snap:Role leaf node


URI

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

Label

role

Description

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. - 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

Usage

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