Quality
A class with identifier http://rds.posccaesar.org/ontology/lis14/rdl/Quality
| Source ontology | Industrial Data Ontology |
| is primitive | true |
| natural language definition | A dependent entity that is present any time its bearer exists. |
| primitive rationale | 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. |
| usage note | 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 | DOLCE describes qualities as follows: "Qualities can be seen as the basic entities we can perceive or measure: shapes, colors, sizes, sounds, smells, as well as weights, lengths, electrical charges... 'Quality' is often used as a synonymous of 'property', but this is not the case in this upper ontology: qualities are particulars, properties are universals. Qualities inhere to entities: every entity (including qualities themselves) comes with certain qualities, which exist as long as the entity exists." |
| The class Quality and its subclass PhysicalQuantity are inspired by corresponding classes included in the DOLCE and BFO (BFO_0000019) 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. |