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snap:MaterialEntity

URI

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

Label

material_entity

Description

Examples: collection of random bacteria, a chair, dorsal surface of the body - 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.

Superclasses (3)

  • snap:IndependentContinuant
  • snap:Continuant
  • bfo:Entity

    • Usage

    Instances of snap:MaterialEntity 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:MaterialEntity a owl:Class ;
    rdfs:label "material_entity"^^xsd:string ;
    rdfs: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."^^xsd:string,
        "Examples: collection of random bacteria, a chair, dorsal surface of the body"^^xsd:string ;
    rdfs:subClassOf snap:IndependentContinuant ;
    owl:disjointWith snap:ObjectBoundary,
        snap:Site ;
    owl:equivalentClass [ a owl:Class ;
            owl:unionOf ( snap:FiatObjectPart snap:Object snap:ObjectAggregate ) ] .