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type: Class
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comment: Definition: A continuant [snap:Continuant] that is either dependent on one or other independent continuant [snap:IndependentContinuant] bearers or inheres in or is borne by other entities.
subclass of: entity

instrument
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type: Class
subclass of: Thing
comment: See OBI listserv discussion for considerations in defining instrument. http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2894801&group_id=177891&atid=886178
IAO_0000111: instrument
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IAO_0000115: Material entity that is designed to have a function and play a role in scientific investigation.
IAO_0000112: A flow cytometer.
IAO_0000117: PERSON: Melissa Haendel
subclass of: BFO_0000040
IAO_0000114: IAO_0000120
IAO_0000119: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_instrument
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subclass of: processed material

reactive ion etcher
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type: Class
subclass of: Thing
subclass of: instrument
IAO_0000115: An instrument used for reactive-ion etching, an etching technology used in microfabrication.
IAO_0000117: PERSON: Nicole Vasilevsky
IAO_0000118: RIE
IAO_0000119: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electron_beam_lithography
IAO_0000114: IAO_0000123
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subclass of: processed material

function
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type: Class
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disjoint with: disposition
disjoint with: role
comment: Definition: A realizable entity [snap:RealizableEntity] the manifestation of which is an essentially end-directed activity of a continuant [snap:Continuant] entity in virtue of that continuant [snap:Continuant] entity being a specific kind of entity in the kind or kinds of contexts that it is made for.
comment: Examples: the function of a birth canal to enable transport, the function of the heart in the body: to pump blood, to receive de-oxygenated and oxygenated blood, etc., the function of reproduction in the transmission of genetic material, the digestive function of the stomach to nutriate the body, the function of a hammer to drive in nails, the function of a computer program to compute mathematical equations, the function of an automobile to provide transportation, the function of a judge in a court of law
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subclass of: dependent_continuant

process
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subclass of: processual_entity
disjoint with: fiat_process_part
disjoint with: process_aggregate
disjoint with: process_boundary
disjoint with: processual_context
comment: Definition: A processual entity [span:ProcessualEntity] that is a maximally connected spatiotemporal whole and has bona fide beginnings and endings corresponding to real discontinuities.
comment: Examples: the life of an organism, the process of sleeping, the process of cell-division
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subclass of: occurrent
subclass of: entity

fiat_object_part
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type: Class
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subclass of: material_entity
disjoint with: object
disjoint with: object_aggregate
comment: Definition: A material entity [snap:MaterialEntity] that is part of an object [snap:Object] but is not demarcated by any physical discontinuities.
comment: Examples: upper and lower lobes of the left lung, the dorsal and ventral surfaces of the body, the east side of Saarbruecken, the lower right portion of a human torso
comment: Synonyms: fiat substance part
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subclass of: entity
subclass of: continuant
disjoint with: object_boundary
disjoint with: site

generically_dependent_continuant
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type: Class
subclass of: Thing
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subclass of: dependent_continuant
disjoint with: specifically_dependent_continuant
comment: Definition: A continuant [snap:Continuant] that is dependent on one or other independent continuant [snap:IndependentContinuant] bearers. For every instance of A requires some instance of (an independent continuant [snap:IndependentContinuant] type) B but which instance of B serves can change from time to time.
comment: Examples: a certain PDF file that exists in different and in several hard drives
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subclass of: entity
subclass of: continuant

continuant
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type: Class
subclass of: Thing
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subclass of: entity
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disjoint with: occurrent
comment: Definition: An entity [bfo: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.
comment: Examples: a heart, a person, the color of a tomato, the mass of a cloud, a symphony orchestra, the disposition of blood to coagulate, the lawn and atmosphere in front of our building
comment: Synonyms: endurant

entity
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type: Class
subclass of: Thing
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spatiotemporal_region
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subclass of: Resource
type: Class
subclass of: Thing
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comment: Examples: the spatiotemporal region occupied by a human life, the spatiotemporal region occupied by the development of a cancer tumor, the spatiotemporal context occupied by a process of cellular meiosis
subclass of: occurrent
comment: Comment: All instances of occurrent [span:Occurrent] are spatiotemporal entities, that is, they enter in the relation of (spatiotemporal) location with spatiotemporal region [span:SpatiotemporalRegion] entities. As a particular case, the exact spatiotemporal location of a spatiotemporal region [span:SpatiotemporalRegion] is this region itself.
comment: Definition: An occurrent [span:Occurrent] at or in which processual entity [span:ProcessualEntity] entities can be located.
comment: Comment: An instance of the spatiotemporal region [span:SpatiotemporalRegion] is a part of spacetime. All parts of spacetime are spatiotemporal region [span:SpatiotemporalRegion] entities and only spatiotemporal region [span:SpatiotemporalRegion] entities are parts of spacetime. In particular, neither spatial region [snap:SpatialRegion] entities nor temporal region [span:TemporalRegion] entities are in BFO parts of spacetime. Spacetime is the entire extent of the spatiotemporal universe, a designated individual, which is thus itself a spatiotemporal region [span:SpatiotemporalRegion]. Spacetime is among occurrents the analogous of space among continuant [snap:Continuant] entities.
disjoint with: temporal_region
disjoint with: processual_entity
comment: Comment: Spacetime and spatiotemporal region [span:SpatiotemporalRegion] entities are entities in their own rights which exist independently of any entities which can be located at them. This view of spacetime can be called "absolutist" or "the container view". In BFO, the class processual context [span:ProcessualContext] allows for a so-called relational view of spacetime, that is to say, a view according to which spatiotemporality is a matter of relative location between entities and not a matter of being tied to spacetime. In BFO, the bridge between these two views is secured through the fact that instances of processual context [span:ProcessualContext] are too spatiotemporal entities.
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subclass of: entity

disposition
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type: Class
subclass of: Thing
subclass of: realizable_entity
disjoint with: function
disjoint with: role
comment: Definition: A realizable entity [snap:RealizableEntity] that essentially causes a specific process or transformation in the object [snap:Object] in which it inheres, under specific circumstances and in conjunction with the laws of nature. A general formula for dispositions is: X (object [snap:Object] has the disposition D to (transform, initiate a process) R under conditions C.
comment: Examples: the disposition of vegetables to decay when not refrigerated, the disposition of a vase to brake if dropped, the disposition of blood to coagulate, the disposition of a patient with a weakened immune system to contract disease, the disposition of metal to conduct electricity.
subclass of: specifically_dependent_continuant
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subclass of: dependent_continuant
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subclass of: continuant
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subclass of: entity

connected_spatiotemporal_region
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type: Class
subclass of: Thing
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subclass of: spatiotemporal_region
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disjoint with: scattered_spatiotemporal_region
comment: Definition: A spatiotemporal region [span:SpatiotemporalRegion] that has temporal and spatial dimensions such that all points within the spatiotemporal region are mediately or immediately connected to all other points within the same spatiotemporal region [span:SpatiotemporalRegion].
comment: Examples: the spatial and temporal location of an individual organism's life, the spatial and temporal location of the development of a fetus
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subclass of: occurrent
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processual_entity
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type: Class
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subclass of: occurrent
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disjoint with: temporal_region
disjoint with: spatiotemporal_region
comment: Definition: An occurrent [span:Occurrent] that exists in time by occurring or happening, has temporal parts and always involves and depends on some entity.
comment: Examples: the life of an organism, the process of meiosis, the course of a disease, the flight of a bird
subclass of: entity

three_dimensional_region
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type: Class
subclass of: Thing
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subclass of: spatial_region
disjoint with: one_dimensional_region
disjoint with: two_dimensional_region
disjoint with: zero_dimensional_region
comment: Definition: A spatial region [snap:SpatialRegion] with three dimensions.
comment: Examples: a cube-shaped part of space, a sphere-shaped part of space
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subclass of: entity
subclass of: continuant

fiat_process_part
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type: Class
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subclass of: processual_entity
disjoint with: process
disjoint with: process_aggregate
disjoint with: process_boundary
disjoint with: processual_context
comment: Definition: A processual entity [span:ProcessualEntity] that is part of a process but that does not have bona fide beginnings and endings corresponding to real discontinuities.
comment: Examples: chewing during a meal, the middle part of a rainstorm, the worst part of a heart-attack, the most interesting part of Van Gogh's life
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subclass of: entity

zero_dimensional_region
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subclass of: Resource
type: Class
subclass of: Thing
subclass of: spatial_region
disjoint with: one_dimensional_region
disjoint with: three_dimensional_region
disjoint with: two_dimensional_region
comment: Definition: A spatial region [snap:SpatialRegion] with no dimensions.
comment: Examples: a point
subclass of: entity
subclass of: continuant
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object
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type: Class
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subclass of: material_entity
disjoint with: fiat_object_part
disjoint with: object_aggregate
comment: Definition: A material entity [snap:MaterialEntity] that is spatially extended, maximally self-connected and self-contained (the parts of a substance are not separated from each other by spatial gaps) and possesses an internal unity. The identity of substantial object [snap:Object] entities is independent of that of other entities and can be maintained through time.
comment: Examples: an organism, a heart, a chair, a lung, an apple
comment: Synonyms: substance
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subclass of: continuant
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subclass of: independent_continuant
disjoint with: object_boundary
disjoint with: site

temporal_instant
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type: Class
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subclass of: connected_temporal_region
disjoint with: temporal_interval
comment: Definition: A connected temporal region [span:ConnectedTemporalRegion] comprising a single moment of time.
comment: Examples: right now, the moment at which a finger is detached in an industrial accident, the moment at which a child is born, the moment of death
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subclass of: occurrent
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subclass of: temporal_region
subclass of: entity

processed material
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type: Class
subclass of: Thing
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subclass of: BFO_0000040
IAO_0000112: Examples include gel matrices, filter paper, parafilm and buffer solutions, mass spectrometer, tissue samples
IAO_0000115: Is a material entity that is created or changed during material processing.
IAO_0000117: PERSON: Alan Ruttenberg
IAO_0000111: processed material
IAO_0000114: IAO_0000122
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process_aggregate
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type: Class
subclass of: Thing
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subclass of: processual_entity
disjoint with: fiat_process_part
disjoint with: process
disjoint with: process_boundary
disjoint with: processual_context
comment: Definition: A processual entity [span:ProcessualEntity] that is a mereological sum of process [span:Process] entities and possesses non-connected boundaries.
comment: Examples: the beating of the hearts of each of seven individuals in the room, the playing of each of the members of an orchestra, a process of digestion and a process of thinking taken together
subclass of: occurrent
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subclass of: entity

realizable_entity
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type: Class
subclass of: Thing
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subclass of: specifically_dependent_continuant
disjoint with: quality
comment: Definition: A specifically dependent continuant [snap:SpecificallyDependentContinuant] that inheres in continuant [snap: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.
comment: Examples: the role of being a doctor, the function of the reproductive organs, the disposition of blood to coagulate, the disposition of metal to conduct electricity
comment: Comment: If a realizable entity [snap:RealizableEntity] inheres in a continuant [snap:Continuant], this does not imply that it is actually realized.
subclass of: continuant
subclass of: entity
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subclass of: dependent_continuant

one_dimensional_region
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type: Class
subclass of: Thing
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subclass of: spatial_region
disjoint with: three_dimensional_region
disjoint with: two_dimensional_region
disjoint with: zero_dimensional_region
comment: Definition: A spatial region [snap:SpatialRegion] with one dimension.
comment: Examples: the part of space that is a line stretching from one end of absolute space to the other, an edge of a cube-shaped part of space
subclass of: continuant
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subclass of: entity

temporal_interval
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type: Class
subclass of: Thing
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subclass of: connected_temporal_region
disjoint with: temporal_instant
comment: Definition: A connected temporal region [span:ConnectedTemporalRegion] lasting for more than a single moment of time.
comment: Examples: any continuous temporal duration during which a process occurs
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subclass of: temporal_region
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subclass of: occurrent
subclass of: entity

object_boundary
subclass of: Resource
type: Class
subclass of: Thing
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disjoint with: object_aggregate
disjoint with: object
comment: Definition: An independent continuant [snap:IndependentContinuant] that is a lower dimensional part of a spatial entity, normally a closed two-dimensional surface. Boundaries are those privileged parts of object [snap:Object] entities that exist at exactly the point where the object [snap:Object] is separated off from the rest of the existing entities in the world.
subclass of: independent_continuant
comment: Examples: the surface of the skin, the surface of the earth, the surface of the interior of the stomach, the outer surface of a cell or cell wall
comment: Comment: Boundaries are theoretically difficult entities to account for, however the intuitive notion of a physical boundary as a surface of some sort (whether inside or outside of a thing) will generally serve as a good guide for the use of this universal.
disjoint with: fiat_object_part
comment: Synonyms: substance boundary
disjoint with: site
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subclass of: entity
subclass of: continuant
disjoint with: material_entity

connected_temporal_region
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type: Class
subclass of: Thing
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subclass of: temporal_region
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disjoint with: scattered_temporal_region
comment: Definition: A temporal region [span:TemporalRegion] every point of which is mediately or immediately connected with every other point of which.
comment: Examples: the 1970s years, the time from the beginning to the end of a heart attack, the time taken up by cellular meiosis
subclass of: occurrent
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subclass of: entity

site
subclass of: Resource
type: Class
subclass of: Thing
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subclass of: independent_continuant
comment: Comment: An instance of Site [snap:Site] is a mixture of independent continuant [snap:IndependentContinuant] entities which act as surrounding environments for other independent continuant [snap:IndependentContinuant] entities, most importantly for instances of object [snap:Object]. A site [snap:Site] is typically made of object [snap:Object] or fiat object part [snap:FiatObjectPart] entities and a surrounding medium in which is found an object [snap:Object] occupying the site [snap:Site]. Independent continuant [snap:IndependentContinuant] entities may be associated with others (which, then, are site [snap:Site] entities) through a relation of "occupation". That relation is connected to, but distinct from, the relation of spatial location. Site [snap:Site] entities are not to be confused with spatial region [snap:SpatialRegion] entities. In BFO, site [snap:Site] allows for a so-called relational view of space which is different from the view corresponding to the class spatial region [snap:SpatialRegion] (see the comment on this class).
disjoint with: object_aggregate
comment: Examples: a particular room in a particular hospital, Maria's nostril or her intestines for a variety of bacteria.
disjoint with: fiat_object_part
comment: Definition: An independent continuant [snap:IndependentContinuant] consisting of a characteristic spatial shape in relation to some arrangement of other continuant [snap:Continuant] entities and of the medium which is enclosed in whole or in part by this characteristic spatial shape. Site [snap:Site] entities are entities that can be occupied by other continuant [snap:Continuant] entities.
disjoint with: object
disjoint with: object_boundary
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subclass of: entity
subclass of: continuant
disjoint with: material_entity

spatiotemporal_interval
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type: Class
subclass of: Thing
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subclass of: connected_spatiotemporal_region
disjoint with: spatiotemporal_instant
comment: Definition: A connected spatiotemporal region [span:ConnectedSpatiotemporalRegion] that endures for more than a single moment of time.
comment: Examples: the spatiotemporal region occupied by a process or by a fiat processual part
subclass of: spatiotemporal_region
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subclass of: occurrent
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subclass of: entity

occurrent
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subclass of: Resource
type: Class
subclass of: Thing
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disjoint with: continuant
comment: Definition: An entity [bfo:Entity] that has temporal parts and that happens, unfolds or develops through time. Sometimes also called perdurants.
comment: Examples: the life of an organism, a surgical operation as processual context for a nosocomical infection, the spatiotemporal context occupied by a process of cellular meiosis, the most interesting part of Van Gogh's life, the spatiotemporal region occupied by the development of a cancer tumor
comment: Synonyms: perdurant

role
subclass of: Resource
type: Class
subclass of: Thing
subclass of: realizable_entity
disjoint with: disposition
disjoint with: function
comment: Definition: A realizable entity [snap:RealizableEntity] the manifestation of which brings about some result or end that is not essential to a continuant [snap:Continuant] in virtue of the kind of thing that it is but that can be served or participated in by that kind of continuant [snap:Continuant] in some kinds of natural, social or institutional contexts.
comment: Examples: the role of a person as a surgeon, the role of a chemical compound in an experiment, the role of a patient relative as defined by a hospital administrative form, the role of a woman as a legal mother in the context of system of laws, the role of a biological grandfather as legal guardian in the context of a system of laws, the role of ingested matter in digestion, the role of a student in a university
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subclass of: specifically_dependent_continuant
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subclass of: continuant
subclass of: entity
subclass of: dependent_continuant

specifically_dependent_continuant
subclass of: Resource
type: Class
subclass of: Thing
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subclass of: dependent_continuant
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disjoint with: generically_dependent_continuant
comment: Definition: A continuant [snap: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.
comment: Examples: the mass of a cloud, the smell of mozzarella, the liquidity of blood, the color of a tomato, the disposition of fish to decay, the role of being a doctor, the function of the heart in the body: to pump blood, to receive de-oxygenated and oxygenated blood, etc.
comment: Synonyms: property, trope, mode
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subclass of: continuant
subclass of: entity

scattered_spatiotemporal_region
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type: Class
subclass of: Thing
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subclass of: spatiotemporal_region
disjoint with: connected_spatiotemporal_region
comment: Definition: A spatiotemporal region [span:SpatiotemporalRegion] that has spatial and temporal dimensions and every spatial and temporal point of which is not connected with every other spatial and temporal point of which.
comment: Examples: the space and time occupied by the individual games of the World Cup, the space and time occupied by the individual liaisons in a romantic affair
subclass of: occurrent
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subclass of: entity

process_boundary
subclass of: Resource
type: Class
subclass of: Thing
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subclass of: processual_entity
disjoint with: fiat_process_part
disjoint with: process
disjoint with: process_aggregate
disjoint with: processual_context
comment: Definition: A processual entity [span:ProcessualEntity] that is the fiat or bona fide instantaneous temporal process boundary.
comment: Examples: birth, death, the forming of a synapse, the onset of REM sleep, the detaching of a finger in an industrial accident, the final separation of two cells at the end of cell-division, the incision at the beginning of a surgery
subclass of: occurrent
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subclass of: entity

scattered_temporal_region
subclass of: Resource
type: Class
subclass of: Thing
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subclass of: temporal_region
disjoint with: connected_temporal_region
comment: Definition: A temporal region [span:TemporalRegion] every point of which is not mediately or immediately connected with every other point of which.
comment: Examples: the time occupied by the individual games of the World Cup, the time occupied by the individual liaisons in a romantic affair
subclass of: occurrent
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subclass of: entity

two_dimensional_region
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type: Class
subclass of: Thing
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subclass of: spatial_region
disjoint with: one_dimensional_region
disjoint with: three_dimensional_region
disjoint with: zero_dimensional_region
comment: Definition: A spatial region [snap:SpatialRegion] with two dimensions.
comment: Examples: the surface of a cube-shaped part of space, the surface of a sphere-shaped part of space, the surface of a rectilinear planar figure-shaped part of space
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subclass of: continuant
subclass of: entity

spatial_region
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subclass of: Resource
type: Class
subclass of: Thing
comment: Comment: An instance of spatial region [snap:SpatialRegion] is a part of space. All parts of space are spatial region [snap:SpatialRegion] entities and only spatial region [snap:SpatialRegion] entities are parts of space. Space is the entire extent of the spatial universe, a designated individual, which is thus itself a spatial region [snap:SpatialRegion].
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comment: Comment: All instances of continuant [snap:Continuant] are spatial entities, that is, they enter in the relation of (spatial) location with spatial region [snap:SpatialRegion] entities. As a particular case, the exact spatial location of a spatial region [snap:SpatialRegion] is this region itself.
disjoint with: independent_continuant
comment: Examples: the sum total of all space in the universe, parts of the sum total of all space in the universe
comment: Comment: Space and spatial region [snap:SpatialRegion] entities are entities in their own rights which exist independently of any entities which can be located at them. This view of space is sometimes called "absolutist" or "the container view". In BFO, the class site [snap:Site] allows for a so-called relational view of space, that is to say, a view according to which spatiality is a matter of relative location between entities and not a matter of being tied to space. The bridge between these two views is secured through the fact that while instances of site [snap:Site] are not spatial region [snap:SpatialRegion] entities, they are nevertheless spatial entities.
disjoint with: dependent_continuant
comment: Definition: A continuant [snap:Continuant] that is neither bearer of quality [snap:Quality] entities nor inheres in any other entities.
subclass of: continuant
subclass of: entity

temporal_region
subclass of: Resource
type: Class
subclass of: Thing
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comment: Comment: All instances of occurrent [span:Occurrent] are temporal entities, that is, they enter in the relation of (temporal) location with temporal region [span:TemporalRegion] entities. As a particular case, the exact spatiotemporal location of a temporal region [span:TemporalRegion] is this region itself. Continuant [snap:Continuant] entities are not temporal entities in the technical sense just explained; they are related to time in a different way, not through temporal location but through a relation of existence at a time or during a period of time (see continuant [snap:Continuant].
subclass of: occurrent
disjoint with: processual_entity
comment: Comment: Time and temporal region [span:TemporalRegion] entities are entities in their own rights which exist independently of any entities which can be located at them. This view of time can be called "absolutist" or "the container view" in analogy to what is traditionally the case with space (see spatial region [snap:SpatialRegion].
comment: Comment: An instance of temporal region [span:TemporalRegion] is a part of time. All parts of time are temporal region [span:TemporalRegion] entities and only temporal region [span:TemporalRegion] entities are parts of time. Time is the entire extent of the temporal universe, a designated individual, which is thus a temporal region itself.
comment: Definition: An occurrent [span:Occurrent] that is part of time.
comment: Examples: the time it takes to run a marathon, the duration of a surgical procedure, the moment of death
disjoint with: spatiotemporal_region
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subclass of: entity

independent_continuant
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subclass of: Resource
type: Class
subclass of: Thing
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subclass of: continuant
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disjoint with: dependent_continuant
disjoint with: spatial_region
comment: Definition: A continuant [snap:Continuant] that is a bearer of quality [snap:Quality] and realizable entity [snap:RealizableEntity] entities, in which other entities inhere and which itself cannot inhere in anything.
comment: Examples: an organism, a heart, a leg, a person, a symphony orchestra, a chair, the bottom right portion of a human torso, the lawn and atmosphere in front of our building
comment: Synonyms: substantial entity
subclass of: entity

object_aggregate
subclass of: Resource
type: Class
subclass of: Thing
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subclass of: material_entity
disjoint with: fiat_object_part
disjoint with: object
comment: Definition: A material entity [snap:MaterialEntity] that is a mereological sum of separate object [snap:Object] entities and possesses non-connected boundaries.
comment: Examples: a heap of stones, a group of commuters on the subway, a collection of random bacteria, a flock of geese, the patients in a hospital
comment: Synonyms: substance aggregate
subclass of: independent_continuant
subclass of: continuant
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subclass of: entity
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disjoint with: object_boundary
disjoint with: site

processual_context
subclass of: Resource
type: Class
subclass of: Thing
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disjoint with: process_aggregate
comment: Comment: An instance of a processual context [span:ProcessualContext] is a mixture of processual entity [span:ProcessualEntity] which stand as surrounding environments for other processual entity [span:ProcessualEntity] entities. The class processual context [span:ProcessualContext] is the analogous among occurrent [span:Occurrent] entities to the class site [snap:Site] among continuant [snap:Continuant] entities.
comment: Examples: The processual context for a given manipulation occurring as part of an experiment is made of processual entities which occur in parallel, are not necessarily all parts of the experiment themselves and may involve continuant [snap:Continuant] entities which are in the spatial vicinity of the participants in the experiment.
subclass of: processual_entity
disjoint with: fiat_process_part
disjoint with: process_boundary
disjoint with: process
comment: Definition: An occurrent [span:Occurrent] consisting of a characteristic spatial shape inhering in some arrangement of other occurrent [span:Occurrent] entities. Processual context [span:ProcessualContext] entities are characteristically entities at or in which other occurrent [span:Occurrent] entities can be located or occur.
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subclass of: occurrent
subclass of: entity

material_entity
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subclass of: Resource
type: Class
subclass of: Thing
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subclass of: independent_continuant
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disjoint with: object_boundary
disjoint with: site
comment: Definition: An independent continuant [snap:IndependentContinuant] that is spatially extended whose identity is independent of that of other entities and can be maintained through time. Note: Material entity [snap:MaterialEntity] subsumes object [snap:Object], fiat object part [snap:FiatObjectPart], and object aggregate [snap:ObjectAggregate], which assume a three level theory of granularity, which is inadequate for some domains, such as biology.
comment: Examples: collection of random bacteria, a chair, dorsal surface of the body
subclass of: entity
subclass of: continuant
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quality
subclass of: Resource
type: Class
subclass of: Thing
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subclass of: specifically_dependent_continuant
disjoint with: realizable_entity
comment: Definition: A specifically dependent continuant [snap:SpecificallyDependentContinuant] that is exhibited if it inheres in an entity or entities at all (a categorical property).
comment: Examples: the color of a tomato, the ambient temperature of air, the circumference of a waist, the shape of a nose, the mass of a piece of gold, the weight of a chimpanzee
subclass of: continuant
subclass of: entity
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subclass of: dependent_continuant

spatiotemporal_instant
subclass of: Resource
type: Class
subclass of: Thing
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subclass of: connected_spatiotemporal_region
disjoint with: spatiotemporal_interval
comment: Definition: A connected spatiotemporal region [span:ConnectedSpatiotemporalRegion] at a specific moment.
comment: Examples: the spatiotemporal region occupied by a single instantaneous temporal slice (part) of a process
subclass of: http://lodlaundromat.org/.well-known/genid/samples/jena///class//4b74dbc9605479274523288699b250ef/6886e4e0ca7c96f69f36e13397ccca9f#42
subclass of: spatiotemporal_region
subclass of: occurrent
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subclass of: entity

Basic Formal Ontology (BFO)
publisher: Institute for Formal Ontology and Medical Information Science (IFOMIS)
type: Ontology
contributor: Andrew Spear
source: Pierre Grenon: "BFO in a Nutshell: A Bi-categorial Axiomatization of BFO and Comparison with DOLCE"
source: Pierre Grenon, Barry Smith and Louis Goldberg: "Biodynamic Ontology: Applying BFO in the Biomedical Domain"
rights: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
source: Barry Smith: "Beyond Concepts: Ontology as Reality Representation"
creator: Holger Stenzhorn
source: Pierre Grenon: "Spatio-temporality in Basic Formal Ontology: SNAP and SPAN, Upper-Level Ontology, and Framework for Formalization"
source: Barry Smith: "Against Fantology"
source: Pierre Grenon and Barry Smith: "SNAP and SPAN: Towards Geospatial Dynamics"
contributor: Pierre Grenon
format: application/rdf+xml
source: Barry Smith: "Basic Tools of Formal Ontology"
version info: 1.1.1
language: en
source: Barry Smith and Pierre Grenon: "The Cornucopia of Formal Ontological Relations"
source: Pierre Grenon: "Nuts in BFO's Nutshell: Revisions to the Bi-categorial Axiomatization of BFO"
contributor: Alan Ruttenberg