Quality
A class with identifier http://rds.posccaesar.org/ontology/lis14/rdl/Quality
| Source ontology | Industrial Data Ontology |
| isPrimitive | true |
| naturalLanguageDefinition | A dependent entity that is present any time its bearer exists. |
| primitiveRationale | Qualities cover a broad range of what is commonly referred to as "properties". It is beyond the scope of IDO to precisely determine what should be included. |
| usageNote | Qualities are in general subject to change over the lifetime of the bearer. The main IDO device for representing quality changes is through 'datum' individuals: see lis:qualityQuantifiedAs. |
| Qualities should only be used for root properties such as voltage, pressure, etc. Where there are variants such as nominal, rated, actual voltage, modellers should use lis:Quality for voltage and use a subclass of lis:QualityDatum for the moderator ("nominal", etc.) | |
| Comment | The class Quality and its subclass PhysicalQuantity are inspired by corresponding classes included in the DOLCE and BFO upper ontologies. |
| See also | ISO 15926-2:2003 'property' |
| obo:PATO_0000001 | |
| obo:PATO_0001241 | |
| dol:quality | |
| ssn:Property | |
| obo:BFO_0000019 | |
| ssn:ActuatableProperty | |
| Example | The temperature of a fluid stream, the tensile strength of a bolt, the length of a pipeline, the colour of a surface coating, the familiarity of a specialist with a modification procedure, the quality of a window of being open or closed. |