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IAO_0000030 - information content entity
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.. topic:: Label

    information content entity

.. topic:: Editor preferred label

    information content entity

.. topic:: Sub class of

    :doc:`doc-BFO_0000031`

.. topic:: Definition

    A generically dependent continuant that is about some thing.

.. topic:: Definition source

    OBI_0000142

.. topic:: Example

    Examples of information content entites include journal articles, data, graphical layouts, and graphs.

.. topic:: Editor's note

    2014-03-10: The use of "thing" is intended to be general enough to include universals and configurations (see https://groups.google.com/d/msg/information-ontology/GBxvYZCk1oc/-L6B5fSBBTQJ).

    information_content_entity 'is_encoded_in' some digital_entity in obi before split (040907). information_content_entity 'is_encoded_in' some physical_document in obi before split (040907).
    
    Previous. An information content entity is a non-realizable information entity that 'is encoded in' some digital or physical entity.

.. topic:: Imported from

    http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/iao/2020-12-09/iao.owl

.. topic:: Term editor

    PERSON: Chris Stoeckert