http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000016


URI

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000016

Label

disposition

Description

(Elucidation) A disposition b is a realizable entity such that if b ceases to exist then its bearer is physically changed & b's realization occurs when and because this bearer is in some special physical circumstances & this realization occurs in virtue of the bearer's physical make-up

Usage

Instances of http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000016 can have the following properties:

PROPERTYTYPEDESCRIPTIONRANGE

Implementation

@prefix dc11: <http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/> .
@prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> .
@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
@prefix skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#> .

<http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000016> a owl:Class ;
    rdfs:label "disposition"@en ;
    dc11:identifier "062-BFO" ;
    rdfs:subClassOf <http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000017> ;
    owl:disjointWith <http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000023> ;
    skos:altLabel "internally-grounded realizable entity"@en ;
    skos:definition "(Elucidation) A disposition b is a realizable entity such that if b ceases to exist then its bearer is physically changed & b's realization occurs when and because this bearer is in some special physical circumstances & this realization occurs in virtue of the bearer's physical make-up"@en ;
    skos:example "An atom of element X has the disposition to decay to an atom of element Y; the cell wall is disposed to transport cellular material through endocytosis and exocytosis; certain people have a predisposition to colon cancer; children are innately disposed to categorize objects in certain ways"@en .