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snap:Function leaf node

URI

http://www.ifomis.org/bfo/1.1/snap#Function

Label

function

Description

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. - 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

Superclasses (5)

  • snap:RealizableEntity
  • snap:SpecificallyDependentContinuant
  • snap:DependentContinuant
  • snap:Continuant
  • bfo:Entity

    • Usage

    Instances of snap:Function can have the following properties:

    PROPERTYTYPEDESCRIPTIONRANGE
    From class owl:Thing
    dc:contributor owl:AnnotationProperty owl:Thing
    dc:creator owl:AnnotationProperty owl:Thing
    dc:format owl:AnnotationProperty owl:Thing
    dc:identifier owl:AnnotationProperty owl:Thing
    dc:language owl:AnnotationProperty owl:Thing
    dc:publisher owl:AnnotationProperty owl:Thing
    dc:rights owl:AnnotationProperty owl:Thing
    dc:source owl:AnnotationProperty owl:Thing
    dc:title owl:AnnotationProperty owl:Thing

    Implementation

    @prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> .
@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
@prefix snap: <http://www.ifomis.org/bfo/1.1/snap#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .

snap:Function a owl:Class ;
    rdfs:label "function"^^xsd:string ;
    rdfs: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."^^xsd:string,
        "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"^^xsd:string ;
    rdfs:subClassOf snap:RealizableEntity ;
    owl:disjointWith snap:Disposition,
        snap:Role .