Academic Event Ontology
type: Ontology
version IRI: v0.2.9
contributor: Christian Hauschke
contributor: Christoph Lange
contributor: Michael Conlon
contributor: Philip Strömert
creator: ConfIDent project
description: The Academic Event Ontology (AEON) is used to represent information regarding academic events. The ontology supports the identification, development, management, evaluation, and impact assessment of events, components of events and event series, as well as identification and reuse of works presented or developed at events. The ontology is independent of knowledge, creative domain, or topics related to events. AEON is focused on events and assumes the representation of many entities associated with events such as attendees, locations, academic works, datetimes, and processes are defined in compatible ontologies.
version info: v0.2.9

editor preferred term
type: AnnotationProperty
editor preferred term: editor preferred term
has curation status: IAO_0000122
definition: The concise, meaningful, and human-friendly name for a class or property preferred by the ontology developers. (US-English)
term editor: PERSON:Daniel Schober
definition source: GROUP:OBI:<http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/obi>

example of usage
type: AnnotationProperty
editor preferred term: example of usage
has curation status: IAO_0000122
definition: A phrase describing how a term should be used and/or a citation to a work which uses it. May also include other kinds of examples that facilitate immediate understanding, such as widely know prototypes or instances of a class, or cases where a relation is said to hold.
term editor: PERSON:Daniel Schober
definition source: GROUP:OBI:<http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/obi>

in branch
type: AnnotationProperty
editor preferred term: in branch
definition: An annotation property indicating which module the terms belong to. This is currently experimental and not implemented yet.
term editor: GROUP:OBI
definition source: OBI_0000277

has curation status
type: AnnotationProperty
editor preferred term: has curation status
term editor: PERSON:Alan Ruttenberg
term editor: PERSON:Bill Bug
term editor: PERSON:Melanie Courtot

definition
type: AnnotationProperty
editor preferred term: definition
has curation status: IAO_0000122
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: 2012-04-05: Barry Smith The official OBI definition, explaining the meaning of a class or property: 'Shall be Aristotelian, formalized and normalized. Can be augmented with colloquial definitions' is terrible. Can you fix to something like: A statement of necessary and sufficient conditions explaining the meaning of an expression referring to a class or property. Alan Ruttenberg Your proposed definition is a reasonable candidate, except that it is very common that necessary and sufficient conditions are not given. Mostly they are necessary, occasionally they are necessary and sufficient or just sufficient. Often they use terms that are not themselves defined and so they effectively can't be evaluated by those criteria. On the specifics of the proposed definition: We don't have definitions of 'meaning' or 'expression' or 'property'. For 'reference' in the intended sense I think we use the term 'denotation'. For 'expression', I think we you mean symbol, or identifier. For 'meaning' it differs for class and property. For class we want documentation that let's the intended reader determine whether an entity is instance of the class, or not. For property we want documentation that let's the intended reader determine, given a pair of potential relata, whether the assertion that the relation holds is true. The 'intended reader' part suggests that we also specify who, we expect, would be able to understand the definition, and also generalizes over human and computer reader to include textual and logical definition. Personally, I am more comfortable weakening definition to documentation, with instructions as to what is desirable. We also have the outstanding issue of how to aim different definitions to different audiences. A clinical audience reading chebi wants a different sort of definition documentation/definition from a chemistry trained audience, and similarly there is a need for a definition that is adequate for an ontologist to work with.
term editor: PERSON:Daniel Schober
definition source: GROUP:OBI:<http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/obi>

editor note
type: AnnotationProperty
editor preferred term: editor note
has curation status: IAO_0000122
definition: 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.
term editor: PERSON:Daniel Schober
definition source: GROUP:OBI:<http://purl.obofoundry.org/obo/obi>

term editor
type: AnnotationProperty
editor preferred term: term editor
has curation status: IAO_0000122
definition: Name of editor entering the term in the file. The term editor is a point of contact for information regarding the term. The term editor may be, but is not always, the author of the definition, which may have been worked upon by several people
editor note: 20110707, MC: label update to term editor and definition modified accordingly. See https://github.com/information-artifact-ontology/IAO/issues/115.
term editor: PERSON:Daniel Schober
definition source: GROUP:OBI:<http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/obi>

alternative term
type: AnnotationProperty
editor preferred term: alternative term
has curation status: IAO_0000125
definition: An alternative name for a class or property which means the same thing as the preferred name (semantically equivalent)
term editor: PERSON:Daniel Schober
definition source: GROUP:OBI:<http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/obi>

definition source
type: AnnotationProperty
editor preferred term: definition source
has curation status: IAO_0000122
definition: 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
term editor: PERSON:Daniel Schober
definition source: Discussion on obo-discuss mailing-list, see http://bit.ly/hgm99w
definition source: GROUP:OBI:<http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/obi>

has obsolescence reason
type: AnnotationProperty
editor preferred term: has obsolescence reason
definition: Relates an annotation property to an obsolescence reason. The values of obsolescence reasons come from a list of predefined terms, instances of the class obsolescence reason specification.
term editor: PERSON:Alan Ruttenberg
term editor: PERSON:Melanie Courtot

curator note
type: AnnotationProperty
editor preferred term: curator note
has curation status: IAO_0000122
definition: An administrative note of use for a curator but of no use for a user
term editor: PERSON:Alan Ruttenberg

imported from
type: AnnotationProperty
editor preferred term: imported from
has curation status: IAO_0000125
definition: For external terms/classes, the ontology from which the term was imported
term editor: PERSON:Alan Ruttenberg
term editor: PERSON:Melanie Courtot
definition source: GROUP:OBI:<http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/obi>

expand expression to
type: AnnotationProperty
editor preferred term: expand expression to
example of usage: ObjectProperty: RO_0002104 Label: has plasma membrane part Annotations: IAO_0000424 "http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000051 some (http://purl.org/obo/owl/GO#GO_0005886 and http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000051 some ?Y)"
definition: A macro expansion tag applied to an object property (or possibly a data property) which can be used by a macro-expansion engine to generate more complex expressions from simpler ones
term editor: Chris Mungall

expand assertion to
type: AnnotationProperty
editor preferred term: expand assertion to
example of usage: ObjectProperty: RO??? Label: spatially disjoint from Annotations: expand_assertion_to "DisjointClasses: (http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000051 some ?X) (http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000051 some ?Y)"
definition: A macro expansion tag applied to an annotation property which can be expanded into a more detailed axiom.
term editor: Chris Mungall

first order logic expression
type: AnnotationProperty
editor preferred term: first order logic expression
term editor: PERSON:Alan Ruttenberg

antisymmetric property
type: AnnotationProperty
editor preferred term: antisymmetric property
example of usage: part_of antisymmetric property xsd:true
definition: Use boolean value xsd:true to indicate that the property is an antisymmetric property
term editor: Alan Ruttenberg

elucidation
type: AnnotationProperty
editor preferred term: elucidation
term editor: person:Alan Ruttenberg
definition source: Person:Barry Smith
elucidation: Primitive terms in a highest-level ontology such as BFO are terms which are so basic to our understanding of reality that there is no way of defining them in a non-circular fashion. For these, therefore, we can provide only elucidations, supplemented by examples and by axioms

has associated axiom(nl)
type: AnnotationProperty
editor preferred term: has associated axiom(nl)
term editor: Person:Alan Ruttenberg
definition source: Person:Alan Ruttenberg
elucidation: An axiom associated with a term expressed using natural language

has associated axiom(fol)
type: AnnotationProperty
editor preferred term: has associated axiom(fol)
term editor: Person:Alan Ruttenberg
definition source: Person:Alan Ruttenberg
elucidation: An axiom expressed in first order logic using CLIF syntax

may be identical to
type: AnnotationProperty
editor preferred term: may be identical to
definition: A annotation relationship between two terms in an ontology that may refer to the same (natural) type but where more evidence is required before terms are merged.
term editor: David Osumi-Sutherland
IAO_0000233: #40
IAO_0000234: VFB
comment: Edges asserting this should be annotated with to record evidence supporting the assertion and its provenance.

scheduled for obsoletion on or after
type: AnnotationProperty
editor preferred term: scheduled for obsoletion on or after
definition: Used when the class or object is scheduled for obsoletion/deprecation on or after a particular date.
term editor: Chris Mungall, Jie Zheng
IAO_0000233: https://github.com/geneontology/go-ontology/issues/15532
IAO_0000233: https://github.com/information-artifact-ontology/ontology-metadata/issues/32
IAO_0000234: GO ontology
range: dateTime

has axiom label
type: AnnotationProperty
editor preferred term: has axiom id
term editor: Person:Alan Ruttenberg
definition source: Person:Alan Ruttenberg
elucidation: A URI that is intended to be unique label for an axiom used for tracking change to the ontology. For an axiom expressed in different languages, each expression is given the same URI

term replaced by
type: AnnotationProperty
editor preferred term: term replaced by
has curation status: IAO_0000125
definition: Use on obsolete terms, relating the term to another term that can be used as a substitute
term editor: Person:Alan Ruttenberg
definition source: Person:Alan Ruttenberg
comment: Add as annotation triples in the granting ontology

WikidataLabel
type: AnnotationProperty
definition: WikidataLabel is used to map a class or property to a certain label in the Wikidata namespace.

WikidataURI
type: AnnotationProperty
definition: WikidataURI is used to map a class or property to the URI in the Wikidata namespace.

part of
type: ObjectProperty
inverse of: has part
type: TransitiveProperty
editor preferred term: is part of
example of usage: my brain is part of my body (continuant parthood, two material entities)
example of usage: my stomach cavity is part of my stomach (continuant parthood, immaterial entity is part of material entity)
example of usage: this day is part of this year (occurrent parthood)
definition: a core relation that holds between a part and its whole
editor note: Everything is part of itself. Any part of any part of a thing is itself part of that thing. Two distinct things cannot be part of each other.
editor note: Occurrents are not subject to change and so parthood between occurrents holds for all the times that the part exists. Many continuants are subject to change, so parthood between continuants will only hold at certain times, but this is difficult to specify in OWL. See https://code.google.com/p/obo-relations/wiki/ROAndTime
editor note: Parthood requires the part and the whole to have compatible classes: only an occurrent can be part of an occurrent; only a process can be part of a process; only a continuant can be part of a continuant; only an independent continuant can be part of an independent continuant; only an immaterial entity can be part of an immaterial entity; only a specifically dependent continuant can be part of a specifically dependent continuant; only a generically dependent continuant can be part of a generically dependent continuant. (This list is not exhaustive.) A continuant cannot be part of an occurrent: use 'participates in'. An occurrent cannot be part of a continuant: use 'has participant'. A material entity cannot be part of an immaterial entity: use 'has location'. A specifically dependent continuant cannot be part of an independent continuant: use 'inheres in'. An independent continuant cannot be part of a specifically dependent continuant: use 'bearer of'.
alternative term: part_of
RO_0001900: RO_0001901

has part
type: ObjectProperty
type: TransitiveProperty
editor preferred term: has part
example of usage: my body has part my brain (continuant parthood, two material entities)
example of usage: my stomach has part my stomach cavity (continuant parthood, material entity has part immaterial entity)
example of usage: this year has part this day (occurrent parthood)
definition: a core relation that holds between a whole and its part
editor note: Everything has itself as a part. Any part of any part of a thing is itself part of that thing. Two distinct things cannot have each other as a part.
editor note: Occurrents are not subject to change and so parthood between occurrents holds for all the times that the part exists. Many continuants are subject to change, so parthood between continuants will only hold at certain times, but this is difficult to specify in OWL. See https://code.google.com/p/obo-relations/wiki/ROAndTime
editor note: Parthood requires the part and the whole to have compatible classes: only an occurrent have an occurrent as part; only a process can have a process as part; only a continuant can have a continuant as part; only an independent continuant can have an independent continuant as part; only a specifically dependent continuant can have a specifically dependent continuant as part; only a generically dependent continuant can have a generically dependent continuant as part. (This list is not exhaustive.) A continuant cannot have an occurrent as part: use 'participates in'. An occurrent cannot have a continuant as part: use 'has participant'. An immaterial entity cannot have a material entity as part: use 'location of'. An independent continuant cannot have a specifically dependent continuant as part: use 'bearer of'. A specifically dependent continuant cannot have an independent continuant as part: use 'inheres in'.
alternative term: has_part
RO_0001900: RO_0001901

has realization
type: ObjectProperty
inverse of: realizes
domain: realizable entity
range: Process
editor preferred term: realized in
example of usage: this disease is realized in this disease course
example of usage: this fragility is realized in this shattering
example of usage: this investigator role is realized in this investigation
alternative term: is realized by
alternative term: realized_in
elucidation: [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])
comment: Paraphrase of elucidation: a relation between a realizable entity and a process, where there is some material entity that is bearer of the realizable entity and participates in the process, and the realizable entity comes to be realized in the course of the process
label: realized in
definition: b has realization c =Def c realizes b
example: As for realizes

realizes
type: ObjectProperty
domain: Process
range: realizable entity
editor preferred term: realizes
example of usage: this disease course realizes this disease
example of usage: this investigation realizes this investigator role
example of usage: this shattering realizes this fragility
elucidation: 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])
comment: Paraphrase of elucidation: a relation between a process and a realizable entity, where there is some material entity that is bearer of the realizable entity and participates in the process, and the realizable entity comes to be realized in the course of the process
definition: (Elucidation) b realizes c means: b is a process & c is a realizable entity that inheres in d & for all t, if b has participant d at t then c exists at t & the type instantiated by b is correlated with the type instantiated by c
example: A disposition to go bald is realized in a balding process; a role of student is realized in studying processes; the pumping function of a heart is realized in processes of pumping.

participates in at some time
type: ObjectProperty
inverse of: has participant at some time
domain: Class
  union of: specifically dependent continuant
  union of: generically dependent continuant
  union of: Class
    intersection of: independent continuant
    intersection of: Class
      complement of: spatial region
range: Process
definition: b participates in p at some time =Def for some time t (p has participant b at t)

has participant at some time
type: ObjectProperty
domain: Process
range: Class
  union of: specifically dependent continuant
  union of: generically dependent continuant
  union of: Class
    intersection of: independent continuant
    intersection of: Class
      complement of: spatial region
definition: p has participant c at some time =Def for some time t (b is a process, c is a continuant, and c participates in p some way at t

occurs in
type: ObjectProperty
inverse of: contains process
domain: occurrent
domain: Class
  union of: Process
  union of: process boundary
range: independent continuant
range: Class
  union of: site
  union of: material entity
editor preferred term: occurs in
definition: 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
alternative term: occurs_in
alternative term: unfolds in
alternative term: unfolds_in
comment: Paraphrase of definition: a relation between a process and an independent continuant, in which the process takes place entirely within the independent continuant
definition: b occurs in c =Def b is a process or a process boundary and c is a material entity or immaterial entity & there exists a spatiotemporal region r and b occupies spatiotemporal region r & for all 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 occupies spatial region s' at t & s is a continuant part of s' at t
example: A process of digestion occurs in the interior of an organism, a process of loading artillery rounds into a tank cannon occurs in the interior of the tank.

contains process
type: ObjectProperty
editor preferred term: site of
definition: [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
comment: Paraphrase of definition: a relation between an independent continuant and a process, in which the process takes place entirely within the independent continuant

located in at all times
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: located in at some time
type: TransitiveProperty
domain: Class
  intersection of: independent continuant
  intersection of: Class
    complement of: spatial region
range: Class
  intersection of: independent continuant
  intersection of: Class
    complement of: spatial region
definition: b located in c at all times =Def for all times t, b exists at t implies (b and c are independent continuants and not spatial regions, and the spatial region which b occupies at t is a (proper or improper) continuant part of the spatial region which c occupies at t)

has continuant part at all times
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: has continuant part at some time
type: TransitiveProperty
domain: continuant
range: continuant
definition: b has continuant part c at all times =Def for all times t, b exists at t implies (b and c are continuants & b is a part of c at t)

has member part at some time
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: has continuant part at some time
domain: material entity
range: material entity
definition: b has member part c at some time =Def for some time t (c member part of b at t)

has occurrent part
type: ObjectProperty
inverse of: occurrent part of
type: TransitiveProperty
domain: occurrent
range: occurrent
definition: (Elucidation) b has occurrent part c means: c is a part of b & b and c are occurrents
example: Mary's life has occurrent part Mary's 5th birthday.

has proper occurrent part
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: has occurrent part
inverse of: proper occurrent part of
domain: occurrent
range: occurrent
definition: b has proper occurrent part c =Def b has occurrent part c & b and c are not identical
example: As for has occurrent part.

has temporal part
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: has occurrent part
inverse of: temporal part of
type: TransitiveProperty
domain: occurrent
range: occurrent
definition: b has temporal part c =Def c temporal part of b
example: Your life has temporal part the first year of your life.

location of at some time
type: ObjectProperty
inverse of: located in at some time
domain: Class
  intersection of: independent continuant
  intersection of: Class
    complement of: spatial region
range: Class
  intersection of: independent continuant
  intersection of: Class
    complement of: spatial region
definition: b location of c at some time =Def for some time t (c located in b at t)

occurrent part of
type: ObjectProperty
type: TransitiveProperty
domain: occurrent
range: occurrent
definition: (Elucidation) b occurrent part of c =Def b is a part of c & b and c are occurrents
example: Mary's 5th birthday is an occurrent part of Mary's life; the first set of the tennis match is an occurrent part of the tennis match.

proper temporal part of
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: temporal part of
inverse of: has proper temporal part
domain: occurrent
range: occurrent
definition: b proper temporal part of c =Def b temporal part of c & not (b = c)
example: As for temporal part of.

proper occurrent part of
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: occurrent part of
domain: occurrent
range: occurrent
definition: b proper occurrent part of c =Def b occurrent part of c & b and c are not identical
example: As for occurrent part of.

temporal part of
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: occurrent part of
type: TransitiveProperty
domain: occurrent
range: occurrent
definition: b temporal part of c =Def b occurrent part of c & either b and c are temporal regions or b and c are spatiotemporal regions & b temporally projects onto an occurrent part of the temporal region that c temporally projects onto or b and c are processes or process boundaries & b occupies a temporal region that is an occurrent part of the temporal region that c occupies
example: Your heart beating from 4pm to 5pm today is a temporal part of the process of your heart beating; the 4th year of your life is a temporal part of your life, as is the process boundary which separates the 3rd and 4th years of your life; the first quarter of a game of football is a temporal part of the whole game.

participates in at all times
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: participates in at some time
domain: Class
  union of: specifically dependent continuant
  union of: generically dependent continuant
  union of: Class
    intersection of: independent continuant
    intersection of: Class
      complement of: spatial region
range: Process
definition: b participates in p at all times =Def for all times t, b exists at t implies (p has participant b at t)

has participant at all times
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: has participant at some time
domain: Process
range: Class
  union of: specifically dependent continuant
  union of: generically dependent continuant
  union of: Class
    intersection of: independent continuant
    intersection of: Class
      complement of: spatial region
definition: p has participant c at all times =Def for all times t, b exists at t implies (b is a process, c is a continuant, and c participates in p some way at t)

location of at all times
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: location of at some time
type: TransitiveProperty
domain: Class
  intersection of: independent continuant
  intersection of: Class
    complement of: spatial region
range: Class
  intersection of: independent continuant
  intersection of: Class
    complement of: spatial region
definition: b location of c at all times =Def for all times t, b exists at t implies (c located in b at t)

located in at some time
type: ObjectProperty
domain: Class
  intersection of: independent continuant
  intersection of: Class
    complement of: spatial region
range: Class
  intersection of: independent continuant
  intersection of: Class
    complement of: spatial region
definition: b located in c at some time =Def for some time t (b and c are independent continuants and not spatial regions, and the spatial region which b occupies at t is a (proper or improper) continuant part of the spatial region which c occupies at t)

has proper continuant part at some time
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: has continuant part at some time
domain: continuant
range: continuant
definition: b has proper continuant part c at some time =Def c proper continuant part of b at some time

has continuant part at some time
type: ObjectProperty
domain: continuant
range: continuant
definition: b has continuant part c at some time =Def for some time t (b and c are continuants & b is a part of c at t)

has proper temporal part
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: has temporal part
domain: occurrent
range: occurrent
definition: b has proper temporal part c =Def c proper temporal part of b
example: As for has temporal part.

occupies spatial region at some time
type: ObjectProperty
domain: Class
  intersection of: independent continuant
  intersection of: Class
    complement of: spatial region
range: spatial region
definition: an independent continuant c that is not a spatial region occupies spatial region r at some time =Def for some time t (every continuant part of c occupies some continuant part of r at t and no continuant part of c occupies any spatial region that is not a continuant part of r at t)

occupies spatial region at all times
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: occupies spatial region at some time
type: FunctionalProperty
domain: Class
  intersection of: independent continuant
  intersection of: Class
    complement of: spatial region
range: spatial region
definition: an independent continuant c that is not a spatial region occupies spatial region r at all times =Def for all times t, b exists at t implies (every continuant part of c occupies some continuant part of r at t and no continuant part of c occupies any spatial region that is not a continuant part of r at t)

has measurement unit label
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: has part
type: FunctionalProperty
range: measurement unit label

is about
type: ObjectProperty
domain: information content entity
example of usage: This document is about information artifacts and their representations
has curation status: IAO_0000125
definition: A (currently) primitive relation that relates an information artifact to an entity.
editor note: 7/6/2009 Alan Ruttenberg. Following discussion with Jonathan Rees, and introduction of "mentions" relation. Weaken the is_about relationship to be primitive. We will try to build it back up by elaborating the various subproperties that are more precisely defined. Some currently missing phenomena that should be considered "about" are predications - "The only person who knows the answer is sitting beside me" , Allegory, Satire, and other literary forms that can be topical without explicitly mentioning the topic.
term editor: person:Alan Ruttenberg
definition source: Smith, Ceusters, Ruttenberg, 2000 years of philosophy

denotes
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: is about
inverse of: denoted by
domain: information content entity
range: entity
example of usage: A person's name denotes the person. A variable name in a computer program denotes some piece of memory. Lexically equivalent strings can denote different things, for instance "Alan" can denote different people. In each case of use, there is a case of the denotation relation obtaining, between "Alan" and the person that is being named.
definition: 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
editor note: 2009-11-10 Alan Ruttenberg. Old definition said the following to emphasize the generic nature of this relation. We no longer have 'specifically denotes', which would have been primitive, so make this relation primitive. g denotes r =def r is a portion of reality there is some c that is a concretization of g every c that is a concretization of g specifically denotes r
term editor: person:Alan Ruttenberg
definition source: Conversations with Barry Smith, Werner Ceusters, Bjoern Peters, Michel Dumontier, Melanie Courtot, James Malone, Bill Hogan

denoted by
type: ObjectProperty
domain: entity
range: information content entity
definition: inverse of the relation 'denotes'
term editor: Person: Jie Zheng, Chris Stoeckert, Mike Conlon
IAO_0000233: https://github.com/information-artifact-ontology/IAO/issues/206

is duration of
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: is about
domain: time measurement datum
range: Process
has curation status: IAO_0000120
definition: relates a process to a time-measurement-datum that represents the duration of the process
term editor: Person:Alan Ruttenberg

has time stamp
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: has part
type: FunctionalProperty
domain: time stamped measurement datum
range: time measurement datum
has curation status: IAO_0000123
definition: relates a time stamped measurement datum to the time measurement datum that denotes the time when the measurement was taken
term editor: Alan Ruttenberg

has measurement datum
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: has part
domain: time stamped measurement datum
range: Class
  intersection of: measurement datum
  intersection of: Class
    complement of: time measurement datum
has curation status: IAO_0000123
definition: relates a time stamped measurement datum to the measurement datum that was measured
term editor: Alan Ruttenberg

has_specified_input
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: has participant
domain: planned process
editor preferred term: has_specified_input
example of usage: see is_input_of example_of_usage
has curation status: IAO_0000122
definition: 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.
editor note: 8/17/09: specified inputs of one process are not necessarily specified inputs of a larger process that it is part of. This is in contrast to how 'has participant' works.
term editor: PERSON: Alan Ruttenberg
term editor: PERSON: Bjoern Peters
term editor: PERSON: Larry Hunter
term editor: PERSON: Melanie Coutot
imported from: obi.owl

has_specified_output
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: has participant
domain: planned process
editor preferred term: has_specified_output
has curation status: IAO_0000122
definition: 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.
term editor: PERSON: Alan Ruttenberg
term editor: PERSON: Bjoern Peters
term editor: PERSON: Larry Hunter
term editor: PERSON: Melanie Courtot
imported from: obi.owl

inheres in
type: ObjectProperty
inverse of: bearer of
editor preferred term: inheres in
example of usage: this fragility inheres in this vase
example of usage: this red color inheres in this apple
definition: a relation between a specifically dependent continuant (the dependent) and an independent continuant (the bearer), in which the dependent specifically depends on the bearer for its existence
editor note: A dependent inheres in its bearer at all times for which the dependent exists.
alternative term: inheres_in
RO_0001900: RO_0001901

bearer of
type: ObjectProperty
range: specifically dependent continuant
editor preferred term: bearer of
example of usage: this apple is bearer of this red color
example of usage: this vase is bearer of this fragility
definition: a relation between an independent continuant (the bearer) and a specifically dependent continuant (the dependent), in which the dependent specifically depends on the bearer for its existence
editor note: A bearer can have many dependents, and its dependents can exist for different periods of time, but none of its dependents can exist when the bearer does not exist.
alternative term: bearer_of
alternative term: is bearer of
RO_0001900: RO_0001901

participates in
type: ObjectProperty
inverse of: has participant
domain: continuant
range: occurrent
editor preferred term: participates in
example of usage: this blood clot participates in this blood coagulation
example of usage: this input material (or this output material) participates in this process
example of usage: this investigator participates in this investigation
definition: a relation between a continuant and a process, in which the continuant is somehow involved in the process
alternative term: participates_in

has participant
type: ObjectProperty
domain: occurrent
range: continuant
editor preferred term: has participant
example of usage: this blood coagulation has participant this blood clot
example of usage: this investigation has participant this investigator
example of usage: this process has participant this input material (or this output material)
definition: a relation between a process and a continuant, in which the continuant is somehow involved in the process
editor note: Has_participant is a primitive instance-level relation between a process, a continuant, and a time at which the continuant participates in some way in the process. The relation obtains, for example, when this particular process of oxygen exchange across this particular alveolar membrane has_participant this particular sample of hemoglobin at this particular time.
alternative term: has_participant
source: http://www.obofoundry.org/ro/#OBO_REL:has_participant

is concretized as
type: ObjectProperty
inverse of: concretizes
domain: generically dependent continuant
range: specifically dependent continuant
example of usage: A journal article is an information artifact that inheres in some number of printed journals. For each copy of the printed journal there is some quality that carries the journal article, such as a pattern of ink. The journal article (a generically dependent continuant) is concretized as the quality (a specifically dependent continuant), and both depend on that copy of the printed journal (an independent continuant).
example of usage: An investigator reads a protocol and forms a plan to carry out an assay. The plan is a realizable entity (a specifically dependent continuant) that concretizes the protocol (a generically dependent continuant), and both depend on the investigator (an independent continuant). The plan is then realized by the assay (a process).
definition: A relationship between a generically dependent continuant and a specifically dependent continuant, in which the generically dependent continuant depends on some independent continuant in virtue of the fact that the specifically dependent continuant also depends on that same independent continuant. A generically dependent continuant may be concretized as multiple specifically dependent continuants.

concretizes
type: ObjectProperty
domain: specifically dependent continuant
range: generically dependent continuant
example of usage: A journal article is an information artifact that inheres in some number of printed journals. For each copy of the printed journal there is some quality that carries the journal article, such as a pattern of ink. The quality (a specifically dependent continuant) concretizes the journal article (a generically dependent continuant), and both depend on that copy of the printed journal (an independent continuant).
example of usage: An investigator reads a protocol and forms a plan to carry out an assay. The plan is a realizable entity (a specifically dependent continuant) that concretizes the protocol (a generically dependent continuant), and both depend on the investigator (an independent continuant). The plan is then realized by the assay (a process).
definition: A relationship between a specifically dependent continuant 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 also depends on that same independent continuant. Multiple specifically dependent continuants can concretize the same generically dependent continuant.

quality of
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: inheres in
inverse of: has quality
example of usage: this red color is a quality of this apple
definition: a relation between a quality and an independent continuant (the bearer), in which the quality specifically depends on the bearer for its existence
editor note: A quality inheres in its bearer at all times for which the quality exists.
alternative term: is quality of
alternative term: quality_of

role of
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: inheres in
inverse of: has role
example of usage: this investigator role is a role of this person
definition: a relation between a role and an independent continuant (the bearer), in which the role specifically depends on the bearer for its existence
editor note: A role inheres in its bearer at all times for which the role exists, however the role need not be realized at all the times that the role exists.
alternative term: is role of
alternative term: role_of

has quality
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: bearer of
range: quality
example of usage: this apple has quality this red color
definition: a relation between an independent continuant (the bearer) and a quality, in which the quality specifically depends on the bearer for its existence
editor note: A bearer can have many qualities, and its qualities can exist for different periods of time, but none of its qualities can exist when the bearer does not exist.
alternative term: has_quality

has role
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: bearer of
domain: independent continuant
range: Role
example of usage: this person has role this investigator role (more colloquially: this person has this role of investigator)
definition: a relation between an independent continuant (the bearer) and a role, in which the role specifically depends on the bearer for its existence
editor note: A bearer can have many roles, and its roles can exist for different periods of time, but none of its roles can exist when the bearer does not exist. A role need not be realized at all the times that the role exists.
alternative term: has_role

location of
type: ObjectProperty
inverse of: located in
type: TransitiveProperty
editor preferred term: is location of
example of usage: my head is the location of my brain
example of usage: this cage is the location of this rat
definition: a relation between two independent continuants, the location and the target, in which the target is entirely within the location
editor note: Most location relations will only hold at certain times, but this is difficult to specify in OWL. See https://code.google.com/p/obo-relations/wiki/ROAndTime
alternative term: location_of
RO_0001900: RO_0001901

located in
type: ObjectProperty
type: TransitiveProperty
domain: independent continuant
domain: Class
  intersection of: independent continuant
  intersection of: Class
    complement of: spatial region
range: independent continuant
range: Class
  intersection of: independent continuant
  intersection of: Class
    complement of: spatial region
editor preferred term: located in
example of usage: my brain is located in my head
example of usage: this rat is located in this cage
definition: a relation between two independent continuants, the target and the location, in which the target is entirely within the location
editor note: Location as a relation between instances: The primitive instance-level relation c located_in r at t reflects the fact that each continuant is at any given time associated with exactly one spatial region, namely its exact location. Following we can use this relation to define a further instance-level location relation - not between a continuant and the region which it exactly occupies, but rather between one continuant and another. c is located in c1, in this sense, whenever the spatial region occupied by c is part_of the spatial region occupied by c1. Note that this relation comprehends both the relation of exact location between one continuant and another which obtains when r and r1 are identical (for example, when a portion of fluid exactly fills a cavity), as well as those sorts of inexact location relations which obtain, for example, between brain and head or between ovum and uterus
editor note: Most location relations will only hold at certain times, but this is difficult to specify in OWL. See https://code.google.com/p/obo-relations/wiki/ROAndTime
alternative term: located_in
RO_0001900: RO_0001901
source: http://www.obofoundry.org/ro/#OBO_REL:located_in

Axiom
annotated source: located in
annotated property: domain
annotated target: independent continuant
editor note: This is redundant with the more specific 'independent and not spatial region' constraint. We leave in the redundant axiom for use with reasoners that do not use negation.

Axiom
annotated source: located in
annotated property: range
annotated target: independent continuant
editor note: This is redundant with the more specific 'independent and not spatial region' constraint. We leave in the redundant axiom for use with reasoners that do not use negation.

member of
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: part of
inverse of: has member
example of usage: An organism that is a member of a population of organisms
definition: is member of is a mereological relation between a item and a collection.
alternative term: is member of
alternative term: member part of
definition source: SIO
RO_0001900: RO_0001901

has member
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: has part
type: IrreflexiveProperty
definition: has member is a mereological relation between a collection and an item.
definition source: SIO
RO_0001900: RO_0001901

collocated event of
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: part of
domain: academic event
range: academic event
SMW datatype: Page
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

has DOI
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: has external identifier
range: DOI
SMW datatype: External identifier
SMW import info: External formatter uri [[External formatter uri::https://doi.org/$1]] [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

has GND
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: has external identifier
range: GND ID
SMW datatype: External identifier
SMW import info: External formatter uri [[External formatter uri::http://d-nb.info/gnd/$1]] [[partOfSubobject::Template:Subobject External_Process_ID]] [[partOfSubobject::Template:Subobject Person_ID]] [[partOfSubobject::Template:Subobject Organization_ID]] [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]
wikidata label: GND_ID
wikidata URI: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P227

has ISNI
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: has external identifier
range: ISNI
SMW datatype: External identifier
SMW import info: External formatter uri [[External formatter uri::https://isni.org/isni/$1]] [[partOfSubobject::Template:Subobject Person_ID]] [[partOfSubobject::Template:Subobject Organization_ID]] [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

has ORCID
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: has external identifier
range: ORCID
SMW datatype: External identifier
SMW import info: External formatter uri [[External formatter uri::https://orcid.org/$1]] [[partOfSubobject::Template:Subobject Person_ID]] [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

has ROR
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: has external identifier
range: ROR ID
SMW datatype: External identifier
SMW import info: External formatter uri [[External formatter uri::https://ror.org/$1]] [[partOfSubobject::Template:Subobject Organization_ID]] [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

has WDQID
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: has external identifier
range: WDQID
SMW datatype: External identifier
SMW import info: External formatter uri [[External formatter uri::https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/$1]] [[partOfSubobject::Template:Subobject Process_External_ID]] [[partOfSubobject::Template:Subobject Person_ID]] [[partOfSubobject::Template:Subobject Organization_ID]] [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]
wikidata label: itemID

has attendee
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: has contributor
domain: academic event
range: Homo sapiens
SMW datatype: Page
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]
wikidata label: participantLabel
wikidata URI: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P710

has committee chair
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: has committee member
domain: academic event
range: Homo sapiens
SMW datatype: Page
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

has committee member
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: has organizer
domain: academic event
range: Homo sapiens
SMW datatype: Page
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

has contact person
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: has organizer
domain: Process
range: Homo sapiens
SMW datatype: Page
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

has contributor
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: topObjectProperty
domain: academic event
range: Homo sapiens
SMW datatype: Page
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

has event
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: has part
inverse of: part of series
domain: academic event series
range: academic event
SMW datatype: Page
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

has event type
type: ObjectProperty
domain: academic event
range: event type
SMW datatype: Text
SMW import info: The allowed value list for this property is defined in [[MediaWiki:Smw_allows_list_has_event_type]]. [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]
wikidata label: event_type

has external identifier
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: has identifier
range: obsolete External ID
comment: This is an abstract property that most likely will never be used, as it just serves as a parent for known external IDs.
SMW datatype: Text
SMW import info: [[partOfSubobject::Template:Subobject External_Process_ID]] [[partOfSubobject::Template:Subobject Person_ID]] [[partOfSubobject::Template:Subobject Organization_ID]] [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]
wikidata label: Freebase_ID
wikidata label: WikiCFP_conference_series_ID
wikidata URI: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5127
wikidata URI: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P646

has fee
type: ObjectProperty
domain: academic event
range: Fee
range: Restriction
  on property: fee
  some values from: Literal
SMW datatype: Text
SMW import info: The allowed value list for this property is defined in [[MediaWiki:Smw_allows_list_Has_fee]]. [[partOfSubobject::Template:Subobject Fee]] [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

has finance committee chair
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: has committee chair
domain: academic event
range: Homo sapiens
SMW datatype: Page
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

has finance committee member
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: has committee member
domain: academic event
range: Homo sapiens
SMW datatype: Page
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

has general committee chair
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: has committee chair
domain: academic event
range: Homo sapiens
SMW datatype: Page
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

has general committee member
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: has committee member
domain: academic event
range: Homo sapiens
SMW datatype: Page
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

has identifier
type: ObjectProperty
range: Identifier
SMW datatype: Text
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

ConfIDent_ID
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: has identifier
domain: Process
range: ConfIDent ID
definition: The literal value of the internal identifier used by a system implementing this ontology.
comment: The "rdfs:label has_ConfIDent_ID" is used here, as the ontology is being developed by the ConfIDent project (https://projects.tib.eu/en/confident/) to be used in its service. Thus the internal identifier is called ConfIDent_ID. You will probably want to change that in your implementation.
SMW datatype: Text
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

has keynote speaker
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: has speaker
domain: academic event
range: Homo sapiens
SMW datatype: Page
SMW import info: [[partOfSubobject::Template:Subobject Contributor]] [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

has local committee chair
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: has committee chair
domain: academic event
range: Homo sapiens
SMW datatype: Page
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

has local committee member
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: has committee member
domain: academic event
range: Homo sapiens
SMW datatype: Page
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

has moderator
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: has contributor
domain: academic event
range: Homo sapiens
SMW datatype: Page
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

has organizer
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: has contributor
domain: Process
range: Class
  union of: Homo sapiens
  union of: organization
SMW datatype: Page
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]
wikidata label: organizerLabel
wikidata URI: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P664

has output
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: topObjectProperty
domain: academic event
definition: To say that an academic event A has an output means that there exists some form of publication B that is caused by A.
SMW datatype: Text
SMW import info: [[partOfSubobject::Template:Subobject Output]] [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

has part
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: topObjectProperty
inverse of: part of
SMW datatype: Page
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

has program committee chair
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: has committee chair
domain: academic event
range: Homo sapiens
SMW datatype: Page
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

has program committee member
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: has committee member
domain: academic event
range: Homo sapiens
SMW datatype: Page
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

has publication committee chair
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: has committee chair
domain: academic event
range: Homo sapiens
SMW datatype: Page
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

has publication committee member
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: has committee member
domain: academic event
range: Homo sapiens
SMW datatype: Page
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

has publicity committee chair
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: has committee chair
domain: academic event
range: Homo sapiens
SMW datatype: Page
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

has publicity committee member
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: has committee member
domain: academic event
range: Homo sapiens
SMW datatype: Page
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

has reviewer
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: has contributor
domain: academic event
range: Homo sapiens
SMW datatype: Page
SMW import info: [[partOfSubobject::Template:Subobject Contributor]] [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

has speaker
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: has contributor
domain: academic event
range: Homo sapiens
SMW datatype: Page
SMW import info: [[partOfSubobject::Template:Subobject Contributor]] [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]
wikidata label: speaker
wikidata URI: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P823

has sponsor
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: has contributor
domain: Process
range: Class
  union of: Homo sapiens
  union of: organization
comment: PS 2-9-2020: For me there is still the open question on how to best model the different sponsor types (e.g. gold, silver, bronze...). As the possible sponsor types can have various schemes, it seems best to have named individuals of the aeon:Sponsor class at the moment, which will make up the range of the data property aeon_sponsor_type.
SMW datatype: Page
SMW import info: [[partOfSubobject::Template:Subobject Sponsor]] [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

has sponsorship committee chair
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: has committee chair
domain: academic event
range: Homo sapiens
SMW datatype: Page
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

has sponsorship committee member
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: has committee member
domain: academic event
range: Homo sapiens
SMW datatype: Page
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

has steering committee chair
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: has committee chair
domain: academic event
range: Homo sapiens
SMW datatype: Page
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

has steering committee member
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: has committee member
domain: academic event
range: Homo sapiens
SMW datatype: Page
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

has technical committee chair
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: has committee chair
domain: academic event
range: Homo sapiens
SMW datatype: Page
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

has technical committee member
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: has committee member
domain: academic event
range: Homo sapiens
SMW datatype: Page
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

is about
type: ObjectProperty
domain: Process
range: Subject
SMW datatype: Text
SMW import info: Controlled vocabulary in [[MediaWiki:Smw_allows_list_Subject]] [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]
wikidata label: main_subjectLabel
wikidata URI: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P921

joint event of
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: part of
domain: academic event
range: academic event
SMW datatype: Page
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

occurs in
type: ObjectProperty
domain: academic event
range: Location
SMW datatype: Text
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

occurs in city
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: occurs in
domain: academic event
range: city
SMW datatype: Text
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

occurs in country
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: occurs in
domain: academic event
range: country
SMW datatype: Text
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]
wikidata label: countryLabel
wikidata URI: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P17

occurs in state
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: occurs in
domain: academic event
range: state
SMW datatype: Text
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

occurs in venue
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: occurs in
domain: academic event
range: event venue
SMW datatype: Text
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

occurs in virtual place
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: occurs in
domain: academic event
range: obsolete Virtual Location
SMW datatype: URL
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

part of
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: topObjectProperty
SMW datatype: Page
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

part of series
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: part of
domain: academic event
range: academic event series
SMW datatype: Page
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

umbrella event of
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: part of
domain: academic event
range: academic event
SMW datatype: Page
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

has measurement value
type: DatatypeProperty
type: FunctionalProperty
domain: scalar measurement datum
range: double

CORE ranking
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: metric
domain: academic event
SMW datatype: Text
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

ID
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: topDataProperty
domain: Identifier
definition: The literal value of an identifier.
SMW datatype: Text
SMW import info: [[partOfSubobject::Template:Subobject External_Process_ID]] [[partOfSubobject::Template:Subobject Person_ID]] [[partOfSubobject::Template:Subobject Organization_ID]] [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

ID URL
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: ID
domain: Identifier
range: anyURI
comment: The literal value of the full URL used by the identifier scheme, based on the concatination of base URL and ID (ID_URL:value = ID_base_URL:value + ID:value).
SMW datatype: URL
SMW import info: [[partOfSubobject::Template:Subobject External_Process_ID]] [[partOfSubobject::Template:Subobject Person_ID]] [[partOfSubobject::Template:Subobject Organization_ID]] [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

ID base URL
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: ID
domain: Identifier
range: anyURI
comment: The literal value of the base URL used by the identifier scheme.
SMW datatype: URL
SMW import info: [[partOfSubobject::Template:Subobject External_Process_ID]] [[partOfSubobject::Template:Subobject Person_ID]] [[partOfSubobject::Template:Subobject Organization_ID]] [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

abstract deadline
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: deadline
domain: academic event
range: dateTimeStamp
SMW datatype: Date
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

acceptance rate
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: metric
domain: academic event
SMW datatype: Number
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

accepted papers
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: metric
domain: academic event
SMW datatype: Number
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

accepted short papers
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: metric
domain: academic event
SMW datatype: Number
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

agent name
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: name
definition: The literal value of the name to denote an agent.
SMW datatype: Text
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

camera-ready deadline
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: deadline
domain: academic event
range: dateTimeStamp
SMW datatype: Date
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

city
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: location
domain: city
SMW datatype: Text
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

contact
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: topDataProperty
domain: contact person role
SMW datatype: Text
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

contact email
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: contact
domain: contact person role
SMW datatype: Email
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

contact person name
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: contact
domain: contact person role
SMW datatype: Text
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

contact phone
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: contact
domain: contact person role
SMW datatype: Telephone number
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

coordinates
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: location
domain: obsolete Physical Location
SMW datatype: Geographic coordinates
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

country
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: location
domain: country
SMW datatype: Text
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

deadline
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: topDataProperty
domain: academic event
range: dateTime
SMW datatype: Date
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

demo deadline
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: deadline
domain: academic event
range: dateTimeStamp
SMW datatype: Date
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

duration
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: topDataProperty
domain: academic event
SMW datatype: Quantity
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]
wikidata label: duration
wikidata URI: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2047

end date
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: duration
domain: academic event
range: dateTimeStamp
SMW datatype: Date
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]
wikidata label: end_time
wikidata URI: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P582

event frequency
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: metric
domain: academic event series
definition: The event frequency is the literal value of the number of month until the next event in a certain takes place.
SMW datatype: Quantity
SMW import info: [[Corresponds to::1 month]] [[Corresponds to::1 months]] [[display units::months]] [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]
wikidata label: event_interval_inmonths
wikidata URI: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2257

event number
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: academic event
range: string
definition: The ordinal number of an academic event, if it is a part of an event series.
SMW datatype: Text
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

event status
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: topDataProperty
domain: academic event
range: Datatype
  one of: as scheduled
  one of: canceled
  one of: delayed
  one of: planned
  one of: postponed
comment: maps_to: DataCite:dateType --- allowed value mapping ConfIDent → DataCite scheduled → valid postponed → updated cancled → withdrawn
SMW datatype: Text
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

event type other
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: topDataProperty
domain: event type
SMW datatype: Text
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

event year
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: academic event
range: integer
definition: The year in which an event takes place.
SMW datatype: Number
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

fee
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: topDataProperty
domain: Fee
definition: The literal value of the type of fee an aeon:event can have.
elucidation: There are various type of fees for an event, such as the regular fee, a reduced fee, a member fee and so forth.
SMW datatype: Text
SMW import info: [[partOfSubobject::Template:Subobject Fee]] [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

fee currency
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: fee
domain: Fee
comment: This property should have a value from the controlled list defined by the ISO_4217 standard (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_4217).
SMW datatype: Text
SMW import info: Controlled vocabulary in [[MediaWiki:Smw_allows_list_Fee_currency]] [[partOfSubobject::Template:Subobject Fee]] [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

fee value
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: fee
domain: Fee
SMW datatype: Number
SMW import info: [[partOfSubobject::Template:Subobject Fee]] [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

first name
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: personal name
definition: The literal value of the first name of a person.
SMW datatype: Text
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

landing page
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: ID
domain: Identifier
range: anyURI
comment: The literal value of the landing page (URL) an ID resolves to when following the ID_URL.
SMW datatype: URL
SMW import info: [[partOfSubobject::Template:Subobject External_Process_ID]] [[partOfSubobject::Template:Subobject Person_ID]] [[partOfSubobject::Template:Subobject Organization_ID]] [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

language
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: topDataProperty
SMW datatype: Text
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]
wikidata label: language_usedLabel
wikidata URI: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2936

last name
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: personal name
definition: The literal value of the last name, or family name, of a person.
SMW datatype: Text
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

location
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: topDataProperty
domain: Location
SMW datatype: Text
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

logo
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: topDataProperty
SMW datatype: Page
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

meeting URL
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: location
domain: obsolete Virtual Location
range: anyURI
SMW datatype: URL
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

metric
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: topDataProperty
domain: Process
SMW datatype: Text
SMW import info: [[partOfSubobject::Template:Subobject Metric]] [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

metric value
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: metric
domain: Process
SMW datatype: Text
SMW import info: [[partOfSubobject::Template:Subobject Metric]] [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

name
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: topDataProperty
definition: The literal value of the name of a thing.
SMW datatype: Text
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

notification deadline
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: deadline
domain: academic event
range: dateTimeStamp
SMW datatype: Date
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

number of attendees
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: metric
domain: academic event
SMW datatype: Number
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

number of tracks
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: metric
domain: academic event
SMW datatype: Number
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

organizational name
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: agent name
definition: The literal value of the name to denote an organization.
SMW datatype: Text
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

paper deadline
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: deadline
domain: academic event
range: dateTimeStamp
SMW datatype: Date
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

personal name
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: agent name
definition: The literal value of the name to denote a person.
SMW datatype: Text
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

poster deadline
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: deadline
domain: academic event
range: dateTimeStamp
SMW datatype: Date
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

previous end date
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: end date
domain: academic event
range: dateTime
SMW datatype: Date
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

previous start date
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: start date
domain: academic event
range: dateTimeStamp
SMW datatype: Date
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

proceedings site count
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: metric
domain: academic event
SMW datatype: Number
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

process acronym
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: process name
domain: Process
example of usage: "DILS 2019" is the official acronym of the academic event "13th International Conference on Data Integration in Life Science"
definition: The literal value of the official acronym of an aeon:process, that is either an academic event or event series.
SMW datatype: Text
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]
wikidata label: short_nameLabel
wikidata URI: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P1813

process alternative name
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: process name
domain: Process
comment: The Literal value of an alternative name of an aeon:process, that is either an academic event or event series.
SMW datatype: Text
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

process former name
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: process name
domain: Process
comment: The Literal value of the former official name of an aeon:process, that is either an academic event or event series.
SMW datatype: Text
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

process name
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: name
domain: Process
definition: The literal value of the official name (title) of an aeon:process, that is either an academic event or event series.
SMW datatype: Text
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]
wikidata label: itemLabel

process translated name
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: process name
domain: Process
definition: The literal value of the translation of the official name (title) of an aeon:process, that is either an academic event or event series.
SMW datatype: Text
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

process website
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: topDataProperty
domain: Process
range: anyURI
SMW datatype: URL
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]
wikidata label: official_website
wikidata URI: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P856

series cite count
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: metric
domain: academic event series
SMW datatype: Number
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

sponsor type
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: topDataProperty
domain: sponsor role
SMW datatype: Text
SMW import info: Controlled vocabulary in [[MediaWiki:Smw _allows_list_Sponsor_type]] [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

start date
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: duration
domain: academic event
range: dateTime
SMW datatype: Date
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]
wikidata label: start_time
wikidata URI: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P580

state
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: location
domain: state
SMW datatype: Text
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

subject
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: topDataProperty
domain: Subject
SMW datatype: Text
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

submission deadline
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: deadline
domain: academic event
range: dateTimeStamp
SMW datatype: Date
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

submitted papers
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: metric
domain: academic event
SMW datatype: Number
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

summary
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: topDataProperty
SMW datatype: Text
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

summary licence
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: summary
SMW datatype: Text
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

tutorial deadline
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: deadline
domain: academic event
range: dateTimeStamp
SMW datatype: Date
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

venue
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: location
domain: event venue
SMW datatype: Text
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

venue URL
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: venue
domain: event venue
range: anyURI
SMW datatype: URL
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

workshop deadline
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: deadline
domain: academic event
range: dateTimeStamp
SMW datatype: Date
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

entity
type: Class
subclass of: Thing
BFO_0000179: entity
BFO_0000180: Entity
example of usage: Julius Caesar
example of usage: Verdi’s Requiem
example of usage: the Second World War
example of usage: your body mass index
editor note: 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
editor note: 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
elucidation: An entity is anything that exists or has existed or will exist. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [001-001])
definition: (Elucidation) An entity is anything that exists or has existed or will exist
example: Julius Caesar, the Second World War, your body mass index, Verdi's Requiem.

Axiom
annotated source: entity
annotated property: editor note
annotated target: 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
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/0000004
comment: per discussion with Barry Smith

Axiom
annotated source: entity
annotated property: elucidation
annotated target: An entity is anything that exists or has existed or will exist. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [001-001])
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/001-001

continuant
type: Class
subclass of: entity
disjoint with: occurrent
disjoint with: Restriction
  on property: part of
  some values from: occurrent
BFO_0000179: continuant
BFO_0000180: Continuant
definition: 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.
editor note: 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
editor note: 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
elucidation: 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])
has associated axiom(nl): 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])
has associated axiom(nl): 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])
has associated axiom(nl): 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])
has associated axiom(fol): (forall (x y) (if (and (Continuant x) (exists (t) (continuantPartOfAt y x t))) (Continuant y))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [009-002]
has associated axiom(fol): (forall (x y) (if (and (Continuant x) (exists (t) (hasContinuantPartOfAt y x t))) (Continuant y))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [126-001]
has associated axiom(fol): (forall (x) (if (Continuant x) (Entity x))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [008-002]
has associated axiom(fol): (forall (x) (if (Material Entity x) (exists (t) (and (TemporalRegion t) (existsAt x t))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [011-002]
definition: (Elucidation) A continuant is an entity that persists, endures, or continues to exist through time while maintaining its identity
example: A human being, a tennis ball, a cave, a region of space, someone's temperature.

Axiom
annotated source: continuant
annotated property: editor note
annotated target: 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
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/0000007

Axiom
annotated source: continuant
annotated property: elucidation
annotated target: 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])
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/008-002

Axiom
annotated source: continuant
annotated property: has associated axiom(nl)
annotated target: 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])
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/126-001

Axiom
annotated source: continuant
annotated property: has associated axiom(nl)
annotated target: 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])
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/009-002

Axiom
annotated source: continuant
annotated property: has associated axiom(nl)
annotated target: 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])
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/011-002

Axiom
annotated source: continuant
annotated property: has associated axiom(fol)
annotated target: (forall (x y) (if (and (Continuant x) (exists (t) (continuantPartOfAt y x t))) (Continuant y))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [009-002]
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/009-002

Axiom
annotated source: continuant
annotated property: has associated axiom(fol)
annotated target: (forall (x y) (if (and (Continuant x) (exists (t) (hasContinuantPartOfAt y x t))) (Continuant y))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [126-001]
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/126-001

Axiom
annotated source: continuant
annotated property: has associated axiom(fol)
annotated target: (forall (x) (if (Continuant x) (Entity x))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [008-002]
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/008-002

Axiom
annotated source: continuant
annotated property: has associated axiom(fol)
annotated target: (forall (x) (if (Material Entity x) (exists (t) (and (TemporalRegion t) (existsAt x t))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [011-002]
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/011-002

occurrent
type: Class
subclass of: entity
disjoint with: Restriction
  on property: part of
  some values from: continuant
BFO_0000179: occurrent
BFO_0000180: Occurrent
definition: An entity that has temporal parts and that happens, unfolds or develops through time.
editor note: 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
editor note: 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.
editor note: 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.
editor note: 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.
elucidation: 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])
has associated axiom(nl): Every occurrent occupies_spatiotemporal_region some spatiotemporal region. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [108-001])
has associated axiom(nl): b is an occurrent entity iff b is an entity that has temporal parts. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [079-001])
has associated axiom(fol): (forall (x) (if (Occurrent x) (exists (r) (and (SpatioTemporalRegion r) (occupiesSpatioTemporalRegion x r))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [108-001]
has associated axiom(fol): (forall (x) (iff (Occurrent x) (and (Entity x) (exists (y) (temporalPartOf y x))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [079-001]
definition: (Elucidation) An occurrent is an entity that unfolds itself in time or it is the start or end of such an entity or it is a temporal or spatiotemporal region
example: As for process, history, process boundary, spatiotemporal region, zero-dimensional temporal region, one-dimensional temporal region, temporal interval, temporal instant.

Axiom
annotated source: occurrent
annotated property: editor note
annotated target: 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.
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/0000006
comment: per discussion with Barry Smith

Axiom
annotated source: occurrent
annotated property: editor note
annotated target: 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.
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/0000012

Axiom
annotated source: occurrent
annotated property: elucidation
annotated target: 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])
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/077-002

Axiom
annotated source: occurrent
annotated property: has associated axiom(nl)
annotated target: Every occurrent occupies_spatiotemporal_region some spatiotemporal region. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [108-001])
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/108-001

Axiom
annotated source: occurrent
annotated property: has associated axiom(nl)
annotated target: b is an occurrent entity iff b is an entity that has temporal parts. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [079-001])
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/079-001

Axiom
annotated source: occurrent
annotated property: has associated axiom(fol)
annotated target: (forall (x) (if (Occurrent x) (exists (r) (and (SpatioTemporalRegion r) (occupiesSpatioTemporalRegion x r))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [108-001]
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/108-001

Axiom
annotated source: occurrent
annotated property: has associated axiom(fol)
annotated target: (forall (x) (iff (Occurrent x) (and (Entity x) (exists (y) (temporalPartOf y x))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [079-001]
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/079-001

independent continuant
type: Class
subclass of: continuant
disjoint with: specifically dependent continuant
disjoint with: generically dependent continuant
BFO_0000179: ic
BFO_0000180: IndependentContinuant
example of usage: a chair
example of usage: a heart
example of usage: a leg
example of usage: a molecule
example of usage: a spatial region
example of usage: an atom
example of usage: an orchestra.
example of usage: an organism
example of usage: the bottom right portion of a human torso
example of usage: the interior of your mouth
definition: A continuant that is a bearer of quality and realizable entity entities, in which other entities inhere and which itself cannot inhere in anything.
definition: 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])
has associated axiom(nl): 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])
has associated axiom(nl): 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])
has associated axiom(fol): (forall (x t) (if (IndependentContinuant x) (exists (r) (and (SpatialRegion r) (locatedInAt x r t))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [134-001]
has associated axiom(fol): (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]
has associated axiom(fol): (iff (IndependentContinuant a) (and (Continuant a) (not (exists (b t) (specificallyDependsOnAt a b t))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [017-002]
definition: b is an independent continuant =Def b is a continuant which is such that there is no c such that b s-depends on c and no c such that b g-depends on c
example: An atom, a molecule, an organism, a heart, a chair, the bottom right portion of a human torso, a leg; the interior of your mouth; a spatial region; an orchestra.

Axiom
annotated source: independent continuant
annotated property: definition
annotated target: 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])
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/017-002

Axiom
annotated source: independent continuant
annotated property: has associated axiom(nl)
annotated target: 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])
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/134-001

Axiom
annotated source: independent continuant
annotated property: has associated axiom(nl)
annotated target: 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])
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/018-002

Axiom
annotated source: independent continuant
annotated property: has associated axiom(fol)
annotated target: (forall (x t) (if (IndependentContinuant x) (exists (r) (and (SpatialRegion r) (locatedInAt x r t))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [134-001]
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/134-001

Axiom
annotated source: independent continuant
annotated property: has associated axiom(fol)
annotated target: (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]
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/018-002

Axiom
annotated source: independent continuant
annotated property: has associated axiom(fol)
annotated target: (iff (IndependentContinuant a) (and (Continuant a) (not (exists (b t) (specificallyDependsOnAt a b t))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [017-002]
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/017-002

spatial region
type: Class
subclass of: immaterial entity
disjoint with: site
BFO_0000179: s-region
BFO_0000180: SpatialRegion
editor note: BFO 2 Reference: Spatial regions do not participate in processes.
editor note: 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.
elucidation: 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])
has associated axiom(nl): All continuant parts of spatial regions are spatial regions. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [036-001])
has associated axiom(fol): (forall (x y t) (if (and (SpatialRegion x) (continuantPartOfAt y x t)) (SpatialRegion y))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [036-001]
has associated axiom(fol): (forall (x) (if (SpatialRegion x) (Continuant x))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [035-001]
definition: (Elucidation) A spatial region is a continuant entity that is a continuant part of the spatial projection of a portion of spacetime at a given time
example: As for zero-dimensional spatial region, one-dimensional spatial region, two-dimensional spatial region, three-dimensional spatial region.

Axiom
annotated source: spatial region
annotated property: editor note
annotated target: 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.
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/0000002
comment: per discussion with Barry Smith

Axiom
annotated source: spatial region
annotated property: elucidation
annotated target: 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])
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/035-001

Axiom
annotated source: spatial region
annotated property: has associated axiom(nl)
annotated target: All continuant parts of spatial regions are spatial regions. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [036-001])
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/036-001

Axiom
annotated source: spatial region
annotated property: has associated axiom(fol)
annotated target: (forall (x y t) (if (and (SpatialRegion x) (continuantPartOfAt y x t)) (SpatialRegion y))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [036-001]
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/036-001

Axiom
annotated source: spatial region
annotated property: has associated axiom(fol)
annotated target: (forall (x) (if (SpatialRegion x) (Continuant x))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [035-001]
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/035-001

temporal region
type: Class
subclass of: occurrent
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: occurrent part of
  all values from: temporal region
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: temporal part of
  all values from: temporal region
disjoint with: spatiotemporal region
disjoint with: Process
disjoint with: process boundary
BFO_0000179: t-region
BFO_0000180: TemporalRegion
editor note: 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
elucidation: 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])
has associated axiom(nl): All parts of temporal regions are temporal regions. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [101-001])
has associated axiom(nl): Every temporal region t is such that t occupies_temporal_region t. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [119-002])
has associated axiom(fol): (forall (r) (if (TemporalRegion r) (occupiesTemporalRegion r r))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [119-002]
has associated axiom(fol): (forall (x y) (if (and (TemporalRegion x) (occurrentPartOf y x)) (TemporalRegion y))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [101-001]
has associated axiom(fol): (forall (x) (if (TemporalRegion x) (Occurrent x))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [100-001]
definition: (Elucidation) A temporal region is an occurrent over which processes can unfold
example: As for zero-dimensional temporal region and one-dimensional temporal region.

Axiom
annotated source: temporal region
annotated property: editor note
annotated target: 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
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/0000003
comment: per discussion with Barry Smith

Axiom
annotated source: temporal region
annotated property: elucidation
annotated target: 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])
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/100-001

Axiom
annotated source: temporal region
annotated property: has associated axiom(nl)
annotated target: All parts of temporal regions are temporal regions. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [101-001])
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/101-001

Axiom
annotated source: temporal region
annotated property: has associated axiom(nl)
annotated target: Every temporal region t is such that t occupies_temporal_region t. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [119-002])
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/119-002

Axiom
annotated source: temporal region
annotated property: has associated axiom(fol)
annotated target: (forall (r) (if (TemporalRegion r) (occupiesTemporalRegion r r))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [119-002]
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/119-002

Axiom
annotated source: temporal region
annotated property: has associated axiom(fol)
annotated target: (forall (x y) (if (and (TemporalRegion x) (occurrentPartOf y x)) (TemporalRegion y))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [101-001]
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/101-001

Axiom
annotated source: temporal region
annotated property: has associated axiom(fol)
annotated target: (forall (x) (if (TemporalRegion x) (Occurrent x))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [100-001]
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/100-001

spatiotemporal region
type: Class
subclass of: occurrent
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: occurrent part of
  all values from: spatiotemporal region
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: temporal part of
  all values from: spatiotemporal region
BFO_0000179: st-region
BFO_0000180: SpatiotemporalRegion
example of usage: the spatiotemporal region occupied by a human life
example of usage: the spatiotemporal region occupied by a process of cellular meiosis.
example of usage: the spatiotemporal region occupied by the development of a cancer tumor
elucidation: A spatiotemporal region is an occurrent entity that is part of spacetime. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [095-001])
has associated axiom(nl): All parts of spatiotemporal regions are spatiotemporal regions. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [096-001])
has associated axiom(nl): Each spatiotemporal region at any time t projects_onto some spatial region at t. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [099-001])
has associated axiom(nl): Each spatiotemporal region projects_onto some temporal region. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [098-001])
has associated axiom(nl): Every spatiotemporal region occupies_spatiotemporal_region itself.
has associated axiom(nl): Every spatiotemporal region s is such that s occupies_spatiotemporal_region s. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [107-002])
has associated axiom(fol): (forall (r) (if (SpatioTemporalRegion r) (occupiesSpatioTemporalRegion r r))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [107-002]
has associated axiom(fol): (forall (x t) (if (SpatioTemporalRegion x) (exists (y) (and (SpatialRegion y) (spatiallyProjectsOntoAt x y t))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [099-001]
has associated axiom(fol): (forall (x y) (if (and (SpatioTemporalRegion x) (occurrentPartOf y x)) (SpatioTemporalRegion y))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [096-001]
has associated axiom(fol): (forall (x) (if (SpatioTemporalRegion x) (Occurrent x))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [095-001]
has associated axiom(fol): (forall (x) (if (SpatioTemporalRegion x) (exists (y) (and (TemporalRegion y) (temporallyProjectsOnto x y))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [098-001]
definition: (Elucidation) A spatiotemporal region is an occurrent that is an occurrent part of spacetime
example: The spatiotemporal region occupied by the development of a cancer tumour, the spatiotemporal region occupied by an orbiting satellite.
scope note: 'Spacetime' here refers to the maximal instance of the universal spatiotemporal region.

Axiom
annotated source: spatiotemporal region
annotated property: elucidation
annotated target: A spatiotemporal region is an occurrent entity that is part of spacetime. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [095-001])
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/095-001

Axiom
annotated source: spatiotemporal region
annotated property: has associated axiom(nl)
annotated target: All parts of spatiotemporal regions are spatiotemporal regions. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [096-001])
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/096-001

Axiom
annotated source: spatiotemporal region
annotated property: has associated axiom(nl)
annotated target: Each spatiotemporal region at any time t projects_onto some spatial region at t. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [099-001])
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/099-001

Axiom
annotated source: spatiotemporal region
annotated property: has associated axiom(nl)
annotated target: Each spatiotemporal region projects_onto some temporal region. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [098-001])
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/098-001

Axiom
annotated source: spatiotemporal region
annotated property: has associated axiom(nl)
annotated target: Every spatiotemporal region s is such that s occupies_spatiotemporal_region s. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [107-002])
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/107-002

Axiom
annotated source: spatiotemporal region
annotated property: has associated axiom(fol)
annotated target: (forall (r) (if (SpatioTemporalRegion r) (occupiesSpatioTemporalRegion r r))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [107-002]
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/107-002

Axiom
annotated source: spatiotemporal region
annotated property: has associated axiom(fol)
annotated target: (forall (x t) (if (SpatioTemporalRegion x) (exists (y) (and (SpatialRegion y) (spatiallyProjectsOntoAt x y t))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [099-001]
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/099-001

Axiom
annotated source: spatiotemporal region
annotated property: has associated axiom(fol)
annotated target: (forall (x y) (if (and (SpatioTemporalRegion x) (occurrentPartOf y x)) (SpatioTemporalRegion y))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [096-001]
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/096-001

Axiom
annotated source: spatiotemporal region
annotated property: has associated axiom(fol)
annotated target: (forall (x) (if (SpatioTemporalRegion x) (Occurrent x))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [095-001]
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/095-001

Axiom
annotated source: spatiotemporal region
annotated property: has associated axiom(fol)
annotated target: (forall (x) (if (SpatioTemporalRegion x) (exists (y) (and (TemporalRegion y) (temporallyProjectsOnto x y))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [098-001]
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/098-001

Process
type: Class
subclass of: occurrent
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has occurrent part
  all values from: Class
    union of: Process
    union of: process boundary
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: occurrent part of
  all values from: Process
BFO_0000179: process
BFO_0000180: Process
example of usage: a process of cell-division, \ a beating of the heart
example of usage: a process of meiosis
example of usage: a process of sleeping
example of usage: the course of a disease
example of usage: the flight of a bird
example of usage: the life of an organism
example of usage: your process of aging.
definition: An occurrent that has temporal proper parts and for some time t, p s-depends_on some material entity at t.
definition: 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])
editor note: 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)
has associated axiom(fol): (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]
label: process
definition: (Elucidation) p is a process =Def p is an occurrent that has some temporal proper part and for some time t, p has some material entity as participant
example: An act of selling, the life of an organism, a process of sleeping, a process of cell-division, a beating of the heart, a process of meiosis, the taxiing of an aircraft, the programming of a computer.
SMW datatype: Category
SMW import info: [[Category:BFO]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

Axiom
annotated source: Process
annotated property: definition
annotated target: 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])
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/083-003

Axiom
annotated source: Process
annotated property: has associated axiom(fol)
annotated target: (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]
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/083-003

realizable entity
type: Class
subclass of: specifically dependent continuant
disjoint with: quality
BFO_0000179: realizable
BFO_0000180: RealizableEntity
example of usage: the disposition of this piece of metal to conduct electricity.
example of usage: the disposition of your blood to coagulate
example of usage: the function of your reproductive organs
example of usage: the role of being a doctor
example of usage: the role of this boundary to delineate where Utah and Colorado meet
definition: 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.
elucidation: 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])
has associated axiom(nl): All realizable dependent continuants have independent continuants that are not spatial regions as their bearers. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [060-002])
has associated axiom(fol): (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]
has associated axiom(fol): (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]
definition: (Elucidation) b is a realizable entity means: b is a specifically dependent continuant that inheres in some independent continuant which is not a spatial region and is of a type some instances of which are realized in processes of a correlated type
example: The role of being a doctor, the role of this boundary to delineate where Utah and Colorado meet, the function of your reproductive organs, the disposition of your blood to coagulate, the disposition of this piece of metal to conduct electricity.

Axiom
annotated source: realizable entity
annotated property: elucidation
annotated target: 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])
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/058-002

Axiom
annotated source: realizable entity
annotated property: has associated axiom(nl)
annotated target: All realizable dependent continuants have independent continuants that are not spatial regions as their bearers. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [060-002])
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/060-002

Axiom
annotated source: realizable entity
annotated property: has associated axiom(fol)
annotated target: (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]
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/060-002

Axiom
annotated source: realizable entity
annotated property: has associated axiom(fol)
annotated target: (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]
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/058-002

quality
type: Class
subclass of: specifically dependent continuant
BFO_0000179: quality
BFO_0000180: Quality
example of usage: the ambient temperature of this portion of air
example of usage: the color of a tomato
example of usage: the length of the circumference of your waist
example of usage: the mass of this piece of gold.
example of usage: the shape of your nose
example of usage: the shape of your nostril
elucidation: 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])
has associated axiom(nl): 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])
has associated axiom(fol): (forall (x) (if (Quality x) (SpecificallyDependentContinuant x))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [055-001]
has associated axiom(fol): (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]
definition: (Elucidation) 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
example: The colour of a tomato, the ambient temperature of this portion of air, the length of the circumference of your waist, the shape of your nose, the shape of your nostril, the mass of this piece of gold.

Axiom
annotated source: quality
annotated property: elucidation
annotated target: 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])
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/055-001

Axiom
annotated source: quality
annotated property: has associated axiom(nl)
annotated target: 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])
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/105-001

Axiom
annotated source: quality
annotated property: has associated axiom(fol)
annotated target: (forall (x) (if (Quality x) (SpecificallyDependentContinuant x))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [055-001]
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/055-001

Axiom
annotated source: quality
annotated property: has associated axiom(fol)
annotated target: (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]
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/105-001

specifically dependent continuant
type: Class
subclass of: continuant
disjoint with: generically dependent continuant
BFO_0000179: sdc
BFO_0000180: SpecificallyDependentContinuant
example of usage: 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
example of usage: of one-sided specifically dependent continuants: the mass of this tomato
example of usage: 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.
example of usage: the disposition of this fish to decay
example of usage: the function of this heart: to pump blood
example of usage: the mutual dependence of proton donors and acceptors in chemical reactions [79
example of usage: the mutual dependence of the role predator and the role prey as played by two organisms in a given interaction
example of usage: the pink color of a medium rare piece of grilled filet mignon at its center
example of usage: the role of being a doctor
example of usage: the shape of this hole.
example of usage: the smell of this portion of mozzarella
definition: A continuant that inheres in or is borne by other entities. Every instance of A requires some specific instance of B which must always be the same.
definition: 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])
editor note: 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.
has associated axiom(fol): (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]
definition: b is a specifically dependent continuant =Def b is a continuant & there is some independent continuant c which is not a spatial region & which is such that b s-depends on c
example: (with one bearer) The mass of this tomato, the pink colour of a medium rare piece of grilled filet mignon at its centre, the smell of this portion of mozzarella, the disposition of this fish to decay, the role of being a doctor, the function of this heart: to pump blood, the shape of this hole; (with multiple bearers:) John's love for Mary, the ownership relation between John and this statue, the relation of authority between John and his subordinates.
scope note: On the multiple bearers case, see relational quality.

Axiom
annotated source: specifically dependent continuant
annotated property: definition
annotated target: 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])
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/050-003

Axiom
annotated source: specifically dependent continuant
annotated property: editor note
annotated target: 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.
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/0000005
comment: per discussion with Barry Smith

Axiom
annotated source: specifically dependent continuant
annotated property: has associated axiom(fol)
annotated target: (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]
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/050-003

Role
type: Class
subclass of: realizable entity
BFO_0000179: role
BFO_0000180: Role
example of usage: 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.
example of usage: the priest role
example of usage: the role of a boundary to demarcate two neighboring administrative territories
example of usage: the role of a building in serving as a military target
example of usage: the role of a stone in marking a property boundary
example of usage: the role of subject in a clinical trial
example of usage: the student role
definition: 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.
editor note: 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.
elucidation: 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])
has associated axiom(fol): (forall (x) (if (Role x) (RealizableEntity x))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [061-001]
comment: example of usage:the role of subject in a clinical trial; the role of a boundary to demarcate two neighboring administrative territories; the role of a building in serving as a military target; the priest role; 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 role of a stone in marking a property boundary; the student role
label: role
alternative label: externally-grounded realizable entity
definition: (Elucidation) 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
example: The priest role, the student role, the role of subject in a clinical trial, the role of a stone in marking a property boundary, the role of a boundary to demarcate two neighbouring administrative territories, the role of a building in serving as a military target.
SMW datatype: Category
SMW import info: [[Category:BFO]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

Axiom
annotated source: Role
annotated property: elucidation
annotated target: 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])
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/061-001

Axiom
annotated source: Role
annotated property: has associated axiom(fol)
annotated target: (forall (x) (if (Role x) (RealizableEntity x))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [061-001]
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/061-001

object aggregate
type: Class
subclass of: material entity
BFO_0000179: object-aggregate
BFO_0000180: ObjectAggregate
example of usage: a collection of cells in a blood biobank.
example of usage: a swarm of bees is an aggregate of members who are linked together through natural bonds
example of usage: a symphony orchestra
example of usage: 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)
example of usage: defined by fiat: the aggregate of members of an organization
example of usage: defined through physical attachment: the aggregate of atoms in a lump of granite
example of usage: defined through physical containment: the aggregate of molecules of carbon dioxide in a sealed container
example of usage: defined via attributive delimitations such as: the patients in this hospital
example of usage: the aggregate of bearings in a constant velocity axle joint
example of usage: the aggregate of blood cells in your body
example of usage: the nitrogen atoms in the atmosphere
example of usage: the restaurants in Palo Alto
example of usage: your collection of Meissen ceramic plates.
editor note: An entity a is an object aggregate if and only if there is a mutually exhaustive and pairwise disjoint partition of a into objects
editor note: 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).
definition source: 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.
elucidation: 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])
has associated axiom(fol): (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]
definition: (Elucidation) an object aggregate is a material entity consisting exactly of a plurality (≥1) of objects as member parts which together form a unit
example: A symphony orchestra, the aggregate of bearings in a constant velocity axle joint, the nitrogen atoms in the atmosphere, a collection of cells in a blood biobank. NOTE 1: 'Exactly' means that there are no parts of the object aggregate other than its member parts. NOTE 2: The unit can, at certain times, consist of exactly one object, for example, when a fire brigade loses all but one of its members, but it must at some time have a plurality of member parts.
SMW datatype: Category
SMW import info: [[Category:BFO]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

Axiom
annotated source: object aggregate
annotated property: editor note
annotated target: An entity a is an object aggregate if and only if there is a mutually exhaustive and pairwise disjoint partition of a into objects
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/0000011

Axiom
annotated source: object aggregate
annotated property: editor note
annotated target: An entity a is an object aggregate if and only if there is a mutually exhaustive and pairwise disjoint partition of a into objects
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/0000301

Axiom
annotated source: object aggregate
annotated property: definition source
annotated target: 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.
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/0000300

Axiom
annotated source: object aggregate
annotated property: elucidation
annotated target: 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])
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/025-004

Axiom
annotated source: object aggregate
annotated property: has associated axiom(fol)
annotated target: (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]
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/025-004

site
type: Class
subclass of: immaterial entity
BFO_0000179: site
BFO_0000180: Site
example of usage: Manhattan Canyon)
example of usage: a hole in the interior of a portion of cheese
example of usage: a rabbit hole
example of usage: an air traffic control region defined in the airspace above an airport
example of usage: the Grand Canyon
example of usage: the Piazza San Marco
example of usage: the cockpit of an aircraft
example of usage: the hold of a ship
example of usage: the interior of a kangaroo pouch
example of usage: the interior of the trunk of your car
example of usage: the interior of your bedroom
example of usage: the interior of your office
example of usage: the interior of your refrigerator
example of usage: the lumen of your gut
example of usage: your left nostril (a fiat part – the opening – of your left nasal cavity)
elucidation: 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])
has associated axiom(fol): (forall (x) (if (Site x) (ImmaterialEntity x))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [034-002]
definition: (Elucidation) b is a site means: b is a three-dimensional immaterial entity whose boundaries either (1) (partially or wholly) coincide with the boundaries of one or more material entities or (2) have locations determined in relation to some material entity
example: A hole in a portion of cheese, a rabbit hole, the Grand Canyon, the Piazza San Marco, the kangaroo-joey-containing hole of a kangaroo pouch, your left nostril (a fiat part - the opening - of your left nasal cavity), the lumen of your gut, the hold of a ship, the interior of the trunk of your car, hole in an engineered floor joist; An air traffic control region of type A is determined in terms of elevation above mean sea level of lower and upper boundaries.
SMW datatype: Category
SMW import info: [[Category:BFO]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

Axiom
annotated source: site
annotated property: elucidation
annotated target: 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])
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/034-002

Axiom
annotated source: site
annotated property: has associated axiom(fol)
annotated target: (forall (x) (if (Site x) (ImmaterialEntity x))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [034-002]
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/034-002

object
type: Class
subclass of: material entity
BFO_0000179: object
BFO_0000180: Object
example of usage: atom
example of usage: cell
example of usage: cells and organisms
example of usage: engineered artifacts
example of usage: grain of sand
example of usage: molecule
example of usage: organelle
example of usage: organism
example of usage: planet
example of usage: solid portions of matter
example of usage: star
editor note: 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.
editor note: 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).
editor note: 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
editor note: BFO 2 Reference: an object is a maximal causally unified material entity
editor note: BFO 2 Reference: ‘objects’ are sometimes referred to as ‘grains’ [74
elucidation: 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])
definition: (Elucidation) an object is a material entity which manifests causal unity & is of a type instances of which are maximal relative to the sort of causal unity manifested
example: An organism, a fish tank, a planet, a laptop, a valve, a block of marble, an ice cube.
scope note: A description of three primary sorts of causal unity is provided in Basic Formal Ontology 2.0. Specification and User’s Guide
SMW datatype: Category
SMW import info: [[Category:BFO]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

Axiom
annotated source: object
annotated property: elucidation
annotated target: 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])
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/024-001

generically dependent continuant
type: Class
subclass of: continuant
BFO_0000179: gdc
BFO_0000180: GenericallyDependentContinuant
example of usage: 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.
example of usage: the pdf file on your laptop, the pdf file that is a copy thereof on my laptop
example of usage: the sequence of this protein molecule; the sequence that is a copy thereof in that protein molecule.
definition: A continuant that is dependent on one or other independent continuant bearers. For every instance of A requires some instance of (an independent continuant type) B but which instance of B serves can change from time to time.
definition: 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])
has associated axiom(fol): (iff (GenericallyDependentContinuant a) (and (Continuant a) (exists (b t) (genericallyDependsOnAt a b t)))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [074-001]
alternative label: g-dependent continuant
definition: (Elucidation) a generically dependent continuant is an entity that exists in virtue of the fact that there is at least one of what may be multiple copies; it is the content or the pattern that the multiple copies share
example: 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; the content that is shared by a string of dots and dashes written on a page and the transmitted Morse code signal; the content of a sentence; an engineering blueprint.

Axiom
annotated source: generically dependent continuant
annotated property: definition
annotated target: 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])
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/074-001

Axiom
annotated source: generically dependent continuant
annotated property: has associated axiom(fol)
annotated target: (iff (GenericallyDependentContinuant a) (and (Continuant a) (exists (b t) (genericallyDependsOnAt a b t)))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [074-001]
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/074-001

process boundary
type: Class
subclass of: occurrent
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has occurrent part
  all values from: process boundary
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has temporal part
  all values from: process boundary
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: occurrent part of
  all values from: Class
    union of: Process
    union of: process boundary
BFO_0000179: p-boundary
BFO_0000180: ProcessBoundary
example of usage: the boundary between the 2nd and 3rd year of your life.
definition: 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])
has associated axiom(nl): Every process boundary occupies_temporal_region a zero-dimensional temporal region. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [085-002])
has associated axiom(fol): (forall (x) (if (ProcessBoundary x) (exists (y) (and (ZeroDimensionalTemporalRegion y) (occupiesTemporalRegion x y))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [085-002]
has associated axiom(fol): (iff (ProcessBoundary a) (exists (p) (and (Process p) (temporalPartOf a p) (not (exists (b) (properTemporalPartOf b a)))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [084-001]
definition: p is a process boundary =Def p is a temporal part of a process & p has no proper temporal parts
example: The boundary between the 2nd and 3rd year of your life.

Axiom
annotated source: process boundary
annotated property: definition
annotated target: 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])
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/084-001

Axiom
annotated source: process boundary
annotated property: has associated axiom(nl)
annotated target: Every process boundary occupies_temporal_region a zero-dimensional temporal region. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [085-002])
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/085-002

Axiom
annotated source: process boundary
annotated property: has associated axiom(fol)
annotated target: (forall (x) (if (ProcessBoundary x) (exists (y) (and (ZeroDimensionalTemporalRegion y) (occupiesTemporalRegion x y))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [085-002]
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/085-002

Axiom
annotated source: process boundary
annotated property: has associated axiom(fol)
annotated target: (iff (ProcessBoundary a) (exists (p) (and (Process p) (temporalPartOf a p) (not (exists (b) (properTemporalPartOf b a)))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [084-001]
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/084-001

material entity
type: Class
subclass of: independent continuant
disjoint with: immaterial entity
BFO_0000179: material
BFO_0000180: MaterialEntity
example of usage: a flame
example of usage: a forest fire
example of usage: a human being
example of usage: a hurricane
example of usage: a photon
example of usage: a puff of smoke
example of usage: a sea wave
example of usage: a tornado
example of usage: an aggregate of human beings.
example of usage: an energy wave
example of usage: an epidemic
example of usage: the undetached arm of a human being
definition: An independent continuant that is spatially extended whose identity is independent of that of other entities and can be maintained through time.
editor note: 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
editor note: 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.
editor note: 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.
elucidation: 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])
has associated axiom(nl): Every entity which has a material entity as continuant part is a material entity. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [020-002])
has associated axiom(nl): every entity of which a material entity is continuant part is also a material entity. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [021-002])
has associated axiom(fol): (forall (x) (if (MaterialEntity x) (IndependentContinuant x))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [019-002]
has associated axiom(fol): (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]
has associated axiom(fol): (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]
definition: (Elucidation) A material entity is an independent continuant that at all times at which it exists has some portion of matter as continuant part
example: A human being, the undetached arm of a human being, an aggregate of human beings.

Axiom
annotated source: material entity
annotated property: elucidation
annotated target: 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])
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/019-002

Axiom
annotated source: material entity
annotated property: has associated axiom(nl)
annotated target: Every entity which has a material entity as continuant part is a material entity. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [020-002])
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/020-002

Axiom
annotated source: material entity
annotated property: has associated axiom(nl)
annotated target: every entity of which a material entity is continuant part is also a material entity. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [021-002])
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/021-002

Axiom
annotated source: material entity
annotated property: has associated axiom(fol)
annotated target: (forall (x) (if (MaterialEntity x) (IndependentContinuant x))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [019-002]
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/019-002

Axiom
annotated source: material entity
annotated property: has associated axiom(fol)
annotated target: (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]
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/021-002

Axiom
annotated source: material entity
annotated property: has associated axiom(fol)
annotated target: (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]
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/020-002

immaterial entity
type: Class
subclass of: independent continuant
BFO_0000179: immaterial
BFO_0000180: ImmaterialEntity
editor note: 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
definition: a is an immaterial entity =Def a is an independent continuant which is such that there is no time t when it has a material entity as continuant part at t
example: As for fiat point, fiat line, fiat surface, site.

relational quality
type: Class
subclass of: quality
BFO_0000179: r-quality
BFO_0000180: RelationalQuality
example of usage: 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.
example of usage: a marriage bond, an instance of requited love, an obligation between one person and another.
definition: 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])
has associated axiom(fol): (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]
definition: b is a relational quality =Def b is a quality and there exists c and d such that b and c are not identical, & b s-depends on c & b s-depends on d
example: A marriage bond, an instance of love, an obligation between one person and another.

Axiom
annotated source: relational quality
annotated property: definition
annotated target: 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])
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/057-001

Axiom
annotated source: relational quality
annotated property: has associated axiom(fol)
annotated target: (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]
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/057-001

contributor role
type: Class
equivalent class: contributor role
subclass of: Role
has curation status: IAO_0000120
definition: A high-level classification of the diverse roles performed in the work leading to a published research output in the sciences. Its purpose to provide transparency in contributions to scholarly published work, to enable improved systems of attribution, credit, and accountability.
definition source: http://dictionary.casrai.org/Contributor_Roles

funding source role
type: Class
equivalent class: sponsor role
subclass of: contributor role
definition: The person or organization that provides money for a particular purpose, such as a grant to perform research. [definition source: https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/funder][definition source: https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/funder]
alternative term: funder role

geographic location
type: Class
subclass of: site
definition: A reference to a place on the Earth, by its name or by its geographical location.
SMW datatype: Category
SMW import info: [[Category:GAZ]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

measurement unit label
type: Class
subclass of: datum label
editor preferred term: measurement unit label
example of usage: Examples of measurement unit labels are liters, inches, weight per volume.
has curation status: IAO_0000125
definition: A measurement unit label is as a label that is part of a scalar measurement datum and denotes a unit of measure.
editor note: 2009-03-16: provenance: a term measurement unit was proposed for OBI (OBI_0000176) , edited by Chris Stoeckert and Cristian Cocos, and subsequently moved to IAO where the objective for which the original term was defined was satisfied with the definition of this, different, term.
editor note: 2009-03-16: review of this term done during during the OBI workshop winter 2009 and the current definition was considered acceptable for use in OBI. If there is a need to modify this definition please notify OBI.
term editor: PERSON: Alan Ruttenberg
term editor: PERSON: Melanie Courtot

datum label
type: Class
subclass of: information content entity
editor preferred term: datum label
has curation status: IAO_0000123
definition: A label is a symbol that is part of some other datum and is used to either partially define the denotation of that datum or to provide a means for identifying the datum as a member of the set of data with the same label
editor note: http://www.golovchenko.org/cgi-bin/wnsearch#4n
term editor: GROUP: IAO
curator note: 9/22/11 BP: changed the rdfs:label for this class from 'label' to 'datum label' to convey that this class is not intended to cover all kinds of labels (stickers, radiolabels, etc.), and not even all kind of textual labels, but rather the kind of labels occuring in a datum.

data item
type: Class
subclass of: information content entity
editor preferred term: data item
example of usage: Data items include counts of things, analyte concentrations, and statistical summaries.
has curation status: IAO_0000125
definition: 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.
editor note: 2/2/2009 Alan and Bjoern discussing FACS run output data. This is a data item because it is about the cell population. Each element records an event and is typically further composed a set of measurment data items that record the fluorescent intensity stimulated by one of the lasers.
editor note: 2009-03-16: data item deliberatly ambiguous: we merged data set and datum to be one entity, not knowing how to define singular versus plural. So data item is more general than datum.
editor note: 2009-03-16: removed datum as alternative term as datum specifically refers to singular form, and is thus not an exact synonym.
editor note: 2014-03-31: See discussion at http://odontomachus.wordpress.com/2014/03/30/aboutness-objects-propositions/
editor note: JAR: datum -- well, this will be very tricky to define, but maybe some information-like stuff that might be put into a computer and that is meant, by someone, to denote and/or to be interpreted by some process... I would include lists, tables, sentences... I think I might defer to Barry, or to Brian Cantwell Smith JAR: A data item is an approximately justified approximately true approximate belief
term editor: PERSON: Alan Ruttenberg
term editor: PERSON: Chris Stoeckert
term editor: PERSON: Jonathan Rees
alternative term: data

symbol
type: Class
subclass of: information content entity
editor preferred term: symbol
example of usage: a serial number such as "12324X"
example of usage: a stop sign
example of usage: a written proper name such as "OBI"
has curation status: IAO_0000125
definition: An information content entity that is a mark(s) or character(s) used as a conventional representation of another entity.
editor note: 20091104, MC: this needs work and will most probably change
editor note: 2014-03-31: We would like to have a deeper analysis of 'mark' and 'sign' in the future (see https://github.com/information-artifact-ontology/IAO/issues/154).
term editor: PERSON: James A. Overton
term editor: PERSON: Jonathan Rees
definition source: based on Oxford English Dictionary

information content entity
type: Class
subclass of: generically dependent continuant
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: is about
  some values from: entity
editor preferred term: information content entity
example of usage: Examples of information content entites include journal articles, data, graphical layouts, and graphs.
has curation status: IAO_0000122
definition: A generically dependent continuant that is about some thing.
editor note: 2014-03-10: The use of "thing" is intended to be general enough to include universals and configurations (see https://groups.google.com/d/msg/information-ontology/GBxvYZCk1oc/-L6B5fSBBTQJ).
editor note: information_content_entity 'is_encoded_in' some digital_entity in obi before split (040907). information_content_entity 'is_encoded_in' some physical_document in obi before split (040907). Previous. An information content entity is a non-realizable information entity that 'is encoded in' some digital or physical entity.
term editor: PERSON: Chris Stoeckert
definition source: OBI_0000142

scalar measurement datum
type: Class
subclass of: measurement datum
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has measurement unit label
  min cardinality: 1
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has measurement value
  min cardinality: 1
example of usage: 10 feet. 3 ml.
has curation status: IAO_0000120
definition: A scalar measurement datum is a measurement datum that is composed of two parts, numerals and a unit label.
editor note: 2009-03-16: we decided to keep datum singular in scalar measurement datum, as in this case we explicitly refer to the singular form
editor note: Would write this as: has_part some 'measurement unit label' and has_part some numeral and has_part exactly 2, except for the fact that this won't let us take advantage of OWL reasoning over the numbers. Instead use has measurment value property to represent the same. Use has measurement unit label (subproperty of has_part) so we can easily say that there is only one of them.
term editor: PERSON: Alan Ruttenberg
term editor: PERSON: Melanie Courtot

data set
type: Class
subclass of: data item
editor preferred term: data set
example of usage: Intensity values in a CEL file or from multiple CEL files comprise a data set (as opposed to the CEL files themselves).
has curation status: IAO_0000125
definition: A data item that is an aggregate of other data items of the same type that have something in common. Averages and distributions can be determined for data sets.
editor note: 2009/10/23 Alan Ruttenberg. The intention is that this term represent collections of like data. So this isn't for, e.g. the whole contents of a cel file, which includes parameters, metadata etc. This is more like java arrays of a certain rather specific type
editor note: 2014-05-05: Data sets are aggregates and thus must include two or more data items. We have chosen not to add logical axioms to make this restriction.
term editor: person:Allyson Lister
term editor: person:Chris Stoeckert
definition source: OBI_0000042
definition source: group:OBI

image
type: Class
subclass of: figure
editor preferred term: image
has curation status: IAO_0000122
definition: An image is an affine projection to a two dimensional surface, of measurements of some quality of an entity or entities repeated at regular intervals across a spatial range, where the measurements are represented as color and luminosity on the projected on surface.
term editor: person:Alan Ruttenberg
term editor: person:Allyson
term editor: person:Chris Stoeckert
definition source: OBI_0000030
definition source: group:OBI

measurement datum
type: Class
subclass of: data item
editor preferred term: measurement datum
example of usage: Examples of measurement data are the recoding of the weight of a mouse as {40,mass,"grams"}, the recording of an observation of the behavior of the mouse {,process,"agitated"}, the recording of the expression level of a gene as measured through the process of microarray experiment {3.4,luminosity,}.
has curation status: IAO_0000125
definition: A measurement datum is an information content entity that is a recording of the output of a measurement such as produced by a device.
editor note: 2/2/2009 is_specified_output of some assay?
term editor: person:Chris Stoeckert
definition source: OBI_0000305
definition source: group:OBI

figure
type: Class
subclass of: information content entity
editor preferred term: figure
example of usage: Any picture, diagram or table
has curation status: IAO_0000120
definition: An information content entity consisting of a two dimensional arrangement of information content entities such that the arrangement itself is about something.
term editor: PERSON: Lawrence Hunter

time measurement datum
type: Class
subclass of: scalar measurement datum
subclass of: Class
  intersection of: Restriction
    on property: has measurement unit label
    all values from: time unit
  intersection of: Restriction
    on property: is duration of
    all values from: Process
has curation status: IAO_0000123
definition: A scalar measurement datum that is the result of measuring a temporal interval
editor note: 2009/09/28 Alan Ruttenberg. Fucoidan-use-case
term editor: Person:Alan Ruttenberg

centrally registered identifier symbol
type: Class
subclass of: symbol
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: part of
  some values from: centrally registered identifier
example of usage: The sentence "The article has Pubmed ID 12345." contains a CRID that has two parts: one part is the CRID symbol, which is '12345'; the other part denotes the CRID registry, which is Pubmed.
has curation status: IAO_0000120
definition: A symbol that is part of a CRID and that is sufficient to look up a record from the CRID's registry.
term editor: PERSON: Alan Ruttenberg
term editor: PERSON: Bill Hogan
term editor: PERSON: Bjoern Peters
term editor: PERSON: Melanie Courtot
alternative term: CRID symbol
definition source: Original proposal from Bjoern, discussions at IAO calls

centrally registered identifier
type: Class
subclass of: information content entity
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has part
  some values from: centrally registered identifier symbol
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has part
  some values from: Restriction
    on property: denotes
    some values from: centrally registered identifier registry
example of usage: The sentence "The article has Pubmed ID 12345." contains a CRID that has two parts: one part is the CRID symbol, which is '12345'; the other part denotes the CRID registry, which is Pubmed.
has curation status: IAO_0000120
definition: An information content entity that consists of a CRID symbol and additional information about the CRID registry to which it belongs.
editor note: 2014-05-05: In defining this term we take no position on what the CRID denotes. In particular do not assume it denotes a *record* in the CRID registry (since the registry might not have 'records').
editor note: Alan, IAO call 20101124: potentially the CRID denotes the instance it was associated with during creation.
editor note: Note, IAO call 20101124: URIs are not always CRID, as not centrally registered. We acknowledge that CRID is a subset of a larger identifier class, but this subset fulfills our current needs. OBI PURLs are CRID as they are registered with OCLC. UPCs (Universal Product Codes from AC Nielsen)are not CRID as they are not centrally registered.
term editor: PERSON: Alan Ruttenberg
term editor: PERSON: Bill Hogan
term editor: PERSON: Bjoern Peters
term editor: PERSON: Melanie Courtot
alternative term: CRID
definition source: Original proposal from Bjoern, discussions at IAO calls
SMW datatype: Category
SMW import info: [[Category:IAO]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

centrally registered identifier registry
type: Class
subclass of: data set
example of usage: PubMed is a CRID registry. It has a dataset of PubMed identifiers associated with journal articles.
has curation status: IAO_0000120
definition: A CRID registry is a dataset of CRID records, each consisting of a CRID symbol and additional information which was recorded in the dataset through a assigning a centrally registered identifier process.
term editor: PERSON: Alan Ruttenberg
term editor: PERSON: Bill Hogan
term editor: PERSON: Bjoern Peters
term editor: PERSON: Melanie Courtot
alternative term: CRID registry
definition source: Original proposal from Bjoern, discussions at IAO calls

time stamped measurement datum
type: Class
subclass of: measurement datum
subclass of: Class
  intersection of: Restriction
    on property: has time stamp
    some values from: time measurement datum
  intersection of: Restriction
    on property: has measurement datum
    some values from: measurement datum
has curation status: IAO_0000123

identifier
type: Class
subclass of: information content entity
editor preferred term: identifier
definition: An identifier is 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.
imported from: pno.owl

nonprofit organization
type: Class
subclass of: organization
definition: An organization that is operated without the principal goal of making a financial profit.
SMW datatype: Category
SMW import info: [[Category:ICO]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

profit organization
type: Class
subclass of: organization
definition: An organization which has the principle goal of earning financial profit.
SMW datatype: Category
SMW import info: [[Category:ICO]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

Homo sapiens
type: Class
subclass of: organism
editor note: The class 'Homo sapiens' is used in order to refer to a person, as this is the proper definition of what a person in AEON should represent. In other words to refer to a person in the context of AEON means to refer to a human being which is always a 'Homo sapiens'.
SMW datatype: Category
SMW import info: [[Category:NCBITaxon]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

planned process
type: Class
subclass of: Process
editor preferred term: planned process
definition: A process that realizes a plan which is the concretization of a plan specification.
imported from: obi.owl

organization
type: Class
subclass of: material entity
example of usage: PMID: 16353909.AAPS J. 2005 Sep 22;7(2):E274-80. Review. The joint food and agriculture organization of the United Nations/World Health Organization Expert Committee on Food Additives and its role in the evaluation of the safety of veterinary drug residues in foods.
has curation status: ready for release
definition: An entity that can bear roles, has members, and has a set of organization rules. Members of organizations are either organizations themselves or individual people. Members can bear specific organization member roles that are determined in the organization rules. The organization rules also determine how decisions are made on behalf of the organization by the organization members.
editor note: BP: The definition summarizes long email discussions on the OBI developer, roles, biomaterial and denrie branches. It leaves open if an organization is a material entity or a dependent continuant, as no consensus was reached on that. The current placement as material is therefore temporary, in order to move forward with development. Here is the entire email summary, on which the definition is based: 1) there are organization_member_roles (president, treasurer, branch editor), with individual persons as bearers 2) there are organization_roles (employer, owner, vendor, patent holder) 3) an organization has a charter / rules / bylaws, which specify what roles there are, how they should be realized, and how to modify the charter/rules/bylaws themselves. It is debatable what the organization itself is (some kind of dependent continuant or an aggregate of people). This also determines who/what the bearer of organization_roles' are. My personal favorite is still to define organization as a kind of 'legal entity', but thinking it through leads to all kinds of questions that are clearly outside the scope of OBI. Interestingly enough, it does not seem to matter much where we place organization itself, as long as we can subclass it (University, Corporation, Government Agency, Hospital), instantiate it (Affymetrix, NCBI, NIH, ISO, W3C, University of Oklahoma), and have it play roles. This leads to my proposal: We define organization through the statements 1 - 3 above, but without an 'is a' statement for now. We can leave it in its current place in the is_a hierarchy (material entity) or move it up to 'continuant'. We leave further clarifications to BFO, and close this issue for now.
definition source: GROUP: OBI
imported from: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/obi.owl
elucidation: institutional body (research organization, society, association etc.)
SMW datatype: Category
SMW import info: [[Category:OBI]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

organism
type: Class
subclass of: material entity
example of usage: fungus; plant; virus; animal
has curation status: organizational term
definition: A material entity that is an individual living system, such as animal, plant, bacteria or virus, that is capable of replicating or reproducing, growth and maintenance in the right environment. An organism may be unicellular or made up, like humans, of many billions of cells divided into specialized tissues and organs.
editor note: 10/21/09: This is a placeholder term, that should ideally be imported from the NCBI taxonomy, but the high level hierarchy there does not suit our needs (includes plasmids and 'other organisms')
editor note: 13-02-2009: OBI doesn't take position as to when an organism starts or ends being an organism - e.g. sperm, foetus. This issue is outside the scope of OBI.
definition source: WEB: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organism

time unit
type: Class
subclass of: measurement unit label
editor preferred term: time unit
definition: A unit which is a standard measure of the dimension in which events occur in sequence.
imported from: uo.owl

Concept
type: Class
definition: The class skos:Concept is the class of SKOS concepts. A SKOS concept can be viewed as an idea or notion; a unit of thought. However, what constitutes a unit of thought is subjective, and this definition is meant to be suggestive, rather than restrictive. The notion of a SKOS concept is useful when describing the conceptual or intellectual structure of a knowledge organization system, and when referring to specific ideas or meanings established within a KOS. Note that, because SKOS is designed to be a vehicle for representing semi-formal KOS, such as thesauri and classification schemes, a certain amount of flexibility has been built in to the formal definition of this class.
SMW datatype: Category
SMW import info: [[Category:SKOS]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

academic event
type: Class
equivalent class: Restriction
  on property: occurrent part of
  some values from: academic event series
subclass of: Process
disjoint with: academic event series
example of usage: The 19th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC2020) is an academic event.
definition: An academic event is an organized gathering for researchers (not necessarily academics) to present and discuss their work.
SMW datatype: Category
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

academic event series
type: Class
subclass of: Process
example of usage: International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC) series
SMW datatype: Category
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

ConfIDent ID
type: Class
subclass of: centrally registered identifier
comment: The "rdfs:label ConfIDent_ID" is used here, as the ontology is being developed by the ConfIDent project (https://projects.tib.eu/en/confident/) to be used in its service. Thus the internal identifier is called ConfIDent_ID. You will probably want to change that in your implementation.
SMW datatype: Category
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

event type
type: Class
subclass of: Concept
SMW datatype: Category
SMW import info: The individuals/instances of this class make up the allowed value list in [[MediaWiki:Smw_allows_list_has_event_type]]. [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

contributor role
type: Class
subclass of: Role
term editor: Philip Strömert
date: 2020-09-28T12:51:02Z
SMW datatype: Category
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

organizer role
type: Class
subclass of: contributor role
SMW datatype: Category
SMW import info: [[partOfSubobject::Template:Subobject Organizer]] [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

committee member role
type: Class
subclass of: organizer role
SMW datatype: Category
SMW import info: [[partOfSubobject::Template:Subobject Committee]] [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

committee chair role
type: Class
subclass of: committee member role
SMW datatype: Category
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

contact person role
type: Class
subclass of: organizer role
SMW datatype: Category
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

attendee role
type: Class
subclass of: contributor role
SMW datatype: Category
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

moderator role
type: Class
subclass of: contributor role
SMW datatype: Category
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

reviewer role
type: Class
subclass of: contributor role
definition: Evaluation of scientific, academic, or professional work, such as manuscripts or grants by others working in the same field. [definition source: https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/peer_review][definition source: https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/peer_review]
editor note: ToDo: use CRO IRI
alternative term: manuscript review role
SMW datatype: Category
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

speaker role
type: Class
subclass of: contributor role
alternative term: invited speaker role
SMW datatype: Category
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

keynote speaker role
type: Class
subclass of: speaker role
SMW datatype: Category
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

sponsor role
type: Class
subclass of: contributor role
comment: PS 2-9-2020: For me there is still the open question on how to best model the different sponsor types (e.g. gold, silver, bronze...). As the possible sponsor types can have various schemes, it seems best to have named individuals of the aeon:Sponsor class at the moment.
SMW datatype: Category
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

DOI
type: Class
subclass of: centrally registered identifier
SMW datatype: Category
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

GND ID
type: Class
subclass of: centrally registered identifier
SMW datatype: Category
SMW import info: [[partOfSubobject::Template:Subobject External_Process_ID]] [[partOfSubobject::Template:Subobject Person_ID]] [[partOfSubobject::Template:Subobject Organization_ID]] [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

ISNI
type: Class
subclass of: centrally registered identifier
SMW datatype: Category
SMW import info: [[partOfSubobject::Template:Subobject Person_ID]] [[partOfSubobject::Template:Subobject Organization_ID]] [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

ORCID
type: Class
subclass of: centrally registered identifier
SMW datatype: Category
SMW import info: [[partOfSubobject::Template:Subobject Person_ID]] [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

ROR ID
type: Class
subclass of: centrally registered identifier
SMW datatype: Category
SMW import info: [[partOfSubobject::Template:Subobject Organization_ID]] [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

WDQID
type: Class
subclass of: centrally registered identifier
SMW datatype: Category
SMW import info: [[partOfSubobject::Template:Subobject Process_External_ID]] [[partOfSubobject::Template:Subobject Person_ID]] [[partOfSubobject::Template:Subobject Organization_ID]] [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

city
type: Class
subclass of: geographic location
SMW datatype: Category
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

country
type: Class
subclass of: geographic location
SMW datatype: Category
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

state
type: Class
subclass of: geographic location
alternative term: province
SMW datatype: Category
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

event venue
type: Class
subclass of: geographic location
SMW datatype: Category
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

obsolete External ID
type: Class
editor note: This class is probably obsolete after completing the BFO subsumtion hierarchy.
deprecated: true

Fee
type: Class
definition: The financial cost of attendance at a scientific event.
SMW datatype: Category
SMW import info: The individuals/instances of this class make up the allowed value list in [[MediaWiki:Smw_allows_list_Has_fee]]. [[partOfSubobject::Template:Subobject Fee]] [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

Identifier
type: Class
editor note: This class is probably obsolete after completing the BFO subsumtion hierarchy.
deprecated: true

Location
type: Class
deprecated: true

obsolete Physical Location
type: Class
deprecated: true

Subject
type: Class
subclass of: Concept
definition: The subject of an academic event or event series is a skos:Concept from a controlled vocabulary, which is used to denote the academic field of the event or event series.
SMW datatype: Category
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

Topic
type: Class
subclass of: Concept
definition: The topic of an academic event or event series is a skos:Concept that denotes what the event or series is about.
term editor: Philip Strömert
date: 2020-09-25T12:52:39Z

obsolete Virtual Location
type: Class
deprecated: true

committee
type: Class
subclass of: object aggregate
SMW datatype: Category
SMW import info: [[Category:AEON]] [[Category:Imported vocabulary]]

PIDapalooza
type: NamedIndividual
type: academic event series
comment: IAO_0000002

PIDapalooza2020
type: NamedIndividual
type: academic event
has WDQID: Q65929359
has event type: Conference
ConfIDent_ID: ConfIDentID 1
has speaker: Person 1
occurs in city: Lisbon
occurs in country: Portugal
part of series: PIDapalooza
end date: 2020-01-30T17:00:00
number of attendees: 117
number of tracks: 13
start date: 2020-01-29T09:00:00
comment: IAO_0000002

ConfIDentID 1
type: NamedIndividual
ID: PIDapalooza_2020
ID URL: https://www.confident-conference.org/r/vanilla/index.php/PIDapalooza_2020
ID base URL: https://www.confident-conference.org/r/vanilla/index.php/
comment: IAO_0000002

Person 1
type: NamedIndividual
type: Homo sapiens
first name: Philip
last name: Strömert
comment: IAO_0000002

other EventType
type: NamedIndividual
type: event type
term editor: Philip Strömert
date: 2020-09-28T11:57:10Z