Dependent
A class with identifier http://rds.posccaesar.org/ontology/lis14/rdl/Dependent
| Source ontology | Industrial Data Ontology |
| adapted from | obo:BFO_0000020 |
| is primitive | true |
| natural language definition | An entity that is an inherent quality or realizable potential of an object. |
| primitive rationale | To provide necessary and sufficient conditions is beyond scope of IDO. Note that the BFO analogue, 'specifically dependent continuant', is defined in terms of the primitive relation 'specifically depends on' (s-depends on), which is not included in IDO. |
| Comment | There is no direct analogue to 'dependent' entities in ISO 15926-2:2003. However, ISO 15926-2:2003 'property' and 'functional_physical_object' largely serve the same purpose as, respectively, 'quality' and 'potential'. |
| The class Dependent is closely related to "specifically dependent continuant" in BFO (BFO_0000020). | |
| See also | ISO 15926-2:2003 'property', 'functional_physical_object' |
| ActivityProfile | |
| alternative label | Dependent Entity |
| Example | The colour of a surface, the temperature of a medium, the storage-space role of a room. |
| The colour of a surface, the temperature of a medium, a technical contact role. | |
| scope note | Any 'object' will be the bearer of various 'dependent' entities, but any 'temporal' entity has only an indirect relationship to 'dependent's. This is in line with BFO, but also a common source of confusion. A common need is to relate a measure based on a 'physical quantity' to an 'activity', like average speed to a transport activity; this may not be implemented as an "average speed" dependent entity of the transport. For a suitable representation pattern, see the class 'activity profile' and related resources. |