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Capability Ontology

Definition: A disposition in whose realization some organism or group of organisms has or had an interest.

Parent: Realizable Entity

See also: AIAgent, Interest

Modeling Notes​

  • Based on Barry Smith and John Beverley's capability framework
  • Capabilities are dispositions that realize interests of organisms or groups
  • All functions are capabilities (as per Smith & Beverley)
  • Capabilities require material entities as bearers
  • Realized through processes that have participants

Core Capability Types​

Cognitive Capabilities​

  • Text Generation Capability - Generate coherent and contextually appropriate text
  • Code Generation Capability - Generate functional code in various programming languages
  • Truth-Seeking Capability - Perform contrarian analysis and seek objective truth
  • Reasoning Capability - Perform logical reasoning and problem-solving

Technical Capabilities​

  • Data Analysis Capability - Analyze data and extract meaningful insights
  • Image Analysis Capability - Analyze and understand visual content
  • Web Search Capability - Search the web and retrieve current information
  • Translation Capability - Translate text between different languages

Implementation Example​

# AI Agent with capabilities
abi:claude_agent a abi:AIAgent ;
    rdfs:label "Claude Agent"@en ;
    abi:hasCapability capability:TextGenerationCapability,
                      capability:ReasoningCapability .

# Capability realization
abi:text_generation_process a capability:CapabilityRealization ;
    rdfs:label "Text Generation Process"@en ;
    capability:realizesCapability capability:TextGenerationCapability ;
    abi:hasParticipant abi:claude_agent .

Key Properties​

  • capability:hasInterestIn - Relates interest to capability
  • capability:bearerOfInterest - Relates interest to organism/group
  • capability:realizesCapability - Relates process to capability realized