dol:space-region


URI

http://www.loa-cnr.it/ontologies/DOLCE-Lite#space-region

Label

space-region

Description

An ordinary space: geographical, cosmological, anatomical, topographic, etc.

Usage

Instances of dol:space-region can have the following properties:

PROPERTYTYPEDESCRIPTIONRANGE
From class dol:physical-region
dol:physical-location-of owl:ObjectProperty dol:physical-endurant
From class dol:region
dol:exact-location-of owl:ObjectProperty dol:particular
dol:q-location-of owl:ObjectProperty dol:quality
dol:r-location owl:ObjectProperty A relation for representing regions within other regions, e.g. in measurement spaces (space composition).The result of r-location composition is a new 'composed region', which can either preserve the same region type (e.g. physical+physical->physical, or physical+abstract->physical), or not (e.g. physical+abstract->abstract). See 'composition description' for more details.In some cases, space composition is conventional, i.e. a space is just 'located' at another space, as in the case of measurement spaces:(direct composition): r r-location r1In other cases, r-location implies a complex path, e.g. :(homogeneous composition): r q-location-of q inherent-in x has-quality q1 q-location r1(heterogeneous composition across endurants and perdurants): r q-location-of q inherent-in e participant-in p has-quality q1 q-location r1(heterogeneous composition across physical and non-physical endurants): r q-location-of q inherent-in pe specific-constant-dependent npe has-quality q1 q-location r1 dol:region
dol:r-location-of owl:ObjectProperty dol:region
From class dol:particular
dol:atomic-part owl:ObjectProperty The part relation between a particular and an atom. dol:particular
dol:atomic-part-of owl:ObjectProperty dol:particular
dol:boundary owl:ObjectProperty dol:particular
dol:boundary-of owl:ObjectProperty A boundary here is taken to be a part (mereological treatment). Consequently, in the case of endurants, (reified) boundaries are features. dol:particular
dol:exact-location owl:ObjectProperty A location relation bounded to regions and defined analytically through the composition of inherence and q-location. This is the analytical version of 'generic location'. dol:region
dol:generic-constituent owl:ObjectProperty 'Constituent' should depend on some layering of the ontology. For example, scientific granularities or ontological 'strata' are typical layerings. A constituent is a part belonging to a lower layer. Since layering is actually a partition of the ontology, constituents are not properly classified as parts, although this kinship can be intuitive for common sense. Example of specific constant constituents are the entities constituting a setting (a situation), whilethe entities constituting a collection are examples of generic constant constituents. dol:particular
dol:generic-constituent-of owl:ObjectProperty dol:particular
dol:generic-dependent owl:ObjectProperty The dependence on an individual of a given type at some time. This is traditionally a relation between particulars and universals, but this one states that x generically depends on y if a z different from y, but with the same properties, can be equivalently its depend-on.This is a temporally-indexed relation (embedded in this syntax). dol:particular
dol:generic-location owl:ObjectProperty The most generic location relation, probably equivalent to more than one image schema in a cognitive system (e.g. containment for exact location, proximity for approximate location).This is meant to reason on generalized, common sense as well as formal locations, including naive localization, between any kinds of entities. Generic location is branched into 'exact' location, ranging on regions, and 'approximate' (naive) location, ranging on non-regions. dol:particular
dol:generic-location-of owl:ObjectProperty dol:particular
dol:generically-dependent-on owl:ObjectProperty dol:particular
dol:has-quality owl:ObjectProperty dol:quality
dol:has-t-quality owl:ObjectProperty dol:quality
dol:identity-c owl:ObjectProperty Any pair of individuals are ontologically identical if they are identical to themselves. Reflexive, symmetric, and transitive. dol:particular
dol:identity-n owl:ObjectProperty Any pair of individuals are notionally identical iff they instantiate all and only the same concepts. dol:particular
dol:immediate-relation owl:ObjectProperty A relation that holds without additional mediating individuals. In logical terms, a non-composed relation. dol:particular
dol:immediate-relation-i owl:ObjectProperty A relation that holds without additional mediating individuals. In logical terms, a non-composed relation. dol:particular
dol:mediated-relation owl:ObjectProperty A relation that composes other relations. For example, a participation relation composed with a representation relation.Composed relation cannot be directly expressed in OWL-DL, then (at least some) compositions are expressed as class or restriction axioms. dol:particular
dol:mediated-relation-i owl:ObjectProperty A relation that composes other relations. For example, a participation relation composed with a representation relation. Composed relation cannot be directly expressed in OWL-DL, then (at least some) compositions are expressed as class or restriction axioms. dol:particular
dol:overlaps owl:ObjectProperty Mereological overlap: having a common part. dol:particular
dol:part owl:ObjectProperty The most generic part relation, reflexive, asymmetric, and transitive. dol:particular
dol:part-of owl:ObjectProperty dol:particular
dol:partly-compresent owl:ObjectProperty A composed (mediated) relation used here to make relations 'temporary': by adding it as a superrelation, the effect is that the two related endurants cannot be present at all the same time intervals, but are compresent at least at some time interval (see related axiom).In FOL, the same constraint can be stated directly by coreference.This workaround can be used to index time of relations that involve reciprocal dependency, but it cannot be used in general with relations involving multiple strata of reality. For example, _about_ relation can be temporally indexed, without involving that the time of the information object overlaps with the time of the entity the information is about (but this works for e.g. the _realizes_ relation between information objects and entities whatsoever). The different temporal constraints of about vs. expresses probably derive from the dependency of aboutness from conception (to be about x, an information object should also express a description d that is satisfied by a situation including x, then temporal overlapping of _about_ is true in virtue of d). On the other hand, even conceives cannot be indexed in this way, because overlapping does not hold between the time og the conceiving agent, and the conceived description (or situation). dol:particular
dol:proper-part owl:ObjectProperty The proper part relation: irreflexive, antisymmetric, and transitive. dol:particular
dol:proper-part-of owl:ObjectProperty dol:particular
dol:sibling-part owl:ObjectProperty Mereological sibling: having a common whole dol:particular
dol:spatio-temporally-present-at owl:ObjectProperty dol:spatio-temporal-region
dol:specific-constant-constituent owl:ObjectProperty 'Constituent' should depend on some layering of the ontology. For example, scientific granularities or ontological 'strata' are typical layerings. A constituent is a part belonging to a lower layer. Since layering is actually a partition of the ontology, constituents are not properly classified as parts, although this kinship can be intuitive for common sense. Example of specific constant constituents are the entities constituting a setting (a situation), whilethe entities constituting a collection are examples of generic constant constituents. dol:particular
dol:specific-constant-constituent-of owl:ObjectProperty dol:particular
dol:specific-constant-dependent owl:ObjectProperty The constant dependence between two individuals. Taken here as primitive. dol:particular
dol:specifically-constantly-dependent-on owl:ObjectProperty dol:particular
dol:strong-connection owl:ObjectProperty By strong connection here we mean a connection between two entities that share a boundary. dol:particular
dol:weak-connection owl:ObjectProperty The basic connection, not requiring a common boundary. dol:particular

Implementation

@prefix dol: <http://www.loa-cnr.it/ontologies/DOLCE-Lite#> .
@prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> .
@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .

dol:space-region a owl:Class ;
    rdfs:comment "An ordinary space: geographical, cosmological, anatomical, topographic, etc."^^xsd:string ;
    rdfs:subClassOf [ a owl:Restriction ;
            owl:allValuesFrom dol:space-region ;
            owl:onProperty dol:part ],
        [ a owl:Restriction ;
            owl:allValuesFrom dol:spatial-location_q ;
            owl:onProperty dol:q-location-of ],
        dol:physical-region .