isAbout
An object property with identifier http://rds.posccaesar.org/ontology/lis14/rdl/isAbout
| Source ontology | Industrial Data Ontology |
| is primitive | true |
| natural language definition | If x 'is about' y, then x is an 'information object' of relevance to y. |
| primitive rationale | A comprehensive account of aboutness is beyond the scope of IDO. |
| See also | ISO 15926-2:2003 'representation_of_thing' |
| obo:IAO_0000136 | |
| representedIn | |
| Example | A regulation describes a procedure, a datum quantifies a quality, a nameplate provides basic information about a pressure vessel, a log file traces quantity values during an activity. |
| scope note | The 'is about' relation is intended as a superrelation for the broad range of relations between information objects and entities, including describing, naming, characterisation, and evaluation. |
| InverseOf | representedIn |
| Disjoint with | none |
| Domain | InformationObject |
| Range | anything |