Generically dependent continuant
Overview​
Definition​
(Elucidation) A generically dependent continuant is an entity that exists in virtue of the fact that there is at least one of what may be multiple copies which is the content or the pattern that multiple copies would share
Examples​
The pdf file on your laptop; the pdf file that is a copy thereof on my laptop; the sequence of this protein molecule; the sequence that is a copy thereof in that protein molecule; the content that is shared by a string of dots and dashes written on a page and the transmitted Morse code signal; the content of a sentence; an engineering blueprint
Aliases​
g-dependent continuant
URI​
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000031
Subclass Of​
Ontology Reference​
Properties​
Data Properties​
| Ontology | Label | Definition | Example | Domain | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| abi | is curated in foundry | Relates a class to the foundry it is curated in. | The class cco:ont00001262 is curated in the foundry 'enterprise_management_foundry' and 'personal_ai_foundry'. | entity | string |
| abi | data property | A data property is a property that is used to represent a data property. | entity | string | |
| abi | extracted at | The timestamp in ISO 8601 format when a generically dependent continuant was extracted or retrieved from its source. | 2025-06-05T12:00:00+00:00 | generically dependent continuant | dateTime |
Object Properties​
| Ontology | Label | Definition | Example | Domain | Range | Inverse Of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| abi | has backing data source | Relates an entity to the data source that provides the underlying data for that entity. This property indicates the origin or source of the data that supports the entity. | A report entity may have a backing data source that provides the raw data used to generate the report. | entity | Data Source | - |
| abi | has template class | Relates a subject to its template class. | entity | Template Class | - | |
| bfo | exists at | (Elucidation) exists at is a relation between a particular and some temporal region at which the particular exists | First World War exists at 1914-1916; Mexico exists at January 1, 2000 | entity | temporal region | - |
| bfo | continuant part of | b continuant part of c = Def b and c are continuants & there is some time t such that b and c exist at t & b continuant part of c at t | Milk teeth continuant part of human; surgically removed tumour continuant part of organism | continuant | continuant | has continuant part |
| bfo | has continuant part | b has continuant part c = Def c continuant part of b | continuant | continuant | - | |
| cco | is output of | x is_output_of y iff x is an instance of Continuant and y is an instance of Process, such that the presence of x at the end of y is a necessary condition for the completion of y. | continuant | process | has output | |
| cco | is input of | x is_input_of y iff x is an instance of Continuant and y is an instance of Process, such that the presence of x at the beginning of y is a necessary condition for the start of y. | continuant | process | has input | |
| cco | is affected by | x is_affected_by y iff x is an instance of Continuant and y is an instance of Process, and y influences x in some manner, most often by producing a change in x. | continuant | process | - | |
| bfo | is concretized by | c is concretized by b = Def b concretizes c | generically dependent continuant | {'or': ['http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000015', 'http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000020']} | concretizes | |
| bfo | generically depends on | b generically depends on c = Def b is a generically dependent continuant & c is an independent continuant that is not a spatial region & at some time t there inheres in c a specifically dependent continuant which concretizes b at t | generically dependent continuant | {'and': ['http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000004', {'not': ['http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000006']}]} | is carrier of |