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IAO_0000136 - is about
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.. topic:: Label

    is about

.. topic:: Sub property of

    http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#topObjectProperty

.. topic:: Definition

    A (currently) primitive relation that relates an information artifact to an entity.

.. topic:: Definition source

    Smith, Ceusters, Ruttenberg, 2000 years of philosophy

.. topic:: Example

    This document is about information artifacts and their representations

.. topic:: Editor's note

    7/6/2009 Alan Ruttenberg. Following discussion with Jonathan Rees, and introduction of "mentions" relation. Weaken the is_about relationship to be primitive. 
    
    We will try to build it back up by elaborating the various subproperties that are more precisely defined.
    
    Some currently missing phenomena that should be considered "about" are predications - "The only person who knows the answer is sitting beside me" , Allegory, Satire, and other literary forms that can be topical without explicitly mentioning the topic.

.. topic:: Imported from

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

.. topic:: Term editor

    person:Alan Ruttenberg