrial fibrillation
A pathological process of dilatation of the myocardium of a right cardiac ventricle.
right ventricular myocardium dilatation
A pathological process of an aneurysm rupturing.
aneurysm rupture
A disorder always located in the mycoardium.
myocardium disorder
A cardiomyopathy whose etiological process includes a stressful or emotional situation, characterized by transient ventricular apical wall motion abnormalities (ballooning).
Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy is not a dilated cardiomyopathy in Elliott et al.'s (2008) classification.
Tako Tsubo cardiomyopathy
"A cardiomyopathy characterized by prominent left ventricular trabeculae and deep inter-trabecular recesses. The myocardial wall is often thickened with a thin, compacted epicardial layer and a thickened endocardial layer." (Elliott et al., 2008)
left ventricular noncompaction
A hypertrophic cardiomyopathy that has a genetic origin.
genetic hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
A disease affecting the pericardium.
Since pericardium is not a part of heart according to FMA, pericardium disease is not classified as a heart disease.
pericardium disease
This is a dummy class not intended to be included in CVDO's final version, used to store temporarily DOID's vascular diseases that may be reclassified in the future.
vascular disease - unclassified by CVDO
A pathological process occuring in a cardiac atrium.
cardiac atrium pathological process
A pathological process occurring in a cardiac ventricle.
cardiac ventricle pathological process
A pathological process constituted by a thrombosis (creating a blood clot) and a subsequent embolism (involving the blood clot as the embolus).
thromboembolism
A necrosis of a tissue caused by a local lack of oxygen, due to an obstruction of the tissue's blood supply.
infarction
pulmonary valve leaflet displacement into the right ventricle during right ventricular diastole
A pathological process involving the blood circuation in the heart.
cardiac blood circulation pathological process
A pathological process involving the blood circulation in a blood vessel.
vascular blood circulation pathological process
part of atrial myocardium with impaired conduction
diabetic microangiopathy
diabetic macroangiopathy
A pathological process consisting in the formation of atheromous plaques in a coronary artery. It may lead to a coronary stenosis.
atheromous plaque formation in coronary artery
A coronary heart disease due to a coronary stenosis.
atherosclerotic coronary heart disease
A pathological process of dilatation of the myocardium of a left cardiac ventricle.
left ventricular myocardium dilatation
supraventricular tachycardia (disease)
left atrial flutter (disease)
right atrial flutter (disease)
atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia (disease)
atrial flutter (process)
ventricular fibrillation (process)
junctional tachycardia (process)
premature atrial contraction (process)
A pathological process involving the electrical activity of the heart.
cardiac arrhythmia (process)
heart block (process)
atrioventricular block (process)
infra-hisian block (process)
sinoatrial block (process)
Mobitz I second degree atrioventricular block (process)
Mobitz II second degree atrioventricular block (process)
first degree atrioventricular block (process)
third degree atrioventricular block (process)
left anterior fascicular block (process)
left bundle branch block (process)
left posterior fascicular block (process)
right bundle branch block (process)
Mobitz I second degree sinoatrial block (process)
Mobitz II second degree sinoatrial block (process)
first degree sinoatrial block (process)
third degree sinoatrial block (process)
A disorder always located in a coronary artery.
coronary artery disorder
A pathological process of dilatation of the myocardium of a cardiac ventricle.
ventricular myocardium dilatation
A pathological process of hypertrophy of the myocardium of a cardiac ventricle.
ventricular myocardium hypertrophy
A pathological process of hypertrophy of the myocardium of a left cardiac ventricle.
left ventricular myocardium hypertrophy
A pathological process of hypertrophy of the myocardium of a right cardiac ventricle.
right ventricular myocardium hypertrophy
A pathological process of an organ or part of organ getting inflamed.
pathological inflammation process
An inflammation process occurring in the myocardium.
inflammation process in a myocardium
An inflammation process occurring in the endocardium.
inflammation process in an endocardium
An inflammation process occurring in the pericardium.
inflammation process in a pericardium
An inflammation process occurring in the aorta.
inflammation process in aorta
An inflammation process in a blood vessel.
inflammation process in a blood vessel
An inflammation process occurring in the femoral vein.
inflammation process in a femoral vein
An inflammation process occurring in an iliac vein.
inflammation process in an iliac vein
An inflammation of the retinal artery.
inflammation process in a retinal artery
An inflammation process occurring in a vein.
inflammation process in a vein
A pathological process of fibrofatty replacement in the myocardium of the right cardiac ventricle.
fibrofatty replacement in a right ventricular myocardium
A disorder of degenerated structure in a heart valve leaflet.
degenerated structure in a heart valve leaflet
A disorder of degenerated structure in an aortic valve leaflet.
degenerated structure in an aortic valve leaflet
A disorder of degenerated structure in a mitral valve leaflet.
degenerated structure in a mitral valve leaflet
A (clinically abnormal) degenerated structure in a tricuspid valve leaflet.
degenerated structure in a tricuspid valve leaflet
A disorder of degenerated structure in a pulmonary valve leaflet.
degenerated structure in a pulmonary valve leaflet
A mitral valve prolapse due to myxomatous proliferation in the mitral valve.
Barlow's syndrome
A pathological process consisting in the abnormal accumulation of fluid in the pericardial cavity.
A process of pericardial effusion leads to the disorder 'fluid in the pericardial cavity'.
fluid accumulation in the pericardial cavity
An ischemic cardiomyopathy due to coronary stenosis.
atherosclerotic ischemic cardiomyopathy
An atrial fibrillation disease that is characterized by an atrial fibrillation episode shorter than 7 days.
paroxysmal atrial fibrillation
An atrial fibrillation disease that is characterized by an atrial fibrillation episode longer than 7 days which does terminate by cardioversion.
persistent atrial fibrillation
premature contraction (process)
premature junctional contraction (process)
premature ventricular contraction (process)
sinoatrial arrest (process)
sinus bradycardia (process)
tachycardia (process)
left atrial flutter (process)
right atrial flutter (process)
common atrial flutter (process)
atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia (process)
ventricular tachycardia (process)
monomorphic ventricular tachycardia (process)
torsades de pointes (process)
ventricular flutter (process)
inappropriate sinus tachycardia (process)
ventricular preexcitation (process)
A pathological process of a coronary artery hardening.
coronary artery hardening
accessory bundle
Accessory bundle that connects the atrium to a ventricle outside of the regular atrioventricular conduction system.
atrioventricular accessory bundle
impaired sinus node
A sick sinus syndrome characterized by sinus pauses and/or bradycardia episodes alternating with sinus or atrial tachycardia episodes.
tachycardia-bradycardia syndrome
inappropriate sinus tachycardia (disease)
A disease cause by a cardiac ion channel disorder.
cardiac channelopathy
A cardiac channelopathy in which delayed repolarization of the heart following a heartbeat increases the risk of episodes of torsades de pointes. This is a rare disease.
long QT syndrome
A cardiac channelopathy that has a genetic origin.
genetic cardiac channelopathy
sinus bradycardia (disease)
tachycardia (disease)
sinoatrial arrest (disease)
atrioventricular reciprocating tachycardia (disease)
ventricular tachycardia (disease)
ventricular flutter (disease)
torsades de pointes (disease)
monomorphic ventricular tachycardia (disease)
ventricular fibrillation (disease)
ventricular tachyarrhythmia (process)
atrioventricular reciprocating tachycardia (process)
premature contraction (disease)
premature junctional contraction (disease)
premature ventricular contraction (disease)
A pathological process occurring in a cardiac chamber.
cardiac chamber pathological process
A disorder always located in the mitral valve.
mitral valve disorder
A disorder always located in the aortic valve.
aortic valve disorder
A disorder always located in the tricuspid valve.
tricuspid valve disorder
A disorder always located in the pulmonary valve.
pulmonary valve disorder
A pathological process of a heart valve improper opening.
heart valve improper opening
aortic valve improper opening during left ventricular systole
mitral valve narrowed opening during left ventricular diastole
pulmonary valve narrowed opening during right ventricular systole
tricuspid valve narrowed opening during right ventricular diastole
A coronary heart disease leading to stable angina.
coronary heart disease with stable angina
An acute coronary syndrome due to coronary stenosis.
atherosclerotic acute coronary syndrome
A heart ischemia accompanied by pain.
Angina pectoris is sometimes taken to refer to the pain itself, rather than to the pathological process behind it.
angina pectoris
An angina that is not unstable.
stable angina pectoris
An angina that worsens. It has at least one of these three features: 1. it occurs at rest (or with minimal exertion), usually lasting >10 min 2. it is severe and of new onset (i.e., within the prior 4–6 weeks) 3. it occurs with a crescendo pattern (i.e., distinctly more severe, prolonged, or frequent than before).
unstable angina pectoris
A heart pathological process that has a mitral valve as a participant.
heart pathological process involving a mitral valve
A heart pathological process that has an aortic valve as a participant.
heart pathological process involving an aortic valve
A heart pathological process that has a tricuspid valve as a participant.
heart pathological process involving a tricuspid valve
A heart pathological process that has a pulmonary valve as a participant.
heart pathological process involving a pulmonary valve
heart valve leaflet displacement into a cardiac chamber during ventricular diastole
ventricular systole
ventricular diastole
atrial systole
atrial diastole
left ventricular diastole
right ventricular diastole
left ventricular systole
right ventricular systole
left atrial systole
right atrial systole
left atrial diastole
right atrial diastole
A pathological process of a heart valve being displaced into a cardiac chamber.
heart valve leaflet displacement into a cardiac chamber
A disorder of fluid in the pericardial cavity.
fluid in the pericardial cavity
A disorder of blood in the pericardial cavity.
blood in the pericardial cavity
heart conduction pathological process
anomalous atrioventricular excitation (process)
ventricular preexcitation (disease)
A disorder in the heart conduction system that causes a disturbed function of ion channel subunits or the proteins that regulate them.
cardiac ion channels disorder
A disease characterized by the displacement of a degenerated pulmonary valve leaflet into the right ventricle during diastole.
pulmonary valve prolapse
impaired anterior division of left branch of atrioventricular bundle
ventricular tachyarrhythmia (disease)
An inflammation process occurring in a heart valve.
inflammation process in a heart valve
heart bodily process
A dilated cardiomyopathy that has a genetic origin.
genetic dilated cardiomyopathy
A cardiomyopathy (2008) that has a genetic origin.
genetic cardiomyopathy
A disorder made of a detached, traveling intravascular matter (solid, liquid, or gaseous) carried by circulation. It is capable of creating an arterial occlusion at a site distant from its point of origin.
embolus
A disease characterized by an inflammation process.
inflammatory disease
A pathological process occurring in the myocardium.
myocardium pathological process
A pathological process involving or occuring in the aorta.
aorta pathological process
A disorder always located in the aorta.
aorta disorder
A pathological process occuring in the endocardium.
endocardium pathological process
A pathological process of thickening of the endocardium.
endocardium thickening
A disease affecting the endocardium.
endocardium disease
A disorder always located in the left heart ventricle.
left ventricle disorder
A disorder always located in the right heart ventricle.
right ventricle disorder
A disorder always located in a heart ventricle.
heart ventricle disorder
An ischemia of the heart.
heart ischemia
vein pathological process
An ischemic heart disease leading to a dilatation and dysfunction of the left ventricle.
ischemic cardiomyopathy
A disorder located in an anatomical entity.
material anatomical entity disorder
material anatomical entity pathological process
cardiovascular system disorder
cardiovascular system pathological process
A disease that affects a material anatomical entity.
disease of material anatomical entity
An aortic valve stenosis leading to a hypertrophy or dilatation of the left ventricle and its dysfunction.
valvular cardiomyopathy
A heart disease in which the heart muscle is structurally and functionally abnormal, in the absence of coronary artery disease, hypertension, valvular disease and congenital heart disease sufficient to cause the observed myocardial abnormality. (adapted from Elliott et al., 2008, European Heart Journal, 29, 270-276)
Contemporary (e.g. Elliott et al. 2008) definitions of cardiomyopathy exclude ischemic cardiomyopathy, hypertensive cardiomyopathy and valvular cardiomyopathy.
cardiomyopathy (2008 definition)
left ventricular myocardium contraction dysfunctional process
myocardium contraction dysfunctional process
A pathological process occurring in the left heart ventricle.
left ventricle pathological process
A pathological process occurring in the right heart ventricle.
right ventricle pathological process
"Inflammatory DCM is defined by the presence of chronic inflammatory cells in association with left ventricular dilatation and reduced ejection fraction". (Elliott et al., 2008)
inflammatory dilated cardiomyopathy
A hypertensive heart disease leading to a hypertrophy and dysfunction of the left ventricle.
hypertensive cardiomyopathy
A heart disease existing at birth, or developping during the first month after birth.
congenital heart disease
A disease affecting a heart ventricle.
heart ventricle disease
A disease affecting a heart left ventricle.
left ventricle disease
A disease affecting a heart right ventricle.
right ventricle disease
ventricular myocardium contraction dysfunctional process
right ventricular myocardium contraction dysfunctional process
myocardium of left ventricle stiffening
A pathological process occurring in a heart valve.
heart valve pathological process
A pathological process occurring in an aortic valve.
aortic valve pathological process
A pathological process occurring in a mitral valve.
mitral valve pathological process
A pathological process occurring in a tricuspid valve.
tricuspid valve pathological process
A pathological process occurring in a pulmonary valve.
pulmonary valve pathological process
A disease affecting the myocardium.
myocardium disease
A heart disease that has a genetic disorder.
genetic heart disease
A disease existing at birth, or developping during the first month after birth.
congenital disease
coronary artery pathological process
A pathological process of coronary artery smooth muscle constriction.
coronary artery smooth muscle constriction
A cardiomyopathy characterized by adipose and fibrosis infiltration in the right ventricular myocardium. It is caused by genetic defects of desmosomes (which are parts of the myocardium) and may result in arrhythmia.
ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR CARDIOMYOPATHY 1
arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy
arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia
A heart conduction disease that is characterised by abnormal electrocardiogram (ECG) findings and an increased risk of sudden cardiac death by ventricular tachyarrhytmia.
A heart conduction disease that is characterised by abnormal electrocardiogram (ECG) findings and an increased risk of sudden cardiac death.
IDIOPATHIC INFANTILE ARTERIAL CALCIFICATION
generalized arterial calcification of infancy
An atrial fibrillation disease that has a genetic origin.
A heart conduction disease that is characterized by uncoordinated electrical activity in the heart's upper chambers (the atria), which causes the heartbeat to become fast and irregular and has_material_basis_in autosomal dominant inheritance of the familial atrial fibrillation (ATFB) genes.
Disease of the myocardium associated with cardiac dysfunction. (Report of the 1995 World Health Organization/International Society and Federation of Cardiology Task Force on the Definition and Classification of Cardiomyopathies)
DOID label "cardiomyopathy" was changed.
A heart disease that is characterized by deterioration of the funciton of the heart muscle.
A heart disease involving inflammation of the endocardium (inner layer of the heart) caused by bacterial infection.
An non-infective endocarditis that results in the deposition of small sterile vegetations on valve leaflets.
DOID label 'marantic endocarditis' was changed in CVDO (non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis is a more common name).
Histoplasmosis with pericarditis (disorder)
subendocardial infarction acute myocardial infarction
DOID label changed to 'left anterior fascicular block (disease)' for symmetry reasons with 'left posterior fascicular block (disease)'
Left bundle branch [block] or [hemiblock]
Left bundle branch hemiblock NOS (disorder)
left anterior fascicular block (disease)
A disease affecting the conducting tissue of the heart.
A heart disease that involves the heart's electrical conduction system.
Raynaud's syndrome (disorder) [Ambiguous]
A disease characterized by an inflammation of the endocardium.
A heart disease involving non-infectious inflammation of the endocardium (inner layer of the heart).
DOID label 'anomalous atrioventricular excitation' was changed.
anomalous atrioventricular excitation (disease)
Postmyocardial infarction syndrome (disorder)
antepartum maternal hypotension syndrome
postpartum maternal hypotension syndrome
Pregnancy-induced hypertension (disorder)
hypertension of pregnancy NOS (disorder)
acute inferolateral myocardial infarction
acute anterolateral myocardial infarction
High blood pressure (& [essential hypertension])
Isolated (Fiedler's) myocarditis (disorder)
malignant essential hypertension (disorder)
Phlebitis and thrombophlebitis of the iliac vein NOS (disorder)
benign essential hypertension (disorder)
Thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm, ruptured (disorder)
ruptured thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm
ruptured thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm disease
esophageal varices in disease classified elsewhere, with bleeding
esophageal varices with bleeding in disease EC (disorder)
esophageal varices without bleeding (disorder)
esophageal varices without mention of bleeding
Occlusion and stenosis of vertebral artery
DOID label changed for homogeneization reasons.
Mobitz type II atrioventricular block (disorder)
Mobitz II second degree atrioventricular block (disease)
A disease affecting the heart.
A cardiovascular system disease that involves the heart or blood vessels (arteries and veins).
benign intracranial hypertension (disorder)
Constrictive pericarditis NOS (disorder)
A pericardial effusion that results from blood in the pericardial sac.
A disease caused by the presence of fluid in the pericardial cavity (due to pericardial effusion), affecting negatively the heart's pumping function.
In CVDO, cardiac tamponade is defined as *being caused* by a pericardial effusion, rather than as *being* a pericardial effusion.
A pericardial effusion in which fluid accumulates in the pericardium (the sac in which the heart is enclosed) and the pericardial spaces fills up faster than the pericardial sac can stretch.
A disease in which an abnormal structure in a mitral valve prevents it to close propertly during systole, occasioning a retrograd blood flow through the valve.
Rheumatic disease of mitral valve (disorder)
chronic rheumatic mitral valve (disorder)
Budd - Chiari syndrome (hepatic vein thrombosis)
A heart disease that is caused by high blood presure.
benign hypertensive renal disease (disorder)
hypertensive renal disease, benign, without mention of renal failure
A disease characterized by an inflammation of a retinal artery.
A thrombosis that occurs in a portal vein.
A heart disease that is characterized by an abnormal accumulation of fluid in the pericardial cavity.
A coronary heart disease with coronary artery smooth muscle constriction.
Congenital anomaly of coronary artery (disorder)
A thrombosis occuring in a coronary artery.
"A heart disease with increased ventricular wall thickness or mass in the absence of loading conditions (hypertension, valve disease) sufficient to cause the observed abnormality." (Elliott et al., 2008, European Heart Journal, 29, 270-276)
hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (disorder)
primary hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (disorder) [Ambiguous]
Phlebitis and thrombophlebitis of femoral vein (deep) (superficial)
Thrombophlebitis of deep femoral vein (disorder)
Thrombophlebitis of the femoral vein (disorder)
A chronic pulmonary heart disease caused by a kyphoscoliosis.
A cor pulmonale that has a chronic disease course during which the right ventricle becomes hypertrophied.
A disease affecting the cardiovascular system.
A disease of anatomical entity which occurs in the blood, heart, blood vessels or the lymphatic system that passes nutrients (such as amino acids and electrolytes), gases, hormones, blood cells or lymph to and from cells in the body to help fight diseases and help stabilize body temperature and pH to maintain homeostasis.
disease of subdivision of hemolymphoid system
Thromboangiitis obliterans NOS (disorder)
Thromboangiitis obliterans [Buerger's disease]
A heart disease in which the endocardium thickens by increase in the amount of supporting connective tissue and elastic fibers. It is usually associated with children two years old and younger. Its etiological cause is unknown.
A cardiomyopathy characterized by left ventricular dilatation and left ventricular systolic dysfunction in the absence of abnormal loading conditions (hypertension, valve disease) or coronary heart disease sufficient to cause global systolic impairment. (adapted from Elliott et al., 2008, European Heart Journal, 29, 270-276)
An intrinsic cardiomyopathy that results in damage to the myocardium causing the heart to pump blood inefficiently.
primary dilated cardiomyopathy (disorder)
A restrictive cardiomyopathy which results in fibrous lesions of right and left ventricle. It occurs typically in tropical and subtropical Africa.
(Becker's disease) or (obscure African cardiomyopathy)
Obscure African cardiomyopathy (disorder)
A dilated cardiomyopathy resulting from alcohol intoxication.
Dilated cardiomyopathy secondary to alcohol (disorder)
Vertebrobasilar artery syndrome (disorder)
Persistent fetal circulation syndrome (disorder)
Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (disorder)
congenital alveolar capillary dysplasia with misalignment of pulmonary veins
persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn
Arterial retinal branch occlusion (disorder)
Idiopathic livedo reticularis with systemic involvement (disorder)
central retinal artery occlusion (disorder)
progressive intracranial arterial occlusion (disorder)
syndrome of haemolysis, elevated liver enzymes and low platelet
Right bundle branch block with left posterior fascicular block (disorder)
An autoimmune disease of cardiovascular system that causes chronic inflammation in blood vessels throughout the body leading to ulcerations on the mouth and sometimes the genitals, notorious for causing hypopyon uveitis.
acute febrile mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome (disorder)
acute febrile mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome NOS (disorder)
acute febrile mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome [MCLS]
chronic passive congestion of liver (disorder)
Rheumatic disease of tricuspid valve (disorder)
Rheumatic tricuspid valve disease NOS (disorder)
A heart conduction disease characterized by inappropriate sinus rates (e.g. sinus bradycardia or sinus pause).
Thoracic aortic aneurysm without mention of rupture
Thoracic aortic aneurysm without mention of rupture (disorder)
Thoracic aortic aneurysm without rupture
Atresia and stenosis of aorta (disorder)
Atresia or stenosis of aorta NOS (disorder)
Congenital atresia and stenosis of aorta
Atherosclerosis of renal artery (disorder)
A congestive heart failure caused by a rheumatic fever.
Congestive rheumatic heart failure (disorder)
A disease in which an abnormal structure in a pulmonary valve prevents it to close propertly during diastole, occasioning a retrograd blood flow through the valve.
A pulmonary valve disease that occurs when the pulmonary valve is not strong enough to prevent backflow into the right ventricle. If it is secondary to pulmonary hypertension it is referred to as a Graham Steell murmur.
pulmonary incompetence, non-rheumatic (disorder)
pulmonary insufficiency following trauma and surgery
Partial arterial retinal occlusion (disorder)
Retinal partial arterial occlusion NOS (disorder)
primary pulmonary hypertension (disorder)
An embolism due to an embolus made of cholesterol.
Hereditary angioneurotic edema (disorder)
A disease in which some disorder of the aortic valve leads prevents it from opening properly during left ventricular systole, occasioning disturbance in the anterograd blood flow through the valve.
Aortic valve stenosis is a aortic valve disease caused by the incomplete opening of the aortic valve. The aortic valve controls the direction of blood flow from the left ventricle to the aorta. When in good working order, the aortic valve does not impede the flow of blood between these two spaces. Under some circumstances, the aortic valve becomes narrower than normal, impeding the flow of blood. This is known as aortic valve stenosis, or aortic stenosis, often abbreviated AS.
Retinal vascular occlusion NOS (disorder)
Unspecified retinal vascular occlusion (disorder)
A disease in which some disorder of a mitral valve prevents it from opening properly during left ventricular diastole, occasioning disturbance in the anterograd blood flow through the valve.
Mitral valve stenosis is a rheumatic disease of mitral valve characterized by the narrowing of the orifice of the mitral valve of the heart. Most cases of mitral stenosis are due to disease in the heart secondary to rheumatic fever and the consequent rheumatic heart disease. Less common causes of mitral stenosis are calcification of the mitral valve leaflets, and as a form of congenital heart disease. However, there are primary causes of mitral stenosis that emanate from a cleft mitral valve. Other causes include Bacterial endocarditis where the vegetations may favor increase risk of stenosis.
A disease affecting a blood vessel.
Reorganization of the vascular diseases, and writing of Aristotelian definitions, is still ongoing.
A cardiovascular system disease that primarily affects the blood vessels.
A disease characterized by an inflammation of the pericardium.
A heart disease that is characterized by an inflammation of the pericardium and has_symptom chest pain.
A chronic pericarditis due to rheumatic fever.
chronic rheumatic pericarditis (disorder)
chronic rheumatic pericarditis NOS (disorder)
A congenital disease involving the narrowing (stenosis) of aorta, hindering the opening of the aortic valve.
Supravalvular aortic stenosis is not classified as an aortic valve stenosis: although the narrowing of the section of the aorta at the exit of the aortic valve implies some improper opening of the aortic valve, the aortic valve is (in general) healthy (there is no disorder nor pathological process inside it). However, this improper opening of the aortic valve is a pathological process that happens inside the heart; therefore, supravalvular aortic stenosis is classified as a heart disease.
A brain ischemia that is part of a transient disease course.
Transient cerebral ischemia (disorder) [Ambiguous]
An ischemia of the brain.
Generalized and unspecified atherosclerosis
Arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease, NOS
Cardiovascular arteriosclerosis unspecified (disorder)
Arteriosclerosis (morphologic abnormality)
Arteriosclerotic vascular disease (disorder)
Arteriosclerotic vascular disease NOS (disorder)
Postphlebetic syndrome with inflammation
Postphlebetic syndrome with ulcer and inflammation
A disposition that an aneurysm disorder will lead to pathological processes.
DOID label 'aneurysm disease' changed for homogeneization purpose in CVDO.
A vascular disease that is characterized by a localized, blood-filled balloon-like bulge in the wall of a blood vessel.
gastric antral vascular ectasia (disorder)
angiodysplasia of stomach and duodenum with hemorrhage
hemangioma of intracranial structure (disorder)
hemangioma of intracranial structures (disorder)
hemangioma of intra-abdominal structure (disorder)
hemangioma of intra-abdominal structures
hemangioma of intra-abdominal structures (disorder)
A vasculitits that is systemic vasculitis realized as blood vessel inflammation and has_symptom asthma along with hay fever, rash and gastrointestinal bleeding.
Allergic granulomatosis angiitis (disorder)
Arterial thoracic outlet syndrome due to cervical rib
An ischemia occurring in the spinal cord.
A pathological process of restriction in blood supply to tissues, causing a shortage of oxygen and glucose needed for cellular metabolism.
Arteriovenous aneurysm of coronary vessels
An ischemic heart disease with narrowing of the coronary arteries.
A disease characterized by reduced blood supply to the heart, occasioning pathological processes in the heart.
An extrinsic cardiomyopathy that is characterized by reduced blood supply to the cardiac muscles.
A thrombosis occurring in a carotid artery.
An infarction occurring in the brain.
A pathological process of disturbance in the blood supply to the brain, causing a loss of brain function.
CVA - Cerebrovascular accident unspecified
Cerebrovascular accident (disorder) [Ambiguous]
Posterior inferior cerebellar artery syndrome (disorder)
A thrombosis that occurs in a dural venous sinus.
A thrombosis that occurs in a transverse sinus.
Thrombosis of lateral venous sinus (disorder)
A thrombosis that occurs in a cavernous sinus.
Thrombosis of cavernous venous sinus (disorder)
Thrombosis of superior longitudinal sinus (disorder)
Thrombosis of superior sagittal sinus (disorder)
Wolff-Parkinson-White pattern (disorder)
Phlebitis and thrombophlebitis of superficial vessels of lower extremities
Superficial thrombophlebitis of leg (disorder)
Thrombophlebitis of a superficial leg vein NOS (disorder)
Thrombophlebitis of superficial veins of lower extremity (disorder)
A myocarditis with an acute disease course.
A restrictive cardiomyopathy that affects the endocardium and occurs with white blood cell proliferation, specifically of eosinophils.
A cardiomyopathy (2008) characterized by increased stiffness of the left ventricular myocardium and decreased compliance of the left ventricle (which is restricted from stretching and filling with blood properly), in the absence of dilated cardiomyopathy and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
primary restrictive cardiomyopathy (disorder)
A disease in which some disorder of a tricuspid valve prevents it from opening properly during right ventricular diastole, occasioning disturbance in the anterograd blood flow through the valve.
A heart valve disease which results in the narrowing of the orifice of the tricuspid valve of the heart. This causes increased resistance to blood flow through the valve. It is almost always caused by rheumatic fever and is generally accompanied by mitral stenosis. Rare other causes include carcinoid syndrome, endocarditis, endomyocardial fibrosis, lupus erythematosus, right atrial myxoma and congenital tricuspid atresia.
A disease affecting a valve of the heart.
Heart valve disease is a heart disease described as any disease process involving one or more of the valves of the heart (the aortic and mitral valves on the left and the pulmonary and tricuspid valves on the right). Valve problems may be congenital (inborn) or acquired (due to another cause later in life).
A heart valve disease where the heart's tricuspid valve fails to close properly during systole. As a result, with each heart beat, blood is pumped out from the right side of the heart in the opposite direction to normal.
Tricuspid valve regurgitation (disorder)
A thrombosis occurring in the brain.
A disorder of atheromous plaques in a coronary artery.
Cerebral embolism with cerebral infarction
A bacterial endocarditis characterized by a slow process of infection.
Subacute bacterial endocarditis (disorder)
Cavernous hemangioma (morphologic abnormality)
Arteriosclerosis obliterans (disorder) [Ambiguous]
Arteriolosclerosis (morphologic abnormality)
A disease characterized by an inflammation of the aorta.
A disease affecting the aorta.
A disease characterized by the displacement of a degenerated aortic valve leaflet into the left ventricle during diastole.
Aortic incompetence is a aortic valve disease where leakage of blood from the aorta back into the left ventricle during diastole because of failure of an aortic valve to close properly.
pulmonary veno-occlusive disease (disorder)
An aortic valve insufficiency due to rheumatic fever.
Rheumatic aortic regurgitation (disorder)
A disease characterized by the displacement of a degenerated tricuspid valve leaflet into the right atrium during systole.
A disease in which an abnormal structure in an aortic valve prevents it to close propertly during diastole, occasioning a retrograd blood flow through the valve.
Aortic valve insufficiency is a aortic valve disease where leaking of the aortic valve of the heart causes blood to flow in the reverse direction during ventricular diastole, from the aorta into the left ventricle. Aortic insufficiency can be due to abnormalities of either the aortic valve or the aortic root (the beginning of the aorta).
Rheumatic disease of pulmonary valve (disorder)
Rheumatic pulmonary valve disease NOS (disorder)
A disease affecting the pulmonary valve of the heart.
Rheumatic mitral regurgitation (disorder)
This refers to a narrowing of the section of the left ventricle below the aortic valve; therefore, this was not classified as an aortic valve stenosis in CVDO.
An infarction occurring in the myocardium.
Posterior myocardial infarction NOS (disorder)
Inferior myocardial infarction NOS (disorder)
Lateral myocardial infarction NOS (disorder)
Occlusion and stenosis of multiple and bilateral precerebral arteries
occlusion and stenosis of precerebral artery
A disease characterized by the inability of the heart to pump a sufficient amount of blood throughout the body.
A heart disease that is characterized by any structural or functional cardiacdisorder that impairs the ability of the heart to fill with or pump a sufficient amount ofblood throughout the body.
A disease affecting the mitral valve of the heart.
Mitral and aortic valve disease NOS (disorder)
Mitral and aortic valve disease, unspecified
disease of mitral and aortic valves (disorder)
A disease affecting the aortic valve of the heart.
A disease that has_material_basis_in genetic variations in the human genome.
A disease in which some disorder of a pulmonary valve prevents it from opening properly during right ventricular systole, occasioning disturbance in the anterograd blood flow through the valve.
pulmonary stenosis, cause unspecified (disorder)
Anterior spinal artery occlusion syndrome (disorder)
Aortic aneurysm of unspecified site, ruptured
Aortic aneurysm of unspecified site, ruptured (disorder)
Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (disorder)
ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm disease
Ruptured thoracic aortic aneurysm (disorder)
Thoracic aortic aneurysm which has ruptured (disorder)
ruptured thoracic aortic aneurysm disease
Occlusion and stenosis of carotid artery
A disease characterized by an inflammation of the myocardium.
A myocarditis caused by rheumatic fever.
acute rheumatic myocarditis (disorder) [Ambiguous]
Retinal transient arterial occlusion NOS (disorder)
Transient arterial retinal occlusion (disorder)
A cor pulmonale that has an acute disease course during which the right ventricle becomes dilated.
'Acute pulmonary heart disease' and 'Acute cor pulmonale' (two classes imported from DOID) are considered as equivalent in CVDO.
acute pulmonary heart disease (disorder)
acute pulmonary heart disease NOS (disorder)
A disease characterized by a dilatation or hypertrophy of the myocardium of right ventricle of the heart as a response to increased resistance or high blood pressure in the lungs, involving a failure of the right side of the heart.
Although the 1995 classification of cardiomyopathies did not include cor pulmonale, it should have included it, given the definition of cardiomyopathy it adopted.
A congestive heart failure that involves a failure of the right side of the heart and is characterized by an enlargement of the right ventricle of the heart as a response to increased resistance or high blood pressure in the lungs.
A pathological process consisting in a pulmonary embolism and an infarction that follows.
A disease characterized by an inflammation of a vein.
A disease characterized by an inflammation of a blood vessel.
A vascular disease that is an inflammatory destruction of blood vessels.
A dementia that involves impairments in cognitive function caused by problems in blood vessels that feed the brain.
A coronary heart disease with an acute disease course.
DOID label 'intermediate coronary syndrome' was changed.
(Angina: [crescendo] or [unstable] or [at rest]) or (preinfarction syndrome) or (impending infarction)
DOID label 'pulmonary subvalvular stenosis' was changed for homogeneization with 'subvalvular aortic stenosis'.
Infundibular pulmonic stenosis (disorder)
Infundibular pulmonic stenosis, congenital
pulmonary infundibular stenosis (disorder)
pulmonary subvalvular stenosis
strictly posterior acute myocardial infarction
An embolism that occurs in a pulmonary artery.
A congestive heart failure with impaired ejection fraction.
A congestive heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.
A disease characterized by the displacement of a degenerated mitral valve leaflet into the left atrium during systole.
A disease characterized by the displacement of a degenerated heart valve leaflet during systole.
A dilated cardiomyopathy resulting from a pregnancy. It presents typically between the last month of pregnancy and up to six months postpartum.
Region of wall of heart which consists of endocardium, myocardium and epicardium that surrounds the cavity of a cardiac chamber.
Cardinal organ part which is bounded predominantly by bonafide boundaries. Examples: lobe of lung, osteon, acinus, submucosa, anterior leaflet of mitral valve, capsule of kidney, cortical bone, muscle fasciculus.
Tissue which consists of cardiac myocytes surrounded by cardiac endomysium. Examples: Cardiac muscle tissue proper, conducting tissue of heart.
Vascular tree, the organ parts of which are veins. Examples: There are only three canonical instances, systemic venous tree (organ), pulmonary venous tree (organ) and portal venous tree (organ).
Tubular organ part, the wall and lumen of which are continuous with those of the ventricles of the heart, directly or indirectly through branches of the aorta and pulmonary trunk. Examples: bronchial artery, hepatic artery, coronary artery, truncus anterior of right pulmonary artery, aorta.
Anatomical cluster which consists of all or some members of one or more organ subclasses which are grouped together according to some shared attributes. Examples: abdominal viscera, pelvic viscera.
Hollow tree, the organ parts of which are arteries, veins or lymphatic vessels. Examples: systemic arterial tree (organ), portal venous tree (organ), thoracic duct tree.
Vascular tree, the organ parts of which are arteries. Examples: There are only two canonical instances, systemic arterial tree (organ) and pulmonary arterial tree (organ).
Anatomical structure, which has as its parts a heterogeneous collection of organs, organ parts, cells, cell parts or body part subdivisions that are adjacent to, or continuous with one another; does not constitute a cell part, cell, tissue, organ, organ system or organ system subdivision, cardinal body part, body part subdivision or anatomical junction. Examples: joint, adnexa of uterus, root of lung, renal pedicle, back.
Systemic artery which supplies the heart.
Subdivision of arterial tree (organ) which consists of branching sets of tubes (arterial trunk) that form a tree; together with other arterial trees (organ part), it constitutes an arterial tree (organ). Examples: pulmonary arterial tree, right coronary arterial tree, superior mesenteric tree.
Subdivision of venous tree (organ) which consists of branching sets of tubes (venous trunks) that form a tree; together with other venous trees (organ part), it constitutes a venous tree (organ). Examples: subclavian venous tree, jugular tree, extrahepatic portal tree, common iliac venous tree.
Segment of neuraxis that has as its parts gray matter and white matter that surround the cerebral ventricular system; Examples: There is only one brain.
Organ component layer which consists of the endothelium and the fibroelastic connective tissue.
Organ the unshared parts of which surround one or more macroscopic anatomical spaces. Examples: neuraxis, tooth, esophagus, heart, long bone, corpus spongiosum of penis.
Cavitated organ in which its unshared parts surround one continuous anatomical space. Examples: stomach, urinary bladder, esophagus, uterine tube.
Cavitated organ in which its unshared parts surround two or more macroscopic anatomical spaces. Examples: heart, long bone, corpus spongiosum of penis, bulb of vestibule.
Organ with organ cavity, which consists of an arborizing set of tubular organ parts, the walls of which are continuous and surround a continuous lumen. Examples: systemic arterial tree (organ), tracheobronchial tree, biliary tree.
Subdivision of conducting system of heart
Subdivision of vascular tree (organ) which connects an arteriole to a venule or vice-versa.
Material anatomical entity which is generated by coordinated expression of the organism's own genes that guide its morphogenesis; has inherent 3D shape; its parts are connected and spatially related to one another in patterns determined by coordinated gene expression. Examples: heart, right ventricle, mitral valve, myocardium, endothelium, lymphocyte, fibroblast, thorax, cardiovascular system, hemoglobin, T cell receptor.
This class was relocated as a son of BFO 'Material entity', and BFO 2.0 'located in at all times' relations were added between relevant FMA classes; they should ultimately be replaced by a genuine version of FMA using BFO 2.0 relations.
Physical anatomical entity which has mass. Examples: hemoglobin molecule, mitochondrion, hepatocyte, erythrocyte, heart, head, blood, urine.
Anatomical structure which has as its direct parts portions of two or more types of tissue or two or more types of cardinal organ part which constitute a maximally connected anatomical structure demarcated predominantly by a bona fide anatomical surface. Examples: femur, biceps, liver, heart, skin, tracheobronchial tree, ovary.
Cardinal organ part which is a fiat subdivision of an organ. Examples: lingula of left lung, tail of pancreas, artery, trochanter, nodulus of semilunar valve, right side of heart, duodenum, fundus of stomach.
Tissue which consists of striated muscle fibers surrounded by endomysium. Examples: Skeletal muscle tissue, Cardiac muscle tissue.
Subdivision of cerebral part of internal carotid artery
Organ chamber which consists of a wall that surrounds the cavity of a cardiac atrium or ventricle.
Right cardiac chamber which is continuous with the superior vena cava and inferior vena cava.
Left cardiac chamber which is continuous with the pulmonary venous trunk.
Right cardiac chamber which is continuous with the pulmonary arterial trunk.
Cardiac chamber which consists of a wall that surrounds the cavity of an atrium.
Cardiac chamber which consists of a wall that surrounds the cavity of a ventricle.
Left cardiac chamber which is continuous with the aorta.
Anatomical valve which has as its parts the endocardium and fibroelastic connective tissue attached to the fibrous ring of heart.
Anatomical structure, which has as its direct parts instances of one or more organ types which are interconnected with one another by zones of continuity. Examples: skeletal system, cardiovascular system, alimentary system.
Organ system which consists of the heart, the systemic and pulmonary arterial and venous system, the lymphatic and the portal venous system.
Cardiac valve which has as its parts the leaf of cardiac valve that separates the atrium from the ventricle.
Atrioventricular valve which has as its parts the anterior, posterior and septal leaflets, attached to the fibrous ring of tricuspid valve.
Atrioventricular valve which has as its parts the anterior and posterior leaflets, attached to the fibrous ring of mitral valve.
Cardiac valve which has as its parts the anterior, right posterior and left posterior cusps, attached to the fibrous ring of aortic valve.
Cardiac valve which has as its parts the right anterior, left anterior and posterior cusps, attached to the fibrous ring of pulmonary valve.
Tunica intima which has as its parts the endothelium of endocardium and the fibroelastic connective tissue that surrounds the cavity of a cardiac chamber.
anatomical structure which has as its direct parts two or more types of tissue and is continuous with one or more anatomical structures likewise constituted by two or more portions of tissues distinct from those of their complement. Examples: osteon, cortical bone, neck of femur, bronchopulmonary segment, left lobe of liver, anterior right side of heart, interventricular branch of left coronary artery, right atrium, mitral valve, head of pancreas.
Organ component which is part of the brain or spinal cord.
Cardinal organ part which is a fiat subdivision of an organ component. Examples: cervical part of wall of esophagus, mucosa of body of stomach.
Organ region with one or more anchored fiat boundaries. Examples: artery, trunk of nerve, cervical part of esophagus, pelvic part of vagina, horn of thyroid cartilage, anterior segment of eyeball.
Muscle layer of organ which has as its parts the myocardium proper and the conducting system of the heart.
Myocardium of ventricle which is continuous with the tunica media of the pulmonary trunk.
Myocardium of ventricle which is continuous with the tunica media of aorta.
Anatomical structure which has as its parts cells of predominantly one type with or without intercellular matrix. Examples: epithelium, muscle tissue, connective tissue, neural tissue, lymphoid tissue.
Tissue which consists of muscle cells surrounded by a reticulum of collagen fibers or fine connective tissue [endomysium]. Examples: Smooth muscle, Cardiac muscle.
Organ with organ cavity, which has as parts a serous membrane and a serous cavity . Examples: pleural sac, pericardial sac, tendon sheath, bursa.
Serous sac, which has as parts the serous pericardium and the pericardial cavity . Examples: There is only one pericardial sac.
Organ cluster which has as its parts the fibrous pericardium and the pericardial sac.
In order to obtain the taxonomy of diseases / disorders / pathological process in CVDO, it is necessary to use the reasoner first and to look at the inferred class hierarchy.
A disposition (i) to undergo pathological processes that (ii) exists in an organism because of one or more disorders in that organism.
A material entity which is clinically abnormal and part of an extended organism. Disorders are the physical basis of disease.
A disorder whose etiology involves an abnormality in the nucleotide sequence of an organism's genome.
A process in an organism that leads to a subsequent disorder.
A bodily process that is clinically abnormal.
The totality of all processes through which a given disease instance is realized.
A disease course that (a) does not terminate in a return to normal homeostasis and (b) would, absent intervention, fall within abnormal homeostatic range.
A disease course that (a) does not terminate in a return to normal homeostasis and (b) would, absent intervention, involve an increasing deviation from homeostasis.
A disease course that terminates in a return to normal homeostasis.
An anatomical structure (FMA) is pathological whenever (1) it has come into being as a result of changes in some pre-existing canonical anatomical structure, (2) through processes other than the expression of the normal complement of genes of an organism of the given type, and (3) is predisposed to have health-related consequences for the organism in question manifested by symptoms and signs.
a disease course with a rapid onset but typical unfolding of signs and symptoms after this rapid onset.
example to be eventually removed
Class has all its metadata, but is either not guaranteed to be in its final location in the asserted IS_A hierarchy or refers to another class that is not complete.
metadata complete
term created to ease viewing/sort terms for development purpose, and will not be included in a release
organizational term
Class has undergone final review, is ready for use, and will be included in the next release. Any class lacking "ready_for_release" should be considered likely to change place in hierarchy, have its definition refined, or be obsoleted in the next release. Those classes deemed "ready_for_release" will also derived from a chain of ancestor classes that are also "ready_for_release."
ready for release
Class is being worked on; however, the metadata (including definition) are not complete or sufficiently clear to the branch editors.
metadata incomplete
Nothing done yet beyond assigning a unique class ID and proposing a preferred term.
uncurated
All definitions, placement in the asserted IS_A hierarchy and required minimal metadata are complete. The class is awaiting a final review by someone other than the definition editor.
pending final vetting
Terms with this status should eventually replaced with a term from another ontology.
Alan Ruttenberg
to be replaced with external ontology term
A term that is metadata complete, has been reviewed, and problems have been identified that require discussion before release. Such a term requires editor note(s) to identify the outstanding issues.
requires discussion
To say that each spatiotemporal region s temporally_projects_onto some temporal region t is to say that t is the temporal extension of s. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [080-003])
To say that spatiotemporal region s spatially_projects_onto spatial region r at t is to say that r is the spatial extent of s at t. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [081-003])
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