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snap:IndependentContinuant

URI

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

Label

independent_continuant

Description

Synonyms: substantial entity - 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. - 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

Superclasses (2)

  • snap:Continuant
  • bfo:Entity

    • Usage

    Instances of snap:IndependentContinuant 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 rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#> .
@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:IndependentContinuant a owl:Class ;
    rdfs:label "independent_continuant"^^xsd:string ;
    rdfs: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."^^xsd:string,
        "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"^^xsd:string,
        "Synonyms: substantial entity"^^xsd:string ;
    rdfs:subClassOf snap:Continuant ;
    owl:disjointWith snap:DependentContinuant,
        snap:SpatialRegion ;
    owl:equivalentClass [ a owl:Class ;
            owl:unionOf ( snap:MaterialEntity snap:ObjectBoundary snap:Site ) ] .