PMD Core application ontology generated via ODK Template. Engineered Living Materials Ontology 2026-01-19 description dcterms:license license title a core relation that holds between a part and its whole part of a core relation that holds between a whole and its part has part has realization realizes A (currently) primitive relation that relates an information artifact to an entity. is about A primitive, instance-level, relation obtaining between an information content entity and some portion of reality. Denotation is what happens when someone creates an information content entity E in order to specifically refer to something. The only relation between E and the thing is that E can be used to 'pick out' the thing. This relation connects those two together. Freedictionary.com sense 3: To signify directly; refer to specifically denotes inverse of the relation 'denotes' denoted by The inverse property of is specified input of has specified input A relation between a planned process and a continuant participating in that process that is not created during the process. The presence of the continuant during the process is explicitly specified in the plan specification which the process realizes the concretization of. is specified input of The inverse property of is specified output of The inverse property of is_specified_output_of has specified output has_specified_output A relation between a planned process and a continuant participating in that process. The presence of the continuant at the end of the process is explicitly specified in the objective specification which the process realizes the concretization of. is specified output of is_specified_output_of This relation obtains between a planned process and a objective specification when the criteria specified in the objective specification are met at the end of the planned process. achieves_planned_objective A relation between a value specification and an entity which the specification is about. specifies value of a relation between a specifically dependent continuant (the characteristic) and any other entity (the bearer), in which the characteristic depends on the bearer for its existence. characteristic of Inverse of characteristic_of has characteristic a relation between a continuant and a process, in which the continuant is somehow involved in the process participates in a relation between a process and a continuant, in which the continuant is somehow involved in the process has participant A relationship between a generically dependent continuant and a specifically dependent continuant or process, in which the generically dependent continuant depends on some independent continuant or process in virtue of the fact that the specifically dependent continuant or process also depends on that same independent continuant. A generically dependent continuant may be concretized as multiple specifically dependent continuants or processes. is concretized as A relationship between a specifically dependent continuant or process and a generically dependent continuant, in which the generically dependent continuant depends on some independent continuant in virtue of the fact that the specifically dependent continuant or process also depends on that same independent continuant. Multiple specifically dependent continuants or processes can concretize the same generically dependent continuant. concretizes a relation between a function and an independent continuant (the bearer), in which the function specifically depends on the bearer for its existence function of a relation between a quality and an independent continuant (the bearer), in which the quality specifically depends on the bearer for its existence quality of a relation between a role and an independent continuant (the bearer), in which the role specifically depends on the bearer for its existence role of a relation between an independent continuant (the bearer) and a function, in which the function specifically depends on the bearer for its existence has function a relation between an independent continuant (the bearer) and a quality, in which the quality specifically depends on the bearer for its existence has quality a relation between an independent continuant (the bearer) and a role, in which the role specifically depends on the bearer for its existence has role a relation between an independent continuant (the bearer) and a disposition, in which the disposition specifically depends on the bearer for its existence has disposition inverse of has disposition disposition of p has output c iff c is a participant in p, c is present at the end of p, and c is not present in the same state at the beginning of p. has output inverse of has output output of A relation between an assay and a characteristic, in which the assay generates a data item which is a measure of a characteristic. assay measures characteristic Inverse of 'assay measures characteristic' characteristic measured by assay relationship between a planned process and the plan specification that it carries out; it is defined as equivalent to the composed relationship (realizes o concretizes) executes is subject of specified by value in response to responds with has value entity An entity that exists in full at any time in which it exists at all, persists through time while maintaining its identity and has no temporal parts. continuant An entity that has temporal parts and that happens, unfolds or develops through time. occurrent 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]) independent continuant 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]) process disposition A specifically dependent continuant that inheres in continuant entities and are not exhibited in full at every time in which it inheres in an entity or group of entities. The exhibition or actualization of a realizable entity is a particular manifestation, functioning or process that occurs under certain circumstances. realizable entity realizable entity quality 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 A realizable entity the manifestation of which brings about some result or end that is not essential to a continuant in virtue of the kind of thing that it is but that can be served or participated in by that kind of continuant in some kinds of natural, social or institutional contexts. role object aggregate object 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]) generically dependent continuant function An independent continuant that is spatially extended whose identity is independent of that of other entities and can be maintained through time. material entity relational quality A directive information entity that describes an intended process endpoint. When part of a plan specification the concretization is realized in a planned process in which the bearer tries to effect the world so that the process endpoint is achieved. objective specification A directive information entity that describes an action the bearer will take. action specification An information content entity that is intended to be a truthful statement about something (modulo, e.g., measurement precision or other systematic errors) and is constructed/acquired by a method which reliably tends to produce (approximately) truthful statements. data item A generically dependent continuant that is about some thing. information content entity An information content entity whose concretizations indicate to their bearer how to realize them in a process. directive information entity The curation status of the term. The allowed values come from an enumerated list of predefined terms. See the specification of these instances for more detailed definitions of each enumerated value. curation status specification Data about an ontology part is a data item about a part of an ontology, for example a term data about an ontology part A directive information entity with action specifications and objective specifications as parts, and that may be concretized as a realizable entity that, if realized, is realized in a process in which the bearer tries to achieve the objectives by taking the actions specified. plan specification The reason for which a term has been deprecated. The allowed values come from an enumerated list of predefined terms. See the specification of these instances for more detailed definitions of each enumerated value. obsolescence reason specification A denotator type indicates how a term should be interpreted from an ontological perspective. denotator type An information content entity that is the outcome of a dubbing process and is used to refer to one instance of entity shared by a group of people to refer to that individual entity. identifier A planned process that provides a reference to an individual entity shared by a group of subscribers to refer to that individual entity. identifier creating process A process that realizes a plan which is the concretization of a plan specification. planned process a role that inheres in a material entity that is realized in an assay in which data is generated about the bearer of the evaluant role evaluant role A planned process that has the objective to produce information about a material entity (the evaluant) by examining it. assay A value specification that is specifies one category out of a fixed number of nominal categories categorical value specification An information content entity that specifies a value within a classification scheme or on a quantitative scale. value specification Material material material portion of matter engineered material behavioral material property plan ASTM grainsize 1 1 aggregate state application of electric field application of heat flux application of magnetic field application of mechanical load application of substance change of temperature chemical composition Datenverarbeitung Rechenprozess computing process 1 1 crystal structure defect density deformation density Gerät device emission of radiation evolution of damage glass crystallite kristallit hardness heat capacity irradiation process Herstellungsprozess manufacturing process mechanical property crystallographic texture metallographic texture natural organic material occurence of chemical reaction occurence of electic field occurence of magnetic field optical property passing of time phase boundary (realization) polymer connected material entity aggregate disconnected material entity aggregate pressure Urformen primary shaping Urformen Aus Dem Plastischen Zustand primary shaping from the plastic state primary shaping from the plastic state specific surface area stiffness stimulating process strength temperature thermal property waver irradiation crystal porosity metallic grain structures nature constant bravais lattice (3d) proportion mass proportion molar proportion volume proportion polycrystal grain size distribution aggregate state value intensive quality composition 1 metallic grain structure thermoplastics device operation state value location identification scheme example to be eventually removed The term was used in an attempt to structure part of the ontology but in retrospect failed to do a good job failed exploratory term 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 term editor. pending final vetting placeholder removed terms merged term imported term split universal A defined class is a class that is defined by a set of logically necessary and sufficient conditions but is not a universal defined class A named class expression is a logical expression that is given a name. The name can be used in place of the expression. named class expression Terms with this status should eventually replaced with a term from another ontology. 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 The term was added to the ontology on the assumption it was in scope, but it turned out later that it was not. out of scope bravais lattice triclinic primitve bravais lattice monoclinic primitive bravais lattice monoclinic base-centered bravais lattice orthorombic primitive bravais lattice orthorhombic base-centered bravais lattice orthorhombic body-centered bravais lattice orthorhombic face-centered bravais lattice tetragonal primitive bravais lattice tetragonal body-centered bravais lattice hexagonal rhombohedral primitive bravais lattice hexagonal hexagonal primitive bravais lattice cubic primitive bravais lattice cubic body-centered bravais lattice cubic face-centered bainite austenite ferrite ledeburite pearlite widmanstatten structure martensite aggregate state solid aggregate state liquid aggregate state gasous aggregate state plasma aggregate state atom gas aggregate state supercritical fluid aggregate state mesomorphic aggregate state suprafluid aggregate state suprasolid GS1 GLN Specifications true ON false OFF