Classes¶

Classes are collections of individuals. A university, a nonprofit, building, and a role in a project are all individuals. Classes of individuals are defined by specifying members (extension) or more frequently in scholarship, by specifying conditions (intension).

In ontologies, and using OWL, individuals instances of classes. Classes are arranged in subsumption hierarchies, indicating that individuals in one class are members of some higher class. For example, a cat is a mammal. Your cat is an instance of the class cat. All cats are mammals. We say cat is a subclass of mammal. We can infer that all individuals that are cats are mammals. Your cat is a cat, so we can infer your cat is a mammal.

All Classes¶

See Table 5.

Table 5 Classes¶
Term ID - Label	Definition
BFO_0000001 - entity	The fundamental thing that has existence. All things that exist are entities.
BFO_0000002 - continuant	An entity which has existence in time
BFO_0000003 - occurrent	An entity which occurs in time
BFO_0000004 - independent continuant	B is an independent continuant = Def. b is a continuant which is such that there is no c and no t such that b s-depends_on c at t. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [017-002])
BFO_0000008 - temporal region	An occurent which is some part of time
BFO_0000015 - process	P is a process = Def. p is an occurrent that has temporal proper parts and for some time t, p s-depends_on some material entity at t. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [083-003]) [has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/083-003]
BFO_0000016 - disposition	A realizable entity that presents in a continuant
BFO_0000017 - realizable entity	To say that b is a realizable entity is to say that b is a specifically dependent continuant that inheres in some independent continuant which is not a spatial region and is of a type instances of which are realized in processes of a correlated type. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [058-002])
BFO_0000019 - quality	A quality is a specifically dependent continuant that, in contrast to roles and dispositions, does not require any further process in order to be realized.
BFO_0000020 - specifically dependent continuant	B is a specifically dependent continuant = Def. b is a continuant & there is some independent continuant c which is not a spatial region and which is such that b s-depends_on c at every time t during the course of b’s existence. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [050-003]) [has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/050-003]
BFO_0000023 - role	B is a role means: b is a realizable entity & b exists because there is some single bearer that is in some special physical, social, or institutional set of circumstances in which this bearer does not have to be& b is not such that, if it ceases to exist, then the physical make-up of the bearer is thereby changed.
BFO_0000029 - site	B is a site means: b is a three-dimensional immaterial entity that is (partially or wholly) bounded by a material entity or it is a three-dimensional immaterial part thereof. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [034-002])
BFO_0000031 - generically dependent continuant	B is a generically dependent continuant = Def. b is a continuant that g-depends_on one or more other entities. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [074-001]) [has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/074-001]
BFO_0000035 - process boundary	P is a process boundary =Def. p is a temporal part of a process & p has no proper temporal parts. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [084-001]) [has axiom label: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/axiom/084-001]
BFO_0000038 - one-dimensional temporal region	A one-dimensional temporal region is a temporal region that is extended. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [103-001])
BFO_0000040 - material entity	A material entity is an independent continuant that has some portion of matter as proper or improper continuant part. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [019-002])
BFO_0000141 - immaterial entity	An immaterial entity is the boundary or interior of a material entity
BFO_0000148 - zero-dimensional temporal region	A temporal region of no duration.
IAO_0000030 - information content entity	A generically dependent continuant that is about some thing.
IAO_0000422 - postal address	A textual entity that is used as directive to deliver something to a person, or organization
IAO_0000429 - email address	A designation used to deliver email to a recipient. Typically has an associated email representation
IAO_0000578 - centrally registered identifier	An information content entity that consists of a CRID symbol and additional information about the CRID registry to which it belongs.
IAO_0020000 - identifier	An identifier is an information content entity that is the outcome of a dubbing process and is used to refer to one instance of entity shared by a group of people to refer to that individual entity.
IAO_0022003 - crossref funder identifier	An identifier assigned by CrossRef to an organization which has funded a project resulting in a published work
IAO_0022006 - dbpedia identifier	A URL used by DBpedia to identify an entity
IAO_0022010 - global research organization identifier	An identifier assigned and managed by Digital Science for the purpose of denoting research organizations
IAO_0022014 - international standard name identifier	An identifier for persons and organizations which may be assigned by matching algorithms based on records provided by publishers
IAO_0022022 - research organization registry identifier	An identifier assigned by ROR to research organizations in the world
IAO_0022027 - wikidata q number	QID (or Q number) is the unique identifier of a data item on Wikidata, comprising the letter “Q” followed by one or more digits.
IAO_0022057 - ringgold identifier	The Ringgold Identifier is a unique numerical identifier applied to organizations in the scholarly supply chain
NCBITaxon_9606 - Homo sapiens	The species of bipedal primates to which moden humans belong
ORG_0000001 - organization	A group of people recognized as such by people outside the group that come together for a purpose.
ORG_0000002 - government organization	An organization which is the body of persons that constitutes the governing authority of a political unit
ORG_0000003 - company	A legal entity of associated persons created for a specific purpose, typically commercial, in which excess revenue may be distributed to the company’s owners.
ORG_0000004 - nonprofit organization	A legal entity of associated persons created for a specific purpose, typically a mission, in which excess revenue is reinvested to serve the entity’s mission
ORG_0000005 - informal organization	A group of people recognized as such by people outside the group. Without legal standing.
ORG_0000006 - organization part	An organization which exists as part of another organization. Implies a part_of relationship to another organization
ORG_0000007 - university disposition	A disposition to award academic degrees and conduct research in a variety of academic disciplines
ORG_0000008 - association disposition	A disposition to organize organizations or individuals along and industry or academic lines
ORG_0000009 - consortium disposition	A disposition to organize organizations along industry or academic lines
ORG_0000010 - service provider disposition	A disposition to provide service with or without a fee
ORG_0000011 - laboratory disposition	A disposition to provide laboratory services. In the US, organization parts in universities that have a disposition to provide laboratory services to others are called core laboratories
ORG_0000012 - extension provider disposition	A disposition to provide extension services, typically in agriculture. Extension provides access to university research findings and advice to agriculturalists.
ORG_0000013 - technology transfer disposition	A disposition to create licenses for intellectual property for use by these beyond the creators
ORG_0000014 - philanthropy disposition	A disposition to donate charitable causes, sometimes in the form of grants involving contracts regarding the use of the donated funds or effort.
ORG_0000015 - funding disposition	A disposition to fund proposals, often is response to a call for proposals by the entity with the funding disposition
ORG_0000016 - health care service provider disposition	A disposition to provider health care to humans
ORG_0000017 - hospital service provider disposition	A disposition to provide hospital-based health care services to humans
ORG_0000018 - archive disposition	A disposition to collect, store, and provide access to inanimate material entities, and/or information content entitites
ORG_0000019 - museum disposition	A disposition to collect, store, and provide access to inanimate material entities in a facility
ORG_0000020 - gallery disposition	A disposition to display collected works from an archive
ORG_0000021 - publishing disposition	A disposition to publish information content entities
ORG_0000022 - research disposition	A disposition to conduct research
ORG_0000023 - education disposition	A disposition to teach, and provide experiential opprtunities for students
ORG_0000024 - training disposition	A disposition to train, and provide experiential opportunities for trainees
ORG_0000025 - research administration disposition	A disposition to provide resources and oversight for those conducting research
ORG_0000026 - library disposition	A disposition to provide library services
ORG_0000027 - commerce disposition	A disposition to sell things
ORG_0000028 - military disposition	A disposition to engage in warfare
ORG_0000029 - religious disposition	A disposition to engage in matters of spirtuality and faith
ORG_0000030 - governing disposition	A disposition to provide governance
ORG_0000031 - manufacturing disposition	A dispositon to construct material entities
ORG_0000032 - project team disposition	A disposition to execute and finish a project.
ORG_0000033 - sports disposition	A disposition to engage in sports activites, typically competitive.
ORG_0000034 - information address quality	A quality of an address to be used for information inquiries
ORG_0000035 - billing address quality	A quality of an address to be used to receive bills
ORG_0000036 - shipping address quality	A quality of an address to be used to receive shipped goods
ORG_0000037 - preferred address quality	A quality of an address to be displayed in most settings
ORG_0000038 - homepage quality	A quality to be the primary website for an entity.
ORG_0000039 - wikipedia quality	A quality to be the webpage within WikiPedia regarding the entity
ORG_0000040 - architectural structure	A material entity that is a human made strcuture with firm connection between its foundation and the ground.
ORG_0000041 - campus	The geographic location consisting of the grounds or property of a school, college, university, business, church, or hospital, often understood to include buildings and other structures.
ORG_0000042 - facility	An architectural structure that bears some function.
ORG_0000043 - building	A permanent walled and roofed construction
ORG_0000044 - room	A space contained by a partitioned part of the inside of a building. Often has an identifier.
ORG_0000045 - geographic region	A place on the earth. Not necessarily contiguous
ORG_0000046 - geographic point	A point located on the earth
ORG_0000047 - continent	One of the main landmasses of the globe, usually reckoned as seven in number (Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Australia, and Antarctica).
ORG_0000048 - country	The territory governed by a sovereign state.
ORG_0000049 - region	A subdivision of the territory of a country
ORG_0000050 - populated place	A named place on the earth occupied by people
ORG_0000051 - founding process	The process by which the organization was founded
ORG_0000052 - founding process boundary	The process boundary which defines the moment of creation of an orgnization. Before the moment the organization does not exist. After the moment, the organization exists.
ORG_0000053 - dissolution process	The process by which an organization no longer exists.
ORG_0000054 - dissolution process boundary	The process boundary which marks the moment at which the organization no longer exists
ORG_0000055 - succession process	The process by which one organization gores out of existence and is succeeded by a new organization
ORG_0000056 - succession process boundary	The process boundary within a succession process. Complex succesion processes may have many boundaries.
ORG_0000057 - web site	The information content entity consisting of a group of World Wide Web pages usually containing hyperlinks to each other and made available online by an individual, company, educational institution, government, or organization
ORG_0000058 - spin-off process	The process by which one organization spins off of another
ORG_0000059 - spin-off process boundary	The boundary of a spin-off process
ORG_0000060 - organizational membership	The asymmetric relationship involving two organizations in which one is a member of the other
ORG_0000061 - organizational member role	The role of an organization in being a member of another
ORG_0000062 - organizational member grantor role	The role of an organization in granting a member role to another
ORG_0000063 - student led organization quality	The quality of an organization that is led by a student
ORG_0000064 - woman led organization quality	The quality of an organization that is led by a woman
ORG_0000065 - minority led organization quality	The quality of an organiztion that is led by a designated minority
ORG_0000066 - registered address quality	The quality of a location that is the legal/registered location for the organization
ORG_0000067 - primary address quality	The quality of a location that is the primary/preferred location for the organization
ORG_0000068 - organizational position	The asymmetric relationship between an organization and a person in which a person has a role in the positon, as does the organization.
ORG_0000069 - organizational employee role	The role of a person to be an employee of an organization
ORG_0000070 - organizational employor role	The role of an organization to employ a person
ORG_0000071 - organizational associate role	The role of a person to be an associate of an organization
ORG_0000072 - organizational associate grantor role	The role of an organization to grant associate status to a person
ORG_0000073 - organizatonal head role	The role of a person to be the head of an organization
ORG_0000074 - organizational head grantor role	The role of an organization to grant head status to a person
ORG_0000075 - organizational appointee role	The role of a person to be an appointee of an organization
ORG_0000076 - organizational appointee grantor role	The role of an organization to grant appointee status to a person
ORG_0000077 - organizational volunteer role	The role of a person to be a volunteer of an organization
ORG_0000078 - organizational volunteer grantor role	The role of an organization to grant volunteer status to a person
ORG_0000079 - airline disposition	The disposition of an organization that operates airplanes carrying frieght or passengers
ORG_0000080 - media disposition	The disposition of an organization that creates, transmits, and/or licenses live or recorded material for viewing by others
ORG_0000081 - performing disposition	The disposition of an organization to perform live or recorded music, theatre, or dance
ORG_0000082 - labor union disposition	The disposition of an organization to organize workers for the purpose of negotiations with employers of the workers
ORG_0000083 - person membership	The asymmetric relationship representing a person’s membership in an organization
ORG_0000084 - person member role	The role of a person to be a member of an organization
ORG_0000085 - person member grantor role	The role of an organization to grant membership to a person
ORG_0000086 - academic department disposition	The disposition of an organization part to serve as an academic department, with faculty, courses, programs, focused on an academic discipline
ORG_0000087 - academic college disposition	The disposition of an organization part to serve as an academic college, with academic departments organized within it as parts
ORG_0000088 - committee disposition	The disposition of an organization part to serve as a a body of persons delegated to consider, investigate, take action on, or report on some matter
ORG_0000089 - pre-school disposition	The disposition of an organization to provide education for very young children, varying by jurisdiction, but often in the age range 2-5
ORG_0000090 - primary school disposition	The disposition of an organization to provide education for young children, varying by jurisdiction, but often in the age range 5-11
ORG_0000091 - middle school disposition	The disposition of an organization to provide education for children, varying by jurisdiction, but often in the age range 11-14
ORG_0000092 - secondary school disposition	The disposition of an organization to provide education for older children, varying by jurisdiction, but often in the age range 14-18
ORG_0000093 - ror active status	The disposition of an organization to be in current existence and currently operational
ORG_0000094 - ror inactive status	The disposition of an organization to no longer exist, or to be currently devoid of operations
Concept - concept (skos)	An idea or notion, a unit of thought
Instant - time instant	A zero-dimensional part of time. Precision may specify a range. Represented by xsd datetime string
TemporalUnit - temporal unit	A specification of a time duration. Used to specify precision of time instants

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