Temporal region

Overview

Definition

(Elucidation) A temporal region is an occurrent over which processes can unfold

Examples

As for zero-dimensional temporal region and one-dimensional temporal region

Aliases

Not defined.

URI

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000008

Subclass Of

• Entity
• Occurrent
• Temporal region

Ontology Reference

• bfo

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	preceded by	b preceded by c = Def b precedes c	The temporal region occupied by the second half of the match is preceded by the temporal region occupied by the first half of the match	occurrent	occurrent	precedes
bfo	precedes	(Elucidation) precedes is a relation between occurrents o, o' such that if t is the temporal extent of o & t' is the temporal extent of o' then either the last instant of o is before the first instant of o' or the last instant of o is the first instant of o' & neither o nor o' are temporal instants	The temporal region occupied by Mary's birth precedes the temporal region occupied by Mary's death.	occurrent	occurrent	-
bfo	has occurrent part	b has occurrent part c = Def c occurrent part of b	Mary's life has occurrent part Mary's 5th birthday	occurrent	occurrent	occurrent part of
bfo	has temporal part	b has temporal part c = Def c temporal part of b	Your life has temporal part the first year of your life	occurrent	occurrent	temporal part of
bfo	occurrent part of	(Elucidation) occurrent part of is a relation between occurrents b and c when b is part of c	Mary's 5th birthday is an occurrent part of Mary's life; the first set of the tennis match is an occurrent part of the tennis match	occurrent	occurrent	-
bfo	temporal part of	b temporal part of c = Def b occurrent part of c & (b and c are temporal regions) or (b and c are spatiotemporal regions & b temporally projects onto an occurrent part of the temporal region that c temporally projects onto) or (b and c are processes or process boundaries & b occupies a temporal region that is an occurrent part of the temporal region that c occupies)	Your heart beating from 4pm to 5pm today is a temporal part of the process of your heart beating; the 4th year of your life is a temporal part of your life, as is the process boundary which separates the 3rd and 4th years of your life; the first quarter of a game of football is a temporal part of the whole game	occurrent	occurrent	-
cco	is cause of	x is_cause_of y iff x and y are instances of Occurrent, and y is a consequence of x.		occurrent	occurrent	caused by
cco	caused by	x caused_by y iff x and y are instances of Occurrent, and x is a consequence of y.		occurrent	occurrent	-
bfo	has first instant	t has first instant t' = Def t' first instant of t	The first hour of a year has first instant midnight on December 31	temporal region	temporal instant	-
bfo	has last instant	t has last instant t' = Def t' last instant of t	The last hour of a year has last instant midnight December 31	temporal region	temporal instant	-
cco	is temporal region of	t is temporal region of p iff p occupies temporal region t.		temporal region	{'or': ['http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000015', 'http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000035']}	-