SpatialLocation
A class with identifier http://rds.posccaesar.org/ontology/lis14/rdl/SpatialLocation
| Source ontology | Industrial Data Ontology |
| is primitive | true |
| natural language definition | A location defined relative to a spatial reference system. |
| primitive rationale | To provide an account of space, or spatial reference system, is beyond the scope of IDO. |
| usage note | The extent of a 'spatial location' may be given either in terms of a spatial frame of reference, for instance with coordinates, or by position relative to material entities at a point in time. |
| As with 'spatiotemporal region', a spatial location need not be connected; for example, a location may consist in several cube-shaped regions. | |
| The subclasses 'point in space', 'line in space', 'plane in space', and 'volume in space' are all defined as singular: for example, a 'point in space' individual may not have multiple points as parts. This, in contrast to the analogous BFO classes 'one-dimensional spatial region', etc., which are all defined as plural, allowing for disconnected parts. | |
| See also | ISO 15926-2:2003 'spatial_location', 'region_in_space' |
| obo:BFO_0000006 | |
| Example | The cube-shaped region extending 1 metre in each direction from origo, the line extending 10 metres from origo along the z axis, two points with coordinates on a two-dimensional plane; the location of a container at 10:00 AM. |
| scope note | The position of a 'spatial location' is fixed (relative to the frame of reference); it is not dependent on changing positions of 'physical object's. |