Academic Event Ontology
type: Ontology
version IRI: aeon.owl
contributor: Christian Hauschke
contributor: Christoph Lange
contributor: Michael Conlon
creator: Philip Strömert
description: _WIP - NOT READY FOR PRODUCTION_ 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.
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
comment: AEON is being developed as a part of the ConfIDent project (https://projects.tib.eu/confident).
version info: 2023-02-22

maps to
type: AnnotationProperty
term editor: Philip Strömert
date: 2020-10-14T15:31:27Z

BFO OWL specification label
type: AnnotationProperty
definition: Relates an entity in the ontology to the name of the variable that is used to represent it in the code that generates the BFO OWL file from the lispy specification.
curator note: Really of interest to developers only
sub property of: label

BFO CLIF specification label
type: AnnotationProperty
definition: Relates an entity in the ontology to the term that is used to represent it in the the CLIF specification of BFO2
definition source: Person:Alan Ruttenberg
curator note: Really of interest to developers only
sub property of: label

editor preferred term
type: AnnotationProperty
editor preferred term: editor preferred term
has curation status: ready for release
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: ready for release
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>

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: ready for release
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: ready for release
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: ready for release
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 label
type: AnnotationProperty
editor preferred term: alternative label
has curation status: pending final vetting
definition: A label for a class or property that can be used to refer to the class or property instead of the preferred rdfs:label. Alternative labels should be used to indicate community- or context-specific labels, abbreviations, shorthand forms and the like.
term editor: OBO Operations committee
term editor: PERSON:Daniel Schober
definition source: GROUP:OBI:<http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/obi>
comment: Consider re-defing to: An alternative name for a class or property which can mean the same thing as the preferred name (semantically equivalent, narrow, broad or related).
label: alternative term

definition source
type: AnnotationProperty
editor preferred term: definition source
has curation status: ready for release
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

term tracker item
type: AnnotationProperty
editor preferred term: term tracker item
example of usage: the URI for an OBI Terms ticket at sourceforge, such as https://sourceforge.net/p/obi/obi-terms/772/
has curation status: pending final vetting
definition: An IRI or similar locator for a request or discussion of an ontology term.
term editor: Person: Jie Zheng, Chris Stoeckert, Alan Ruttenberg
definition source: Person: Jie Zheng, Chris Stoeckert, Alan Ruttenberg
comment: The 'tracker item' can associate a tracker with a specific ontology term.

imported from
type: AnnotationProperty

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

has associated axiom(fol)
type: AnnotationProperty

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
term tracker item: #40
IAO_0000234: VFB
comment: Edges asserting this should be annotated with to record evidence supporting the assertion and its provenance.

has axiom label
type: AnnotationProperty

term replaced by
type: AnnotationProperty
editor preferred term: term replaced by
has curation status: pending final vetting
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

logical characteristic of object property
type: AnnotationProperty
definition: This is an annotation used on an object property to indicate a logical characterstic beyond what is possible in OWL.
definition source: OBO Operations call
created by: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5208-3432

defined by construct
type: AnnotationProperty
example of usage: 'part disjoint with' 'defined by construct' """ PREFIX owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> PREFIX : <http://example.org/ CONSTRUCT { [ a owl:Restriction ; owl:onProperty :part_of ; owl:someValuesFrom ?a ; owl:disjointWith [ a owl:Restriction ; owl:onProperty :part_of ; owl:someValuesFrom ?b ] ] } WHERE { ?a :part_disjoint_with ?b . }
definition: Links an annotation property to a SPARQL CONSTRUCT query which is meant to provide semantics for a shortcut relation.
term tracker item: https://github.com/ontodev/robot/issues/963
contributor: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7356-1779
contributor: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8688-6599

temporal interpretation
type: AnnotationProperty
definition: An assertion that holds between an OWL Object Property and a temporal interpretation that elucidates how OWL Class Axioms that use this property are to be interpreted in a temporal context.

specifies event format of
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: is about
inverse of: has event format
domain: sociocultural event format
range: organized sociocultural event
has curation status: requires discussion
definition: A relation obtaining between an 'sociocultural event format' and an 'organized sociocultural event', in which the former determines the planned sociocultural conventions of the latter.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

has event format
type: ObjectProperty
domain: organized sociocultural event
range: sociocultural event format
has curation status: requires discussion
definition: A relation obtaining between an 'organized sociocultural event' and an 'sociocultural event format specification' that determines the planned sociocultrural conventions of the 'organized sociocultural event'.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

has DID
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: denoted by
domain: entity
range: decentralized identifier document
editor preferred term: has DID
has curation status: requires discussion
definition: A relation obtaining between an entity and a distributed identifier document (DID) that is used to denote the verifiable, decentralized digital identity of an entity.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213
alternative label: has distributed identifier
term tracker item: https://github.com/tibonto/aeon/issues/133

has academic field descriptor
type: ObjectProperty
inverse of: describes academic field of
domain: Class
  union of: information content entity
  union of: planned process
range: academic field descriptor
definition: A relation obtaining between an 'academic event' and an academic field descriptor that is used to describe the scientific subject of the planned process according to some controlled vocabulary or thesaurus.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

has event topic decriptor
type: ObjectProperty
inverse of: describes event topic of
domain: planned process
range: event topic descriptor
definition: A relation obtaining between a obi:'planned process' and an 'event topic descriptor' that is used to descibe the theme of the planned process.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

has event fee specification
type: ObjectProperty
inverse of: specifies event fee of
domain: planned process
range: event fee specification
definition: A relation obtaining between a obi:'planned process' and an 'event fee specification'.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

specifies deadline of
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: is about
inverse of: has deadline
domain: deadline specification
range: planned process
has curation status: to be replaced with external ontology term
definition: see inverse relation 'has deadline
editor note: Given the fact that deadlines are specified in various planned processes this term should probably be regarded as a placeholder which ought to be defined in a broader ontology, maybe something like IAO?
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213
date: 2021-07-19T11:29:50Z

has deadline
type: ObjectProperty
domain: planned process
range: deadline specification
has curation status: to be replaced with external ontology term
definition: a relation between a planned process and a deadline specification
editor note: Given the fact that deadlines are specified in various planned processes this term should probably be regarded as a placeholder which ought to be defined in a broader ontology, maybe something like IAO?
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213
date: 2021-07-19T11:30:01Z

has DOI
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: denoted by
domain: entity
range: DOI
has curation status: requires discussion
definition: A relation obtaining between a digital iao:information content entity and its corresponding ISO 26324 conform digital object identifier.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213
term tracker item: https://github.com/tibonto/aeon/issues/133

has GND identifier
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: denoted by
domain: entity
range: GND ID
maps to: {"wikidata": {"uri": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P227", "label": "GND_ID"}, "gnd": {"uri": "https://d-nb.info/standards/elementset/gnd#gndIdentifier", "label": "GND-Identifier"}}
has curation status: requires discussion
definition: A relation obtaining between an entity and the 'GND identifier' used by the German national library to denote this entity.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213
term tracker item: https://github.com/tibonto/aeon/issues/133

has ISNI
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: denoted by
domain: Class
  union of: Homo sapiens
  union of: organization
range: ISNI
has curation status: requires discussion
definition: A relation obtaining between a person or organization and the 'international standard name identifier' used to denote the person or organization in the ISNI database.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213
term tracker item: https://github.com/tibonto/aeon/issues/133

has ORCID
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: denoted by
domain: Homo sapiens
range: ORCID identifier
has curation status: requires discussion
definition: A relation obtaining between a person and the 'ORCID' used to denote the person in the ORCID database.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213
term tracker item: https://github.com/tibonto/aeon/issues/133

has ROR
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: denoted by
domain: organization
range: ROR ID
has curation status: requires discussion
definition: A relation obtaining between a person and the 'ROR identifier' used to denote the entity in the ROR database.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213
definition source: https://ror.org/
term tracker item: https://github.com/tibonto/aeon/issues/133

has QID
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: denoted by
domain: entity
range: Wikidata QID
maps to: {"wikidata": {"uri": null, "label": "itemID"}, "openresearch": {"uri": "https://www.openresearch.org/wiki/Property:Wikidataid", "label": "Wikidataid"}}
has curation status: requires discussion
definition: A relation obtaining between an entity and the Wikidata identifier used to denote this entity in the Wikidata database.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213
alternative label: has Wikidata QID
term tracker item: https://github.com/tibonto/aeon/issues/133

event series of
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: has occurrent part
inverse of: part of event series
domain: organized sociocultural event series
range: organized sociocultural event
has curation status: pending final vetting
definition: A relation obtaining between an academic event series and an academic event. It is used to express that the academic event series has a specific academic event as its part.

co-located with event
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: topObjectProperty
type: SymmetricProperty
domain: organized sociocultural event
range: organized sociocultural event
has curation status: requires discussion
definition: A relation obtaining between organized sociocultural events that partly overlap in their duration because they share a location, but which are otherwise regarded distinct from each other. Typically a smaller or less known event is said to be co-located with a bigger or more more known event.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213
term tracker item: https://github.com/tibonto/aeon/issues/138

joint event of
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: topObjectProperty
type: SymmetricProperty
domain: organized sociocultural event
range: organized sociocultural event
has curation status: requires discussion
definition: A relation obtaining between organized sociocultural events that share some of the planning and/or organizing process, but which are otherwise considered destinct from each other.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213
term tracker item: https://github.com/tibonto/aeon/issues/138

part of event series
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: occurrent part of
domain: organized sociocultural event
range: organized sociocultural event series
maps to: {"wikidata": {"uri": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P179", "label": "part_of_the_seriesLabel"}, "openresearch": {"uri": "https://www.openresearch.org/wiki/Property:Event_in_series", "label": "Event_in_series"}}
definition: A relation obtaining between an academic event and an academic event series. It is used to express that the academic event is part of a specific event series.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213
related match: belongsToSeries

umbrella event of
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: occurrent part of
inverse of: has umbrella event
domain: academic event
range: academic event
definition: see also inverse property: A relation obtaining between an academic event and another academic event or event series. An umbrelle event/series is a superordinate event/series that combines several smaller academic events/series at the same time.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

occurs in country
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: occurs in
domain: occurrent
range: national geopolitical entity
maps to: {"wikidata": {"uri": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P17", "label": "countryLabel"}, "openresearch": {"uri": "https://www.openresearch.org/wiki/Property:Has_location_country", "label": "Has_location_country"}}
definition: A relation obtaining between a bfo:occurent and the country in which it occurs.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

occurs in city
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: occurs in
domain: occurrent
range: city
maps to: {"wikidata": {"uri": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P276", "label": "locationLabel"}, "openresearch": {"uri": "https://www.openresearch.org/wiki/Property:Has_location_city", "label": "Has_location_city"}, "gnd": {"uri": "https://d-nb.info/standards/elementset/gnd#placeOfConferenceOrEvent", "label": "Place of conference or event"}}
definition: A relation obtaining between a bfo:occurent and the city in which it occurs.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

occurs in province
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: occurs in
domain: occurrent
range: first-order administrative region
maps to: {"wikidata": {"uri": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P131", "label": "located_in_the_administrative_territorial_entityLabel"}, "openresearch": {"uri": "https://www.openresearch.org/wiki/Property:Has_location_state", "label": "Has_location_state"}}
definition: A relation obtaining between a bfo:occurent and the province in which it occurs.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

occurs in event venue
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: occurs in
domain: occurrent
range: event venue
definition: A relation obtaining between a bfo:occurent and the event venue in which it occurs.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

describes academic field of
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: is about
domain: academic field descriptor
range: Class
  union of: information content entity
  union of: planned process
definition: see also inverse property: A relation obtaining between an 'academic field descriptor' and a obi:'planned process', in which the former is used to descibe the scientific subject of the latter according to some controlled vocabulary or thesaurus.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

obsolete_has co-located event
type: ObjectProperty
has curation status: requires discussion
definition: A relation obtaining between an organized sociocultural event and another organized sociocultural event. A collocated organized sociocultural event is an organized sociocultural event that takes place at the same location and time as another organized sociocultural event.
editor note: The former inverse relation "co-located with event" (AEON_0000082) was made symetric, making this relation obsolete.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213
has obsolescence reason: terms merged
term tracker item: https://github.com/tibonto/aeon/issues/138
term replaced by: co-located with event
deprecated: true

obsolete_has joint event
type: ObjectProperty
has curation status: requires discussion
definition: A relation obtaining between an organized sociocultural event and another organized sociocultural event. A joint organized sociocultural event is an organized sociocultural event that shares some of the planning and/or organizing logistics with another organized sociocultural event, but is otherwise independent from it.
editor note: The former inverse relation "joint event of" (AEON:0000083) was made symmetric, making this relation obsolete.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213
has obsolescence reason: terms merged
term tracker item: https://github.com/tibonto/aeon/issues/138
term replaced by: joint event of
deprecated: true

has umbrella event
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: has occurrent part
domain: organized sociocultural event
range: organized sociocultural event
definition: A relation obtaining between an organized sociocultural event and another organized sociocultural event or event series. An umbrella organized sociocultural event is a superordinate event that combines several smaller organized sociocultural events at the same time.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

specifies event fee of
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: is about
domain: event fee specification
range: planned process
definition: A relation obtaining between an 'event fee specification' and a obi:'planned process'.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213
date: 2021-06-28T12:48:49Z

describes event topic of
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: is about
domain: event topic descriptor
range: planned process
definition: see also inverse property: A relation obtaining between an 'event topic descriptor' and a obi:'planned process', in which the former is used to descibe the theme of the latter.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

has WikiCFP identifier
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: denoted by
domain: Class
  union of: academic event
  union of: academic event series
range: wikiCFP identifier
maps to: {"wikidata": {"uri": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5127", "label": "WikiCFP_conference_series_ID"}}
has curation status: requires discussion
definition: A relation obtaining between an 'academic event' or 'academic event series' and the WikiCFP identifier used to denote this 'academic event' or 'academic event series' in the wikiCFP database.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213
definition source: http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/
term tracker item: https://github.com/tibonto/aeon/issues/133

has Twitter account
type: ObjectProperty
domain: entity
range: Twitter account
has curation status: to be replaced with external ontology term
definition: A relation that relates an entity with its Twitter account.
editor note: It is still an open question if this relation is the best way to relate a Twitter account to some entity that has a representation on this social media plattform. At present, 2022-08-26, no BFO based ontology that properly represents scocial media plattforms could be identified.
term tracker item: https://github.com/tibonto/aeon/issues/28
creator: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213
date: 2022-08-26T13:34:04Z

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 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ro/docs/temporal-semantics/
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 label: part_of
temporal interpretation: RO_0001901
RO_0040042: continuant
RO_0040042: occurrent
RO_0040042: independent continuant
RO_0040042: realizable entity
RO_0040042: quality
RO_0040042: specifically dependent continuant
RO_0040042: generically dependent continuant
source: iao.owl
source: ro-base.owl
in subset: valid for go annotation extension
in subset: valid for go gp2term
in subset: valid for go ontology
in subset: valid for gocam

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 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ro/docs/temporal-semantics/
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 label: has_part
temporal interpretation: RO_0001901
source: iao.owl
source: ro-base.owl
in subset: valid for go annotation extension
in subset: valid for go ontology
in subset: valid for gocam

realized in
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 label: is realized by
alternative label: 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])
source: iao.owl
source: ro-base.owl
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

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])
source: iao.owl
source: obi.owl
source: ro-base.owl
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

occurs in
type: ObjectProperty
inverse of: contains process
domain: occurrent
range: independent continuant
property chain axiom: part of
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 label: occurs_in
alternative label: unfolds in
alternative label: unfolds_in
source: iao.owl
source: ro-base.owl
in subset: valid for go annotation extension
in subset: valid for go ontology
in subset: valid for gocam
comment: Paraphrase of definition: a relation between a process and an independent continuant, in which the process takes place entirely within the independent continuant

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
source: iao.owl
comment: Paraphrase of definition: a relation between an independent continuant and a process, in which the process takes place entirely within the independent continuant

is about
type: ObjectProperty
domain: information content entity
example of usage: This document is about information artifacts and their representations
has curation status: pending final vetting
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
source: iao.owl

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
source: iao.owl

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
term tracker item: https://github.com/information-artifact-ontology/IAO/issues/206
source: iao.owl

has_specified_output
type: ObjectProperty
equivalent property:
  inverse of: is_specified_output_of
sub property of: has participant
domain: planned process
editor preferred term: has_specified_output
has curation status: ready for release
definition: The inverse property of is_specified_output_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
source: iao.owl

is_specified_output_of
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: participates in
range: planned process
editor preferred term: is_specified_output_of
has curation status: ready for release
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: Alan Ruttenberg
term editor: PERSON:Bjoern Peters
imported from: obi.owl
source: iao.owl

is member of organization
type: ObjectProperty
domain: Class
  union of: Homo sapiens
  union of: organization
range: organization
editor preferred term: is member of organization
has curation status: metadata complete
definition: Relating a legal person or organization to an organization in the case where the legal person or organization has a role as member of the organization.
editor note: 2009/10/01 Alan Ruttenberg. Barry prefers generic is-member-of. Question of what the range should be. For now organization. Is organization a population? Would the same relation be used to record members of a population
editor note: JZ: Discussed on May 7, 2012 OBI dev call. Bjoern points out that we need to allow for organizations to be members of organizations. And agreed by the other OBI developers. So, human and organization were specified in 'Domains'. The textual definition was updated based on it.
term editor: Person:Alan Ruttenberg
term editor: Person:Helen Parkinson
definition source: Person:Alan Ruttenberg
definition source: Person:Helen Parkinson
curator note: 2009/09/28 Alan Ruttenberg. Fucoidan-use-case
source: obi.owl

characteristic of
type: ObjectProperty
inverse of: has characteristic
type: FunctionalProperty
editor preferred term: inheres in
example of usage: this fragility is a characteristic of this vase
example of usage: this red color is a characteristic of this apple
definition: a relation between a specifically dependent continuant (the characteristic) and any other entity (the bearer), in which the characteristic depends on the bearer for its existence.
alternative label: inheres_in
temporal interpretation: RO_0001901
source: iao.owl
source: ro-base.owl
comment: Note that this relation was previously called "inheres in", but was changed to be called "characteristic of" because BFO2 uses "inheres in" in a more restricted fashion. This relation differs from BFO2:inheres_in in two respects: (1) it does not impose a range constraint, and thus it allows qualities of processes, as well as of information entities, whereas BFO2 restricts inheres_in to only apply to independent continuants (2) it is declared functional, i.e. something can only be a characteristic of one thing.

has characteristic
type: ObjectProperty
type: InverseFunctionalProperty
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: Inverse of characteristic_of
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 label: bearer_of
alternative label: is bearer of
temporal interpretation: RO_0001901
source: iao.owl
source: ro-base.owl

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 label: participates_in
source: iao.owl
source: ro-base.owl

has participant
type: ObjectProperty
domain: occurrent
range: continuant
property chain axiom: has part
property chain axiom: realizes
property chain axiom: characteristic of
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 label: has_participant
source: iao.owl
source: ro-base.owl
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.
source: iao.owl

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.
source: iao.owl
source: obi.owl
source: ro-base.owl

function of
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: characteristic of
inverse of: has function
domain: function
example of usage: this catalysis function is a function of this enzyme
definition: a relation between a function and an independent continuant (the bearer), in which the function specifically depends on the bearer for its existence
editor note: A function inheres in its bearer at all times for which the function exists, however the function need not be realized at all the times that the function exists.
alternative label: function_of
alternative label: is function of
source: iao.owl
comment: This relation is modeled after the BFO relation of the same name which was in BFO2, but is used in a more restricted sense - specifically, we model this relation as functional (inherited from characteristic-of). Note that this relation is now removed from BFO2020.

quality of
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: characteristic of
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 label: is quality of
alternative label: quality_of
source: iao.owl
comment: This relation is modeled after the BFO relation of the same name which was in BFO2, but is used in a more restricted sense - specifically, we model this relation as functional (inherited from characteristic-of). Note that this relation is now removed from BFO2020.

role of
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: characteristic of
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 label: is role of
alternative label: role_of
source: iao.owl
source: ro-base.owl
comment: This relation is modeled after the BFO relation of the same name which was in BFO2, but is used in a more restricted sense - specifically, we model this relation as functional (inherited from characteristic-of). Note that this relation is now removed from BFO2020.

has function
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: has characteristic
domain: independent continuant
range: function
example of usage: this enzyme has function this catalysis function (more colloquially: this enzyme has this catalysis function)
definition: a relation between an independent continuant (the bearer) and a function, in which the function specifically depends on the bearer for its existence
editor note: A bearer can have many functions, and its functions can exist for different periods of time, but none of its functions can exist when the bearer does not exist. A function need not be realized at all the times that the function exists.
alternative label: has_function
source: iao.owl

has quality
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: has characteristic
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 label: has_quality
source: iao.owl

has role
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: has characteristic
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 label: has_role
source: iao.owl
source: ro-base.owl

has disposition
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: has characteristic
inverse of: disposition of
domain: independent continuant
range: disposition
definition: a relation between an independent continuant (the bearer) and a disposition, in which the disposition specifically depends on the bearer for its existence
source: iao.owl

disposition of
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: characteristic of
source: iao.owl
comment: This relation is modeled after the BFO relation of the same name which was in BFO2, but is used in a more restricted sense - specifically, we model this relation as functional (inherited from characteristic-of). Note that this relation is now removed from BFO2020.

occurrent part of
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: part of
domain: occurrent
range: occurrent
definition: A part of relation that applies only between occurrents.
source: ro-base.owl

temporally related to
type: ObjectProperty
domain: occurrent
range: occurrent
has curation status: pending final vetting
term editor: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165
definition source: Allen's interval algebra
curator note: Do not use this relation directly. It is ended as a grouping for relations between occurrents involving the relative timing of their starts and ends.
source: ro-base.owl
source: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kBv1ep_9g3sTR-SD3jqzFqhuwo9TPNF-l-9fUDbO6rM/edit
in subset: ro-eco
comment: A relation that holds between two occurrents. This is a grouping relation that collects together all the Allen relations.

starts
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: part of
sub property of: temporally related to
inverse of: starts with
has curation status: pending final vetting
definition: inverse of starts with
term editor: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165
term editor: Chris Mungall
definition source: Allen
source: ro-base.owl
in subset: ro-eco

starts with
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: has part
sub property of: temporally related to
type: TransitiveProperty
example of usage: Every insulin receptor signaling pathway starts with the binding of a ligand to the insulin receptor
has curation status: pending final vetting
definition: x starts with y if and only if x has part y and the time point at which x starts is equivalent to the time point at which y starts. Formally: α(y) = α(x) ∧ ω(y) < ω(x), where α is a function that maps a process to a start point, and ω is a function that maps a process to an end point.
term editor: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165
term editor: Chris Mungall
alternative label: started by
source: ro-base.owl
in subset: ro-eco

ends
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: part of
sub property of: temporally related to
inverse of: ends with
has curation status: pending final vetting
definition: inverse of ends with
term editor: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165
term editor: Chris Mungall
source: ro-base.owl
in subset: ro-eco

ends with
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: has part
sub property of: temporally related to
type: TransitiveProperty
has curation status: pending final vetting
definition: x ends with y if and only if x has part y and the time point at which x ends is equivalent to the time point at which y ends. Formally: α(y) > α(x) ∧ ω(y) = ω(x), where α is a function that maps a process to a start point, and ω is a function that maps a process to an end point.
term editor: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165
term editor: Chris Mungall
alternative label: finished by
source: ro-base.owl
in subset: ro-eco

has output
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: has participant
inverse of: output of
property chain axiom: ends with
has curation status: pending final vetting
definition: p has output c iff c is a participant in p, c is present at the end of p, and c is not present in the same state at the beginning of p.
term editor: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165
alternative label: produces
source: ro-base.owl
in subset: valid for go annotation extension
in subset: valid for go ontology
in subset: valid for gocam
in subset: ro-eco

involved in
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: participates in
sub property of: involved in or involved in regulation of
property chain axiom: part of
definition: c involved_in p if and only if c enables some process p', and p' is part of p
term editor: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165
alternative label: actively involved in
alternative label: enables part of
source: ro-base.owl

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 label: is member of
alternative label: member part of
definition source: SIO
temporal interpretation: RO_0001901
source: iao.owl
source: ro-base.owl

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
temporal interpretation: RO_0001901
source: iao.owl
source: ro-base.owl

output of
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: participates in
definition: inverse of has output
term editor: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165
source: ro-base.owl
in subset: RO_0002259
in subset: ro-eco

involved in regulation of
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: involved in or involved in regulation of
sub property of: causal agent in process
definition: c involved in regulation of p if c is involved in some p' and p' regulates some p
term editor: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165
source: ro-base.owl

involved in or involved in regulation of
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: causal agent in process
definition: c involved in or regulates p if and only if either (i) c is involved in p or (ii) c is involved in regulation of p
editor note: OWL does not allow defining object properties via a Union
term editor: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165
alternative label: involved in or reguates
source: ro-base.owl

causal agent in process
type: ObjectProperty
definition: A relationship between a material entity and a process where the material entity has some causal role that influences the process
definition source: causal-relations
source: ro-base.owl

has occurrent part
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: has part
definition: "has ocurrent part" is a relation that holds between a whole occurrent (process) and its part.
source: txpo.owl

deadline datetime value
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: has representation
domain: deadline specification
range: dateTimeStamp
has curation status: to be replaced with external ontology term
definition: A data property which is intended to be used for the literal representation of a deadline specification in the xsd:dateTimeStamp format
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213
date: 2021-07-19T13:49:58Z

planned process acronym
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: has representation
domain: planned process name
range: string
has curation status: to be replaced with external ontology term
definition: A shortend representation of a planned process name that has been formed from the initial components of a planned process name representation, usually using individual initial letters.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213
date: 2021-09-13T08:55:02Z

event number
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: organized sociocultural event
range: integer
maps to: {"crossref": {"api_proceedings_endpoint_uri": "https://api.crossref.org/types/proceedings/works?select=event", "json_api_key": {"event": "number"}}}
definition: The ordinal number of an academic event, if it is a part of an event series.

end date
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: organized sociocultural event
range: dateTimeStamp
maps to: {"wikidata": {"uri": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P582", "label": "end_time"}, "openresearch": {"uri": "https://www.openresearch.org/wiki/Property:End_date", "label": "End_date"},"crossref": {"api_proceedings_endpoint_uri": "https://api.crossref.org/types/proceedings/works?select=event", "json_api_key": {"event": "end"}}}
has curation status: pending final vetting
definition: A data property to provide the planned end date of an organized sociocultural event in the xsd:dateTimeStamp format.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

start date
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: organized sociocultural event
range: dateTimeStamp
maps to: {"wikidata": {"uri": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P580", "label": "start_time"}, "openresearch": {"uri": "https://www.openresearch.org/wiki/Property:Start_date", "label": "Start_date"},"crossref": {"api_proceedings_endpoint_uri": "https://api.crossref.org/types/proceedings/works?select=event", "json_api_key": {"event": "start"}}}
has curation status: pending final vetting
definition: A data property to provide the planned end date of an organized sociocultural event in the xsd:dateTimeStamp format.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

phone number value
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: Class
  union of: Homo sapiens
  union of: organization
range: string
example of usage: 0049 176 123456
has curation status: pending final vetting
definition: This data property associates a telephone number with a contributor
editor note: It needs to be discussed, if we need this information to be modeled more finegrained using e.g. iao:'email address' (see also https://github.com/information-artifact-ontology/IAO/issues/130). For now it seems sufficient to have a data property.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

email address value
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: Class
  union of: Homo sapiens
  union of: organization
has curation status: pending final vetting
definition: This data property associates an email adress with a contributor.
editor note: It needs to be discussed, if we need this information to be modeled more finegrained using e.g. iao:'email address' (see also https://github.com/information-artifact-ontology/IAO/issues/130). For now it seems sufficient to have a data property.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

acceptance rate
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: academic event metric value
has curation status: requires discussion
definition: An academic event metric that provides a rate consiting of the number of accepted papers devided by the number of submitted papers.

accepted papers
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: academic event metric value
has curation status: requires discussion
definition: An academic event metric that provides the literal value for the number of papers that where accepted to be present at an academic event.

accepted short papers
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: academic event metric value
has curation status: requires discussion
definition: An academic event metric that provides the literal value for the number of short papers that where accepted to be present at an academic event.

coordinates
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: location
domain: event venue
has curation status: requires discussion
editor note: A data property to provide a literal value for the coordinates of an organanized sociocultural event venue.

event frequency
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: event series format
maps to: {"wikidata": {"uri": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2257", "label": "event_interval_inmonths"}}
has curation status: requires discussion
definition: An data property that provides the literal value of the timespan until the next event in a series takes place.

event status
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: organized sociocultural event
range: Datatype
  one of: as scheduled
  one of: canceled
  one of: delayed
  one of: planned
  one of: postponed
has curation status: requires discussion
definition: A data property that determines whether an academic event takes/took place as planned or was canceled, delayed, planned or postponed.
editor note: It is still an open question whether a data property suffices for this.
comment: maps_to: DataCite:dateType --- allowed value mapping ConfIDent → DataCite scheduled → valid postponed → updated cancled → withdrawn

event type other
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: has representation
domain: sociocultural event format
range: string
has curation status: pending final vetting
definition: A data property that can be used to literally specify a sociocultural event format when the sublcasses of 'sociocultural event format' defined in AEON do not fit for a given event format.

CORE ranking
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: academic event metric value
has curation status: requires discussion
definition: An academic event metric to provide the literal value of the CORE rank. See also: https://www.core.edu.au/conference-portal

event fee value
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: has representation
domain: event fee specification
range: decimal
example of usage: 150.00
definition: The literal, numerical (decimal) value of an event fee that is specified in an event fee specification.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

event language
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: organized sociocultural event
range: string
maps to: {"wikidata": {"uri": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2936", "label": "language_usedLabel"}}
has curation status: requires discussion
definition: This data property should be used to provide the language that is officially spoken at an event. Its xsd:string range should preferrably be encoded in the ISO 639-1 standard (e.g. German would be "de").
editor note: It needs to be discussed, if a data property is sufficient for our use case, or if it might be better to model the officially spoken language of an academic event as a generically dependent continuant that participates in this planned process as sugessted by the developers of the language ontology (https://github.com/vivo-ontologies/language-ontology/wiki/Usage).
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213
creator: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

location
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: event venue literal
domain: event venue
has curation status: requires discussion
definition: A data property to provide a literal value for the location (e.g. address) of an organized sociocultural event.
editor note: This is an artefact from a very early version of AEON that is most likely to be obsoleted, as there should be better ways to model the locations of an academic event.

obsolete_meeting URL
type: DatatypeProperty
has curation status: failed exploratory term
definition: A data property to provide the meeting link to a virtual event.
editor note: not needed at the moment, but might be reactivated if needed
deprecated: true

academic event metric value
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: has representation
domain: academic event metric
has curation status: requires discussion
definition: A data property to provide a literal value for an academic event metric.
editor note: Using data properties for the modeling of academic event metrics was the first adhoc way of representing this. It thus needs to be discussed and worked on.

number of attendess
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: academic event metric value
maps to: {"openresearch": {"uri": "https://www.openresearch.org/wiki/Property:Attendees", "label": "Attendees"}}
has curation status: requires discussion
definition: An academic event metric that provides a literal value for the number of attendees of an academic event.

number of tracks
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: academic event metric value
has curation status: requires discussion
definition: An academic event metric that provides a literal value for the numer of tracks of an academic event.

previous end date
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: end date
domain: organized sociocultural event
range: dateTime
has curation status: pending final vetting
definition: A data property to provide the previously planned end date of an organized sociocultural event in the xsd:dateTimeStamp format, when the planned end date has been rescheduled.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

previous start date
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: start date
domain: organized sociocultural event
range: dateTimeStamp
has curation status: pending final vetting
definition: A data property to provide the previously planned start date of an organized sociocultural event in the xsd:dateTimeStamp format, when the planned start date has been rescheduled.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

proceeding cite count
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: academic event metric value
has curation status: requires discussion
definition: An academic event metric to be used to provide the literal value of the number of times the proceedings of an academic event have being cited.

event website
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: planned process
range: anyURI
maps to: {"wikidata": {"uri": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P856", "label": "official_website"}, "openresearch": {"uri": "https://www.openresearch.org/wiki/Property:Homepage", "label": "Homepage"}}
has curation status: to be replaced with external ontology term
definition: A data property that provides the official website of a planned process.

series cite count
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: academic event metric value
has curation status: requires discussion
definition: An academic event series metric to be used to provide the literal value of the number of times the series was being cited.

event fee currency
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: has representation
domain: event fee specification
range: normalizedString
example of usage: EUR
example of usage: USD
definition: The literal string value of an event fee currency that is specified in an event fee specification.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213
comment: This data property should have a value from the controlled list defined by the ISO_4217 standard (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_4217).

obsolete_duration
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: topDataProperty
domain: academic event
maps to: {"wikidata": {"uri": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2047", "label": "duration"}, "gnd": {"uri": "https://d-nb.info/standards/elementset/gnd#dateOfConferenceOrEvent", "label": "Date of conference or event"}}
has curation status: failed exploratory term
definition: A data property that assigns a time duration to an academic event.
editor note: not needed, as it could be calculated from the start and end data properties
deprecated: true

sponsor type
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: event sponsor role
range: string
has curation status: requires discussion
definition: A data property of an event sponsor role with which to describe the kind of sponsorship that was provided.
editor note: It is still an open question as to how the various types of sponsor roles need to be modeled with regard to differentiating between something like "gold sponsor" and other possible sponsor demarcatins used in different contexts.

submitted papers
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: academic event metric value
has curation status: requires discussion
definition: An academic event metric that provides the literal value for the number of papers that where submitted to be present at an academic event.

event venue literal
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: location
domain: event venue
has curation status: requires discussion
definition: A data property to provide a literal value for more information about an event venue.

venue website
type: DatatypeProperty
sub property of: event venue literal
domain: event venue
range: anyURI
has curation status: requires discussion
definition: A data property to provide a website for an event venue.

submission link
type: DatatypeProperty
domain: call for submissions
range: anyURI
has curation status: pending final vetting
definition: A data property of a call for submission that is used to provide the URL of the submission system which ought to be used.

has representation
type: DatatypeProperty
editor preferred term: has representation
example of usage: 12th arrondissement of Paris
example of usage: 20g
example of usage: I feel sick to my stomach every Tuesday
has curation status: ready for release
definition: 'has representation' is a data property that attaches between an information content entity and a value that contains linguistically or computationally coded text.
editor note: Further processing may enable the value to be represented in a component data structure such as an OBI value specification.
term editor: Damion Dooley
term editor: Mark Miller
date: 2019-07-14T07:05:50Z
source: obi.owl

academic event
type: Class
equivalent class: Class
  intersection of: organized sociocultural event
  intersection of: Restriction
    on property: has event format
    some values from: academic event format
subclass of: organized sociocultural event
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has event format
  some values from: academic event format
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has event fee specification
  some values from: event fee specification
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: part of event series
  some values from: academic event series
subclass of: Restriction
  on property:
    inverse of: is about
  some values from: academic event metric
subclass of: Restriction
  on property:
    inverse of: is about
  some values from: academic event description
maps to: {"wikidata": {"uri": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1656682", "label": "eventLabel"}, "openresearch": {"uri": "https://www.openresearch.org/wiki/Category:Event", "label": "Event"}, "gnd": {"uri": "https://d-nb.info/standards/elementset/gnd#ConferenceOrEvent", "label": "Conference or Event"}}
example of usage: The 19th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC2020) is an academic event.
has curation status: pending final vetting
definition: An organized sociocultural event that refers to a gathering of researchers (not necessarily academics) in which these researches have the chance to present and discuss their work and possible future collaborations, according to a certain sociocultural format that is specified more or less explicitly in the announcement of the academic event.
editor note: Defining the boundaries that set academic events apart is hard from an ontological perspective, as the labels used for demarcation, such as conference, congress or annual meeting, vary depending on sociocultural contexts. Sometimes they are used synonymously and sometimes to demark their difference.
editor note: TODO: * It needs to be discussed, if we need the "process boundary" class to describe the start and end of an academic event or event series. * It needs to be discussed, if we need the "temporal region" and "spatiotemporal region" classes to describe the duration and manifestation in spacetime of an academic event or event series.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213
alternative label: scientific event
alternative label: wissenschaftliche Veranstaltung @de

Axiom
annotated source: academic event
annotated property: editor note
annotated target: Defining the boundaries that set academic events apart is hard from an ontological perspective, as the labels used for demarcation, such as conference, congress or annual meeting, vary depending on sociocultural contexts. Sometimes they are used synonymously and sometimes to demark their difference.

academic event series
type: Class
equivalent class: Class
  intersection of: academic event
  intersection of: Restriction
    on property: has event format
    some values from: event series format
  intersection of: Restriction
    on property: event series of
    some values from: academic event
subclass of: academic event
subclass of: organized sociocultural event series
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: event series of
  some values from: academic event
maps to: {"wikidata": {"uri": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15900647", "label": "conference_seriesLabel"}, "openresearch": {"uri": "https://www.openresearch.org/wiki/Category:Event_series", "label": "Event_series"}, "gnd": {"uri": "https://d-nb.info/standards/elementset/gnd#SeriesOfConferenceOrEvent", "label": "Series of conference or event"}}
example of usage: International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC)
has curation status: pending final vetting
definition: An academic event that is the ordered set of all recurring academic events of a destinct identity. This destinct identity is usually demarked by a shared name that only differs with regard to some ordnial symbol, such as 1st or the year of the academic event.

internal identifier
type: Class
subclass of: identifier
has curation status: to be replaced with external ontology term
definition: An internal identifier is an iao:identifier that is only meant to be used inside the reference system, such as an application, in which it is declared.
editor note: The alternative term "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.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

academic event format
type: Class
subclass of: sociocultural event format
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has part
  some values from: academic field descriptor
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has part
  some values from: call for submissions
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has part
  some values from: knowledge exchange objective
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has part
  some values from: event registration deadline
example of usage: The parts of an academic event website that state: the official name of an academic event, its topic and academic field, when it is going to take place and where, what the schedule/program is, what kind of deadlines have to be adhered to for submitting work to be present, whether or not one has to pay to attend and how much, etc.
has curation status: pending final vetting
definition: A sociocultural event format that states that the primary purpose (objective) of an organised sociocultural event is to facilitate a knowledge exchange between the participants of that event within the context of an academic field.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213
term tracker item: https://github.com/tibonto/aeon/issues/139

deprecated_aeon contributor role
type: Class
subclass of: ObsoleteClass
definition: The contributor role inheres in a person or organization that participates in a planned process by somehow contributing to it.
editor note: usign CRO's contributor role instead
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213
has obsolescence reason: placeholder removed
term replaced by: CRO_0000000
date: 2020-09-28T12:51:02Z
deprecated: true

event organizer role
type: Class
subclass of: role
subclass of: Class
  union of: Restriction
    on property: role of
    some values from: Homo sapiens
  union of: Restriction
    on property: role of
    some values from: organization
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: realized in
  some values from: organized sociocultural event
has curation status: requires discussion
definition: A role that inheres in a person or organization that is somehow responsible for the planning, management and realization of an organized sociocultural event.
editor note: In the context of academic events this role would be the one held by a group pf people often refered to as the event's "general committee".
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

deprecated_event committee member role
type: Class
subclass of: ObsoleteClass
definition: OBSOLETE An event organizer role that inheres in a person who is a member of an event committee and thus performs certain actions associated with the objectives/functions of that event committee.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213
comment: DEPRECATION REASON: This role is not needed, as the oostt:"committee member role" relation is sufficient enough.
deprecated: true

event committee chair role
type: Class
subclass of: event organizer role
subclass of: committee member role
has curation status: pending final vetting
definition: An event organizer role that inheres in a person who is designated to be responsible for the actions and outcomes of an event committee.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

event contact person role
type: Class
subclass of: event organizer role
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: role of
  all values from: Homo sapiens
has curation status: requires discussion
definition: A role that inheres in a person who is designated to answer inquiries regarding an organized sociocultural event.
editor note: A possible parent class is OMRSE:"role in human social processes" (http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OMRSE_00002072), which wasn't used due to the error reported in https://github.com/ufbmi/OMRSE/issues/188#issuecomment-1272083405. Another possible parent could be ICO:"contact person role" (http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ICO_0000230), which could also be a child of OMRSE:"role in human social processes", but isn't. However, ICO:"contact person role" wasn't reused due to the intended type restriction stated in its rdfs:comment.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

event attendee role
type: Class
subclass of: role
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: realized in
  some values from: organized sociocultural event
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: role of
  all values from: Homo sapiens
definition: A role that inheres in a person who contributes to an event, such as a conference, by attending it. For this role to be realized, there needs to be some kind of event accreditation sub-process.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

event moderator role
type: Class
subclass of: role
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: realized in
  some values from: organized sociocultural event
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: role of
  all values from: Homo sapiens
definition: The moderating role inheres in a person that contributes to a planned process by facilitating the communication.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

human reviewer role
type: Class
subclass of: role
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: role of
  all values from: Homo sapiens
example of usage: Someone who reviews a manuscript submitted for publication or presentation at an academic event bears a reviewer role.
has curation status: requires discussion
definition: A role that inheres in a person who is designated to analyse and judge the information (e.g. text or code) that is the specified input of a particular reviewing process. This role is realized when the reviewing process has been completed as intended.
editor note: The Contributor Role Ontology CRO contains a role that seems equivalent (http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CRO_0000101), but which cannot be used instead, as long as https://github.com/data2health/contributor-role-ontology/issues/135 is not sufficiently answered.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213
alternative label: peer-review role

presenter role
type: Class
equivalent class: Class
  intersection of: role
  intersection of: Restriction
    on property: role of
    some values from: Restriction
      on property: participates in
      some values from: Restriction
        on property: has event format
        some values from: talk format
subclass of: role
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: realized in
  some values from: organized sociocultural event
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: role of
  some values from: Restriction
    on property: participates in
    some values from: Restriction
      on property: has event format
      some values from: talk format
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: role of
  all values from: Homo sapiens
has curation status: requires discussion
definition: A role that inheres in a person who speaks about a certain topic at a organized sociocultural event, either in form of presenting or teaching information to an audience.
editor note: Could be replaced with the CRO equivalent, if the proposal made in https://github.com/data2health/contributor-role-ontology/issues/134 is being accepted and merged.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213
alternative label: invited speaker role
may be identical to: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CRO_0000100

keynote speaker role
type: Class
equivalent class: Class
  intersection of: presenter role
  intersection of: Restriction
    on property: role of
    some values from: Restriction
      on property: participates in
      some values from: Restriction
        on property: has event format
        some values from: keynote format
subclass of: presenter role
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: role of
  some values from: Restriction
    on property: participates in
    some values from: Restriction
      on property: has event format
      some values from: keynote format
has curation status: pending final vetting
definition: A presenter role that inheres in a person who participates in an organized sociocultural event by holding a keynote speech.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

event sponsor role
type: Class
subclass of: role
subclass of: Class
  union of: Restriction
    on property: role of
    some values from: Homo sapiens
  union of: Restriction
    on property: role of
    some values from: organization
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: realized in
  some values from: organized sociocultural event
has curation status: requires discussion
definition: A role that inheres in a person or organization who provides money, material ressources or special services needed in the realization of an organized sociocultural event in return of being officially credited for this role.
editor note: PS 2-9-2020: There is still the open question on how to best model different sponsor types (e.g. gold, silver, bronze...).
editor note: The difference of this role to the obi:'sponsor role' (http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBI_0000243) is that the latter has the constraint to be a sponsor of scientific studies.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

DOI
type: Class
subclass of: identifier
editor preferred term: DOI
has curation status: to be replaced with external ontology term
definition: A digital object identifier (DOI) is an iao:identifier that persitently denotes a digital object acording to the ISO standard 26324.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213
alternative label: digital object identifier
definition source: https://www.doi.org/

GND ID
type: Class
subclass of: centrally registered identifier
has curation status: to be replaced with external ontology term
definition: A 'GND identifier' is a iao:'centrally registered identifier' that denotes an entity in "The Integrated Authority File (GND)" of the German national library.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213
definition source: https://d-nb.info/standards/elementset/gnd#gndIdentifier

ISNI
type: Class
subclass of: centrally registered identifier
has curation status: to be replaced with external ontology term
definition: An 'ISNI' (International Standard Name Identifier) is a iao:'centrally registered identifier' that denotes persons and organizations in the ISNI database.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213
alternative label: International Standard Name Identifier
definition source: https://isni.org/page/what-is-isni/

deprecated_ORCID
type: Class
subclass of: ObsoleteClass
has curation status: to be replaced with external ontology term
definition: OBSOLETE An 'ORCID' is a iao:'centrally registered identifier' that denotes authors and contributors of scholarly communication in the ORCID database.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213
alternative label: Open Researcher and Contributor ID
definition source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ORCID
term replaced by: ORCID identifier
comment: Term imported from Apollo_SV
deprecated: true

ROR ID
type: Class
subclass of: centrally registered identifier
has curation status: to be replaced with external ontology term
definition: A 'ROR identifier' is a iao:'centrally registered identifier' that denotes an organization in the ROR database.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213
alternative label: research organization registry identifier
definition source: https://ror.org/

Wikidata QID
type: Class
subclass of: centrally registered identifier
editor preferred term: QID
has curation status: to be replaced with external ontology term
definition: A 'Wikidata QID identifier' is a iao:'centrally registered identifier' that denotes an entity in the Wikidata database.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213
alternative label: q number
alternative label: wikidata q number
definition source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43649390
may be identical to: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/"^^ xsd:anyURI

deprecated_city
type: Class
subclass of: ObsoleteClass
has obsolescence reason: term imported
term replaced by: city
comment: replaced by ENVO:00000856
deprecated: true

deprecated_country
type: Class
subclass of: ObsoleteClass
has obsolescence reason: term imported
term replaced by: national geopolitical entity
comment: replaced by ENVO term
deprecated: true

deprecated_province
type: Class
subclass of: ObsoleteClass
has obsolescence reason: term imported
term replaced by: first-order administrative region
comment: replaced by ENVO term
deprecated: true

event venue
type: Class
subclass of: site
has curation status: pending final vetting
definition: An event venue is a site where an event takes place.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

academic field descriptor
type: Class
subclass of: information content entity
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: describes academic field of
  some values from: Class
    union of: information content entity
    union of: planned process
example of usage: DDC 410 Linguistics, OECD 6.02 Languages and literature, ...
has curation status: to be replaced with external ontology term
has curation status: requires discussion
definition: A data item that contextualizes a obi:'planned process' or an iao:'infornation content entity' by providing a reference to a controlled vocalulary that codifies the subdevisions of knowledge taught and researched at the college or university level.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213
alternative label: academic discipline category

event topic descriptor
type: Class
subclass of: information content entity
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: describes event topic of
  some values from: planned process
example of usage: "AI, knowledge graphs, cloud computing" could be a set of keywords that denote the main topics covered by a specific conference.
example of usage: "The future of knowlegde graphs in the humanities" could be a 'topic' of an interdisciplinary oriented computer sciences conference.
has curation status: requires discussion
definition: An information content entity that describes the central theme of a planned process.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213
alternative label: event theme description
elucidation: The instances of this class can be terms from a controlled vocabulary or thesaurus, phrases or just keywords.

obsolete_virtual location
type: Class
subclass of: ObsoleteClass
example of usage: The Zoom room in which an online conference is being held is a virtual location, that exists as long as the IT infrastructure on which it runs (is being realized) is not failing or turned off by an agent with the capability to do so.
example of usage: The service Twitter provides is a virtual location, in which the Twitter users can communicate with each other in a mostly text-based mode.
has curation status: failed exploratory term
definition: A realizable entity that provides a digital space for humans and computers to interact with one another in various digital modes (e.g. text, audio, video, tactile). It specifically depends on the IT infrastructure that is used to realize the virtual location in the planned process of running certain code on certain computers.
editor note: not needed at the moment, but might be reactivated, if needed
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213
alternative label: virtual site
date: 2020-10-14T15:31:27Z
deprecated: true

event fee specification
type: Class
equivalent class: Class
  intersection of: conditional specification
  intersection of: Restriction
    on property: specifies event fee of
    some values from: planned process
  intersection of: Restriction
    on property: event fee value
    qualified cardinality: 1
    on data range: decimal
  intersection of: Restriction
    on property: event fee currency
    qualified cardinality: 1
    on data range: normalizedString
subclass of: conditional specification
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: specifies event fee of
  some values from: planned process
disjoint with: deadline specification
definition: A conditional specification that, as part of a plan specification, specifies the currency and the amount of money that has to be paid by participants of an event depending on their role in that event.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

decentralized identifier document
type: Class
subclass of: identifier
editor preferred term: DID
has curation status: to be replaced with external ontology term
definition: A 'decentralized identifier document' (DID) is an iao:identifier that denotes a verifiable, decentralized digital identity of an entity.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213
alternative label: DID
definition source: https://www.w3.org/TR/did-core/Overview.html
date: 2020-11-20T17:31:33Z

event committee
type: Class
subclass of: committee
has curation status: pending final vetting
definition: A committee that has a role of being responsible for a certain part of the organization and realization of an event. Event committees are usually formed in the planning process of social events, such as academic events, that are, due to their size and objectives, too big or complex to be organized by just a one or few people.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213
has synonym: general event committee
alternative label: general event committee

deadline specification
type: Class
subclass of: conditional specification
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: specifies deadline of
  some values from: planned process
has curation status: to be replaced with external ontology term
definition: A conditional specification that, as part of a plan specification or an action specification, defines until when a specified action has to be carried out.
editor note: Given the fact that deadlines are specified in various planned processes this term should probably be regarded as a placeholder which ought to be defined in a broader ontology, maybe something like IAO?
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

abstract deadline
type: Class
subclass of: submission deadline
has curation status: metadata incomplete
definition: An abstract deadline is a submission deadline that, as part of a call for abstracts of an academic event, specifies the date until which a contribution to a planned process in form of an abstract has to be submitted.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

camera-ready deadline
type: Class
subclass of: submission deadline
has curation status: metadata incomplete
definition: A camera-ready deadline is a submission deadline that, as part of a call for papers of an academic event, specifies the date until which a contribution to a planned process that is ready for publishing has to be submitted.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

demo deadline
type: Class
subclass of: submission deadline
has curation status: metadata incomplete
definition: A demo deadline is a submission deadline that, as part of a call for papers of an academic event, specifies the date until which a contribution to a planned process in form of a demonstration has to be submitted.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

notification deadline
type: Class
subclass of: deadline specification
has curation status: to be replaced with external ontology term
definition: A deadline specification that specifies until when a participant of a planned process has to inform another participant of that process about something concering the plan of the process.
editor note: Given the fact that notification deadlines are specified in various planned processes this term should probably be regarded as a placeholder which ought to be defined in a broader ontology, maybe something like IAO?
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

paper deadline
type: Class
subclass of: submission deadline
has curation status: metadata incomplete
definition: A paper deadline is a submission deadline that, as part of a call for papers of an academic event, specifies the date until which a contribution to a planned process in form of a paper has to be submitted.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

poster deadline
type: Class
subclass of: submission deadline
has curation status: metadata incomplete
definition: A poster deadline is a submission deadline that, as part of a call for papers of an academic event, specifies the date until which a contribution to a planned process in form of a poster has to be submitted.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

submission deadline
type: Class
subclass of: deadline specification
has curation status: to be replaced with external ontology term
definition: A deadline specification that determines until when a participant (agent) of a planned process has to submit something to someone or somewhere associated with the further processing of this said something.
editor note: Given the fact that submission deadlines are specified in various planned processes this term should probably be regarded as a placeholder which ought to be defined in a broader ontology, maybe something like IAO?
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

tutorial deadline
type: Class
subclass of: submission deadline
has curation status: metadata incomplete
definition: A tutorial deadline is a submission deadline that, as part of a call for papers of an academic event, specifies the date until which a contribution to a planned process in form of a tutorial has to be submitted.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

workshop deadline
type: Class
subclass of: submission deadline
has curation status: metadata incomplete
definition: A workshop deadline is a submission deadline that, as part of a call for papers of an academic event, specifies the date until which a contribution to a planned process in form of a workshop has to be submitted.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

call for papers
type: Class
subclass of: call for submissions
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has part
  some values from: paper deadline
disjoint with: call for abstracts
has curation status: pending final vetting
definition: A call for submissions that calls for paper submissions.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213
alternative label: CFP

call for abstracts
type: Class
subclass of: call for submissions
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has part
  some values from: abstract deadline
has curation status: pending final vetting
definition: A call for submissions that calls for abstract submissions.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

planned process name
type: Class
equivalent class: Class
  intersection of: identifier
  intersection of: Restriction
    on property: denotes
    all values from: planned process
subclass of: identifier
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: part of
  some values from: Restriction
    on property: denotes
    some values from: planned process
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: planned process acronym
  some values from: string
has curation status: to be replaced with external ontology term
definition: An identifier that is a proper name identifying a planned process.
editor note: TODO: request term from IAO
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213
date: 2021-09-13T08:55:02Z

colloquium format
type: Class
subclass of: sociocultural event format
example of usage: "Our research colloquium serves as the key meeting point for all fellows to share, discuss, and support each other’s work. Participation in the colloquium allows fellows to reflect on their ongoing research and gain knowledge of current research done in other academic fields. Unlike most academic settings, the program deliberately promotes a cross-disciplinary dialogue. In order to cultivate such exchanges, we organize theory and methodology workshops, invite public intellectuals and artists, screen films, and explore Berlin on thematic city walks. Throughout the academic year, the colloquium thus serves as a base to develop the projects and build cooperation between our researchers."
definition: A sociocultural event format that specifies the general set-up of an event labeled as a colloquium.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

Axiom
annotated source: colloquium format
annotated property: example of usage
annotated target: "Our research colloquium serves as the key meeting point for all fellows to share, discuss, and support each other’s work. Participation in the colloquium allows fellows to reflect on their ongoing research and gain knowledge of current research done in other academic fields. Unlike most academic settings, the program deliberately promotes a cross-disciplinary dialogue. In order to cultivate such exchanges, we organize theory and methodology workshops, invite public intellectuals and artists, screen films, and explore Berlin on thematic city walks. Throughout the academic year, the colloquium thus serves as a base to develop the projects and build cooperation between our researchers."
source: https://www.fu-berlin.de/en/sites/bprogram/colloquium/index.html

academic colloquium
type: Class
equivalent class: Class
  intersection of: academic event
  intersection of: Restriction
    on property: has event format
    some values from: colloquium format
subclass of: academic event
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has event format
  some values from: colloquium format
has curation status: pending final vetting
definition: An academic event whose sociocultural event format denotes it as a colloqium.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213
elucidation: A possible definition could be the following, where one can also see how the definition depends on certain planned objectives, conditions and actions: A colloquium is an academic event that usually lasts only a few hours and serves to discuss a specific topic. Colloquia are usually part of the academic exchange in everyday university life with only one speaker, but can also take place on special occasions (anniversaries, start or end of the lecture phase, etc.) and can have more than one speaker.

Axiom
annotated source: academic colloquium
annotated property: elucidation
annotated target: A possible definition could be the following, where one can also see how the definition depends on certain planned objectives, conditions and actions: A colloquium is an academic event that usually lasts only a few hours and serves to discuss a specific topic. Colloquia are usually part of the academic exchange in everyday university life with only one speaker, but can also take place on special occasions (anniversaries, start or end of the lecture phase, etc.) and can have more than one speaker.

conference format
type: Class
subclass of: sociocultural event format
definition: A sociocultural event format that specifies the general set-up of an event labeled as a conference.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

academic conference
type: Class
equivalent class: Class
  intersection of: academic event
  intersection of: Restriction
    on property: has event format
    some values from: conference format
subclass of: academic event
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has event format
  some values from: conference format
has curation status: pending final vetting
definition: An academic event whose sociocultural event format denotes it as a conference.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213
elucidation: A possible literature based definition could be the following, where one can also see how the definition depends on certain planned objectives, conditions and actions: A conference is an academic event that lasts up to several days and serves as a forum for presentations on a specific topic or subject area. In addition to subject-specific conferences, there are also interdisciplinary conferences which allow both a broader focus and more specific questions on a particular (academic) problem. Conferences often have a highly formalized structure of parallel, clearly defined sessions with several short presentations and plenary sessions with invited (keynote) speakers who are considered multipliers in their (research) field. Ideally, the selection of the speakers and their contributions is subject to a review process.

Axiom
annotated source: academic conference
annotated property: elucidation
annotated target: A possible literature based definition could be the following, where one can also see how the definition depends on certain planned objectives, conditions and actions: A conference is an academic event that lasts up to several days and serves as a forum for presentations on a specific topic or subject area. In addition to subject-specific conferences, there are also interdisciplinary conferences which allow both a broader focus and more specific questions on a particular (academic) problem. Conferences often have a highly formalized structure of parallel, clearly defined sessions with several short presentations and plenary sessions with invited (keynote) speakers who are considered multipliers in their (research) field. Ideally, the selection of the speakers and their contributions is subject to a review process.
definition source: Casserly, P. (2019). Symposium vs. conference, what’s the difference? A symposium versus a conference. What’s the actual difference? And how does it affect organising or submitting to one? Ex Ordo. https://www.exordo.com/blog/symposium-vs-conference/
definition source: Hansen, Thomas Trøst; Pedersen, David Budtz; Foley, Carmel (PRE-PRINT). Academic Event: an empirically-grounded typology and their academic impact. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3727/152599519X15506259856598.

forum format
type: Class
subclass of: sociocultural event format
definition: A sociocultural event format that specifies the general set-up of an event labeled as a forum.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

academic forum
type: Class
equivalent class: Class
  intersection of: academic event
  intersection of: Restriction
    on property: has event format
    some values from: forum format
subclass of: academic event
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has event format
  some values from: forum format
has curation status: pending final vetting
definition: An academic event whose sociocultural event format denotes it as a forum.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213
elucidation: A forum is an academic event that usually is public and involves audience discussion.

Axiom
annotated source: academic forum
annotated property: elucidation
annotated target: A forum is an academic event that usually is public and involves audience discussion.
definition source: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forum

hackathon format
type: Class
subclass of: sociocultural event format
definition: A sociocultural event format that specifies the general set-up of an event labeled as a hackathon.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

academic hackathon
type: Class
equivalent class: Class
  intersection of: academic event
  intersection of: Restriction
    on property: has event format
    some values from: hackathon format
subclass of: academic event
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has event format
  some values from: hackathon format
has curation status: pending final vetting
definition: An academic event in which computer programmers and others involved in software development, including graphic designers, interface designers, project managers, domain experts, and others collaborate intensively in a design sprint-like manner on software projects.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

Axiom
annotated source: academic hackathon
annotated property: definition
annotated target: An academic event in which computer programmers and others involved in software development, including graphic designers, interface designers, project managers, domain experts, and others collaborate intensively in a design sprint-like manner on software projects.
definition source: Briscoe, G., & Mulligan, C. (2014). Digital innovation: the hackathon phenomenon (Creativeworks London). https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/11418
definition source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackathon

seminar format
type: Class
subclass of: sociocultural event format
definition: A sociocultural event format that specifies the general set-up of an event labeled as a seminar.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

academic seminar
type: Class
equivalent class: Class
  intersection of: academic event
  intersection of: Restriction
    on property: has event format
    some values from: seminar format
subclass of: academic event
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has event format
  some values from: seminar format
has curation status: pending final vetting
definition: An academic event that has the function to instruct a small group or small groups, often for recurring meetings, on some particular subject, in which everyone present is usually encouraged to participate.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

Axiom
annotated source: academic seminar
annotated property: definition
annotated target: An academic event that has the function to instruct a small group or small groups, often for recurring meetings, on some particular subject, in which everyone present is usually encouraged to participate.
definition source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seminar

session format
type: Class
subclass of: sociocultural event format
definition: A sociocultural event format that specifies the general set-up of an event labeled as a session.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

academic event session
type: Class
equivalent class: Class
  intersection of: academic event
  intersection of: Restriction
    on property: has event format
    some values from: session format
  intersection of: Restriction
    on property: part of
    some values from: academic event
subclass of: academic event
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has event format
  some values from: session format
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: part of
  some values from: academic event
has curation status: pending final vetting
definition: An academic event that is a clearly defined part of a larger academic event, such as an academic conference or track. A session is usually formally accompanied by a session chair, who assumes the function of a moderator.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

symposium format
type: Class
subclass of: sociocultural event format
definition: A sociocultural event format that specifies the general set-up of an event labeled as a symposium.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

academic symposium
type: Class
equivalent class: Class
  intersection of: academic event
  intersection of: Restriction
    on property: has event format
    some values from: symposium format
subclass of: academic event
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has event format
  some values from: symposium format
has curation status: pending final vetting
definition: An academic event whose sociocultural event format denotes it as a symposium.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213
elucidation: A possible literature based definition could be the following: A symposium is a specific type of conference with a narrower thematic focus, with fewer participants and of shorter duration. The degree of structuring lies between a classic conference and a workshop, allows more discussion than the larger conference, but is usually more formalized than the workshop.

Axiom
annotated source: academic symposium
annotated property: elucidation
annotated target: A possible literature based definition could be the following: A symposium is a specific type of conference with a narrower thematic focus, with fewer participants and of shorter duration. The degree of structuring lies between a classic conference and a workshop, allows more discussion than the larger conference, but is usually more formalized than the workshop.
definition source: Canadian Institute for Knowledge Development (CIKD). (2019). Difference between scientific events. NCM Conferences blog. https://ncmconferences.com/difference-between-scientific-events/
definition source: Casserly, P. (2019). Symposium vs. conference, what’s the difference? A symposium versus a conference. What’s the actual difference? And how does it affect organising or submitting to one? Ex Ordo. https://www.exordo.com/blog/symposium-vs-conference/
definition source: Hansen, Thomas Trøst; Pedersen, David Budtz; Foley, Carmel (PRE-PRINT). Academic Event: an empirically-grounded typology and their academic impact. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3727/152599519X15506259856598.

keynote format
type: Class
subclass of: talk format
definition: A talk format that puts the topic (theme) of the oganized sociocultural event of which it is a part into a certain context, usually this context refers to the state of the art.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213
alternative label: keynote speach format

academic keynote speech
type: Class
equivalent class: Class
  intersection of: academic event talk
  intersection of: Restriction
    on property: has event format
    some values from: keynote format
subclass of: academic event talk
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has event format
  some values from: keynote format
has curation status: pending final vetting
definition: An academic event talk that contextualizes the larger academic event of which it is a part, according to some keynote format.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213
alternative label: keynote
alternative label: keynote lecture

Axiom
annotated source: academic keynote speech
annotated property: definition
annotated target: An academic event talk that contextualizes the larger academic event of which it is a part, according to some keynote format.
definition source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keynote

track format
type: Class
subclass of: sociocultural event format
definition: A sociocultural event format that specifies the general set-up of an event labeled as a track.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

academic event track
type: Class
equivalent class: Class
  intersection of: academic event
  intersection of: Restriction
    on property: has event format
    some values from: track format
  intersection of: Restriction
    on property: part of
    some values from: academic event
subclass of: academic event
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has event format
  some values from: track format
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: part of
  some values from: academic event
has curation status: pending final vetting
definition: An academic event that, as a part of a larger academic event, has the function to group even smaller parts of the academic event, like sessions and talks, according to a shared theme or topic. It usually has dedicated chairs and program committees.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213
alternative label: stream

Axiom
annotated source: academic event track
annotated property: definition
annotated target: An academic event that, as a part of a larger academic event, has the function to group even smaller parts of the academic event, like sessions and talks, according to a shared theme or topic. It usually has dedicated chairs and program committees.
definition source: https://www.conftool.net/ctforum/index.php/topic,99.0.html

tutorial format
type: Class
subclass of: sociocultural event format
definition: A sociocultural event format that specifies the general set-up of an event labeled as a tutorial and which has as a main objective a transfer of knowledge.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

academic tutorial
type: Class
equivalent class: Class
  intersection of: academic event
  intersection of: Restriction
    on property: has event format
    some values from: tutorial format
subclass of: academic event
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has event format
  some values from: tutorial format
has curation status: pending final vetting
definition: An academic event that has the function to educate the audience on a certain topic. A tutorial is often realized as an academic event talk or academic event session.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

Axiom
annotated source: academic tutorial
annotated property: definition
annotated target: An academic event that has the function to educate the audience on a certain topic. A tutorial is often realized as an academic event talk or academic event session.
definition source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tutorial

workshop format
type: Class
subclass of: sociocultural event format
definition: A sociocultural event format that specifies the general set-up of an event labeled as a workshop and usually contains group work.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

academic workshop
type: Class
equivalent class: Class
  intersection of: academic event
  intersection of: Restriction
    on property: has event format
    some values from: workshop format
subclass of: academic event
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has event format
  some values from: workshop format
has curation status: pending final vetting
definition: An academic event that is usually smaller than a conference, focuses on a specific topic or problem, usually lasts one or two days and offers space for discussion and the development of content and solutions.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

Axiom
annotated source: academic workshop
annotated property: definition
annotated target: An academic event that is usually smaller than a conference, focuses on a specific topic or problem, usually lasts one or two days and offers space for discussion and the development of content and solutions.
definition source: Alston, J. M. (2019). What's the difference between a conference, a seminar, a workshop and a symposium? Conference Monkey Insights. https://conferencemonkey.org/insight/whats-the-difference-between-a-conference-a-seminar-a-workshop-and-a-symposium-1075915
definition source: Canadian Institute for Knowledge Development (CIKD). (2019). Difference between scientific events. NCM Conferences blog. https://ncmconferences.com/difference-between-scientific-events/

congress format
type: Class
subclass of: sociocultural event format
definition: A sociocultural event format that specifies the general set-up of an event labeled as a congress.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

academic congress
type: Class
equivalent class: Class
  intersection of: academic event
  intersection of: Restriction
    on property: has event format
    some values from: congress format
subclass of: academic event
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has event format
  some values from: congress format
has curation status: pending final vetting
definition: An academic event whose sociocultural event format denotes it as a a congress. It usually is a larger type of conference with regard to the number of participants and organizers.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213
elucidation: A possible literature based definition could be the following: A congress is a conference that is characterised by a larger number of participants (often several hundred) and is oftentimes organised jointly by large, established (e.g. specialised societies) and/or several institutions. Congresses have a broader thematic focus than simple conferences, take place in certain cycles, but can still target an exclusive group of participants (e.g. representatives of a single discipline).

Axiom
annotated source: academic congress
annotated property: elucidation
annotated target: A possible literature based definition could be the following: A congress is a conference that is characterised by a larger number of participants (often several hundred) and is oftentimes organised jointly by large, established (e.g. specialised societies) and/or several institutions. Congresses have a broader thematic focus than simple conferences, take place in certain cycles, but can still target an exclusive group of participants (e.g. representatives of a single discipline).
definition source: Canadian Institute for Knowledge Development (CIKD). (2019). Difference between scientific events. NCM Conferences blog. https://ncmconferences.com/difference-between-scientific-events/
definition source: Hansen, Thomas Trøst; Pedersen, David Budtz; Foley, Carmel (PRE-PRINT). Academic Event: an empirically-grounded typology and their academic impact. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3727/152599519X15506259856598.

talk format
type: Class
subclass of: sociocultural event format
definition: A sociocultural event format that specifies the general set-up of an oral presentation, which is usually only a part of a grander organized sociocultural event.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213
alternative label: oral speech format
alternative label: presentation format

academic event talk
type: Class
equivalent class: Class
  intersection of: academic event
  intersection of: Restriction
    on property: has event format
    some values from: talk format
  intersection of: Restriction
    on property: part of
    some values from: academic event
subclass of: academic event
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has event format
  some values from: talk format
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: part of
  some values from: academic event
editor preferred term: presentation
has curation status: pending final vetting
definition: An academic event that is a unit of a larger academic event, such as an academic event session or conference, in which a specific topic is being orally presented in a rather short way as specified according to some talk format.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213
alternative label: presentation
alternative label: speech

poster session format
type: Class
subclass of: session format
definition: A session format that specifies the general set-up of an event in which someone presents a poster to an audience.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

academic poster session
type: Class
equivalent class: Class
  intersection of: academic event session
  intersection of: Restriction
    on property: has event format
    some values from: poster session format
subclass of: academic event session
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has event format
  some values from: poster session format
has curation status: pending final vetting
definition: An academic event session at which poster papers are presented.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

Axiom
annotated source: academic poster session
annotated property: definition
annotated target: An academic event session at which poster papers are presented.
definition source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poster_session

event series format
type: Class
subclass of: sociocultural event format
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: event frequency
  some values from: Literal
definition: A sociocultural event format that specifies the general set-up and common identity of a series of recurring organized sociocultural events.
creator: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

event sponsor aquisition and management role
type: Class
subclass of: event organizer role
has curation status: pending final vetting
definition: An event organizer role that inheres in a person or organization who is responsible for aquiring and managing the sponsors of an event.
creator: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1595-3213
date: 2022-08-08T18:01:10Z

local event organizer role
type: Class
subclass of: event organizer role
has curation status: pending final vetting
definition: An event organizer role that inheres in a person or organization responsible for the on-site planning, management and coordination of an event.
creator: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1595-3213
date: 2022-08-08T18:02:56Z

event program development role
type: Class
subclass of: event organizer role
has curation status: pending final vetting
definition: An event organizer role that inheres in a person or organization who is responsible for the development of the event program according to the chosen event format specification. This includes such tasks as inviting suitable presenters, evaluating, reviewing, accepting or declining the work submitted for presentation as well as determining the schedule of the event.
creator: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1595-3213
date: 2022-08-08T18:02:56Z

event promoter role
type: Class
subclass of: event organizer role
has curation status: pending final vetting
definition: An event organizer role that inheres in a person or organization who is responsible for the promotion and public relations of an event.
creator: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1595-3213

event finances accounting role
type: Class
subclass of: event organizer role
has curation status: pending final vetting
definition: An event organizer role that is being realized by its bearer in the processes that are associated with the job of balancing the event budged.
creator: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1595-3213
date: 2022-08-08T18:02:56Z

general organizing event committee
type: Class
equivalent class: Class
  intersection of: event committee
  intersection of: Restriction
    on property: has role
    some values from: event organizer role
subclass of: event committee
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has role
  some values from: event organizer role
has curation status: pending final vetting
definition: An event committee that has the role to manage the general/overall organiation of an event.
term tracker item: https://github.com/tibonto/aeon/issues/144
creator: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1595-3213
date: 2022-08-08T18:02:56Z
has synonym: organizing committee

sponsorship event committee
type: Class
equivalent class: Class
  intersection of: event committee
  intersection of: Restriction
    on property: has role
    some values from: event sponsor aquisition and management role
subclass of: general organizing event committee
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has role
  some values from: event sponsor aquisition and management role
has curation status: pending final vetting
definition: An event committee that has the role to take care of the aquisition and management of the sponsor(s) involved in the organization of an academic event.
term tracker item: https://github.com/tibonto/aeon/issues/144
creator: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1595-3213

local event committee
type: Class
equivalent class: Class
  intersection of: event committee
  intersection of: Restriction
    on property: has role
    some values from: local event organizer role
subclass of: general organizing event committee
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has role
  some values from: local event organizer role
has curation status: pending final vetting
definition: An event committee that has the role to manage all the local organizational aspects associated with the realization of an academic event.
term tracker item: https://github.com/tibonto/aeon/issues/144
creator: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1595-3213

finance event committee
type: Class
equivalent class: Class
  intersection of: event committee
  intersection of: Restriction
    on property: has role
    some values from: event finances accounting role
subclass of: general organizing event committee
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has role
  some values from: event finances accounting role
has curation status: pending final vetting
definition: An event committee that has the role of managing the buget of an event.
term tracker item: https://github.com/tibonto/aeon/issues/144
creator: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1595-3213

program event committee
type: Class
equivalent class: Class
  intersection of: event committee
  intersection of: Restriction
    on property: has role
    some values from: event program development role
subclass of: general organizing event committee
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has role
  some values from: event program development role
has curation status: pending final vetting
definition: An event committee that has an event program development role.
term tracker item: https://github.com/tibonto/aeon/issues/144
creator: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1595-3213

public relations event committee
type: Class
equivalent class: Class
  intersection of: event committee
  intersection of: Restriction
    on property: has role
    some values from: event promoter role
subclass of: general organizing event committee
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has role
  some values from: event promoter role
has curation status: pending final vetting
definition: An event committee that has the role to promote the event and manage all inquiries associated with its public relations.
term tracker item: https://github.com/tibonto/aeon/issues/144
creator: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1595-3213

call for submissions
type: Class
subclass of: plan specification
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has part
  some values from: event topic descriptor
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has part
  some values from: notification deadline
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has part
  some values from: submission deadline
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: submission link
  some values from: anyURI
has curation status: pending final vetting
definition: A plan specification that is a part of an academic event format in which the organizers of an academic event call for prospective contributors to submit work that fits the topic(s) of the academic event and provide the details about what kind of work is allowed to be submitted, until when and how.
alternative label: call for contributions
creator: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1595-3213

Axiom
annotated source: call for submissions
annotated property: definition
annotated target: A plan specification that is a part of an academic event format in which the organizers of an academic event call for prospective contributors to submit work that fits the topic(s) of the academic event and provide the details about what kind of work is allowed to be submitted, until when and how.
definition source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_conference#Organization

call for posters
type: Class
subclass of: call for submissions
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has part
  some values from: poster deadline
has curation status: pending final vetting
definition: A call for submissions that calls for poster submissions.
creator: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1595-3213

call for videos
type: Class
subclass of: call for submissions
has curation status: pending final vetting
definition: A call for submissions that calls for video submissions.
creator: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1595-3213

Twitter account
type: Class
subclass of: information content entity
has curation status: to be replaced with external ontology term
definition: An information content entity that represents the Twitter account of an entity.
editor note: It needs to be discussed where to subsume this class more precisely and in which ontology this should be defined. At present, 2022-08-26, no BFO based ontology that properly represents scocial media plattforms could be identified.
term tracker item: https://github.com/tibonto/aeon/issues/28
creator: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1595-3213
date: 2022-08-26T13:21:50Z

event series maintainer role
type: Class
subclass of: event organizer role
has curation status: pending final vetting
definition: An event organizer role that inheres in a person or organization who is designated to be responsible for maintaining an event series.
creator: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1595-3213
date: 2022-08-26T16:38:21Z

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code
type: Class
subclass of: identifier
has curation status: requires discussion
definition: An identifier that consists of two letters, is part of the ISO 3166-1, and designates countries, dependent territories, and special areas of geographical interest.
editor note: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBIB_0000620 was not yet used due to the fact that it has a subclassOf axiom that clashes with the used ENVO classes for country (http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000009) see also: https://github.com/OBOFoundry/COB/issues/138 wrt the problem of OBO classes to reuse for country, city and region --> it is still an open question whetehr to consider these a bfo:material entity or a bfo:site, if I (PS) understood it right.
definition source: ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
term tracker item: https://github.com/tibonto/aeon/issues/153
may be identical to: OBIB_0000620
creator: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1595-3213
date: 2022-08-29T10:26:20Z
comment: Two-letter country codes defined in ISO 3166-1, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), to designate countries, dependent territories, and special areas of geographical interest.

event presence format
type: Class
subclass of: sociocultural event format
definition: An sociocultural event format that specifies the mode in which the participants of an organized sociocultural event have to be present, whether virtually or in person.
creator: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

hybrid presence format
type: Class
subclass of: event presence format
definition: An event presence format that specifies that one can participate in an organized sociocultural event either in person on site or virtually via some social meeting software solution.
creator: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

online presence format
type: Class
subclass of: event presence format
definition: An event presence format that specifies that one can participate in an organized sociocultural event only virtually via some social meeting software solution.
creator: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

in person presence format
type: Class
subclass of: event presence format
definition: An event presence format that specifies that one can participate in an organized sociocultural event only in person on site.
creator: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

in person event
type: Class
equivalent class: Class
  intersection of: organized sociocultural event
  intersection of: Restriction
    on property: has event format
    some values from: in person presence format
subclass of: organized sociocultural event
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has event format
  some values from: in person presence format
has curation status: to be replaced with external ontology term
definition: An organized sociocultural event in which the participants can only attend in person on site.
creator: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

online event
type: Class
equivalent class: Class
  intersection of: organized sociocultural event
  intersection of: Restriction
    on property: has event format
    some values from: online presence format
subclass of: organized sociocultural event
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has event format
  some values from: online presence format
has curation status: to be replaced with external ontology term
definition: An organized sociocultural event in which the participants can attend only virtually.
creator: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

hybrid event
type: Class
equivalent class: Class
  intersection of: organized sociocultural event
  intersection of: Restriction
    on property: has event format
    some values from: hybrid presence format
subclass of: organized sociocultural event
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has event format
  some values from: hybrid presence format
has curation status: to be replaced with external ontology term
definition: An organized sociocultural event in which the participants can attend either virtually or in person on site.
creator: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

sociocultural event format
type: Class
subclass of: plan specification
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has part
  some values from: event topic descriptor
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has part
  some values from: sociocultural event schedule
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has part
  some values from: conditional specification
has curation status: to be replaced with external ontology term
has curation status: requires discussion
definition: A plan specification that defines an organized sociocultural event by providing its topic or purpose, as well as implicit and explicit details on who is suppose to attend and how this event is planned to be carried out by its participants, in terms of achieving particular objectives, fulfilling particular conditions and performing particular actions.
editor note: When we speak of implicit details in the definition of this class, we mean the fact that, apart from explicitly providing information about e.g. the location and participation conditions of such an event in its announcement, details regarding its sociocultural format often remains tacit and are implied by the use of commonly known event type labels. Saying for example, "We're happy to announce the 11th international conference on sociolinguistics.", implies this 'conference' to be planned and executed by legitimate organizers, to have a certain formal code of conduct expected to be adhered to by the participants, or that is intended for a rather large and diverse audience. Similarly denoting an organized sociocultural event as a "birthday party", implies that one has to be invited to attend, or that one would be considered rude if one were to 'steel the show' from the person being celebrated.
alternative label: event format
creator: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

organized sociocultural event
type: Class
equivalent class: Class
  intersection of: process
  intersection of: Restriction
    on property: realizes
    some values from: Restriction
      on property: concretizes
      some values from: sociocultural event format
  intersection of: Restriction
    on property: has participant
    some values from: Class
      intersection of: Homo sapiens
      intersection of: Restriction
        on property: has role
        some values from: event organizer role
  intersection of: Restriction
    on property: has participant
    some values from: Class
      intersection of: Homo sapiens
      intersection of: Restriction
        on property: has role
        some values from: event attendee role
subclass of: planned process
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: realizes
  some values from: Restriction
    on property: concretizes
    some values from: sociocultural event format
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has participant
  some values from: Class
    intersection of: Homo sapiens
    intersection of: Restriction
      on property: has role
      some values from: event organizer role
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has participant
  some values from: Class
    intersection of: Homo sapiens
    intersection of: Restriction
      on property: has role
      some values from: event attendee role
has curation status: to be replaced with external ontology term
has curation status: requires discussion
definition: A process that is a planned gathering of people organized by one or more people for a particular purpose, often with a particular theme and to be realized within a particular sociocultural format. It may be one-time, occasional or sporadic, or recurring/periodic.
editor note: There are certain children of this “organized sociocultural event” class, that are most likely unproblematic to define using an Aristotelian approach, such as "party", "online event", "business event", "networking event" or "academic event". All of these are organised sociocultural events (OSCEs) with a rather clear theme, purpose and shared implied event format. A party, for example, will in most cultures be an OSCE that serves the purpose to celebrate something and its format will in most cases be rightly expected to be informal. Similarly, a business event will in most cultures be considered an OSCE with the primary goal of doing some form of business and thus its participants are expected to adhere to certain conventions on how to behave according to the sociocultural context of the particular OSCE. However, as soon as we try to get more specific in the definition of possible OSCE subclasses, we run into the problem of finding appropriate differentia criteria and that there is a multitude of possible combinations of such very general concepts. For example, we would need to define an "online business networking party" class, if we needed to represent an OSCE that entails all of these aspects as central part of its theme and context dependent sociocultural event format. Thus, the children of OSCEs should not be understood as universal classes but rather always as defined classes, if we need to take into account that the labels, used to denote the concepts representing the various types of OSCEs, differ depending on the social and cultural context in which they are used. In other words these concepts might better be understood as sociocultural constructs or prototypes. The dimensions in which OSCEs are to be defined by their sociocultural event format are the obvious "what", "when", "who", "where", and "how" questions. As planned processes they are determined by a plan to facilitate a gathering of people according to some kind of purpose or theme and sociocultural …
alternative label: organized meeting
alternative label: planned gathering
creator: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

Axiom
annotated source: organized sociocultural event
annotated property: definition
annotated target: A process that is a planned gathering of people organized by one or more people for a particular purpose, often with a particular theme and to be realized within a particular sociocultural format. It may be one-time, occasional or sporadic, or recurring/periodic.
definition source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Organized_events

Axiom
annotated source: organized sociocultural event
annotated property: editor note
annotated target: There are certain children of this “organized sociocultural event” class, that are most likely unproblematic to define using an Aristotelian approach, such as "party", "online event", "business event", "networking event" or "academic event". All of these are organised sociocultural events (OSCEs) with a rather clear theme, purpose and shared implied event format. A party, for example, will in most cultures be an OSCE that serves the purpose to celebrate something and its format will in most cases be rightly expected to be informal. Similarly, a business event will in most cultures be considered an OSCE with the primary goal of doing some form of business and thus its participants are expected to adhere to certain conventions on how to behave according to the sociocultural context of the particular OSCE. However, as soon as we try to get more specific in the definition of possible OSCE subclasses, we run into the problem of finding appropriate differentia criteria and that there is a multitude of possible combinations of such very general concepts. For example, we would need to define an "online business networking party" class, if we needed to represent an OSCE that entails all of these aspects as central part of its theme and context dependent sociocultural event format. Thus, the children of OSCEs should not be understood as universal classes but rather always as defined classes, if we need to take into account that the labels, used to denote the concepts representing the various types of OSCEs, differ depending on the social and cultural context in which they are used. In other words these concepts might better be understood as sociocultural constructs or prototypes. The dimensions in which OSCEs are to be defined by their sociocultural event format are the obvious "what", "when", "who", "where", and "how" questions. As planned processes they are determined by a plan to facilitate a gathering of people according to some kind of purpose or theme and sociocultural …
creator: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

organized sociocultural event series
type: Class
equivalent class: Class
  intersection of: organized sociocultural event
  intersection of: Restriction
    on property: has event format
    some values from: event series format
  intersection of: Restriction
    on property: event series of
    some values from: organized sociocultural event
  intersection of: Restriction
    on property: starts with
    some values from: organized sociocultural event
  intersection of: Restriction
    on property: ends with
    some values from: organized sociocultural event
subclass of: organized sociocultural event
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has event format
  some values from: event series format
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: event series of
  some values from: organized sociocultural event
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: starts with
  some values from: organized sociocultural event
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: ends with
  some values from: organized sociocultural event
has curation status: to be replaced with external ontology term
has curation status: requires discussion
definition: An organized sociocultural event that is the set of all recurring organized sociocultural events of a destinct identity. This destinct identity is usually demarked by a shared name that only differs with regard to some ordnial symbol, such as 1st or the year of the organized sociocultural event.
creator: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

Axiom
annotated source: organized sociocultural event series
annotated property: definition
annotated target: An organized sociocultural event that is the set of all recurring organized sociocultural events of a destinct identity. This destinct identity is usually demarked by a shared name that only differs with regard to some ordnial symbol, such as 1st or the year of the organized sociocultural event.
creator: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

academic workshop series
type: Class
equivalent class: Class
  intersection of: academic event series
  intersection of: Restriction
    on property: event series of
    some values from: academic workshop
subclass of: academic event series
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: event series of
  some values from: academic workshop
has curation status: pending final vetting
definition: An academic event series that consists of academic events of a workshop format.
creator: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1595-3213

academic conference series
type: Class
equivalent class: Class
  intersection of: academic event series
  intersection of: Restriction
    on property: event series of
    some values from: academic conference
subclass of: academic event series
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: event series of
  some values from: academic conference
has curation status: pending final vetting
definition: An academic event series that consists of academic events of a conference format.
creator: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

business event format
type: Class
subclass of: sociocultural event format
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has part
  some values from: business objective
has curation status: to be replaced with external ontology term
definition: A sociocultural event format that states that the primary purpose (objective) of an organised sociocultural event is to facilitate a busines communication and actions between its participants and which specifies the formal mode of this communication process.
creator: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

knowledge exchange objective
type: Class
subclass of: objective specification
has curation status: pending final vetting
has curation status: to be replaced with external ontology term
definition: An objective specifiaction that describes one of the main goals of a planned process to be the facilitation of an exchange of knowledge between the participants of this planned process.
creator: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

business event
type: Class
equivalent class: Class
  intersection of: organized sociocultural event
  intersection of: Restriction
    on property: has event format
    some values from: business event format
subclass of: organized sociocultural event
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has event format
  some values from: business event format
has curation status: to be replaced with external ontology term
definition: An organized sociocultural event that refers to a gathering of people in which these people engage in some kind of business communication or action, according to their work related roles and a certain sociocultural format that is specified more or less explicitly in the announcement of such an event.
creator: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

business objective
type: Class
subclass of: objective specification
has curation status: to be replaced with external ontology term
has curation status: requires discussion
definition: An objective specifiaction that describes one of the main goals of a planned process to be the facilitation of business related comminucation and actions between the participants of this planned process.
creator: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

interactive talk format
type: Class
subclass of: talk format
definition: A talk format that specifies the active involvement of the otherwise passive audience of a talk, by allowing a discussion on the presented topic or by having some sort of audience feedback integrated into the talk.
creator: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1595-3213

flash talk format
type: Class
subclass of: talk format
definition: A talk format that specifies a talk to be very brief, usually around 5 minutes long.
alternative label: lightning talk
creator: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1595-3213

demonstration format
type: Class
subclass of: sociocultural event format
definition: A sociocultural event format that specifies the general set-up of an organized sociocultural event in which the characteristics of an entity are made clear by the means of presenting examples.
creator: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1595-3213

Axiom
annotated source: demonstration format
annotated property: definition
annotated target: A sociocultural event format that specifies the general set-up of an organized sociocultural event in which the characteristics of an entity are made clear by the means of presenting examples.
definition source: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/demonstration

demo session format
type: Class
equivalent class: Class
  intersection of: session format
  intersection of: demonstration format
subclass of: session format
subclass of: demonstration format
definition: A session format that has as part some demonstration format.
creator: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1595-3213

breakout session format
type: Class
subclass of: session format
definition: A session format that is often used in online events and that has the aim to initialise a change from a monodirectional presentation based fromat to a more interactive one, by encouraging the participants of the session to engage in deeper discussions.
creator: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

Axiom
annotated source: breakout session format
annotated property: definition
annotated target: A session format that is often used in online events and that has the aim to initialise a change from a monodirectional presentation based fromat to a more interactive one, by encouraging the participants of the session to engage in deeper discussions.
definition source: https://fourwaves.com/blog/breakout-session/

academic breakout session
type: Class
equivalent class: Class
  intersection of: academic event session
  intersection of: Restriction
    on property: has event format
    some values from: breakout session format
subclass of: academic event session
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has event format
  some values from: breakout session format
has curation status: pending final vetting
definition: An academic event session that offers its participants a break from passively listening to presentations, by encouraging engagement and interaction, and providing a venue for interesting and in-depth discussions that could influence the direction of a research project, spark ideas for new studies, or set the foundation for long-lasting partnerships between researchers.
creator: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213
date: 2022-09-16T18:11:27Z

Axiom
annotated source: academic breakout session
annotated property: definition
annotated target: An academic event session that offers its participants a break from passively listening to presentations, by encouraging engagement and interaction, and providing a venue for interesting and in-depth discussions that could influence the direction of a research project, spark ideas for new studies, or set the foundation for long-lasting partnerships between researchers.
definition source: https://fourwaves.com/blog/breakout-session/

academic industry session
type: Class
equivalent class: Class
  intersection of: academic event session
  intersection of: Restriction
    on property: has event format
    some values from: business event format
subclass of: academic event session
subclass of: business event
has curation status: pending final vetting
definition: An academic event session in which companies have the chance to present their work or services to an academic audience, as a means of doing business, public relations, networking or all of these.
alternative label: industr conference track
creator: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

academic industry track
type: Class
equivalent class: Class
  intersection of: academic event track
  intersection of: Restriction
    on property: has event format
    some values from: business event format
subclass of: academic event track
subclass of: business event
has curation status: pending final vetting
definition: An academic event track that has the purpose to facilitate the knowledge exchange between industry and academia.
creator: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213

academic flash talk
type: Class
equivalent class: Class
  intersection of: academic event talk
  intersection of: Restriction
    on property: has event format
    some values from: flash talk format
subclass of: academic event talk
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has event format
  some values from: flash talk format
has curation status: pending final vetting
definition: An academic event talk that is very brief (usually around 5 minutes).
creator: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1595-3213

academic demo track
type: Class
equivalent class: Class
  intersection of: academic event track
  intersection of: Restriction
    on property: has event format
    some values from: demonstration format
subclass of: academic event track
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has event format
  some values from: demonstration format
has curation status: pending final vetting
definition: An academic event track that has the goal to allow exemplary demonstrations of of work that has been implemented in a particular context and that fits into the topic (theme) of the academic event of which this track is a part of.
creator: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1595-3213

academic symposium series
type: Class
equivalent class: Class
  intersection of: academic event series
  intersection of: Restriction
    on property: event series of
    some values from: academic symposium
subclass of: academic event series
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: event series of
  some values from: academic symposium
has curation status: pending final vetting
definition: An academic event series that consists of academic events of a symposium format.
creator: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1595-3213

academic tutorial series
type: Class
equivalent class: Class
  intersection of: academic event series
  intersection of: Restriction
    on property: event series of
    some values from: academic tutorial
subclass of: academic event series
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: event series of
  some values from: academic tutorial
has curation status: pending final vetting
definition: An academic event series that consists of academic events of a tutorial format.
creator: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1595-3213

sociocultural event schedule
type: Class
subclass of: plan specification
has curation status: to be replaced with external ontology term
definition: A plan specification that provides a list or table of the start and end times of all the sociocultural events that are planned as parts of a larger organized sociocultural event.
creator: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1595-3213

event registration deadline
type: Class
subclass of: deadline specification
has curation status: to be replaced with external ontology term
definition: A deadline specification that specifies until when some kind of registration or RSVP process has to be completed in order to be allowed to attend a sociocultural event.
alternative label: RSVP deadline
creator: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1595-3213

academic event metric
type: Class
subclass of: data item
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: is about
  some values from: academic event
has curation status: pending final vetting
definition: A data item that contains assertions about meassurable aspects of an academic event, such as the number of its participants, submitted and accepted papers.
editor note: For the moment (Sep 2022) a further subtyping of this class is not intended and specific data properties are used to associate event metrics via this class with an academic event.
creator: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1595-3213

academic event description
type: Class
subclass of: publication
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: is about
  some values from: academic event
has curation status: pending final vetting
definition: A publication that is an aggregation of information content entities that are about an academic event, such as its sociocultural event format, its call for contributions, its location, its topics and associated academic field.
creator: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1595-3213

attendance fee specification
type: Class
subclass of: event fee specification
disjoint with: sponsor fee specification
definition: An event fee specification that, as part of a plan specification, defines the currency and amount of money a person has to pay to attend an event.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213
date: 2021-07-05T10:14:06Z

sponsor fee specification
type: Class
subclass of: event fee specification
definition: An event fee specification that, as part of a plan specification, defines the currency and amount of money a sponsor has to pay to sponsor an event.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213
date: 2021-07-05T10:15:52Z

dataset creating
type: Class
equivalent class: Class
  intersection of: planned process
  intersection of: Restriction
    on property: has_specified_output
    some values from: data set
subclass of: planned process
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has_specified_output
  some values from: data set
editor preferred term: creating a data set
definition: A planned process that has a data set as its specified output.
term editor: William R. Hogan
alternative label: data set creation
alternative label: dataset creation
source: iao.owl

entity
type: Class
subclass of: Thing
BFO OWL specification label: entity
BFO CLIF specification label: 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])
source: bfo.owl
source: iao.owl

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
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: part of
  all values from: continuant
disjoint with: occurrent
disjoint with: Restriction
  on property: part of
  some values from: occurrent
BFO OWL specification label: continuant
BFO CLIF specification label: 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]
source: bfo.owl
source: iao.owl
source: ro-base.owl

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
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: part of
  all values from: occurrent
disjoint with: Restriction
  on property: part of
  some values from: continuant
BFO OWL specification label: occurrent
BFO CLIF specification label: 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]
source: bfo.owl
source: iao.owl
source: ro-base.owl

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
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: part of
  all values from: independent continuant
disjoint with: specifically dependent continuant
disjoint with: generically dependent continuant
BFO OWL specification label: ic
BFO CLIF specification label: 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]
source: bfo.owl
source: iao.owl
source: ro-base.owl

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
disjoint with: continuant fiat boundary
BFO OWL specification label: s-region
BFO CLIF specification label: 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]
source: bfo.owl

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
disjoint with: spatiotemporal region
disjoint with: process
disjoint with: process boundary
BFO OWL specification label: t-region
BFO CLIF specification label: 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]
source: bfo.owl

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

two-dimensional spatial region
type: Class
subclass of: spatial region
disjoint with: three-dimensional spatial region
BFO OWL specification label: 2d-s-region
BFO CLIF specification label: TwoDimensionalSpatialRegion
example of usage: an infinitely thin plane in space.
example of usage: the surface of a sphere-shaped part of space
elucidation: A two-dimensional spatial region is a spatial region that is of two dimensions. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [039-001])
has associated axiom(fol): (forall (x) (if (TwoDimensionalSpatialRegion x) (SpatialRegion x))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [039-001]
source: bfo.owl

Axiom
annotated source: two-dimensional spatial region
annotated property: elucidation
annotated target: A two-dimensional spatial region is a spatial region that is of two dimensions. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [039-001])
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/039-001

Axiom
annotated source: two-dimensional spatial region
annotated property: has associated axiom(fol)
annotated target: (forall (x) (if (TwoDimensionalSpatialRegion x) (SpatialRegion x))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [039-001]
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/039-001

spatiotemporal region
type: Class
subclass of: occurrent
BFO OWL specification label: st-region
BFO CLIF specification label: 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]
source: bfo.owl

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
BFO OWL specification label: process
BFO CLIF specification label: 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]
source: bfo.owl
source: iao.owl
source: ro-base.owl

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

disposition
type: Class
subclass of: realizable entity
disjoint with: role
BFO OWL specification label: disposition
BFO CLIF specification label: Disposition
example of usage: an atom of element X has the disposition to decay to an atom of element Y
example of usage: certain people have a predisposition to colon cancer
example of usage: children are innately disposed to categorize objects in certain ways.
example of usage: the cell wall is disposed to filter chemicals in endocytosis and exocytosis
editor note: BFO 2 Reference: Dispositions exist along a strength continuum. Weaker forms of disposition are realized in only a fraction of triggering cases. These forms occur in a significant number of cases of a similar type.
elucidation: b is a disposition means: b is a realizable entity & b’s bearer is some material entity & b is such that if it ceases to exist, then its bearer is physically changed, & b’s realization occurs when and because this bearer is in some special physical circumstances, & this realization occurs in virtue of the bearer’s physical make-up. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [062-002])
has associated axiom(nl): If b is a realizable entity then for all t at which b exists, b s-depends_on some material entity at t. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [063-002])
has associated axiom(fol): (forall (x t) (if (and (RealizableEntity x) (existsAt x t)) (exists (y) (and (MaterialEntity y) (specificallyDepends x y t))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [063-002]
has associated axiom(fol): (forall (x) (if (Disposition x) (and (RealizableEntity x) (exists (y) (and (MaterialEntity y) (bearerOfAt x y t)))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [062-002]
source: bfo.owl
source: iao.owl

Axiom
annotated source: disposition
annotated property: elucidation
annotated target: b is a disposition means: b is a realizable entity & b’s bearer is some material entity & b is such that if it ceases to exist, then its bearer is physically changed, & b’s realization occurs when and because this bearer is in some special physical circumstances, & this realization occurs in virtue of the bearer’s physical make-up. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [062-002])
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/062-002

Axiom
annotated source: disposition
annotated property: has associated axiom(nl)
annotated target: If b is a realizable entity then for all t at which b exists, b s-depends_on some material entity at t. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [063-002])
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/063-002

Axiom
annotated source: disposition
annotated property: has associated axiom(fol)
annotated target: (forall (x t) (if (and (RealizableEntity x) (existsAt x t)) (exists (y) (and (MaterialEntity y) (specificallyDepends x y t))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [063-002]
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/063-002

Axiom
annotated source: disposition
annotated property: has associated axiom(fol)
annotated target: (forall (x) (if (Disposition x) (and (RealizableEntity x) (exists (y) (and (MaterialEntity y) (bearerOfAt x y t)))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [062-002]
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/062-002

realizable entity
type: Class
subclass of: specifically dependent continuant
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: part of
  all values from: realizable entity
disjoint with: quality
BFO OWL specification label: realizable
BFO CLIF specification label: 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]
source: bfo.owl
source: iao.owl
source: ro-base.owl

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

zero-dimensional spatial region
type: Class
subclass of: spatial region
disjoint with: three-dimensional spatial region
BFO OWL specification label: 0d-s-region
BFO CLIF specification label: ZeroDimensionalSpatialRegion
elucidation: A zero-dimensional spatial region is a point in space. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [037-001])
has associated axiom(fol): (forall (x) (if (ZeroDimensionalSpatialRegion x) (SpatialRegion x))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [037-001]
source: bfo.owl

Axiom
annotated source: zero-dimensional spatial region
annotated property: elucidation
annotated target: A zero-dimensional spatial region is a point in space. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [037-001])
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/037-001

Axiom
annotated source: zero-dimensional spatial region
annotated property: has associated axiom(fol)
annotated target: (forall (x) (if (ZeroDimensionalSpatialRegion x) (SpatialRegion x))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [037-001]
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/037-001

quality
type: Class
subclass of: specifically dependent continuant
BFO OWL specification label: quality
BFO CLIF specification label: 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]
source: bfo.owl
source: iao.owl

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
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: part of
  all values from: specifically dependent continuant
disjoint with: generically dependent continuant
BFO OWL specification label: sdc
BFO CLIF specification label: 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]
source: bfo.owl
source: iao.owl
source: ro-base.owl

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 OWL specification label: role
BFO CLIF specification label: 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]
source: bfo.owl
source: iao.owl
source: ro-base.owl

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

fiat object part
type: Class
subclass of: material entity
BFO OWL specification label: fiat-object-part
BFO CLIF specification label: FiatObjectPart
example of usage: or with divisions drawn by cognitive subjects for practical reasons, such as the division of a cake (before slicing) into (what will become) slices (and thus member parts of an object aggregate). However, this does not mean that fiat object parts are dependent for their existence on divisions or delineations effected by cognitive subjects. If, for example, it is correct to conceive geological layers of the Earth as fiat object parts of the Earth, then even though these layers were first delineated in recent times, still existed long before such delineation and what holds of these layers (for example that the oldest layers are also the lowest layers) did not begin to hold because of our acts of delineation.Treatment of material entity in BFOExamples viewed by some as problematic cases for the trichotomy of fiat object part, object, and object aggregate include: a mussel on (and attached to) a rock, a slime mold, a pizza, a cloud, a galaxy, a railway train with engine and multiple carriages, a clonal stand of quaking aspen, a bacterial community (biofilm), a broken femur. Note that, as Aristotle already clearly recognized, such problematic cases – which lie at or near the penumbra of instances defined by the categories in question – need not invalidate these categories. The existence of grey objects does not prove that there are not objects which are black and objects which are white; the existence of mules does not prove that there are not objects which are donkeys and objects which are horses. It does, however, show that the examples in question need to be addressed carefully in order to show how they can be fitted into the proposed scheme, for example by recognizing additional subdivisions [29
example of usage: the FMA:regional parts of an intact human body.
example of usage: the Western hemisphere of the Earth
example of usage: the division of the brain into regions
example of usage: the division of the planet into hemispheres
example of usage: the dorsal and ventral surfaces of the body
example of usage: the upper and lower lobes of the left lung
editor note: BFO 2 Reference: Most examples of fiat object parts are associated with theoretically drawn divisions
elucidation: b is a fiat object part = Def. b is a material entity which is such that for all times t, if b exists at t then there is some object c such that b proper continuant_part of c at t and c is demarcated from the remainder of c by a two-dimensional continuant fiat boundary. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [027-004])
has associated axiom(fol): (forall (x) (if (FiatObjectPart x) (and (MaterialEntity x) (forall (t) (if (existsAt x t) (exists (y) (and (Object y) (properContinuantPartOfAt x y t)))))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [027-004]
source: bfo.owl

Axiom
annotated source: fiat object part
annotated property: elucidation
annotated target: b is a fiat object part = Def. b is a material entity which is such that for all times t, if b exists at t then there is some object c such that b proper continuant_part of c at t and c is demarcated from the remainder of c by a two-dimensional continuant fiat boundary. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [027-004])
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/027-004

Axiom
annotated source: fiat object part
annotated property: has associated axiom(fol)
annotated target: (forall (x) (if (FiatObjectPart x) (and (MaterialEntity x) (forall (t) (if (existsAt x t) (exists (y) (and (Object y) (properContinuantPartOfAt x y t)))))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [027-004]
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/027-004

one-dimensional spatial region
type: Class
subclass of: spatial region
disjoint with: three-dimensional spatial region
BFO OWL specification label: 1d-s-region
BFO CLIF specification label: OneDimensionalSpatialRegion
example of usage: an edge of a cube-shaped portion of space.
elucidation: A one-dimensional spatial region is a line or aggregate of lines stretching from one point in space to another. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [038-001])
has associated axiom(fol): (forall (x) (if (OneDimensionalSpatialRegion x) (SpatialRegion x))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [038-001]
source: bfo.owl

Axiom
annotated source: one-dimensional spatial region
annotated property: elucidation
annotated target: A one-dimensional spatial region is a line or aggregate of lines stretching from one point in space to another. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [038-001])
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/038-001

Axiom
annotated source: one-dimensional spatial region
annotated property: has associated axiom(fol)
annotated target: (forall (x) (if (OneDimensionalSpatialRegion x) (SpatialRegion x))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [038-001]
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/038-001

object aggregate
type: Class
subclass of: material entity
BFO OWL specification label: object-aggregate
BFO CLIF specification label: 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]
source: bfo.owl

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

three-dimensional spatial region
type: Class
subclass of: spatial region
BFO OWL specification label: 3d-s-region
BFO CLIF specification label: ThreeDimensionalSpatialRegion
example of usage: a cube-shaped region of space
example of usage: a sphere-shaped region of space,
elucidation: A three-dimensional spatial region is a spatial region that is of three dimensions. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [040-001])
has associated axiom(fol): (forall (x) (if (ThreeDimensionalSpatialRegion x) (SpatialRegion x))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [040-001]
source: bfo.owl

Axiom
annotated source: three-dimensional spatial region
annotated property: elucidation
annotated target: A three-dimensional spatial region is a spatial region that is of three dimensions. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [040-001])
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/040-001

Axiom
annotated source: three-dimensional spatial region
annotated property: has associated axiom(fol)
annotated target: (forall (x) (if (ThreeDimensionalSpatialRegion x) (SpatialRegion x))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [040-001]
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/040-001

site
type: Class
subclass of: immaterial entity
BFO OWL specification label: site
BFO CLIF specification label: 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]
source: bfo.owl
source: iao.owl

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 OWL specification label: object
BFO CLIF specification label: 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])
source: bfo.owl

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
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: part of
  all values from: generically dependent continuant
BFO OWL specification label: gdc
BFO CLIF specification label: 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]
source: bfo.owl
source: iao.owl
source: ro-base.owl

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

function
type: Class
subclass of: disposition
BFO OWL specification label: function
BFO CLIF specification label: Function
example of usage: the function of a hammer to drive in nails
example of usage: the function of a heart pacemaker to regulate the beating of a heart through electricity
example of usage: the function of amylase in saliva to break down starch into sugar
editor note: BFO 2 Reference: In the past, we have distinguished two varieties of function, artifactual function and biological function. These are not asserted subtypes of BFO:function however, since the same function – for example: to pump, to transport – can exist both in artifacts and in biological entities. The asserted subtypes of function that would be needed in order to yield a separate monoheirarchy are not artifactual function, biological function, etc., but rather transporting function, pumping function, etc.
elucidation: A function is a disposition that exists in virtue of the bearer’s physical make-up and this physical make-up is something the bearer possesses because it came into being, either through evolution (in the case of natural biological entities) or through intentional design (in the case of artifacts), in order to realize processes of a certain sort. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [064-001])
has associated axiom(fol): (forall (x) (if (Function x) (Disposition x))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [064-001]
source: bfo.owl
source: iao.owl

Axiom
annotated source: function
annotated property: elucidation
annotated target: A function is a disposition that exists in virtue of the bearer’s physical make-up and this physical make-up is something the bearer possesses because it came into being, either through evolution (in the case of natural biological entities) or through intentional design (in the case of artifacts), in order to realize processes of a certain sort. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [064-001])
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/064-001

Axiom
annotated source: function
annotated property: has associated axiom(fol)
annotated target: (forall (x) (if (Function x) (Disposition x))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [064-001]
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/064-001

process boundary
type: Class
subclass of: occurrent
BFO OWL specification label: p-boundary
BFO CLIF specification label: 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]
source: bfo.owl

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

one-dimensional temporal region
type: Class
subclass of: temporal region
disjoint with: zero-dimensional temporal region
BFO OWL specification label: 1d-t-region
BFO CLIF specification label: OneDimensionalTemporalRegion
example of usage: the temporal region during which a process occurs.
editor note: BFO 2 Reference: A temporal interval is a special kind of one-dimensional temporal region, namely one that is self-connected (is without gaps or breaks).
elucidation: A one-dimensional temporal region is a temporal region that is extended. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [103-001])
has associated axiom(fol): (forall (x) (if (OneDimensionalTemporalRegion x) (TemporalRegion x))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [103-001]
source: bfo.owl

Axiom
annotated source: one-dimensional temporal region
annotated property: elucidation
annotated target: A one-dimensional temporal region is a temporal region that is extended. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [103-001])
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/103-001

Axiom
annotated source: one-dimensional temporal region
annotated property: has associated axiom(fol)
annotated target: (forall (x) (if (OneDimensionalTemporalRegion x) (TemporalRegion x))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [103-001]
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/103-001

material entity
type: Class
subclass of: independent continuant
disjoint with: immaterial entity
BFO OWL specification label: material
BFO CLIF specification label: 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
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]
source: bfo.owl

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

continuant fiat boundary
type: Class
subclass of: immaterial entity
BFO OWL specification label: cf-boundary
BFO CLIF specification label: ContinuantFiatBoundary
definition: b is a continuant fiat boundary = Def. b is an immaterial entity that is of zero, one or two dimensions and does not include a spatial region as part. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [029-001])
editor note: BFO 2 Reference: In BFO 1.1 the assumption was made that the external surface of a material entity such as a cell could be treated as if it were a boundary in the mathematical sense. The new document propounds the view that when we talk about external surfaces of material objects in this way then we are talking about something fiat. To be dealt with in a future version: fiat boundaries at different levels of granularity.More generally, the focus in discussion of boundaries in BFO 2.0 is now on fiat boundaries, which means: boundaries for which there is no assumption that they coincide with physical discontinuities. The ontology of boundaries becomes more closely allied with the ontology of regions.
editor note: BFO 2 Reference: a continuant fiat boundary is a boundary of some material entity (for example: the plane separating the Northern and Southern hemispheres; the North Pole), or it is a boundary of some immaterial entity (for example of some portion of airspace). Three basic kinds of continuant fiat boundary can be distinguished (together with various combination kinds [29
editor note: Continuant fiat boundary doesn't have a closure axiom because the subclasses don't necessarily exhaust all possibilites. An example would be the mereological sum of two-dimensional continuant fiat boundary and a one dimensional continuant fiat boundary that doesn't overlap it. The situation is analogous to temporal and spatial regions.
has associated axiom(nl): Every continuant fiat boundary is located at some spatial region at every time at which it exists
has associated axiom(fol): (iff (ContinuantFiatBoundary a) (and (ImmaterialEntity a) (exists (b) (and (or (ZeroDimensionalSpatialRegion b) (OneDimensionalSpatialRegion b) (TwoDimensionalSpatialRegion b)) (forall (t) (locatedInAt a b t)))) (not (exists (c t) (and (SpatialRegion c) (continuantPartOfAt c a t)))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [029-001]
source: bfo.owl

Axiom
annotated source: continuant fiat boundary
annotated property: definition
annotated target: b is a continuant fiat boundary = Def. b is an immaterial entity that is of zero, one or two dimensions and does not include a spatial region as part. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [029-001])
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/029-001

Axiom
annotated source: continuant fiat boundary
annotated property: editor note
annotated target: Continuant fiat boundary doesn't have a closure axiom because the subclasses don't necessarily exhaust all possibilites. An example would be the mereological sum of two-dimensional continuant fiat boundary and a one dimensional continuant fiat boundary that doesn't overlap it. The situation is analogous to temporal and spatial regions.
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/0000008

Axiom
annotated source: continuant fiat boundary
annotated property: has associated axiom(fol)
annotated target: (iff (ContinuantFiatBoundary a) (and (ImmaterialEntity a) (exists (b) (and (or (ZeroDimensionalSpatialRegion b) (OneDimensionalSpatialRegion b) (TwoDimensionalSpatialRegion b)) (forall (t) (locatedInAt a b t)))) (not (exists (c t) (and (SpatialRegion c) (continuantPartOfAt c a t)))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [029-001]
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/029-001

immaterial entity
type: Class
subclass of: independent continuant
BFO OWL specification label: immaterial
BFO CLIF specification label: 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
source: bfo.owl
source: iao.owl

one-dimensional continuant fiat boundary
type: Class
subclass of: continuant fiat boundary
disjoint with: two-dimensional continuant fiat boundary
disjoint with: zero-dimensional continuant fiat boundary
BFO OWL specification label: 1d-cf-boundary
BFO CLIF specification label: OneDimensionalContinuantFiatBoundary
example of usage: The Equator
example of usage: all geopolitical boundaries
example of usage: all lines of latitude and longitude
example of usage: the line separating the outer surface of the mucosa of the lower lip from the outer surface of the skin of the chin.
example of usage: the median sulcus of your tongue
elucidation: a one-dimensional continuant fiat boundary is a continuous fiat line whose location is defined in relation to some material entity. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [032-001])
has associated axiom(fol): (iff (OneDimensionalContinuantFiatBoundary a) (and (ContinuantFiatBoundary a) (exists (b) (and (OneDimensionalSpatialRegion b) (forall (t) (locatedInAt a b t)))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [032-001]
source: bfo.owl

Axiom
annotated source: one-dimensional continuant fiat boundary
annotated property: elucidation
annotated target: a one-dimensional continuant fiat boundary is a continuous fiat line whose location is defined in relation to some material entity. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [032-001])
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/032-001

Axiom
annotated source: one-dimensional continuant fiat boundary
annotated property: has associated axiom(fol)
annotated target: (iff (OneDimensionalContinuantFiatBoundary a) (and (ContinuantFiatBoundary a) (exists (b) (and (OneDimensionalSpatialRegion b) (forall (t) (locatedInAt a b t)))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [032-001]
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/032-001

process profile
type: Class
subclass of: process
disjoint with: history
BFO OWL specification label: process-profile
BFO CLIF specification label: ProcessProfile
example of usage: On a somewhat higher level of complexity are what we shall call rate process profiles, which are the targets of selective abstraction focused not on determinate quality magnitudes plotted over time, but rather on certain ratios between these magnitudes and elapsed times. A speed process profile, for example, is represented by a graph plotting against time the ratio of distance covered per unit of time. Since rates may change, and since such changes, too, may have rates of change, we have to deal here with a hierarchy of process profile universals at successive levels
example of usage: One important sub-family of rate process profiles is illustrated by the beat or frequency profiles of cyclical processes, illustrated by the 60 beats per minute beating process of John’s heart, or the 120 beats per minute drumming process involved in one of John’s performances in a rock band, and so on. Each such process includes what we shall call a beat process profile instance as part, a subtype of rate process profile in which the salient ratio is not distance covered but rather number of beat cycles per unit of time. Each beat process profile instance instantiates the determinable universal beat process profile. But it also instantiates multiple more specialized universals at lower levels of generality, selected from rate process profilebeat process profileregular beat process profile3 bpm beat process profile4 bpm beat process profileirregular beat process profileincreasing beat process profileand so on.In the case of a regular beat process profile, a rate can be assigned in the simplest possible fashion by dividing the number of cycles by the length of the temporal region occupied by the beating process profile as a whole. Irregular process profiles of this sort, for example as identified in the clinic, or in the readings on an aircraft instrument panel, are often of diagnostic significance.
example of usage: The simplest type of process profiles are what we shall call ‘quality process profiles’, which are the process profiles which serve as the foci of the sort of selective abstraction that is involved when measurements are made of changes in single qualities, as illustrated, for example, by process profiles of mass, temperature, aortic pressure, and so on.
definition: b is a process_profile =Def. there is some process c such that b process_profile_of c (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [093-002])
elucidation: b process_profile_of c holds when b proper_occurrent_part_of c& there is some proper_occurrent_part d of c which has no parts in common with b & is mutually dependent on b& is such that b, c and d occupy the same temporal region (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [094-005])
has associated axiom(fol): (forall (x y) (if (processProfileOf x y) (and (properContinuantPartOf x y) (exists (z t) (and (properOccurrentPartOf z y) (TemporalRegion t) (occupiesSpatioTemporalRegion x t) (occupiesSpatioTemporalRegion y t) (occupiesSpatioTemporalRegion z t) (not (exists (w) (and (occurrentPartOf w x) (occurrentPartOf w z))))))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [094-005]
has associated axiom(fol): (iff (ProcessProfile a) (exists (b) (and (Process b) (processProfileOf a b)))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [093-002]
source: bfo.owl

Axiom
annotated source: process profile
annotated property: definition
annotated target: b is a process_profile =Def. there is some process c such that b process_profile_of c (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [093-002])
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/093-002

Axiom
annotated source: process profile
annotated property: elucidation
annotated target: b process_profile_of c holds when b proper_occurrent_part_of c& there is some proper_occurrent_part d of c which has no parts in common with b & is mutually dependent on b& is such that b, c and d occupy the same temporal region (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [094-005])
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/094-005

Axiom
annotated source: process profile
annotated property: has associated axiom(fol)
annotated target: (forall (x y) (if (processProfileOf x y) (and (properContinuantPartOf x y) (exists (z t) (and (properOccurrentPartOf z y) (TemporalRegion t) (occupiesSpatioTemporalRegion x t) (occupiesSpatioTemporalRegion y t) (occupiesSpatioTemporalRegion z t) (not (exists (w) (and (occurrentPartOf w x) (occurrentPartOf w z))))))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [094-005]
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/094-005

Axiom
annotated source: process profile
annotated property: has associated axiom(fol)
annotated target: (iff (ProcessProfile a) (exists (b) (and (Process b) (processProfileOf a b)))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [093-002]
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/093-002

relational quality
type: Class
subclass of: quality
BFO OWL specification label: r-quality
BFO CLIF specification label: 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]
source: bfo.owl

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

two-dimensional continuant fiat boundary
type: Class
subclass of: continuant fiat boundary
BFO OWL specification label: 2d-cf-boundary
BFO CLIF specification label: TwoDimensionalContinuantFiatBoundary
elucidation: a two-dimensional continuant fiat boundary (surface) is a self-connected fiat surface whose location is defined in relation to some material entity. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [033-001])
has associated axiom(fol): (iff (TwoDimensionalContinuantFiatBoundary a) (and (ContinuantFiatBoundary a) (exists (b) (and (TwoDimensionalSpatialRegion b) (forall (t) (locatedInAt a b t)))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [033-001]
source: bfo.owl

Axiom
annotated source: two-dimensional continuant fiat boundary
annotated property: elucidation
annotated target: a two-dimensional continuant fiat boundary (surface) is a self-connected fiat surface whose location is defined in relation to some material entity. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [033-001])
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/033-001

Axiom
annotated source: two-dimensional continuant fiat boundary
annotated property: has associated axiom(fol)
annotated target: (iff (TwoDimensionalContinuantFiatBoundary a) (and (ContinuantFiatBoundary a) (exists (b) (and (TwoDimensionalSpatialRegion b) (forall (t) (locatedInAt a b t)))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [033-001]
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/033-001

zero-dimensional continuant fiat boundary
type: Class
subclass of: continuant fiat boundary
BFO OWL specification label: 0d-cf-boundary
BFO CLIF specification label: ZeroDimensionalContinuantFiatBoundary
example of usage: the geographic North Pole
example of usage: the point of origin of some spatial coordinate system.
example of usage: the quadripoint where the boundaries of Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona meet
editor note: zero dimension continuant fiat boundaries are not spatial points. Considering the example 'the quadripoint where the boundaries of Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona meet' : There are many frames in which that point is zooming through many points in space. Whereas, no matter what the frame, the quadripoint is always in the same relation to the boundaries of Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona.
elucidation: a zero-dimensional continuant fiat boundary is a fiat point whose location is defined in relation to some material entity. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [031-001])
has associated axiom(fol): (iff (ZeroDimensionalContinuantFiatBoundary a) (and (ContinuantFiatBoundary a) (exists (b) (and (ZeroDimensionalSpatialRegion b) (forall (t) (locatedInAt a b t)))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [031-001]
source: bfo.owl

Axiom
annotated source: zero-dimensional continuant fiat boundary
annotated property: editor note
annotated target: zero dimension continuant fiat boundaries are not spatial points. Considering the example 'the quadripoint where the boundaries of Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona meet' : There are many frames in which that point is zooming through many points in space. Whereas, no matter what the frame, the quadripoint is always in the same relation to the boundaries of Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona.
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/0000001
comment: requested by Melanie Courtot

Axiom
annotated source: zero-dimensional continuant fiat boundary
annotated property: elucidation
annotated target: a zero-dimensional continuant fiat boundary is a fiat point whose location is defined in relation to some material entity. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [031-001])
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/031-001

Axiom
annotated source: zero-dimensional continuant fiat boundary
annotated property: has associated axiom(fol)
annotated target: (iff (ZeroDimensionalContinuantFiatBoundary a) (and (ContinuantFiatBoundary a) (exists (b) (and (ZeroDimensionalSpatialRegion b) (forall (t) (locatedInAt a b t)))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [031-001]
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/031-001

zero-dimensional temporal region
type: Class
subclass of: temporal region
BFO OWL specification label: 0d-t-region
BFO CLIF specification label: ZeroDimensionalTemporalRegion
example of usage: a temporal region that is occupied by a process boundary
example of usage: right now
example of usage: the moment at which a child is born
example of usage: the moment at which a finger is detached in an industrial accident
example of usage: the moment of death.
alternative label: temporal instant.
elucidation: A zero-dimensional temporal region is a temporal region that is without extent. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [102-001])
has associated axiom(fol): (forall (x) (if (ZeroDimensionalTemporalRegion x) (TemporalRegion x))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [102-001]
source: bfo.owl

Axiom
annotated source: zero-dimensional temporal region
annotated property: elucidation
annotated target: A zero-dimensional temporal region is a temporal region that is without extent. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [102-001])
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/102-001

Axiom
annotated source: zero-dimensional temporal region
annotated property: has associated axiom(fol)
annotated target: (forall (x) (if (ZeroDimensionalTemporalRegion x) (TemporalRegion x))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [102-001]
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/102-001

history
type: Class
subclass of: process
BFO OWL specification label: history
BFO CLIF specification label: History
elucidation: A history is a process that is the sum of the totality of processes taking place in the spatiotemporal region occupied by a material entity or site, including processes on the surface of the entity or within the cavities to which it serves as host. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [138-001])
source: bfo.owl

Axiom
annotated source: history
annotated property: elucidation
annotated target: A history is a process that is the sum of the totality of processes taking place in the spatiotemporal region occupied by a material entity or site, including processes on the surface of the entity or within the cavities to which it serves as host. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [138-001])
has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/138-001

administrative region
type: Class
subclass of: site
source: envo.owl
has db xref: FTT:1242
has db xref: FTT:1252
has db xref: FTT:15
has db xref: FTT:16
has db xref: FTT:18
has db xref: FTT:19
has db xref: FTT:21
has db xref: FTT:22
has db xref: FTT:23
has db xref: FTT:24
has db xref: FTT:25
has db xref: FTT:26
has db xref: FTT:27
has db xref: FTT:28
has db xref: FTT:29
has db xref: FTT:37
has db xref: SWEETRealm:AdministrativeRegion
has db xref: TGN:80001
has db xref: TGN:81099
has db xref: TGN:81123
has db xref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administrative_region
has exact synonym: administrative area
has related synonym: administrative division
has related synonym: administrative entity
has related synonym: boundary region
has related synonym: civil area
has related synonym: district
has related synonym: free trade zone
has related synonym: governed place
has related synonym: leased area (government)
has related synonym: leased zone (government)
has related synonym: neutral zone (political)
has related synonym: prefecture
has related synonym: protectorate
has related synonym: sheikdom
has related synonym: sultanate
has related synonym: trade zone

Axiom
annotated source: administrative region
annotated property: hasExactSynonym
annotated target: administrative area
has db xref: ADL:FTT

Axiom
annotated source: administrative region
annotated property: hasRelatedSynonym
annotated target: administrative division
has db xref: ADL:FTT

Axiom
annotated source: administrative region
annotated property: hasRelatedSynonym
annotated target: administrative division
has db xref: Getty:TGN

Axiom
annotated source: administrative region
annotated property: hasRelatedSynonym
annotated target: administrative entity
has db xref: Getty:TGN

Axiom
annotated source: administrative region
annotated property: hasRelatedSynonym
annotated target: boundary region
has db xref: ADL:FTT

Axiom
annotated source: administrative region
annotated property: hasRelatedSynonym
annotated target: civil area
has db xref: ADL:FTT

Axiom
annotated source: administrative region
annotated property: hasRelatedSynonym
annotated target: district
has db xref: ADL:FTT

Axiom
annotated source: administrative region
annotated property: hasRelatedSynonym
annotated target: free trade zone
has db xref: ADL:FTT

Axiom
annotated source: administrative region
annotated property: hasRelatedSynonym
annotated target: governed place
has db xref: ADL:FTT

Axiom
annotated source: administrative region
annotated property: hasRelatedSynonym
annotated target: leased area (government)
has db xref: ADL:FTT

Axiom
annotated source: administrative region
annotated property: hasRelatedSynonym
annotated target: leased zone (government)
has db xref: ADL:FTT

Axiom
annotated source: administrative region
annotated property: hasRelatedSynonym
annotated target: neutral zone (political)
has db xref: ADL:FTT

Axiom
annotated source: administrative region
annotated property: hasRelatedSynonym
annotated target: prefecture
has db xref: ADL:FTT

Axiom
annotated source: administrative region
annotated property: hasRelatedSynonym
annotated target: protectorate
has db xref: ADL:FTT

Axiom
annotated source: administrative region
annotated property: hasRelatedSynonym
annotated target: sheikdom
has db xref: ADL:FTT

Axiom
annotated source: administrative region
annotated property: hasRelatedSynonym
annotated target: sultanate
has db xref: ADL:FTT

Axiom
annotated source: administrative region
annotated property: hasRelatedSynonym
annotated target: trade zone
has db xref: ADL:FTT

first-order administrative region
type: Class
subclass of: administrative region
definition: A primary administrative division of a country, such as a state in the United States.
source: envo.owl
has db xref: FTT:414
has db xref: FTT:569
has db xref: Geonames:A.ADM1
has db xref: TGN:81100
has OBO namespace: ENVO
has related synonym: countries, 1st order division
has related synonym: first level subdivision
has related synonym: first-order administrative division
id: ENVO:00000005

Axiom
annotated source: first-order administrative region
annotated property: definition
annotated target: A primary administrative division of a country, such as a state in the United States.
has db xref: Geonames:http://www.geonames.org/export/codes.html

Axiom
annotated source: first-order administrative region
annotated property: hasRelatedSynonym
annotated target: countries, 1st order division
has db xref: ADL:FTT

Axiom
annotated source: first-order administrative region
annotated property: hasRelatedSynonym
annotated target: first level subdivision
has db xref: Getty:TGN

Axiom
annotated source: first-order administrative region
annotated property: hasRelatedSynonym
annotated target: first-order administrative division
has db xref: Geonames:feature

national geopolitical entity
type: Class
subclass of: political entity
definition: A political association with effective dominion over a geographic area.
source: envo.owl
has db xref: FTT:424
has db xref: FTT:566
has db xref: FTT:567
has db xref: FTT:571
has db xref: SWEETRealm:Country
has db xref: SWEETRealm:State
has db xref: TGN:80006
has db xref: TGN:81010
has db xref: TGN:81011
has db xref: TGN:81102
has db xref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nation
has exact synonym: nation
has narrow synonym: independent nation
has narrow synonym: independent political entity
has narrow synonym: independent sovereign nation
has OBO namespace: ENVO
has related synonym: country
has related synonym: political entity
has related synonym: state
id: ENVO:00000009

Axiom
annotated source: national geopolitical entity
annotated property: definition
annotated target: A political association with effective dominion over a geographic area.
has db xref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State

Axiom
annotated source: national geopolitical entity
annotated property: hasExactSynonym
annotated target: nation
has db xref: ADL:FTT

Axiom
annotated source: national geopolitical entity
annotated property: hasNarrowSynonym
annotated target: independent nation
has db xref: Getty:TGN

Axiom
annotated source: national geopolitical entity
annotated property: hasNarrowSynonym
annotated target: independent political entity
has db xref: Getty:TGN

Axiom
annotated source: national geopolitical entity
annotated property: hasNarrowSynonym
annotated target: independent sovereign nation
has db xref: Getty:TGN

Axiom
annotated source: national geopolitical entity
annotated property: hasRelatedSynonym
annotated target: country
has db xref: ADL:FTT

Axiom
annotated source: national geopolitical entity
annotated property: hasRelatedSynonym
annotated target: political entity
has db xref: ADL:FTT

populated place
type: Class
subclass of: environmental zone
definition: Place or area with clustered or scattered buildings and a permanent human population.
source: envo.owl
has broad synonym: place
has db xref: FTT:1097
has db xref: FTT:33
has db xref: Geonames:P.PPL
has db xref: Geonames:P.PPLS
has db xref: TGN:22201
has db xref: TGN:83002
has db xref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Populated_place
has exact synonym: populated places
has exact synonym: settlement
has OBO namespace: ENVO
has related synonym: inhabited region
has related synonym: populated locality
id: ENVO:00000062

Axiom
annotated source: populated place
annotated property: definition
annotated target: Place or area with clustered or scattered buildings and a permanent human population.
has db xref: USGS:http://mapping.usgs.gov/www/ti/GNIS/gnis_users_guide_appendixc.html

Axiom
annotated source: populated place
annotated property: hasBroadSynonym
annotated target: place
has db xref: USGS:SDTS

Axiom
annotated source: populated place
annotated property: hasExactSynonym
annotated target: populated places
has db xref: Geonames:feature

Axiom
annotated source: populated place
annotated property: hasExactSynonym
annotated target: settlement
has db xref: USGS:SDTS

political entity
type: Class
subclass of: administrative region
definition: A geographical region whose affairs and population are administered by an authority.
source: envo.owl
has db xref: FTT:1093
has db xref: Geonames:A.PCL
has db xref: TGN:80002
has related synonym: political entity

Axiom
annotated source: political entity
annotated property: definition
annotated target: A geographical region whose affairs and population are administered by an authority.
has db xref: MA:ma

Axiom
annotated source: political entity
annotated property: hasRelatedSynonym
annotated target: political entity
has db xref: Geonames:feature

city
type: Class
subclass of: dense settlement
definition: Incorporated populated place.
source: envo.owl
has broad synonym: urban area
has db xref: EcoLexicon:city
has db xref: FTT:430
has db xref: FTT:483
has db xref: FTT:484
has db xref: FTT:485
has db xref: SWEETRealm:City
has db xref: TGN:83020
has db xref: TGN:83040
has db xref: TGN:83043
has db xref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City
has OBO namespace: ENVO
id: ENVO:00000856

Axiom
annotated source: city
annotated property: definition
annotated target: Incorporated populated place.
has db xref: ADL:FTT

Axiom
annotated source: city
annotated property: hasBroadSynonym
annotated target: urban area
has db xref: ADL:FTT

environmental zone
type: Class
subclass of: site
definition: A site which has its extent determined by the presence or influence of one or more components of an environmental system or the processes occurring therein.
source: envo.owl
has related synonym: environmental area
in subset: envoPolar
comment: Formerly, this class was an experimental class and a subclass of "environmental feature". It is now aligned to BFO. The class was not obsoleted as the core semantics maintained their stability through its transition.

dense settlement
type: Class
subclass of: populated place
definition: A settlement with a high density of buildings and inhabitants.
editor note: See also: http://www.ecotope.org/anthromes/v1/guide/urban/12_dense_settlements/default.aspx
source: envo.owl
comment: The thresholds for what makes a settlment "dense" can be determined as needed. If there is a specific threshold that should be added to ENVO, please make a new class request.

conditional specification
type: Class
subclass of: directive information entity
editor preferred term: conditional specification
has curation status: metadata complete
definition: A directive information entity that specifies what should happen if the trigger condition is fulfilled.
term editor: PlanAndPlannedProcess Branch
definition source: OBI branch derived
definition source: OBI_0000349
source: iao.owl

objective specification
type: Class
subclass of: directive information entity
editor preferred term: objective specification
example of usage: In the protocol of a ChIP assay the objective specification says to identify protein and DNA interaction.
has curation status: ready for release
definition: A directive information entity that describes an intended process endpoint. When part of a plan specification the concretization is realized in a planned process in which the bearer tries to effect the world so that the process endpoint is achieved.
editor note: 2009-03-16: original definition when imported from OBI read: "objective is an non realizable information entity which can serve as that proper part of a plan towards which the realization of the plan is directed."
editor note: 2014-03-31: In the example of usage ("In the protocol of a ChIP assay the objective specification says to identify protein and DNA interaction") there is a protocol which is the ChIP assay protocol. In addition to being concretized on paper, the protocol can be concretized as a realizable entity, such as a plan that inheres in a person. The objective specification is the part that says that some protein and DNA interactions are identified. This is a specification of a process endpoint: the boundary in the process before which they are not identified and after which they are. During the realization of the plan, the goal is to get to the point of having the interactions, and participants in the realization of the plan try to do that.
editor note: Answers the question, why did you do this experiment?
term editor: PERSON: Alan Ruttenberg
term editor: PERSON: Barry Smith
term editor: PERSON: Bjoern Peters
term editor: PERSON: Jennifer Fostel
alternative label: goal specification
definition source: OBI Plan and Planned Process/Roles Branch
definition source: OBI_0000217
source: iao.owl

action specification
type: Class
subclass of: directive information entity
example of usage: Pour the contents of flask 1 into flask 2
has curation status: ready for release
definition: A directive information entity that describes an action the bearer will take.
term editor: Alan Ruttenberg
definition source: OBI Plan and Planned Process branch
source: iao.owl

information carrier
type: Class
equivalent class: Class
  intersection of: quality
  intersection of: Restriction
    on property: concretizes
    some values from: information content entity
subclass of: quality
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: concretizes
  some values from: information content entity
editor preferred term: information carrier
example of usage: In the case of a printed paperback novel the physicality of the ink and of the paper form part of the information bearer. The qualities of appearing black and having a certain pattern for the ink and appearing white for the paper form part of the information carrier in this case.
has curation status: pending final vetting
definition: A quality of an information bearer that imparts the information content
editor note: 12/15/09: There is a concern that some ways that carry information may be processes rather than qualities, such as in a 'delayed wave carrier'.
editor note: 2014-03-10: We are not certain that all information carriers are qualities. There was a discussion of dropping it.
term editor: PERSON: Alan Ruttenberg
definition source: Smith, Ceusters, Ruttenberg, 2000 years of philosophy
source: iao.owl

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: pending final vetting
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 label: data
source: iao.owl

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: pending final vetting
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
source: iao.owl

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: ready for release
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
source: iao.owl

directive information entity
type: Class
subclass of: information content entity
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: is about
  some values from: realizable entity
has curation status: ready for release
definition: An information content entity whose concretizations indicate to their bearer how to realize them in a process.
editor note: 2009-03-16: provenance: a term realizable information entity was proposed for OBI (OBI_0000337) , edited by the PlanAndPlannedProcess branch. Original definition was "is the specification of a process that can be concretized and realized by an actor" with alternative term "instruction".It has been subsequently moved to IAO where the objective for which the original term was defined was satisfied with the definitionof this, different, term.
editor note: 2013-05-30 Alan Ruttenberg: What differentiates a directive information entity from an information concretization is that it can have concretizations that are either qualities or realizable entities. The concretizations that are realizable entities are created when an individual chooses to take up the direction, i.e. has the intention to (try to) realize it.
editor note: 8/6/2009 Alan Ruttenberg: Changed label from "information entity about a realizable" after discussions at ICBO
editor note: Werner pushed back on calling it realizable information entity as it isn't realizable. However this name isn't right either. An example would be a recipe. The realizable entity would be a plan, but the information entity isn't about the plan, it, once concretized, *is* the plan. -Alan
term editor: PERSON: Alan Ruttenberg
term editor: PERSON: Bjoern Peters
source: iao.owl

curation status specification
type: Class
equivalent class: Class
  one of: example to be eventually removed
  one of: metadata complete
  one of: organizational term
  one of: ready for release
  one of: metadata incomplete
  one of: uncurated
  one of: pending final vetting
  one of: to be replaced with external ontology term
  one of: requires discussion
subclass of: data about an ontology part
editor preferred term: curation status specification
has curation status: pending final vetting
definition: The curation status of the term. The allowed values come from an enumerated list of predefined terms. See the specification of these instances for more detailed definitions of each enumerated value.
editor note: Better to represent curation as a process with parts and then relate labels to that process (in IAO meeting)
term editor: PERSON:Bill Bug
definition source: GROUP:OBI:<http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/obi>
definition source: OBI_0000266
source: iao.owl

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: pending final vetting
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
source: iao.owl

data about an ontology part
type: Class
subclass of: data item
editor preferred term: data about an ontology part
definition: Data about an ontology part is a data item about a part of an ontology, for example a term
term editor: Person:Alan Ruttenberg
source: iao.owl

plan specification
type: Class
subclass of: directive information entity
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has part
  some values from: objective specification
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has part
  some values from: action specification
editor preferred term: plan specification
example of usage: PMID: 18323827.Nat Med. 2008 Mar;14(3):226.New plan proposed to help resolve conflicting medical advice.
has curation status: ready for release
definition: A directive information entity with action specifications and objective specifications as parts that, when concretized, is realized in a process in which the bearer tries to achieve the objectives by taking the actions specified.
definition: A directive information entity with action specifications and objective specifications as parts, and that may be concretized as a realizable entity that, if realized, is realized in a process in which the bearer tries to achieve the objectives by taking the actions specified.
editor note: 2009-03-16: provenance: a term a plan was proposed for OBI (OBI_0000344) , edited by the PlanAndPlannedProcess branch. Original definition was " a plan is a specification of a process that is realized by an actor to achieve the objective specified as part of the plan". It has been subsequently moved to IAO where the objective for which the original term was defined was satisfied with the definitionof this, different, term.
editor note: 2014-03-31: A plan specification can have other parts, such as conditional specifications.
editor note: 2022-01-16 Updated definition to that proposed by Clint Dowloand, IAO Issue 231.
editor note: Alternative previous definition: a plan is a set of instructions that specify how an objective should be achieved
term editor: Alan Ruttenberg
term editor: Clint Dowland
definition source: OBI Plan and Planned Process branch
definition source: OBI_0000344
source: iao.owl
source: obi.owl
comment: 2/3/2009 Comment from OBI review. Action specification not well enough specified. Conditional specification not well enough specified. Question whether all plan specifications have objective specifications. Request that IAO either clarify these or change definitions not to use them

obsolescence reason specification
type: Class
equivalent class: Class
  one of: failed exploratory term
  one of: placeholder removed
  one of: terms merged
  one of: term imported
  one of: term split
  one of: out of scope
subclass of: data about an ontology part
editor preferred term: obsolescence reason specification
has curation status: pending final vetting
definition: The reason for which a term has been deprecated. The allowed values come from an enumerated list of predefined terms. See the specification of these instances for more detailed definitions of each enumerated value.
editor note: The creation of this class has been inspired in part by Werner Ceusters' paper, Applying evolutionary terminology auditing to the Gene Ontology.
term editor: PERSON: Alan Ruttenberg
term editor: PERSON: Melanie Courtot
source: iao.owl
source: omo.owl

document
type: Class
subclass of: information content entity
editor preferred term: document
example of usage: A journal article, patent application, laboratory notebook, or a book
has curation status: metadata complete
definition: A collection of information content entities intended to be understood together as a whole
term editor: PERSON: Lawrence Hunter
source: iao.owl

publication
type: Class
equivalent class: Class
  intersection of: document
  intersection of: Restriction
    on property: is_specified_output_of
    all values from: publishing process
subclass of: document
editor preferred term: publication
example of usage: journal article, newspaper story, book, etc.
has curation status: metadata complete
definition: A document that is the output of a publishing process.
term editor: PERSON: Chris Stoeckert
term editor: PERSON: Jie Zheng
term editor: PERSON: Lawrence Hunter
alternative label: published document
term tracker item: https://github.com/information-artifact-ontology/IAO/issues/232
source: iao.owl
comment: Revisit the term in Octorber 2020. Improve the defintion.

denotator type
type: Class
equivalent class: Class
  one of: universal
  one of: defined class
  one of: named class expression
subclass of: data about an ontology part
editor preferred term: denotator type
example of usage: The Basic Formal Ontology ontology makes a distinction between Universals and defined classes, where the formal are "natural kinds" and the latter arbitrary collections of entities.
definition: A denotator type indicates how a term should be interpreted from an ontological perspective.
term editor: Alan Ruttenberg
definition source: Barry Smith, Werner Ceusters
source: iao.owl

publishing process
type: Class
subclass of: planned process
has curation status: metadata complete
definition: A planned process of making information, such as literature, music, and software etc., available to the public for sale or for free.
term editor: Person: Jie Zheng
definition source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publishing
term tracker item: https://github.com/information-artifact-ontology/IAO/issues/232
IAO_0000234: VEuPathDB
source: iao.owl

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: metadata complete
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 label: CRID symbol
definition source: Original proposal from Bjoern, discussions at IAO calls
source: iao.owl

centrally registered identifier
type: Class
subclass of: identifier
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: metadata complete
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 label: CRID
definition source: Original proposal from Bjoern, discussions at IAO calls
source: iao.owl

centrally registered identifier registry
type: Class
subclass of: code set
example of usage: PubMed is a CRID registry. It has a code set of PubMed identifiers associated with journal articles.
has curation status: metadata complete
definition: A code set of CRID records, each consisting of a CRID symbol and additional information which was recorded in the code set through an assigning a centrally registered identifier process.
term editor: Justin Whorton
term editor: PERSON: Alan Ruttenberg
term editor: PERSON: Bill Hogan
term editor: PERSON: Bjoern Peters
term editor: PERSON: Melanie Courtot
alternative label: CRID registry
definition source: Original proposal from Bjoern, discussions at IAO calls
term tracker item: https://github.com/information-artifact-ontology/IAO/issues/237
source: iao.owl

ORCID identifier
type: Class
subclass of: centrally registered identifier
has curation status: pending final vetting
definition: A centrally registered identifier that is issued by ORCID (https://orcid.org/) and used to persistantly identify oneself as a human researcher or contributor.
editor note: "You can connect your iD with your professional information — affiliations, grants, publications, peer review, and more. You can use your iD to share your information with other systems, ensuring you get recognition for all your contributions, saving you time and hassle, and reducing the risk of errors." [https://orcid.org/]
editor note: This class was originally defined in Apollo_SV (http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/APOLLO_SV_00000496) but due to it being more in scope of IAO, it was decided to add it to IAO and deprecate its Apollo_SV equivalent. (2022-10-25)
term editor: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1595-3213
alternative label: ORCID ID
alternative label: ORCiD
alternative label: Open Researcher and Contributor ID
alternative label: Open Researcher and Contributor Identifier
definition source: https://orcid.org/
term tracker item: https://github.com/information-artifact-ontology/IAO/issues/259
source: iao.owl

identifier
type: Class
equivalent class: Class
  intersection of: information content entity
  intersection of: Restriction
    on property: denotes
    some values from: entity
  intersection of: Restriction
    on property: is_specified_output_of
    some values from: identifier creating process
subclass of: information content entity
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: denotes
  some values from: entity
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: is_specified_output_of
  some values from: identifier creating process
editor preferred term: identifier
definition: 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.
term editor: Justin Whorton
term editor: Mathias Brochhausen
alternative label: proper name
term tracker item: https://github.com/information-artifact-ontology/IAO/issues/237
creator: Mathias Brochhausen
source: iao.owl
comment: Sep 29, 2016: The current definition has been amended from the previous version: "A proper name 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." to more accuratly reflect the necessary and sufficient condition on the class. (MB)

identifier creating process
type: Class
equivalent class: Class
  intersection of: planned process
  intersection of: Restriction
    on property: has_specified_output
    some values from: identifier
subclass of: planned process
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has_specified_output
  some values from: identifier
definition: A planned process that provides a reference to an individual entity shared by a group of subscribers to refer to that individual entity.
term editor: Justin Whorton
term editor: Mathias Brochhausen
alternative label: dubbing process
alternative label: naming
term tracker item: https://github.com/information-artifact-ontology/IAO/issues/237
creator: Mathias Brochhausen
source: iao.owl

personal name
type: Class
subclass of: identifier
definition: An identifier referring to an individual entity that is ascribed personhood by the user of the identifier.
term editor: Justin Whorton
term editor: Mathias Brochhausen
definition source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_name
term tracker item: https://github.com/information-artifact-ontology/IAO/issues/237
source: iao.owl
comment: Personal names "today usually comprises a given name bestowed at birth or at a young age plus a surname. It is nearly universal for a human to have a name; except in rare cases, for example feral children growing up in isolation, or infants orphaned by natural disaster for whom no written record survives.[citation needed] The Convention on the Rights of the Child specifies that a child has the right from birth to a name. Certain isolated tribes, such as the Machiguenga of the Amazon, also lack personal names." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_name)
comment: Personal names to not include names of fictional characters, e.g. Sherlock Holmes.
comment: Sep 29, 2016: The comment that including the wikipedia definition of personal name is not to be interpreted in a way that restricts this class to only contain strings of letters. A numerical or alphanumerical identifier that denotes a human is being is a personal name, too. (MB)

code set
type: Class
subclass of: information content entity
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: has part
  some values from: identifier
definition: An information content entity that is a collection of other information content entities that has been created to identify or annotate things in a specified domain, and where the intention of its creators is that the collection has a one-to-one correspondence with those things.
term editor: Alan Ruttenberg
term editor: Justin Whorton
term editor: Mathias Brochhausen
alternative label: code map
alternative label: code system
alternative label: codeset
alternative label: coding system
alternative label: controlled vocabulary
term tracker item: https://github.com/information-artifact-ontology/IAO/issues/237
contributor: Alan Ruttenberg
contributor: Clint Dowland
contributor: Matt Diller
contributor: Sarah Bost
contributor: William R. Hogan
source: iao.owl
comment: Code sets might include non-entities/things (e.g. missing thumbs).
comment: Does not imply absence vs. presence of any taxonomy.
comment: Does not imply that aggregated entities denote particulars, universals, or defined classes (a.k.a. attributive collections) or even that they denote only one of these three types of entities.
comment: Each aggregated entity is often (but not necessarily) associated with a text string—variously called a “description,” “name,” “title,” or “label”—that helps humans reach the target of denotation. When there is no such string, it is almost always because the entities take the form of human language words. For example, a “sex” or “gender” code set could contain “MALE” and “FEMALE,” or even “M” and “F” (by convention, we understand what these mean).
comment: For National Drug Codes (NDCs) and similar code sets, there doesn’t even have to be a single, fully-concretized copy somewhere (for example, for NDCs there is no centralized database or repository where they all live as one instance of concretization of code set). The code set can be “distributively” concretized. This seems like an unusual exception, but it also likely applies to Universal Product Codes (UPCs) and their follow on Global Trade Item Numbers (GTINs).
comment: For each given domain, there can potentially exist multiple code sets. The multiplicity of code sets is partially due to the different specific purposes of those code sets.
comment: Many code sets are created for a specific purpose in addition to merely identifying or annotating core ideas of a specified domain.
comment: The information content entities do not denote each other.

nonprofit organization
type: Class
subclass of: organization
definition: An organization that is operated without the principal goal of making a financial profit.
term editor: Yongqun He

profit organization
type: Class
subclass of: organization
definition: An organization which has the principle goal of earning financial profit.
term editor: Yongqun He

Homo sapiens
type: Class
subclass of: NCBITaxon_314146
editor preferred term: Homo sapiens
alternative label: human
alternative label: human being
imported from: ncbitaxon.owl
source: obi.owl

contacting
type: Class
subclass of: planned process
definition: A planned process that involves a human being and is intended to initiate a communication with another human being.
term editor: Mathias Brochhausen
source: obib.owl
comment: Contacting is the process of one human being starting a communication process with another human being. Contacting can be done using all modes of communication used by humans.

planned process
type: Class
equivalent class: Restriction
  on property: realizes
  some values from: Restriction
    on property: concretizes
    some values from: plan specification
subclass of: process
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: realizes
  some values from: Restriction
    on property: concretizes
    some values from: plan specification
editor preferred term: planned process
example of usage: Injecting mice with a vaccine in order to test its efficacy
has curation status: ready for release
definition: A process that realizes a plan which is the concretization of a plan specification.
editor note: 'Plan' includes a future direction sense. That can be problematic if plans are changed during their execution. There are however implicit contingencies for protocols that an agent has in his mind that can be considered part of the plan, even if the agent didn't have them in mind before. Therefore, a planned process can diverge from what the agent would have said the plan was before executing it, by adjusting to problems encountered during execution (e.g. choosing another reagent with equivalent properties, if the originally planned one has run out.)
editor note: We are only considering successfully completed planned processes. A plan may be modified, and details added during execution. For a given planned process, the associated realized plan specification is the one encompassing all changes made during execution. This means that all processes in which an agent acts towards achieving some objectives is a planned process.
term editor: Bjoern Peters
definition source: branch derived
curator note: 6/11/9: Edited at workshop. Used to include: is initiated by an agent
curator note: This class merges the previously separated objective driven process and planned process, as they the separation proved hard to maintain. (1/22/09, branch call)
imported from: obi.owl
source: iao.owl
source: obi.owl

organization
type: Class
subclass of: material entity
editor preferred term: organization
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.
term editor: PERSON: Alan Ruttenberg
term editor: PERSON: Bjoern Peters
term editor: PERSON: Philippe Rocca-Serra
term editor: PERSON: Susanna Sansone
definition source: GROUP: OBI
source: obi.owl

organism
type: Class
subclass of: material entity
editor preferred term: organism
example of usage: animal
example of usage: fungus
example of usage: plant
example of usage: virus
has curation status: ready for release
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.
term editor: GROUP: OBI Biomaterial Branch
definition source: WEB: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organism
source: obi.owl

committee
type: Class
subclass of: organization
definition: an organization consisting of persons who bear committee member role where that organization is appointed by an organization or members of an organization to realize a role.
term editor: J. Neil Otte
OOSTT_00000030: A group of individuals appointed by an organization or organization leader to complete a specific task or to fulfill a specific set of responsibilities.
source: oostt.owl
comment: Dec 10, 2016: The definition originally stated that the committee was realizing a function. After review of the BFO definition of function I decided to change it to "role". M. Brochhausen

committee member role
type: Class
subclass of: role
definition: a role that, if realized, is realized in the organization context of a committee.
term editor: Neil J Otte
OOSTT_00000030: The duties and responsibilities assigned to the member(s) of a committee.
source: oostt.owl

wikiCFP identifier
type: Class
subclass of: centrally registered identifier
has curation status: to be replaced with external ontology term
definition: A 'wikiCFP identifier' is a iao:'centrally registered identifier' that denotes an 'academic event' or 'academic event series' in the wikiCFP database.
term editor: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213
alternative label: wikiCFP ID
definition source: http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/

example to be eventually removed
type: NamedIndividual
editor preferred term: example to be eventually removed

failed exploratory term
type: NamedIndividual
editor preferred term: failed exploratory term
definition: The term was used in an attempt to structure part of the ontology but in retrospect failed to do a good job
term editor: Person:Alan Ruttenberg

metadata complete
type: NamedIndividual
editor preferred term: metadata complete
definition: Class has all its metadata, but is either not guaranteed to be in its final location in the asserted IS_A hierarchy or refers to another class that is not complete.

organizational term
type: NamedIndividual
editor preferred term: organizational term
definition: Term created to ease viewing/sort terms for development purpose, and will not be included in a release

ready for release
type: NamedIndividual
editor preferred term: ready for release
definition: Class has undergone final review, is ready for use, and will be included in the next release. Any class lacking "ready_for_release" should be considered likely to change place in hierarchy, have its definition refined, or be obsoleted in the next release. Those classes deemed "ready_for_release" will also derived from a chain of ancestor classes that are also "ready_for_release."

metadata incomplete
type: NamedIndividual
editor preferred term: metadata incomplete
definition: Class is being worked on; however, the metadata (including definition) are not complete or sufficiently clear to the branch editors.

uncurated
type: NamedIndividual
editor preferred term: uncurated
definition: Nothing done yet beyond assigning a unique class ID and proposing a preferred term.

pending final vetting
type: NamedIndividual
editor preferred term: pending final vetting
definition: All definitions, placement in the asserted IS_A hierarchy and required minimal metadata are complete. The class is awaiting a final review by someone other than the term editor.

placeholder removed
type: NamedIndividual
editor preferred term: placeholder removed

terms merged
type: NamedIndividual
editor preferred term: terms merged
editor note: An editor note should explain what were the merged terms and the reason for the merge.

term imported
type: NamedIndividual
editor preferred term: term imported
editor note: This is to be used when the original term has been replaced by a term imported from an other ontology. An editor note should indicate what is the URI of the new term to use.

term split
type: NamedIndividual
editor preferred term: term split
editor note: This is to be used when a term has been split in two or more new terms. An editor note should indicate the reason for the split and indicate the URIs of the new terms created.

universal
type: NamedIndividual
editor preferred term: universal
editor note: Hard to give a definition for. Intuitively a "natural kind" rather than a collection of any old things, which a class is able to be, formally. At the meta level, universals are defined as positives, are disjoint with their siblings, have single asserted parents.
term editor: Alan Ruttenberg
definition source: A Formal Theory of Substances, Qualities, and Universals, http://ontology.buffalo.edu/bfo/SQU.pdf

defined class
type: NamedIndividual
editor preferred term: defined class
definition: A defined class is a class that is defined by a set of logically necessary and sufficient conditions but is not a universal
editor note: "definitions", in some readings, always are given by necessary and sufficient conditions. So one must be careful (and this is difficult sometimes) to distinguish between defined classes and universal.
term editor: Alan Ruttenberg

named class expression
type: NamedIndividual
editor preferred term: named class expression
definition: A named class expression is a logical expression that is given a name. The name can be used in place of the expression.
editor note: named class expressions are used in order to have more concise logical definition but their extensions may not be interesting classes on their own. In languages such as OWL, with no provisions for macros, these show up as actuall classes. Tools may with to not show them as such, and to replace uses of the macros with their expansions
term editor: Alan Ruttenberg

to be replaced with external ontology term
type: NamedIndividual
editor preferred term: to be replaced with external ontology term
definition: Terms with this status should eventually replaced with a term from another ontology.
term editor: Alan Ruttenberg
definition source: group:OBI

requires discussion
type: NamedIndividual
editor preferred term: requires discussion
definition: A term that is metadata complete, has been reviewed, and problems have been identified that require discussion before release. Such a term requires editor note(s) to identify the outstanding issues.
term editor: Alan Ruttenberg
definition source: group:OBI

out of scope
type: NamedIndividual
type: obsolescence reason specification
definition: The term was added to the ontology on the assumption it was in scope, but it turned out later that it was not.
editor note: This obsolesence reason should be used conservatively. Typical valid examples are: un-necessary grouping classes in disease ontologies, a phenotype term added on the assumption it was a disease.
term editor: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5208-3432
term tracker item: https://github.com/information-artifact-ontology/ontology-metadata/issues/77
IAO_0000234: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5208-3432

DOI:10.25798/qsdh-en13
type: NamedIndividual
type: DOI

ORCID:0000-0001-8249-1752
type: NamedIndividual

ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213
type: NamedIndividual
comment: ORCID of Philip Strömert

ORCID:0000-0003-2499-7741
type: NamedIndividual

ROR:04aj4c181
type: NamedIndividual
type: ROR ID

Academic_Field:Information_Science
type: NamedIndividual
type: academic field descriptor
part of: Event:VIVO_2021_format

Event:VIVO_2021
type: NamedIndividual
type: academic event
has event format: Event:VIVO_2021_format
has academic field descriptor: Academic_Field:Information_Science
has event topic decriptor: Event:VIVO_2021_topic1
has event topic decriptor: Event:VIVO_2021_topic2
has event topic decriptor: Event:VIVO_2021_topic3
has deadline: Event:VIVO_2021_deadline1
has deadline: Event:VIVO_2021_deadline2
part of event series: Event_Series:VIVO
denoted by: Event:VIVO_2021_id
denoted by: Event:VIVO_2021_name
denoted by: Q108430522
has participant: Event:VIVO_2021_orga_committee
has participant: _Organization:1
has occurrent part: Event:VIVO_2021_day1
end date: 2021-06-25T21:00:00Z
start date: 2021-06-23T17:00:00Z
event website: https://vivoconference.org/vivo2021

Axiom
annotated source: Event:VIVO_2021
annotated property: end date
annotated target: 2021-06-25T21:00:00Z

Axiom
annotated source: Event:VIVO_2021
annotated property: start date
annotated target: 2021-06-23T17:00:00Z

Event:VIVO_2021_CfP
type: NamedIndividual
type: call for submissions
has part: Event:VIVO_2021_condition1
has part: Event:VIVO_2021_deadline1
has part: Event:VIVO_2021_deadline2
has part: Event:VIVO_2021_topic1
has part: Event:VIVO_2021_topic2
has part: Event:VIVO_2021_topic3
submission link: https://openreview.net/group
has representation: VIVO 2021 Call for Proposals is now open! Present your work and ideas at VIVO 2021 Do you help make scholarly data open, found, and consumed? Do you have fresh ideas or new work you want to share with us? We’d love to hear from you! The VIVO conference covers a broad range of topics surrounding research information systems.

Event:VIVO_2021_condition1
type: NamedIndividual
type: conditional specification
has representation: The VIVO conference requires that your work be publically available from a repository of your choice. Your repository must assign your work a DOI and must make your work open and freely available to all. We recommend your work be licensed using a Creative Commons license. Repositories that provide that will allow you to satisfy these requirements include figshare and Zenodo.

Event:VIVO_2021_day1
type: NamedIndividual
type: academic event
has occurrent part: Event:VIVO_2021_talk1
has occurrent part: Event:VIVO_2021_talk2
definition: The first day of the VIVO 2021 conference.
definition source: https://vivoconference.org/vivo2021/schedule/

Event:VIVO_2021_deadline1
type: NamedIndividual
type: submission deadline
deadline datetime value: 2021-05-17T23:59:00Z

Axiom
annotated source: Event:VIVO_2021_deadline1
annotated property: deadline datetime value
annotated target: 2021-05-17T23:59:00Z
source: https://openreview.net/group

Event:VIVO_2021_deadline2
type: NamedIndividual
type: notification deadline
deadline datetime value: 2021-05-21T00:00:00Z

Event:VIVO_2021_description
type: NamedIndividual
type: academic event description
has part: Event:VIVO_2021_format
is about: Event:VIVO_2021

Event:VIVO_2021_fee
type: NamedIndividual
type: attendance fee specification
event fee value: 0.0
has representation: The VIVO Conference is on-line this year. No charge to attend. All are welcome!

Event:VIVO_2021_format
type: NamedIndividual
type: academic event format
type: conference format
type: online presence format
has part: Event:VIVO_2021_CfP
has part: Event:VIVO_2021_fee
has part: Event:VIVO_2021_schedule
has representation: As last year, VIVO 2021 will be an online, virtual conference. We encourage submissions from people who are new to the VIVO community, and formats that work well online. We are planning two session lengths: presentations (20 minutes) & lightning talks (6 minutes). Your presentation or lightning talk may take the form of a demonstration (screen share in Zoom), a panel discussion, an interview, a virtual poster (single slide), a brainstorming session, an interactive survey session, or other. The lightning talk can be seen as a replacement for the poster session that will not take part this year. If you would have submitted a poster, please consider submitting your idea as a lightning talk.

Axiom
annotated source: Event:VIVO_2021_format
annotated property: has representation
annotated target: As last year, VIVO 2021 will be an online, virtual conference. We encourage submissions from people who are new to the VIVO community, and formats that work well online. We are planning two session lengths: presentations (20 minutes) & lightning talks (6 minutes). Your presentation or lightning talk may take the form of a demonstration (screen share in Zoom), a panel discussion, an interview, a virtual poster (single slide), a brainstorming session, an interactive survey session, or other. The lightning talk can be seen as a replacement for the poster session that will not take part this year. If you would have submitted a poster, please consider submitting your idea as a lightning talk.

Event:VIVO_2021_id
type: NamedIndividual
type: internal identifier
has representation: VIVO_2020
definition: An example academic event internal ID.

Event:VIVO_2021_name
type: NamedIndividual
type: planned process name
planned process acronym: VIVO 2021
alternative label: 12th Annual VIVO Conference 2021
preferred label: 12th International VIVO Conference 2021

Event:VIVO_2021_orga_committee
type: NamedIndividual
type: event committee
has member: _Person:1

Event:VIVO_2021_role1
type: NamedIndividual
type: event organizer role
realized in: Event:VIVO_2021
role of: Event:VIVO_2021_orga_committee
definition: Role of VIVO 2021 organizing committee

Event:VIVO_2021_role2
type: NamedIndividual
type: committee member role
realized in: Event:VIVO_2021
role of: _Person:1
definition: VIVO 2021 organizing committee member role of Christian Hauschke

Event:VIVO_2021_role3
type: NamedIndividual
type: event sponsor role
realized in: Event:VIVO_2021
role of: _Organization:1
definition: Role of VIVO 2021 sponsor Ontocale

Event:VIVO_2021_schedule
type: NamedIndividual
type: sociocultural event schedule
has representation: https://vivoconference.org/vivo2021/schedule/
definition: The schedule of VIVO 2021

Event:VIVO_2021_talk1
type: NamedIndividual
type: academic event
has event format: Event:VIVO 2021 talk1 format
has participant: _Person:2
definition: The sixth talk of VIVO 2021 day 1
preferred label: AEON development workflow - how I managed to never open the command line and yet have automated workflows

Event:VIVO_2021_talk1_role1
type: NamedIndividual
type: presenter role
realized in: Event:VIVO_2021_talk1
role of: _Person:2
definition: Example role2

Event:VIVO_2021_talk2
type: NamedIndividual
type: academic event
has event format: Event:VIVO 2021 talk2 format
has participant: _Person:3
definition: The keynote of VIVO 2021 day 1.
preferred label: Open research information for responsible research assessment

Event:VIVO_2021_talk2_role1
type: NamedIndividual
type: keynote speaker role
realized in: Event:VIVO_2021_talk2
role of: _Person:3

Event:VIVO_2021_topic1
type: NamedIndividual
type: event topic descriptor
has representation: Ontology development
definition: The VIVO 2020 Ontology-related topics that deals with Ontology development

Event:VIVO_2021_topic2
type: NamedIndividual
type: event topic descriptor
has representation: Ontologies of interest in the representation of scholarship
definition: The VIVO 2020 Ontology-related topics that deals with Ontologies of interest in the representation of scholarship

Event:VIVO_2021_topic3
type: NamedIndividual
type: event topic descriptor
has representation: Ontological communities and best practices
definition: The VIVO 2020 Ontology-related topics that deals with Ontological communities and best practices

Event_Series:VIVO
type: NamedIndividual
type: academic event
has event format: Event_Series:VIVO_format
event series of: Event:VIVO_2021
description: "The VIVO conference has been bringing people together since 2010 to share the latest work in semantic web academic profiles. Whether an experienced user, or just starting out, this is the event to attend."

Axiom
annotated source: Event_Series:VIVO
annotated property: description
annotated target: "The VIVO conference has been bringing people together since 2010 to share the latest work in semantic web academic profiles. Whether an experienced user, or just starting out, this is the event to attend."
source: https://vivoconference.org/vivo2020/

Event_Series:VIVO_format
type: NamedIndividual
type: academic event format
type: event series format
definition: An example academic event series format

_Organization:1
type: NamedIndividual
type: profit organization
preferred label: Ontocale

_Person:1
type: NamedIndividual
type: Homo sapiens
denoted by: ORCID:0000-0003-2499-7741
alternative label: Christian Hauschke

_Person:2
type: NamedIndividual
type: Homo sapiens
denoted by: ORCID:0000-0002-1595-3213
alternative label: Philip Strömert

_Person:3
type: NamedIndividual
type: Homo sapiens
denoted by: ORCID:0000-0001-8249-1752
preferred label: Ludo Waltman