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snap:SpecificallyDependentContinuant

URI

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

Label

specifically_dependent_continuant

Description

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. - Synonyms: property, trope, mode - 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.

Superclasses (3)

  • snap:DependentContinuant
  • snap:Continuant
  • bfo:Entity

    • Usage

    Instances of snap:SpecificallyDependentContinuant 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:SpecificallyDependentContinuant a owl:Class ;
    rdfs:label "specifically_dependent_continuant"^^xsd:string ;
    rdfs: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."^^xsd:string,
        "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."^^xsd:string,
        "Synonyms: property, trope, mode"^^xsd:string ;
    rdfs:subClassOf snap:DependentContinuant ;
    owl:disjointWith snap:GenericallyDependentContinuant ;
    owl:equivalentClass [ a owl:Class ;
            owl:unionOf ( snap:Quality snap:RealizableEntity ) ] .