Institutional Ontology
type: Ontology
description: A controlled vocabulary of formal/administrative (institutional, in Searle's sense) concepts, starting with German tax-reporting field alignment across the MiKaDiv and KaFE schemas.
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

is about
type: ObjectProperty
domain: information content entity
IAO_0000112: This document is about information artifacts and their representations
IAO_0000114: pending final vetting
IAO_0000115: A (currently) primitive relation that relates an information artifact to an entity.
IAO_0000116: 7/6/2009 Alan Ruttenberg. Following discussion with Jonathan Rees, and introduction of "mentions" relation. Weaken the is_about relationship to be primitive. We will try to build it back up by elaborating the various subproperties that are more precisely defined. Some currently missing phenomena that should be considered "about" are predications - "The only person who knows the answer is sitting beside me" , Allegory, Satire, and other literary forms that can be topical without explicitly mentioning the topic.
IAO_0000117: person:Alan Ruttenberg
IAO_0000119: Smith, Ceusters, Ruttenberg, 2000 years of philosophy

denotes
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: is about
inverse of: denoted by
domain: information content entity
range: entity
IAO_0000112: A person's name denotes the person. A variable name in a computer program denotes some piece of memory. Lexically equivalent strings can denote different things, for instance "Alan" can denote different people. In each case of use, there is a case of the denotation relation obtaining, between "Alan" and the person that is being named.
IAO_0000115: A primitive, instance-level, relation obtaining between an information content entity and some portion of reality. Denotation is what happens when someone creates an information content entity E in order to specifically refer to something. The only relation between E and the thing is that E can be used to 'pick out' the thing. This relation connects those two together. Freedictionary.com sense 3: To signify directly; refer to specifically
IAO_0000116: 2009-11-10 Alan Ruttenberg. Old definition said the following to emphasize the generic nature of this relation. We no longer have 'specifically denotes', which would have been primitive, so make this relation primitive. g denotes r =def r is a portion of reality there is some c that is a concretization of g every c that is a concretization of g specifically denotes r
IAO_0000117: person:Alan Ruttenberg
IAO_0000119: Conversations with Barry Smith, Werner Ceusters, Bjoern Peters, Michel Dumontier, Melanie Courtot, James Malone, Bill Hogan

denoted by
type: ObjectProperty
domain: entity
range: information content entity
IAO_0000115: inverse of the relation 'denotes'
IAO_0000117: Person: Jie Zheng, Chris Stoeckert, Mike Conlon
IAO_0000233: https://github.com/information-artifact-ontology/IAO/issues/206

has specified output
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: has participant
inverse of: is specified output of
domain: completely executed planned process
IAO_0000111: has specified output
IAO_0000114: ready for release
IAO_0000115: The inverse property of is specified output of
IAO_0000117: PERSON: Alan Ruttenberg
IAO_0000117: PERSON: Bjoern Peters
IAO_0000117: PERSON: Larry Hunter
IAO_0000117: PERSON: Melanie Courtot
IAO_0000412: obi.owl

is specified output of
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: participates in
range: completely executed planned process
IAO_0000111: is specified output of
IAO_0000114: ready for release
IAO_0000115: A relation between a completely executed planned process and a continuant participating in that process. The presence of the continuant at the end of the process is explicitly specified in the objective specification which the process realizes the concretization of.
IAO_0000117: Alan Ruttenberg
IAO_0000117: PERSON:Bjoern Peters
IAO_0000412: obi.owl

characteristic of
type: ObjectProperty
inverse of: has characteristic
type: FunctionalProperty
IAO_0000111: inheres in
IAO_0000112: this fragility is a characteristic of this vase
IAO_0000112: this red color is a characteristic of this apple
IAO_0000115: a relation between a specifically dependent continuant (the characteristic) and any other entity (the bearer), in which the characteristic depends on the bearer for its existence.
IAO_0000118: inheres_in
RO_0001900: RO_0001901
comment: Note that this relation was previously called "inheres in", but was changed to be called "characteristic of" because BFO2 uses "inheres in" in a more restricted fashion. This relation differs from BFO2:inheres_in in two respects: (1) it does not impose a range constraint, and thus it allows qualities of processes, as well as of information entities, whereas BFO2 restricts inheres_in to only apply to independent continuants (2) it is declared functional, i.e. something can only be a characteristic of one thing.

has characteristic
type: ObjectProperty
type: InverseFunctionalProperty
range: specifically dependent continuant
IAO_0000111: bearer of
IAO_0000112: this apple is bearer of this red color
IAO_0000112: this vase is bearer of this fragility
IAO_0000115: Inverse of characteristic_of
IAO_0000116: A bearer can have many dependents, and its dependents can exist for different periods of time, but none of its dependents can exist when the bearer does not exist.
IAO_0000118: bearer_of
IAO_0000118: is bearer of
RO_0001900: RO_0001901

participates in
type: ObjectProperty
inverse of: has participant
domain: continuant
range: occurrent
IAO_0000111: participates in
IAO_0000112: this blood clot participates in this blood coagulation
IAO_0000112: this input material (or this output material) participates in this process
IAO_0000112: this investigator participates in this investigation
IAO_0000115: a relation between a continuant and a process, in which the continuant is somehow involved in the process
IAO_0000118: participates_in

has participant
type: ObjectProperty
domain: occurrent
range: continuant
IAO_0000111: has participant
IAO_0000112: this blood coagulation has participant this blood clot
IAO_0000112: this investigation has participant this investigator
IAO_0000112: this process has participant this input material (or this output material)
IAO_0000115: a relation between a process and a continuant, in which the continuant is somehow involved in the process
IAO_0000116: Has_participant is a primitive instance-level relation between a process, a continuant, and a time at which the continuant participates in some way in the process. The relation obtains, for example, when this particular process of oxygen exchange across this particular alveolar membrane has_participant this particular sample of hemoglobin at this particular time.
IAO_0000118: has_participant
source: http://www.obofoundry.org/ro/#OBO_REL:has_participant

function of
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: characteristic of
inverse of: has function
domain: function
IAO_0000112: this catalysis function is a function of this enzyme
IAO_0000115: a relation between a function and an independent continuant (the bearer), in which the function specifically depends on the bearer for its existence
IAO_0000116: A function inheres in its bearer at all times for which the function exists, however the function need not be realized at all the times that the function exists.
IAO_0000118: function_of
IAO_0000118: is function of
comment: This relation is modeled after the BFO relation of the same name which was in BFO2, but is used in a more restricted sense - specifically, we model this relation as functional (inherited from characteristic-of). Note that this relation is now removed from BFO2020.

quality of
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: characteristic of
inverse of: has quality
IAO_0000112: this red color is a quality of this apple
IAO_0000115: a relation between a quality and an independent continuant (the bearer), in which the quality specifically depends on the bearer for its existence
IAO_0000116: A quality inheres in its bearer at all times for which the quality exists.
IAO_0000118: is quality of
IAO_0000118: quality_of
comment: This relation is modeled after the BFO relation of the same name which was in BFO2, but is used in a more restricted sense - specifically, we model this relation as functional (inherited from characteristic-of). Note that this relation is now removed from BFO2020.

role of
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: characteristic of
inverse of: has role
IAO_0000112: this investigator role is a role of this person
IAO_0000115: a relation between a role and an independent continuant (the bearer), in which the role specifically depends on the bearer for its existence
IAO_0000116: A role inheres in its bearer at all times for which the role exists, however the role need not be realized at all the times that the role exists.
IAO_0000118: is role of
IAO_0000118: role_of
comment: This relation is modeled after the BFO relation of the same name which was in BFO2, but is used in a more restricted sense - specifically, we model this relation as functional (inherited from characteristic-of). Note that this relation is now removed from BFO2020.

has function
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: has characteristic
domain: independent continuant
range: function
IAO_0000112: this enzyme has function this catalysis function (more colloquially: this enzyme has this catalysis function)
IAO_0000115: a relation between an independent continuant (the bearer) and a function, in which the function specifically depends on the bearer for its existence
IAO_0000116: A bearer can have many functions, and its functions can exist for different periods of time, but none of its functions can exist when the bearer does not exist. A function need not be realized at all the times that the function exists.
IAO_0000118: has_function

has quality
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: has characteristic
range: quality
IAO_0000112: this apple has quality this red color
IAO_0000115: a relation between an independent continuant (the bearer) and a quality, in which the quality specifically depends on the bearer for its existence
IAO_0000116: A bearer can have many qualities, and its qualities can exist for different periods of time, but none of its qualities can exist when the bearer does not exist.
IAO_0000118: has_quality

has role
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: has characteristic
domain: independent continuant
range: role
IAO_0000112: this person has role this investigator role (more colloquially: this person has this role of investigator)
IAO_0000115: a relation between an independent continuant (the bearer) and a role, in which the role specifically depends on the bearer for its existence
IAO_0000116: A bearer can have many roles, and its roles can exist for different periods of time, but none of its roles can exist when the bearer does not exist. A role need not be realized at all the times that the role exists.
IAO_0000118: has_role

has disposition
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: has characteristic
inverse of: disposition of
domain: independent continuant
range: disposition
IAO_0000115: a relation between an independent continuant (the bearer) and a disposition, in which the disposition specifically depends on the bearer for its existence

disposition of
type: ObjectProperty
sub property of: characteristic of
comment: This relation is modeled after the BFO relation of the same name which was in BFO2, but is used in a more restricted sense - specifically, we model this relation as functional (inherited from characteristic-of). Note that this relation is now removed from BFO2020.

entity
type: Class
BFO_0000179: entity
BFO_0000180: Entity
IAO_0000112: Julius Caesar
IAO_0000112: Verdi’s Requiem
IAO_0000112: the Second World War
IAO_0000112: your body mass index
IAO_0000116: BFO 2 Reference: In all areas of empirical inquiry we encounter general terms of two sorts. First are general terms which refer to universals or types:animaltuberculosissurgical procedurediseaseSecond, are general terms used to refer to groups of entities which instantiate a given universal but do not correspond to the extension of any subuniversal of that universal because there is nothing intrinsic to the entities in question by virtue of which they – and only they – are counted as belonging to the given group. Examples are: animal purchased by the Emperortuberculosis diagnosed on a Wednesdaysurgical procedure performed on a patient from Stockholmperson identified as candidate for clinical trial #2056-555person who is signatory of Form 656-PPVpainting by Leonardo da VinciSuch terms, which represent what are called ‘specializations’ in [81
IAO_0000116: Entity doesn't have a closure axiom because the subclasses don't necessarily exhaust all possibilites. For example Werner Ceusters 'portions of reality' include 4 sorts, entities (as BFO construes them), universals, configurations, and relations. It is an open question as to whether entities as construed in BFO will at some point also include these other portions of reality. See, for example, 'How to track absolutely everything' at http://www.referent-tracking.com/_RTU/papers/CeustersICbookRevised.pdf
IAO_0000600: An entity is anything that exists or has existed or will exist. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [001-001])

Axiom
annotated source: entity
annotated property: IAO_0000116
annotated target: Entity doesn't have a closure axiom because the subclasses don't necessarily exhaust all possibilites. For example Werner Ceusters 'portions of reality' include 4 sorts, entities (as BFO construes them), universals, configurations, and relations. It is an open question as to whether entities as construed in BFO will at some point also include these other portions of reality. See, for example, 'How to track absolutely everything' at http://www.referent-tracking.com/_RTU/papers/CeustersICbookRevised.pdf
IAO_0010000: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/0000004
comment: per discussion with Barry Smith

Axiom
annotated source: entity
annotated property: IAO_0000600
annotated target: An entity is anything that exists or has existed or will exist. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [001-001])
IAO_0010000: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/001-001

continuant
type: Class
subclass of: entity
disjoint with: occurrent
BFO_0000179: continuant
BFO_0000180: Continuant
IAO_0000115: An entity that exists in full at any time in which it exists at all, persists through time while maintaining its identity and has no temporal parts.
IAO_0000116: BFO 2 Reference: Continuant entities are entities which can be sliced to yield parts only along the spatial dimension, yielding for example the parts of your table which we call its legs, its top, its nails. ‘My desk stretches from the window to the door. It has spatial parts, and can be sliced (in space) in two. With respect to time, however, a thing is a continuant.’ [60, p. 240
IAO_0000116: Continuant doesn't have a closure axiom because the subclasses don't necessarily exhaust all possibilites. For example, in an expansion involving bringing in some of Ceuster's other portions of reality, questions are raised as to whether universals are continuants
IAO_0000600: A continuant is an entity that persists, endures, or continues to exist through time while maintaining its identity. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [008-002])
IAO_0000601: if b is a continuant and if, for some t, c has_continuant_part b at t, then c is a continuant. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [126-001])
IAO_0000601: if b is a continuant and if, for some t, cis continuant_part of b at t, then c is a continuant. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [009-002])
IAO_0000601: if b is a material entity, then there is some temporal interval (referred to below as a one-dimensional temporal region) during which b exists. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [011-002])
IAO_0000602: (forall (x y) (if (and (Continuant x) (exists (t) (continuantPartOfAt y x t))) (Continuant y))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [009-002]
IAO_0000602: (forall (x y) (if (and (Continuant x) (exists (t) (hasContinuantPartOfAt y x t))) (Continuant y))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [126-001]
IAO_0000602: (forall (x) (if (Continuant x) (Entity x))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [008-002]
IAO_0000602: (forall (x) (if (Material Entity x) (exists (t) (and (TemporalRegion t) (existsAt x t))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [011-002]

Axiom
annotated source: continuant
annotated property: IAO_0000602
annotated target: (forall (x) (if (Continuant x) (Entity x))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [008-002]
IAO_0010000: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/008-002

Axiom
annotated source: continuant
annotated property: IAO_0000602
annotated target: (forall (x) (if (Material Entity x) (exists (t) (and (TemporalRegion t) (existsAt x t))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [011-002]
IAO_0010000: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/011-002

Axiom
annotated source: continuant
annotated property: IAO_0000116
annotated target: Continuant doesn't have a closure axiom because the subclasses don't necessarily exhaust all possibilites. For example, in an expansion involving bringing in some of Ceuster's other portions of reality, questions are raised as to whether universals are continuants
IAO_0010000: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/0000007

Axiom
annotated source: continuant
annotated property: IAO_0000600
annotated target: A continuant is an entity that persists, endures, or continues to exist through time while maintaining its identity. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [008-002])
IAO_0010000: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/008-002

Axiom
annotated source: continuant
annotated property: IAO_0000601
annotated target: if b is a continuant and if, for some t, c has_continuant_part b at t, then c is a continuant. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [126-001])
IAO_0010000: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/126-001

Axiom
annotated source: continuant
annotated property: IAO_0000601
annotated target: if b is a continuant and if, for some t, cis continuant_part of b at t, then c is a continuant. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [009-002])
IAO_0010000: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/009-002

Axiom
annotated source: continuant
annotated property: IAO_0000601
annotated target: if b is a material entity, then there is some temporal interval (referred to below as a one-dimensional temporal region) during which b exists. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [011-002])
IAO_0010000: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/011-002

Axiom
annotated source: continuant
annotated property: IAO_0000602
annotated target: (forall (x y) (if (and (Continuant x) (exists (t) (continuantPartOfAt y x t))) (Continuant y))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [009-002]
IAO_0010000: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/009-002

Axiom
annotated source: continuant
annotated property: IAO_0000602
annotated target: (forall (x y) (if (and (Continuant x) (exists (t) (hasContinuantPartOfAt y x t))) (Continuant y))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [126-001]
IAO_0010000: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/126-001

occurrent
type: Class
subclass of: entity
BFO_0000179: occurrent
BFO_0000180: Occurrent
IAO_0000115: An entity that has temporal parts and that happens, unfolds or develops through time.
IAO_0000116: BFO 2 Reference: every occurrent that is not a temporal or spatiotemporal region is s-dependent on some independent continuant that is not a spatial region
IAO_0000116: BFO 2 Reference: s-dependence obtains between every process and its participants in the sense that, as a matter of necessity, this process could not have existed unless these or those participants existed also. A process may have a succession of participants at different phases of its unfolding. Thus there may be different players on the field at different times during the course of a football game; but the process which is the entire game s-depends_on all of these players nonetheless. Some temporal parts of this process will s-depend_on on only some of the players.
IAO_0000116: Occurrent doesn't have a closure axiom because the subclasses don't necessarily exhaust all possibilites. An example would be the sum of a process and the process boundary of another process.
IAO_0000116: Simons uses different terminology for relations of occurrents to regions: Denote the spatio-temporal location of a given occurrent e by 'spn[e]' and call this region its span. We may say an occurrent is at its span, in any larger region, and covers any smaller region. Now suppose we have fixed a frame of reference so that we can speak not merely of spatio-temporal but also of spatial regions (places) and temporal regions (times). The spread of an occurrent, (relative to a frame of reference) is the space it exactly occupies, and its spell is likewise the time it exactly occupies. We write 'spr[e]' and `spl[e]' respectively for the spread and spell of e, omitting mention of the frame.
IAO_0000600: An occurrent is an entity that unfolds itself in time or it is the instantaneous boundary of such an entity (for example a beginning or an ending) or it is a temporal or spatiotemporal region which such an entity occupies_temporal_region or occupies_spatiotemporal_region. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [077-002])
IAO_0000601: Every occurrent occupies_spatiotemporal_region some spatiotemporal region. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [108-001])
IAO_0000601: b is an occurrent entity iff b is an entity that has temporal parts. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [079-001])
IAO_0000602: (forall (x) (if (Occurrent x) (exists (r) (and (SpatioTemporalRegion r) (occupiesSpatioTemporalRegion x r))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [108-001]
IAO_0000602: (forall (x) (iff (Occurrent x) (and (Entity x) (exists (y) (temporalPartOf y x))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [079-001]

Axiom
annotated source: occurrent
annotated property: IAO_0000116
annotated target: Occurrent doesn't have a closure axiom because the subclasses don't necessarily exhaust all possibilites. An example would be the sum of a process and the process boundary of another process.
IAO_0010000: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/0000006
comment: per discussion with Barry Smith

Axiom
annotated source: occurrent
annotated property: IAO_0000116
annotated target: Simons uses different terminology for relations of occurrents to regions: Denote the spatio-temporal location of a given occurrent e by 'spn[e]' and call this region its span. We may say an occurrent is at its span, in any larger region, and covers any smaller region. Now suppose we have fixed a frame of reference so that we can speak not merely of spatio-temporal but also of spatial regions (places) and temporal regions (times). The spread of an occurrent, (relative to a frame of reference) is the space it exactly occupies, and its spell is likewise the time it exactly occupies. We write 'spr[e]' and `spl[e]' respectively for the spread and spell of e, omitting mention of the frame.
IAO_0010000: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/0000012

Axiom
annotated source: occurrent
annotated property: IAO_0000600
annotated target: An occurrent is an entity that unfolds itself in time or it is the instantaneous boundary of such an entity (for example a beginning or an ending) or it is a temporal or spatiotemporal region which such an entity occupies_temporal_region or occupies_spatiotemporal_region. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [077-002])
IAO_0010000: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/077-002

Axiom
annotated source: occurrent
annotated property: IAO_0000601
annotated target: Every occurrent occupies_spatiotemporal_region some spatiotemporal region. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [108-001])
IAO_0010000: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/108-001

Axiom
annotated source: occurrent
annotated property: IAO_0000601
annotated target: b is an occurrent entity iff b is an entity that has temporal parts. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [079-001])
IAO_0010000: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/079-001

Axiom
annotated source: occurrent
annotated property: IAO_0000602
annotated target: (forall (x) (if (Occurrent x) (exists (r) (and (SpatioTemporalRegion r) (occupiesSpatioTemporalRegion x r))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [108-001]
IAO_0010000: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/108-001

Axiom
annotated source: occurrent
annotated property: IAO_0000602
annotated target: (forall (x) (iff (Occurrent x) (and (Entity x) (exists (y) (temporalPartOf y x))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [079-001]
IAO_0010000: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/079-001

independent continuant
type: Class
subclass of: continuant
disjoint with: specifically dependent continuant
disjoint with: generically dependent continuant
BFO_0000179: ic
BFO_0000180: IndependentContinuant
IAO_0000112: a chair
IAO_0000112: a heart
IAO_0000112: a leg
IAO_0000112: a molecule
IAO_0000112: a spatial region
IAO_0000112: an atom
IAO_0000112: an orchestra.
IAO_0000112: an organism
IAO_0000112: the bottom right portion of a human torso
IAO_0000112: the interior of your mouth
IAO_0000115: b is an independent continuant = Def. b is a continuant which is such that there is no c and no t such that b s-depends_on c at t. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [017-002])
IAO_0000601: For any independent continuant b and any time t there is some spatial region r such that b is located_in r at t. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [134-001])
IAO_0000601: For every independent continuant b and time t during the region of time spanned by its life, there are entities which s-depends_on b during t. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [018-002])
IAO_0000602: (forall (x t) (if (IndependentContinuant x) (exists (r) (and (SpatialRegion r) (locatedInAt x r t))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [134-001]
IAO_0000602: (forall (x t) (if (and (IndependentContinuant x) (existsAt x t)) (exists (y) (and (Entity y) (specificallyDependsOnAt y x t))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [018-002]
IAO_0000602: (iff (IndependentContinuant a) (and (Continuant a) (not (exists (b t) (specificallyDependsOnAt a b t))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [017-002]
comment: A continuant that is a bearer of quality and realizable entity entities, in which other entities inhere and which itself cannot inhere in anything.

Axiom
annotated source: independent continuant
annotated property: IAO_0000115
annotated target: b is an independent continuant = Def. b is a continuant which is such that there is no c and no t such that b s-depends_on c at t. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [017-002])
IAO_0010000: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/017-002

Axiom
annotated source: independent continuant
annotated property: IAO_0000601
annotated target: For any independent continuant b and any time t there is some spatial region r such that b is located_in r at t. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [134-001])
IAO_0010000: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/134-001

Axiom
annotated source: independent continuant
annotated property: IAO_0000601
annotated target: For every independent continuant b and time t during the region of time spanned by its life, there are entities which s-depends_on b during t. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [018-002])
IAO_0010000: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/018-002

Axiom
annotated source: independent continuant
annotated property: IAO_0000602
annotated target: (forall (x t) (if (IndependentContinuant x) (exists (r) (and (SpatialRegion r) (locatedInAt x r t))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [134-001]
IAO_0010000: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/134-001

Axiom
annotated source: independent continuant
annotated property: IAO_0000602
annotated target: (forall (x t) (if (and (IndependentContinuant x) (existsAt x t)) (exists (y) (and (Entity y) (specificallyDependsOnAt y x t))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [018-002]
IAO_0010000: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/018-002

Axiom
annotated source: independent continuant
annotated property: IAO_0000602
annotated target: (iff (IndependentContinuant a) (and (Continuant a) (not (exists (b t) (specificallyDependsOnAt a b t))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [017-002]
IAO_0010000: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/017-002

process
type: Class
subclass of: occurrent
BFO_0000179: process
BFO_0000180: Process
IAO_0000112: a process of cell-division, \ a beating of the heart
IAO_0000112: a process of meiosis
IAO_0000112: a process of sleeping
IAO_0000112: the course of a disease
IAO_0000112: the flight of a bird
IAO_0000112: the life of an organism
IAO_0000112: your process of aging.
IAO_0000115: p is a process = Def. p is an occurrent that has temporal proper parts and for some time t, p s-depends_on some material entity at t. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [083-003])
IAO_0000116: BFO 2 Reference: The realm of occurrents is less pervasively marked by the presence of natural units than is the case in the realm of independent continuants. Thus there is here no counterpart of ‘object’. In BFO 1.0 ‘process’ served as such a counterpart. In BFO 2.0 ‘process’ is, rather, the occurrent counterpart of ‘material entity’. Those natural – as contrasted with engineered, which here means: deliberately executed – units which do exist in the realm of occurrents are typically either parasitic on the existence of natural units on the continuant side, or they are fiat in nature. Thus we can count lives; we can count football games; we can count chemical reactions performed in experiments or in chemical manufacturing. We cannot count the processes taking place, for instance, in an episode of insect mating behavior.Even where natural units are identifiable, for example cycles in a cyclical process such as the beating of a heart or an organism’s sleep/wake cycle, the processes in question form a sequence with no discontinuities (temporal gaps) of the sort that we find for instance where billiard balls or zebrafish or planets are separated by clear spatial gaps. Lives of organisms are process units, but they too unfold in a continuous series from other, prior processes such as fertilization, and they unfold in turn in continuous series of post-life processes such as post-mortem decay. Clear examples of boundaries of processes are almost always of the fiat sort (midnight, a time of death as declared in an operating theater or on a death certificate, the initiation of a state of war)
IAO_0000602: (iff (Process a) (and (Occurrent a) (exists (b) (properTemporalPartOf b a)) (exists (c t) (and (MaterialEntity c) (specificallyDependsOnAt a c t))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [083-003]
comment: An occurrent that has temporal proper parts and for some time t, p s-depends_on some material entity at t.

Axiom
annotated source: process
annotated property: IAO_0000115
annotated target: p is a process = Def. p is an occurrent that has temporal proper parts and for some time t, p s-depends_on some material entity at t. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [083-003])
IAO_0010000: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/083-003

Axiom
annotated source: process
annotated property: IAO_0000602
annotated target: (iff (Process a) (and (Occurrent a) (exists (b) (properTemporalPartOf b a)) (exists (c t) (and (MaterialEntity c) (specificallyDependsOnAt a c t))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [083-003]
IAO_0010000: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/083-003

disposition
type: Class
subclass of: realizable entity
disjoint with: role
BFO_0000179: disposition
BFO_0000180: Disposition
IAO_0000112: an atom of element X has the disposition to decay to an atom of element Y
IAO_0000112: certain people have a predisposition to colon cancer
IAO_0000112: children are innately disposed to categorize objects in certain ways.
IAO_0000112: the cell wall is disposed to filter chemicals in endocytosis and exocytosis
IAO_0000116: BFO 2 Reference: Dispositions exist along a strength continuum. Weaker forms of disposition are realized in only a fraction of triggering cases. These forms occur in a significant number of cases of a similar type.
IAO_0000600: b is a disposition means: b is a realizable entity & b’s bearer is some material entity & b is such that if it 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. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [062-002])
IAO_0000601: If b is a realizable entity then for all t at which b exists, b s-depends_on some material entity at t. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [063-002])
IAO_0000602: (forall (x t) (if (and (RealizableEntity x) (existsAt x t)) (exists (y) (and (MaterialEntity y) (specificallyDepends x y t))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [063-002]
IAO_0000602: (forall (x) (if (Disposition x) (and (RealizableEntity x) (exists (y) (and (MaterialEntity y) (bearerOfAt x y t)))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [062-002]

Axiom
annotated source: disposition
annotated property: IAO_0000600
annotated target: b is a disposition means: b is a realizable entity & b’s bearer is some material entity & b is such that if it 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. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [062-002])
IAO_0010000: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/062-002

Axiom
annotated source: disposition
annotated property: IAO_0000601
annotated target: If b is a realizable entity then for all t at which b exists, b s-depends_on some material entity at t. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [063-002])
IAO_0010000: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/063-002

Axiom
annotated source: disposition
annotated property: IAO_0000602
annotated target: (forall (x t) (if (and (RealizableEntity x) (existsAt x t)) (exists (y) (and (MaterialEntity y) (specificallyDepends x y t))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [063-002]
IAO_0010000: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/063-002

Axiom
annotated source: disposition
annotated property: IAO_0000602
annotated target: (forall (x) (if (Disposition x) (and (RealizableEntity x) (exists (y) (and (MaterialEntity y) (bearerOfAt x y t)))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [062-002]
IAO_0010000: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/062-002

realizable entity
type: Class
subclass of: specifically dependent continuant
disjoint with: quality
BFO_0000179: realizable
BFO_0000180: RealizableEntity
IAO_0000112: the disposition of this piece of metal to conduct electricity.
IAO_0000112: the disposition of your blood to coagulate
IAO_0000112: the function of your reproductive organs
IAO_0000112: the role of being a doctor
IAO_0000112: the role of this boundary to delineate where Utah and Colorado meet
IAO_0000115: A specifically dependent continuant that inheres in continuant entities and are not exhibited in full at every time in which it inheres in an entity or group of entities. The exhibition or actualization of a realizable entity is a particular manifestation, functioning or process that occurs under certain circumstances.
IAO_0000600: To say that b is a realizable entity is to say that b is a specifically dependent continuant that inheres in some independent continuant which is not a spatial region and is of a type instances of which are realized in processes of a correlated type. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [058-002])
IAO_0000601: All realizable dependent continuants have independent continuants that are not spatial regions as their bearers. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [060-002])
IAO_0000602: (forall (x t) (if (RealizableEntity x) (exists (y) (and (IndependentContinuant y) (not (SpatialRegion y)) (bearerOfAt y x t))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [060-002]
IAO_0000602: (forall (x) (if (RealizableEntity x) (and (SpecificallyDependentContinuant x) (exists (y) (and (IndependentContinuant y) (not (SpatialRegion y)) (inheresIn x y)))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [058-002]

Axiom
annotated source: realizable entity
annotated property: IAO_0000600
annotated target: To say that b is a realizable entity is to say that b is a specifically dependent continuant that inheres in some independent continuant which is not a spatial region and is of a type instances of which are realized in processes of a correlated type. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [058-002])
IAO_0010000: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/058-002

Axiom
annotated source: realizable entity
annotated property: IAO_0000601
annotated target: All realizable dependent continuants have independent continuants that are not spatial regions as their bearers. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [060-002])
IAO_0010000: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/060-002

Axiom
annotated source: realizable entity
annotated property: IAO_0000602
annotated target: (forall (x t) (if (RealizableEntity x) (exists (y) (and (IndependentContinuant y) (not (SpatialRegion y)) (bearerOfAt y x t))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [060-002]
IAO_0010000: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/060-002

Axiom
annotated source: realizable entity
annotated property: IAO_0000602
annotated target: (forall (x) (if (RealizableEntity x) (and (SpecificallyDependentContinuant x) (exists (y) (and (IndependentContinuant y) (not (SpatialRegion y)) (inheresIn x y)))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [058-002]
IAO_0010000: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/058-002

quality
type: Class
subclass of: specifically dependent continuant
BFO_0000179: quality
BFO_0000180: Quality
IAO_0000112: the ambient temperature of this portion of air
IAO_0000112: the color of a tomato
IAO_0000112: the length of the circumference of your waist
IAO_0000112: the mass of this piece of gold.
IAO_0000112: the shape of your nose
IAO_0000112: the shape of your nostril
IAO_0000600: a quality is a specifically dependent continuant that, in contrast to roles and dispositions, does not require any further process in order to be realized. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [055-001])
IAO_0000601: If an entity is a quality at any time that it exists, then it is a quality at every time that it exists. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [105-001])
IAO_0000602: (forall (x) (if (Quality x) (SpecificallyDependentContinuant x))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [055-001]
IAO_0000602: (forall (x) (if (exists (t) (and (existsAt x t) (Quality x))) (forall (t_1) (if (existsAt x t_1) (Quality x))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [105-001]

Axiom
annotated source: quality
annotated property: IAO_0000600
annotated target: a quality is a specifically dependent continuant that, in contrast to roles and dispositions, does not require any further process in order to be realized. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [055-001])
IAO_0010000: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/055-001

Axiom
annotated source: quality
annotated property: IAO_0000601
annotated target: If an entity is a quality at any time that it exists, then it is a quality at every time that it exists. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [105-001])
IAO_0010000: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/105-001

Axiom
annotated source: quality
annotated property: IAO_0000602
annotated target: (forall (x) (if (Quality x) (SpecificallyDependentContinuant x))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [055-001]
IAO_0010000: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/055-001

Axiom
annotated source: quality
annotated property: IAO_0000602
annotated target: (forall (x) (if (exists (t) (and (existsAt x t) (Quality x))) (forall (t_1) (if (existsAt x t_1) (Quality x))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [105-001]
IAO_0010000: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/105-001

specifically dependent continuant
type: Class
subclass of: continuant
disjoint with: generically dependent continuant
BFO_0000179: sdc
BFO_0000180: SpecificallyDependentContinuant
IAO_0000112: Reciprocal specifically dependent continuants: the function of this key to open this lock and the mutually dependent disposition of this lock: to be opened by this key
IAO_0000112: of one-sided specifically dependent continuants: the mass of this tomato
IAO_0000112: of relational dependent continuants (multiple bearers): John’s love for Mary, the ownership relation between John and this statue, the relation of authority between John and his subordinates.
IAO_0000112: the disposition of this fish to decay
IAO_0000112: the function of this heart: to pump blood
IAO_0000112: the mutual dependence of proton donors and acceptors in chemical reactions [79
IAO_0000112: the mutual dependence of the role predator and the role prey as played by two organisms in a given interaction
IAO_0000112: the pink color of a medium rare piece of grilled filet mignon at its center
IAO_0000112: the role of being a doctor
IAO_0000112: the shape of this hole.
IAO_0000112: the smell of this portion of mozzarella
IAO_0000115: b is a specifically dependent continuant = Def. b is a continuant & there is some independent continuant c which is not a spatial region and which is such that b s-depends_on c at every time t during the course of b’s existence. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [050-003])
IAO_0000116: Specifically dependent continuant doesn't have a closure axiom because the subclasses don't necessarily exhaust all possibilites. We're not sure what else will develop here, but for example there are questions such as what are promises, obligation, etc.
IAO_0000602: (iff (SpecificallyDependentContinuant a) (and (Continuant a) (forall (t) (if (existsAt a t) (exists (b) (and (IndependentContinuant b) (not (SpatialRegion b)) (specificallyDependsOnAt a b t))))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [050-003]
comment: A 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.

Axiom
annotated source: specifically dependent continuant
annotated property: IAO_0000115
annotated target: b is a specifically dependent continuant = Def. b is a continuant & there is some independent continuant c which is not a spatial region and which is such that b s-depends_on c at every time t during the course of b’s existence. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [050-003])
IAO_0010000: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/050-003

Axiom
annotated source: specifically dependent continuant
annotated property: IAO_0000116
annotated target: Specifically dependent continuant doesn't have a closure axiom because the subclasses don't necessarily exhaust all possibilites. We're not sure what else will develop here, but for example there are questions such as what are promises, obligation, etc.
IAO_0010000: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/0000005
comment: per discussion with Barry Smith

Axiom
annotated source: specifically dependent continuant
annotated property: IAO_0000602
annotated target: (iff (SpecificallyDependentContinuant a) (and (Continuant a) (forall (t) (if (existsAt a t) (exists (b) (and (IndependentContinuant b) (not (SpatialRegion b)) (specificallyDependsOnAt a b t))))))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [050-003]
IAO_0010000: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/050-003

role
type: Class
subclass of: realizable entity
BFO_0000179: role
BFO_0000180: Role
IAO_0000112: John’s role of husband to Mary is dependent on Mary’s role of wife to John, and both are dependent on the object aggregate comprising John and Mary as member parts joined together through the relational quality of being married.
IAO_0000112: the priest role
IAO_0000112: the role of a boundary to demarcate two neighboring administrative territories
IAO_0000112: the role of a building in serving as a military target
IAO_0000112: the role of a stone in marking a property boundary
IAO_0000112: the role of subject in a clinical trial
IAO_0000112: the student role
IAO_0000115: A realizable entity the manifestation of which brings about some result or end that is not essential to a continuant in virtue of the kind of thing that it is but that can be served or participated in by that kind of continuant in some kinds of natural, social or institutional contexts.
IAO_0000116: BFO 2 Reference: One major family of examples of non-rigid universals involves roles, and ontologies developed for corresponding administrative purposes may consist entirely of representatives of entities of this sort. Thus ‘professor’, defined as follows,b instance_of professor at t =Def. there is some c, c instance_of professor role & c inheres_in b at t.denotes a non-rigid universal and so also do ‘nurse’, ‘student’, ‘colonel’, ‘taxpayer’, and so forth. (These terms are all, in the jargon of philosophy, phase sortals.) By using role terms in definitions, we can create a BFO conformant treatment of such entities drawing on the fact that, while an instance of professor may be simultaneously an instance of trade union member, no instance of the type professor role is also (at any time) an instance of the type trade union member role (any more than any instance of the type color is at any time an instance of the type length).If an ontology of employment positions should be defined in terms of roles following the above pattern, this enables the ontology to do justice to the fact that individuals instantiate the corresponding universals – professor, sergeant, nurse – only during certain phases in their lives.
IAO_0000600: b is a role means: b is a realizable entity & b exists because there is some single bearer that is in some special physical, social, or institutional set of circumstances in which this bearer does not have to be& b is not such that, if it ceases to exist, then the physical make-up of the bearer is thereby changed. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [061-001])
IAO_0000602: (forall (x) (if (Role x) (RealizableEntity x))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [061-001]

Axiom
annotated source: role
annotated property: IAO_0000600
annotated target: b is a role means: b is a realizable entity & b exists because there is some single bearer that is in some special physical, social, or institutional set of circumstances in which this bearer does not have to be& b is not such that, if it ceases to exist, then the physical make-up of the bearer is thereby changed. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [061-001])
IAO_0010000: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/061-001

Axiom
annotated source: role
annotated property: IAO_0000602
annotated target: (forall (x) (if (Role x) (RealizableEntity x))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [061-001]
IAO_0010000: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/061-001

generically dependent continuant
type: Class
subclass of: continuant
BFO_0000179: gdc
BFO_0000180: GenericallyDependentContinuant
IAO_0000112: The entries in your database are patterns instantiated as quality instances in your hard drive. The database itself is an aggregate of such patterns. When you create the database you create a particular instance of the generically dependent continuant type database. Each entry in the database is an instance of the generically dependent continuant type IAO: information content entity.
IAO_0000112: the pdf file on your laptop, the pdf file that is a copy thereof on my laptop
IAO_0000112: the sequence of this protein molecule; the sequence that is a copy thereof in that protein molecule.
IAO_0000115: b is a generically dependent continuant = Def. b is a continuant that g-depends_on one or more other entities. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [074-001])
IAO_0000602: (iff (GenericallyDependentContinuant a) (and (Continuant a) (exists (b t) (genericallyDependsOnAt a b t)))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [074-001]
comment: A continuant that is dependent on one or other independent continuant bearers. For every instance of A requires some instance of (an independent continuant type) B but which instance of B serves can change from time to time.

Axiom
annotated source: generically dependent continuant
annotated property: IAO_0000115
annotated target: b is a generically dependent continuant = Def. b is a continuant that g-depends_on one or more other entities. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [074-001])
IAO_0010000: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/074-001

Axiom
annotated source: generically dependent continuant
annotated property: IAO_0000602
annotated target: (iff (GenericallyDependentContinuant a) (and (Continuant a) (exists (b t) (genericallyDependsOnAt a b t)))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [074-001]
IAO_0010000: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/074-001

function
type: Class
subclass of: disposition
BFO_0000179: function
BFO_0000180: Function
IAO_0000112: the function of a hammer to drive in nails
IAO_0000112: the function of a heart pacemaker to regulate the beating of a heart through electricity
IAO_0000112: the function of amylase in saliva to break down starch into sugar
IAO_0000116: BFO 2 Reference: In the past, we have distinguished two varieties of function, artifactual function and biological function. These are not asserted subtypes of BFO:function however, since the same function – for example: to pump, to transport – can exist both in artifacts and in biological entities. The asserted subtypes of function that would be needed in order to yield a separate monoheirarchy are not artifactual function, biological function, etc., but rather transporting function, pumping function, etc.
IAO_0000600: A function is a disposition that exists in virtue of the bearer’s physical make-up and this physical make-up is something the bearer possesses because it came into being, either through evolution (in the case of natural biological entities) or through intentional design (in the case of artifacts), in order to realize processes of a certain sort. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [064-001])
IAO_0000602: (forall (x) (if (Function x) (Disposition x))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [064-001]

Axiom
annotated source: function
annotated property: IAO_0000600
annotated target: A function is a disposition that exists in virtue of the bearer’s physical make-up and this physical make-up is something the bearer possesses because it came into being, either through evolution (in the case of natural biological entities) or through intentional design (in the case of artifacts), in order to realize processes of a certain sort. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [064-001])
IAO_0010000: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/064-001

Axiom
annotated source: function
annotated property: IAO_0000602
annotated target: (forall (x) (if (Function x) (Disposition x))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [064-001]
IAO_0010000: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/064-001

completely executed planned process
type: Class
subclass of: planned process
IAO_0000111: completely executed planned process
IAO_0000412: cob.owl

planned process
type: Class
subclass of: process
IAO_0000111: planned process
IAO_0000115: A process that is initiated by an agent who intends to carry out a plan to achieve an objective through one or more actions as described in a plan specification.
IAO_0000412: cob.owl

data entity
type: Class
subclass of: information content entity
IAO_0000111: data entity
IAO_0000112: Data items include counts of things, analyte concentrations, and statistical summaries.
IAO_0000114: pending final vetting
IAO_0000115: An information content entity that is intended to be one or more truthful statement(s) about something (modulo, e.g., measurement precision or other systematic errors) and is constructed/acquired by a method which reliably tends to produce (approximately) truthful statements.
IAO_0000116: 2/2/2009 Alan and Bjoern discussing FACS run output data. This is a data item because it is about the cell population. Each element records an event and is typically further composed a set of measurment data items that record the fluorescent intensity stimulated by one of the lasers.
IAO_0000116: 2009-03-16: data item deliberatly ambiguous: we merged data set and datum to be one entity, not knowing how to define singular versus plural. So data item is more general than datum.
IAO_0000116: 2009-03-16: removed datum as alternative term as datum specifically refers to singular form, and is thus not an exact synonym.
IAO_0000116: 2014-03-31: See discussion at http://odontomachus.wordpress.com/2014/03/30/aboutness-objects-propositions/
IAO_0000116: JAR: datum -- well, this will be very tricky to define, but maybe some information-like stuff that might be put into a computer and that is meant, by someone, to denote and/or to be interpreted by some process... I would include lists, tables, sentences... I think I might defer to Barry, or to Brian Cantwell Smith JAR: A data item is an approximately justified approximately true approximate belief
IAO_0000117: PERSON: Alan Ruttenberg
IAO_0000117: PERSON: Chris Stoeckert
IAO_0000117: PERSON: Jonathan Rees
IAO_0000118: data
IAO_0000118: data item

information content entity
type: Class
subclass of: generically dependent continuant
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: is about
  some values from: entity
IAO_0000111: information content entity
IAO_0000112: Examples of information content entites include journal articles, data, graphical layouts, and graphs.
IAO_0000114: ready for release
IAO_0000115: A generically dependent continuant that is about some thing.
IAO_0000116: 2014-03-10: The use of "thing" is intended to be general enough to include universals and configurations (see https://groups.google.com/d/msg/information-ontology/GBxvYZCk1oc/-L6B5fSBBTQJ).
IAO_0000116: information_content_entity 'is_encoded_in' some digital_entity in obi before split (040907). information_content_entity 'is_encoded_in' some physical_document in obi before split (040907). Previous. An information content entity is a non-realizable information entity that 'is encoded in' some digital or physical entity.
IAO_0000117: PERSON: Chris Stoeckert
IAO_0000119: OBI_0000142

curation status specification
type: Class
equivalent class: Class
  one of: example to be eventually removed
  one of: metadata complete
  one of: organizational term
  one of: ready for release
  one of: metadata incomplete
  one of: uncurated
  one of: pending final vetting
  one of: to be replaced with external ontology term
  one of: requires discussion
subclass of: data about an ontology part
IAO_0000111: curation status specification
IAO_0000114: pending final vetting
IAO_0000115: The curation status of the term. The allowed values come from an enumerated list of predefined terms. See the specification of these instances for more detailed definitions of each enumerated value.
IAO_0000116: Better to represent curation as a process with parts and then relate labels to that process (in IAO meeting)
IAO_0000117: PERSON:Bill Bug
IAO_0000119: GROUP:OBI:<http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/obi>
IAO_0000119: OBI_0000266

data about an ontology part
type: Class
subclass of: data entity
IAO_0000111: data about an ontology part
IAO_0000115: Data about an ontology part is a data item about a part of an ontology, for example a term
IAO_0000117: Person:Alan Ruttenberg

obsolescence reason specification
type: Class
equivalent class: Class
  one of: failed exploratory term
  one of: placeholder removed
  one of: terms merged
  one of: term imported
  one of: term split
  one of: out of scope
subclass of: data about an ontology part
IAO_0000111: obsolescence reason specification
IAO_0000114: pending final vetting
IAO_0000115: The reason for which a term has been deprecated. The allowed values come from an enumerated list of predefined terms. See the specification of these instances for more detailed definitions of each enumerated value.
IAO_0000116: The creation of this class has been inspired in part by Werner Ceusters' paper, Applying evolutionary terminology auditing to the Gene Ontology.
IAO_0000117: PERSON: Alan Ruttenberg
IAO_0000117: PERSON: Melanie Courtot

document
type: Class
subclass of: information content entity
IAO_0000111: document
IAO_0000112: A journal article, patent application, laboratory notebook, or a book
IAO_0000114: metadata complete
IAO_0000115: A collection of information content entities intended to be understood together as a whole
IAO_0000117: PERSON: Lawrence Hunter

publication
type: Class
equivalent class: Class
  intersection of: document
  intersection of: Restriction
    on property: is specified output of
    all values from: publishing process
subclass of: document
IAO_0000111: publication
IAO_0000112: journal article, newspaper story, book, etc.
IAO_0000114: metadata complete
IAO_0000115: A document that is the output of a publishing process.
IAO_0000117: PERSON: Chris Stoeckert
IAO_0000117: PERSON: Jie Zheng
IAO_0000117: PERSON: Lawrence Hunter
IAO_0000118: published document
IAO_0000233: https://github.com/information-artifact-ontology/IAO/issues/232
comment: Revisit the term in Octorber 2020. Improve the defintion.

denotator type
type: Class
equivalent class: Class
  one of: universal
  one of: defined class
  one of: named class expression
subclass of: data about an ontology part
IAO_0000111: denotator type
IAO_0000112: The Basic Formal Ontology ontology makes a distinction between Universals and defined classes, where the formal are "natural kinds" and the latter arbitrary collections of entities.
IAO_0000115: A denotator type indicates how a term should be interpreted from an ontological perspective.
IAO_0000117: Alan Ruttenberg
IAO_0000119: Barry Smith, Werner Ceusters

publishing process
type: Class
subclass of: completely executed planned process
IAO_0000114: metadata complete
IAO_0000115: A planned process of making information, such as literature, music, and software etc., available to the public for sale or for free.
IAO_0000117: Person: Jie Zheng
IAO_0000119: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publishing
IAO_0000233: https://github.com/information-artifact-ontology/IAO/issues/232
IAO_0000234: VEuPathDB

identifier
type: Class
equivalent class: Class
  intersection of: information content entity
  intersection of: Restriction
    on property: denotes
    some values from: entity
  intersection of: Restriction
    on property: is specified output of
    some values from: identifier creating process
subclass of: information content entity
IAO_0000111: identifier
IAO_0000115: An information content entity that is the outcome of a dubbing process and is used to refer to one instance of entity shared by a group of people to refer to that individual entity.
IAO_0000117: Justin Whorton
IAO_0000117: Mathias Brochhausen
IAO_0000118: proper name
IAO_0000233: https://github.com/information-artifact-ontology/IAO/issues/237
creator: Mathias Brochhausen
comment: Sep 29, 2016: The current definition has been amended from the previous version: "A proper name is an information content entity that is the outcome of a dubbing process and is used to refer to one instance of entity shared by a group of people to refer to that individual entity." to more accuratly reflect the necessary and sufficient condition on the class. (MB)

identifier creating process
type: Class
equivalent class: Class
  intersection of: completely executed planned process
  intersection of: Restriction
    on property: has specified output
    some values from: identifier
subclass of: completely executed planned process
IAO_0000115: A planned process that provides a reference to an individual entity shared by a group of subscribers to refer to that individual entity.
IAO_0000117: Justin Whorton
IAO_0000117: Mathias Brochhausen
IAO_0000118: dubbing process
IAO_0000118: naming
IAO_0000233: https://github.com/information-artifact-ontology/IAO/issues/237
creator: Mathias Brochhausen

All given names
type: Class
subclass of: information content entity
IAO_0000115: A personal name that identifies an individual's given name(s) (first name and, where present, middle name(s)), as distinct from their family name.
IAO_0000116: MiKaDiv XSD (ThirdPartyDisclosureRequest.xsd): FirstName EN "The person's first name." / DE "Vorname der Person." KaFE XSD (kafe-standardtypes.xsd, NatP_Struct): Vorname EN "First and middle name" / DE "Vorname". KaFE's Kommunikationshandbuch DIP-KAFE v1.4.0 confirms the field text explicitly covers middle names too ("First and middle name. The length must not exceed 80 characters."). MiKaDiv's own handbook is silent on middle names but does not restrict the field to a single name either -- same real-world scope, hence skos:exactMatch not skos:closeMatch (see mappings/mikadiv-kafe.sssom.tsv). Confirmed to hold, verbatim, for KaFE's Ansprechperson_Struct.Vorname (contact person) too -- identical EN/DE documentation text to NatP_Struct.Vorname.
IAO_0000118: Alle Vornamen @de
IAO_0000119: MiKaDiv: ThirdPartyDisclosureRequest.xsd, IndividualPersonType.FirstName. KaFE: kafe-standardtypes.xsd, NatP_Struct.Vorname and Ansprechperson_Struct.Vorname. KaFE Kommunikationshandbuch DIP-KAFE v1.4.0.

Last name
type: Class
subclass of: information content entity
IAO_0000115: A personal name that identifies an individual's family name (surname), as distinct from their given name(s).
IAO_0000116: MiKaDiv XSD (ThirdPartyDisclosureRequest.xsd): LastName EN "The person's last name." / DE "Nachname (Familienname) der Person." KaFE XSD (kafe-standardtypes.xsd, NatP_Struct): Nachname EN "Last name" / DE "Nachname". Both single-valued, no multi-value/ordering ambiguity (unlike given names) -- clean skos:exactMatch. Confirmed to hold, verbatim, for KaFE's Ansprechperson_Struct.Nachname (contact person) too -- identical EN/DE documentation text to NatP_Struct.Nachname.
IAO_0000118: Nachname @de
IAO_0000119: MiKaDiv: ThirdPartyDisclosureRequest.xsd, IndividualPersonType.LastName. KaFE: kafe-standardtypes.xsd, NatP_Struct.Nachname and Ansprechperson_Struct.Nachname.

example to be eventually removed
type: NamedIndividual
type: curation status specification
IAO_0000111: example to be eventually removed

failed exploratory term
type: NamedIndividual
type: obsolescence reason specification
IAO_0000111: failed exploratory term
IAO_0000115: The term was initially used in an attempt to structure part of the ontology, but in retrospect failed to do a good job.
IAO_0000116: Terms created as placeholders with the expectation of being permanent should instead be deprecated using the "placeholder removed" (obo:IAO_0000226) justification.
IAO_0000117: Person:Alan Ruttenberg
contributor: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6875-5360
contributor: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7356-1779

metadata complete
type: NamedIndividual
type: curation status specification
IAO_0000111: metadata complete
IAO_0000115: Class has all its metadata, but is either not guaranteed to be in its final location in the asserted IS_A hierarchy or refers to another class that is not complete.

organizational term
type: NamedIndividual
type: curation status specification
IAO_0000111: organizational term
IAO_0000115: The term was created to ease viewing/sorting terms for development purposes, but will not be included in a release.

ready for release
type: NamedIndividual
type: curation status specification
IAO_0000111: ready for release
IAO_0000115: Class has undergone final review, is ready for use, and will be included in the next release. Any class lacking "ready_for_release" should be considered likely to change place in hierarchy, have its definition refined, or be obsoleted in the next release. Those classes deemed "ready_for_release" will also derived from a chain of ancestor classes that are also "ready_for_release."

metadata incomplete
type: NamedIndividual
type: curation status specification
IAO_0000111: metadata incomplete
IAO_0000115: Class is being worked on; however, the metadata (including definition) are not complete or sufficiently clear to the branch editors.

uncurated
type: NamedIndividual
type: curation status specification
IAO_0000111: uncurated
IAO_0000115: Nothing done yet beyond assigning a unique class ID and proposing a preferred term.

pending final vetting
type: NamedIndividual
type: curation status specification
IAO_0000111: pending final vetting
IAO_0000115: All definitions, placement in the asserted IS_A hierarchy and required minimal metadata are complete. The class is awaiting a final review by someone other than the term editor.

placeholder removed
type: NamedIndividual
type: obsolescence reason specification
IAO_0000111: placeholder removed
IAO_0000115: The term was created to temporarily stand in for a semantic purpose, but is no longer needed, typically due to another permanent term being defined.
IAO_0000116: This reason is appropriate for a temporary term even if no permanent term is defined; for example if the need for the term no longer exists. If a permanent (replacement) term is defined, the deprecated term should reference the replacement with IAO:0100001. If no replacement is defined, it may be appropriate to reference alternative terms with oboInOwl:consider.
contributor: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6875-5360
contributor: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7356-1779

terms merged
type: NamedIndividual
type: obsolescence reason specification
IAO_0000111: terms merged
IAO_0000115: The term has been combined with one or more other terms to create a more encompassing (merged) term.
IAO_0000116: The deprecated term should reference the merged term with obo:IAO_0100001. The replacement term should reference the original terms as sources using obo:RO_0001000 (derives_from). An editor note should explain what were the merged terms and the reason for the merge.
contributor: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6875-5360
contributor: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7356-1779

term imported
type: NamedIndividual
type: obsolescence reason specification
IAO_0000111: term imported
IAO_0000115: The term has been replaced by a term imported from another ontology.
IAO_0000116: This is to be used when the original term has been replaced by a term imported from an other ontology. The deprecated term should reference the imported term with obo:IAO_0100001.
contributor: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6875-5360
contributor: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7356-1779

term split
type: NamedIndividual
type: obsolescence reason specification
IAO_0000111: term split
IAO_0000115: The term has been split into two or more new terms.
IAO_0000116: This is to be used when a term has been split in two or more new terms. An editor note should indicate the reason for the split. The deprecated term should reference the replacement terms with obo:IAO_0100001.
contributor: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6875-5360
contributor: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7356-1779

universal
type: NamedIndividual
type: denotator type
IAO_0000111: universal
IAO_0000116: Hard to give a definition for. Intuitively a "natural kind" rather than a collection of any old things, which a class is able to be, formally. At the meta level, universals are defined as positives, are disjoint with their siblings, have single asserted parents.
IAO_0000117: Alan Ruttenberg
IAO_0000119: A Formal Theory of Substances, Qualities, and Universals, http://ontology.buffalo.edu/bfo/SQU.pdf

defined class
type: NamedIndividual
type: denotator type
IAO_0000111: defined class
IAO_0000115: A defined class is a class that is defined by a set of logically necessary and sufficient conditions but is not a universal
IAO_0000116: "definitions", in some readings, always are given by necessary and sufficient conditions. So one must be careful (and this is difficult sometimes) to distinguish between defined classes and universal.
IAO_0000117: Alan Ruttenberg

named class expression
type: NamedIndividual
type: denotator type
IAO_0000111: named class expression
IAO_0000115: A named class expression is a logical expression that is given a name. The name can be used in place of the expression.
IAO_0000116: named class expressions are used in order to have more concise logical definition but their extensions may not be interesting classes on their own. In languages such as OWL, with no provisions for macros, these show up as actuall classes. Tools may with to not show them as such, and to replace uses of the macros with their expansions
IAO_0000117: Alan Ruttenberg

to be replaced with external ontology term
type: NamedIndividual
type: curation status specification
IAO_0000111: to be replaced with external ontology term
IAO_0000115: Terms with this status should eventually replaced with a term from another ontology.
IAO_0000117: Alan Ruttenberg
IAO_0000119: group:OBI

requires discussion
type: NamedIndividual
type: curation status specification
IAO_0000111: requires discussion
IAO_0000115: A term that is metadata complete, has been reviewed, and problems have been identified that require discussion before release. Such a term requires editor note(s) to identify the outstanding issues.
IAO_0000117: Alan Ruttenberg
IAO_0000119: group:OBI

out of scope
type: NamedIndividual
type: obsolescence reason specification
IAO_0000115: The term was added to the ontology on the assumption it was in scope, but it turned out later that it was not.
IAO_0000116: This obsolesence reason should be used conservatively. Typical valid examples in disease ontologies are: unnecessary class grouping; mistaked creation of a disease associated to a phenotype.
IAO_0000117: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5208-3432
IAO_0000233: https://github.com/information-artifact-ontology/ontology-metadata/issues/77
IAO_0000234: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5208-3432
contributor: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6875-5360
contributor: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7356-1779

domain entity does not exist
type: NamedIndividual
type: obsolescence reason specification
IAO_0000115: The term was added to the ontology on the assumption it was a valid domain entity, but it turns out the entity does not exist in reality.
IAO_0000116: This obsolesence reason should be used conservatively. For example: Obsoleting class that describes a breed of cow based on a record in an existing database, that was later retracted as faulty (breed does not exist). Do not use this term to obsolete a historic concept (that was once valid, but not anymore).
IAO_0000117: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4142-7153
IAO_0000233: https://github.com/information-artifact-ontology/ontology-metadata/issues/136
IAO_0000234: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4142-7153