.. index:: 
     single: RO_0000087; has role
     single: has role; RO_0000087

RO_0000087 - has role
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.. topic:: Label

    has role

.. topic:: Alternate name

    has_role

.. topic:: Sub property of

    :doc:`doc-RO_0000053`

.. topic:: Definition

    A relation between an independent continuant (the bearer) and a role, in which the role specifically depends on the bearer for its existence

.. topic:: Example

    This person has role this investigator role (more colloquially: this person has this role of investigator)

.. topic:: Editor's note

    A bearer can have many roles, and its roles can exist for different periods of time, but none of its roles can exist when the bearer does not exist. A role need not be realized at all the times that the role exists.

.. topic:: Imported from

    http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ro/releases/2021-03-08/ro.owl