Process

Definition: An occurrent that has temporal parts and unfolds through time.

Parent: Occurrent

See also: Temporal Region, Spatial Region

Modeling Notes

• Processes represent the "HOW-IT-HAPPENS" aspect of BFO's 7 buckets
• They have participants (continuants) and unfold over time intervals
• Can have sub-processes and be part of larger processes
• Foundation for AI workflows, reasoning processes, and system activities
• Enable process-centric routing based on cognitive requirements

Examples in AI Context

• AI inference and reasoning processes
• Knowledge graph construction workflows
• Agent routing and selection processes
• Model training and fine-tuning activities
• Data processing and transformation pipelines