Role
Overview​
Definition​
(Elucidation) A role b is a realizable entity such that b exists because there is some single bearer that is in some special physical, social, or institutional set of circumstances in which this bearer does not have to be & b is not such that, if it ceases to exist, then the physical make-up of the bearer is thereby changed
Examples​
The priest role; the student role; the role of subject in a clinical trial; the role of a stone in marking a property boundary; the role of a boundary to demarcate two neighbouring administrative territories; the role of a building in serving as a military target
Aliases​
externally-grounded realizable entity
URI​
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000023
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 |
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 | specifically depends on | (Elucidation) specifically depends on is a relation between a specifically dependent continuant b and specifically dependent continuant or independent continuant that is not a spatial region c such that b and c share no parts in common & b is of a nature such that at all times t it cannot exist unless c exists & b is not a boundary of c | A shape specifically depends on the shaped object; hue, saturation and brightness of a colour sample specifically depends on each other | specifically dependent continuant | {'or': ['http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000020', {'and': ['http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000004', {'not': ['http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000006']}]}]} | - |
| bfo | inheres in | b inheres in c = Def b is a specifically dependent continuant & c is an independent continuant that is not a spatial region & b specifically depends on c | A shape inheres in a shaped object; a mass inheres in a material entity | specifically dependent continuant | {'and': ['http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000004', {'not': ['http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000006']}]} | - |
| bfo | has realization | b has realization c = Def c realizes b | As for realizes | realizable entity | process | realizes |
| is realized by | realizable entity | process | - | |||
| is capability of | realizable entity | material entity | - | |||
| cco | role of aggregate | x role_of_aggregate y iff y is an instance of Object Aggregate and x is an instance of Role, and x inheres_in_aggregate y. | role | object aggregate | - | |
| cco | is subordinate role to | For all x,y,t: y is subordinate role to x at t iff: x is an instance of Role at time t, and y is an instance of Role at time t, and there is some z such that x is realized by z and z is an instance of Process which creates, modifies, transfers, or eliminates some u such that u is a Process Regulation at time t, and u is addressed to the bearer of y. | role | role | has subordinate role | |
| cco | has subordinate role | For all x,y,t: x has subordinate role y at t iff: x is an instance of Role at time t, and y is an instance of Role at time t, and there is some z such that x is realized by z and z is an instance of Process which creates, modifies, transfers, or eliminates some u such that u is a Process Regulation at time t, and u is addressed to the bearer of y. | role | role | - | |
| cco | has organizational context | x has_organizational_context y iff y is an instance of an Organization and x is an instance of a Role and z is an instance of a Person, such that z's affiliation with y is a prerequisite for z bearing x or y ascribes x to the bearer of x. | role | Organization | - |