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concretizes

An object property with identifier http://rds.posccaesar.org/ontology/lis14/rdl/concretizes

MetadataThis section provides information about 'concretizes' itself.

Source ontologyIndustrial Data Ontology
is primitivetrue
natural language definitionIf x 'concretizes' y, then y is an 'information object', and x is a 'physical object' copy of y, or an 'activity' performance of y.
primitive rationaleA comprehensive definition of what it means to be a copy, or manifest a pattern, is beyond the scope of IDO. The definition given here is clearly incomplete.
usage noteThe relation of concretization is under-documented, especially when it comes to concretization as entities to be realized in activities, or activities themselves; we follow the latter, as is done in BFO-ISO, where the performance of a musical piece is the concretization. Other BFO documentation says the intention to perform is the concretization. The current annotations and axioms in IDO represent a best effort, but may need to be changed.
There are two main, and very different, uses of 'concretizes' for an information object y. (1) The information object is made concrete in printed or electronic copies. Each copy will have patterns of ink or configurations of electrons that map to y: a quality of appropriate similarity. (2) The information object is made concrete by a performance according to the specification given by y. A 'process profile' of the performance will map to the pattern of y in an appropriate way.
See alsoobo:RO_0000059
obo:BFO_0000059
obo:BFO_0000164
concretizedBy
ExampleA report is produced as paper copies, a spreadsheet document is shown on a computer screen, a plan is carried out, a device operates according to a functional specification, a software program is executed.
scope noteInspired by BFO's "concretizes". The constraints on 'concretizes' in IDO closely matches that employed in BFO-ISO (obo:BFO_0000059), and not the RO or the IAO (obo:RO_0000059).

ConstraintsThis section lists constraints that members of 'concretizes' shall satisfy.

InverseOfconcretizedBy
Disjoint withnone
DomainActivity or PhysicalObject
RangeInformationObject

ContextThis section provides super- and subproperties as well as members of 'concretizes'.