;; This file is a perliminary merge of the SUO ontology sources. The basis for ;; the merge is John Sowa's upper ontology (as described at ;; http://www.bestweb.net/~sowa/ontology/toplevel.htm and in Chapter 2 of his ;; book _Knowledge Representation_, Brooks/Cole, 2000). The definitions and ;; axioms of the other SUO sources have been aligned with this ontology. In ;; addition to Sowa's ontology, the merge incorporates Russell and Norvig's ;; ontology, Casati and Varzi's theory of holes, Allen's temporal axioms, the ;; relatively noncontroversial elements of Smith's and Guarino's respective ;; mereotopologies, the KIF formalization of the CPR (Core Plan Representation), ;; the ontologies available on the Ontolingua server maintained by Stanford ;; University's Knowledge Systems Laboratory, and the ontologies developed by ;; ITBM-CNR. ;; This ontology uses a first-order modal language, i.e., a first-order language ;; with the sentence operators "nec" (for "necessarily") and "poss" (for ;; "possibly"). The ontology contains both primitive and defined constants. ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;; ;; ;; STRUCTURAL ONTOLOGY ;; ;; ;; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;; The Structural Ontology consists of definitions of certain syntactic ;; abbreviations that can be both heuristically useful and computationally ;; advantageous. (instance-of instance-of BinaryRelation) (nth-domain instance-of 1 Entity) (nth-domain instance-of 2 Class) (documentation instance-Of "An object is an instance-of a class if it is a member of the set denoted by that class. Instance-of is useful for defining the second-order relations and classes that are about class/instance networks. An individual may be an instance of many classes, some of which may be subclasses of others. Thus, there is no assumption in the meaning of instance-of about specificity or uniqueness. See 'direct-instance-of'.") (instance-of subclass-of TransitiveRelation) (nth-domain subclass-of 1 Class) (nth-domain subclass-of 2 Class) (documentation subclass-of "Class C is a subclass of parent class P if and only if every instance of C is also an instance of P. A class may have multiple superclasses and subclasses. Subclass-of is transitive: if (subclass-of C1 C2) and (subclass-of C2 C3) then (subclass-of C1 C3).") (=> (subclass-of ?subclass ?class) (forall (?x) (=> (instance-of ?x ?subclass) (instance-of ?x ?class)))) (=> (subclass-of ?subclass ?class) (and (valence ?subclass 1) (valence ?class 1))) (instance-of subrelation-of BinaryRelation) (nth-domain subrelation-of 1 Relation) (nth-domain subrelation-of 2 Relation) (documentation subrelation-of "A relation R is a subrelation-of relation R' if, viewed as sets, R is a subset of R'. In other words, every tuple of R is also a tuple of R'. In some more words, if R holds for some arguments arg_1, arg_2, ... arg_n, then R' holds for the same arguments. Thus, a relation and its subrelation must have the same arity, which could be undefined. In CycL, 'subrelation-of' is called #$genls.") (=> (subrelation-of ?predicate1 ?predicate2) (exists (?X) (and (valence ?predicate1 ?X) (valence ?predicate2 ?X)))) (instance-of nth-domain TernaryRelation) (nth-domain nth-domain 1 Predicate) (nth-domain nth-domain 2 PositiveInteger) (nth-domain nth-domain 3 Class) (documentation nth-domain "Provides a computationally and heuristically convenient mechanism for declaring the intended types of the argument places of a given relation. The formula (nth-domain rel 3 type-class) says that the 3rd element of each tuple in the relation REL is an instance of type-class. Specifying the types of argument places is very helpful in maintaining ontologies. Representation systems can use these specifications to classify terms and check integrity constraints. If the restriction on the range of the relation is not captured by a named class, one can specify the constraint with a predicate that defines the class implicitly, coerced into a class. For example, (kappa (?x) (and (instance-of ?x PrimeNumber) (lessThan ?x 100))) denotes the class of prime numbers under 100. It is important to note that'nth-domain' cannot be considered a genuine predicate in a standard first-order language as it takes first-order predicates as arguments. Furthermore, it also takes numerals as arguments, which are not part of first-order languages generally. However, it can be understood formally as an abbreviation as follows. Let REL be any n-place predicate, and let M be the numeral for the positive integer m, where m is less than or equal to n. Then we let (nth-domain REL M CLASS) serve as an abbreviation for (forall (VAR_1 ... VAR_n) (=> (REL VAR_1 ... VAR_n) (instance-of VAR_m CLASS))) More generally, let M_1, ..., M_i be the numerals for positive integers m_1, ..., m_i, ordered by size, all less than or equal to n. Then, in general, we let (nth-domain REL M_1 CLASS_1 ... M_i CLASS_i) abbreviate (forall (VAR_1 ... VAR_n) (=> (REL VAR_1 ... VAR_n) (and (instance-of VAR_m_1 CLASS_1) ... (instance-of VAR_m_i CLASS_i)))) ") (instance-of nth-domain-subclass TernaryRelation) (nth-domain nth-domain-subclass 1 Predicate) (nth-domain nth-domain-subclass 2 PositiveInteger) (nth-domain nth-domain-subclass 3 Class) (documentation nth-domain-subclass "Predicate used to specify selectional restrictions of predicates. The formula (nth-domain-subclass rel 3 type-class) says that the 3rd element of each tuple in the relation REL is a subclass of type-class.") (instance-of range BinaryRelation) (nth-domain range 1 Function) (nth-domain range 2 Class) (documentation range "range is short for 'range restriction.' Specifying a range restriction of a function is a way to constrain the class of objects which participate as the result of the function. Range restrictions are very helpful in maintaining ontologies. One can think of a range restriction as a type constraint on the value of a function. Representation systems can use these specifications to classify terms and check integrity constraints. If the restriction on the range of the relation is not captured by a named class, one can use specify the constraint with a predicate that defines the class implicitly, coerced into a class. For example, (KappaFn ?x (and (instance-of ?x PrimeNumber) (lessThan ?x 100))) denotes the class of prime numbers under 100.") (instance-of range-subclass BinaryRelation) (nth-domain range-subclass 1 Function) (nth-domain range-subclass 2 Class) (documentation range-subclass "(range-subclass function class) means that the value returned by function is a subclass of class.") (instance-of valence BinaryRelation) (nth-domain valence 1 Relation) (nth-domain valence 2 PositiveInteger) (singleValued valence 2) (documentation valence "Specifies the number of arguments that a relation can take. If a relation can take an arbitrary number of arguments, it does not have a valence and it is an instance of 'VariableArityRelation' or 'VariableArityFunction'. For example, 'holds' is a VariableArityRelation. The arity of a function is one more than the number of arguments it can take, in keeping with the unified treatment of functions and relations. The arity of the empty relation (i.e., the one with no tuples) is undefined.") (instance-of documentation BinaryRelation) (nth-domain documentation 1 Entity) (nth-domain documentation 2 String) (documentation documentation "A relation between objects in the domain of discourse and strings of natural language text. The domain of 'documentation' is not constants (names), but the objects themselves. This means that one does not quote the names when associating them with their documentation.") (instance-of disjoint BinaryRelation) (nth-domain disjoint 1 SetOrClass) (nth-domain disjoint 2 SetOrClass) (documentation disjoint "Classes/Sets X and Y are disjoint iff they share no instances.") (<=> (disjoint ?class1 ?class2) (forall (?X) (not (and (instance-of ?X ?class1) (instance-of ?X ?class2))))) (instance-of exhaustiveDecomposition BinaryRelation) (nth-domain exhaustiveDecomposition 1 Class) (nth-domain exhaustiveDecomposition 2 Set) (documentation exhaustiveDecomposition "An exhaustive decomposition of a class C is a set of subclasses of C such that every subclass of C either is a member of the set or is a subclass of a member of the set. Note: this does not necessarily mean that the elements of the set are disjoint (see partition - a partition is a disjoint exhaustive decomposition.)") (instance-of disjointDecomposition BinaryRelation) (nth-domain disjointDecomposition 1 Class) (nth-domain disjointDecomposition 2 Set) (documentation Disjoint-Decomposition "A disjoint-decomposition of a class C is a set of subclasses of C that are mutually disjoint. (Used to be called Subclass-Partition).") (subrelation-of partition exhaustiveDecomposition) (subrelation-of partition disjointDecomposition) (documentation Partition "A partition of a class C is a set of mutually-disjoint classes (a subclass partition) which covers C. Every instance of C is is an instance of exactly one of the subclasses in the partition. (Used to be called Exhaustive-Subclass-Partition)") (instance-of singleValued BinaryRelation) (nth-domain singleValued 1 Predicate) (nth-domain singleValued 2 Integer) (documentation singleValued "(singleValued ) means that the argument position of corresponding to is single-valued, i.e. an assignment of values to the other argument positions determines a unique value for the argument position corresponding to .") (instance-of all-instances BinaryRelation) (nth-domain all-instances 1 Class) (nth-domain all-instances 2 Set) (documentation all-instances "The instances of some classes may be specified extensionally. That is, one can list all of the instances of the class by definition. For this case we say (= (all-instances C) (SetEnumerationFn V_1 V_2 ... V_n)), where C is a class and the V_i are its instances. The predicate 'all-instances' imposes a monotonic constraint. Any subclass of C cannot have any instances outside of the set related to C by the 'all-instances' predicate. Note that this is not indexical or modal: whether something is in all-instances is a property of the modeled world and does not depend on the facts currently stored in some knowledge base.") (instance-of KappaFn BinaryFunction) (nth-domain KappaFn 1 Variable) (nth-domain KappaFn 2 Formula) (range KappaFn Class) (documentation KappaFn "A class-forming operator that takes two arguments: a variable and a formula containing at least one unbound occurrence of the variable. The result of applying KappaFn to a variable and a formula is the class of things that satisfy the formula. For example, (KappaFn ?x (and (instance-of ?x PrimeNumber) (lessThan ?x 100))) denotes the class of prime numbers under 100.") (instance-of SetFn BinaryFunction) (nth-domain SetFn 1 Variable) (nth-domain SetFn 2 Formula) (range SetFn Set) (documentation SetFn "A set-forming operator that takes two arguments: a variable and a formula containing at least one unbound occurrence of the variable. The result of applying SetFn to a variable and a formula is the set of things that satisfy the formula. For example, we could define the set of primary colors using SetFn, as follows: (SetFn ?X (or (instance-of ?X Red) (instance-of ?X Green) (instance-of ?X Blue))).") ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;; ;; ;; ONTOLOGY PROPER ;; ;; ;; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;; GENERAL CLASSES ;; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;; The following hierarchy incorporates content from Sowa, Russell & Norvig, ;; and the top-level ontology from ITBM-CNR. (subclass-of Individual Entity) (documentation Individual "An Individual is something that isn't a set, but that can be a member of a set. All classes of things that are not sets are subclasses of Individual.") (subclass-of Relation Entity) (subclass-of Physical Entity) (subclass-of Abstract Entity) (subclass-of ContinuantType Entity) (subclass-of OccurrentType Entity) (subclass-of Object Physical) (instance-of Object ContinuantType) (subclass-of Region Physical) (instance-of Region ContinuantType) (disjoint Region Object) (documentation Region "A region is the only entity which can be located at itself.") (subclass-of PhysicalProperty Physical) (subclass-of PhysicalProperty OccurrentType) (documentation PhysicalProperty "The category of physical states and physical categories such as color, density, volume, etc.") (subclass-of ContentBearingObject Abstract) (subclass-of ContentBearingObject Object) (subclass-of Process Physical) (instance-of Process OccurrentType) (subclass-of Structure Abstract) (instance-of Structure ContinuantType) (subclass-of Situation Abstract) (instance-of Situation OccurrentType) (subclass-of NaturalProcess Process) (documentation NaturalProcess "A phenomenon or process that occurs irrespective of the activities of human beings or other animals.") (subclass-of BiologicalProcess NaturalProcess) (documentation BiologicalProcess "A natural process embodied in a biological object.") (=> (instance-of ?X BiologicalProcess) (exists (?Y) (and (instance-of ?Y OrganicObject) (located-at ?X ?Y)))) (subclass-of Behavior Process) (documentation Behavior "Any of the activities of humans or animals that can be observed directly by others or can be made systematically observable by the use of special strategies.") (subclass-of IndividualBehavior Behavior) (documentation IndividualBehavior "Behavior exhibited by a human or an animal that is not a direct result of interaction with other members of the species, but which may have an effect on others.") (subclass-of SocialBehavior Behavior) (documentation SocialBehavior "Behavior that is a direct result or function of the interaction of humans or animals with their fellows.") (subclass-of HumanCausedProcess Process) (=> (instance-of ?X HumanCausedProcess) (exists (?Y) (and (effector-of ?X ?Y) (instance-of ?Y Human)))) (documentation HumanCausedProcess "A phenomenon or process that is a result of the activities of human beings.") (disjoint NaturalProcess HumanCausedProcess) (=> (instance-of ?X HumanCausedProcess) (exists (?Y) (and (effector-of ?X ?Y) (instance-of ?Y Human)))) (subclass-of Action HumanCausedProcess) (=> (instance-of ?X Action) (forall (?Y) (=> (effector-of ?X ?Y) (agent ?X ?Y)))) (subclass-of PurposiveAction Action) (documentation PurposiveAction "The class of actions that are intended to be concluded, say 'conclusive' and with a purpose, say 'telic'.") (=> (instance-of ?X PurposiveAction) (exists (?Y) (hasPurpose ?X ?Y))) (subclass-of Activity Action) (documentation Activity "The class of actions that are typically carried out for an extended time and in some way are 'institutionalized' or at least customary or conventional.") (subclass-of RecreationalActivity Activity) (documentation RecreationalActivity "An activity that is carried out for the purpose of recreation.") (subclass-of ExerciseActivity Activity) (documentation ExerciseActivity "An activity that is carried out for the purpose of exercise.") (subclass-of EducationalActivity Activity) (documentation EducationalActivity "An activity related to the organization and provision of education.") (subclass-of OccupationalActivity Activity) (documentation OccupationalActivity "An activity carried out as part of an occupation or job.") (=> (instance-of ?X OccupationalActivity) (exists (?Y) (and (conventionalWithin ?X ?Y) (instance-of ?Y Occupation)))) (subclass-of InstitutionalActivity Activity) (=> (instance-of ?X InstitutionalActivity) (exists (?Y) (and (agent ?X ?Y) (instance-of ?Y Institution)))) (subclass-of RegulatoryActivity InstitutionalActivity) (documentation RegulatoryActivity "An activity carried out by officially constituted governments, or an activity related to the creation or enforcement of the rules or regulations governing some field of endeavor.") (subclass-of Transaction Action) (subclass-of FinancialTransaction Transaction) (subclass-of Buying FinancialTransaction) (subclass-of Selling FinancialTransaction) (subclass-of GeographicArea Region) (documentation GeographicArea "A geographic location, generally having definite boundaries.") (subclass-of Address GeographicArea) (documentation Address "A topographic location, generally having definite boundaries. This concept is enough to represent the state of 'being at an address'. The relation for 'having an address' is a more complex issue, since having an address does not imply being at that address all the time (or a default amount of time). Instead having an address implies a social and legal responsibility for being retrievable, receiving mail, being contacted, having own estates localized, etc. Example issues: physical persons are wholly located at an address, but that address is temporary at the interesting temporal granularity, while organizations are usually partly located at a main or default address, but that address is permanent at the interesting granularity. On the other hand, consider that from some social and legal aspects actual presence is not required (mailing, messages, estates, ...).") (subclass-of Sign ContentBearingObject) (subclass-of Procedure Situation) (subclass-of ContinuousObject Object) (subclass-of OrganicSubstance ContinuousObject) (subclass-of InorganicSubstance ContinuousObject) (subclass-of CorpuscularObject Object) (subclass-of Collection Object) (documentation Collection "Common sense wholes having an elementary uniform compositional structure, but parts are distinguished only with respect to each other, not to the whole (gerstl-Pribbenow96).") (disjoint ContinuousObject CorpuscularObject) (subclass-of OrganicObject CorpuscularObject) (subclass-of Organism OrganicObject) (documentation Organism "Generally, a living individual, including all plants and animals.") (subclass-of AnatomicalStructure OrganicObject) (disjoint Organism AnatomicalStructure) (subclass-of InorganicObject CorpuscularObject) (subclass-of Artifact InorganicObject) (documentation Artifact "An object with separable parts that is manufactured by humans.") (disjoint OrganicObject Artifact) (subclass-of SubmolecularObject InorganicObject) (subclass-of Molecule InorganicObject) (=> (instance-of ?X Molecule) (exists (?Y ?Z) (and (instance-of ?Y Atom) (instance-of ?Z Atom) (part-of ?Y ?X) (part-of ?Z ?X) (not (equal ?Y ?Z))))) (subclass-of Atom SubmolecularObject) (=> (instance-of ?X Atom) (exists (?Y) (and (part-of ?Y ?X) (instance-of ?Y Particle)))) (subclass-of Radical SubmolecularObject) (subclass-of Particle SubmolecularObject) (subclass-of Electron Particle) (subclass-of Positron Particle) (subclass-of Neutron Particle) (=> (instance-of ?X Particle) (exists (?Y) (and (instance-of ?Y Atom) (part-of ?X ?Y)))) (=> (instance-of ?X Artifact) (exists (?Y) (and (instance-of ?Y Activity) (result ?Y ?X)))) ;; The following ground facts incorporate the 'Agent' hierarchy from the ;; corresponding ontology on the Ontolingua server. It also includes predicates ;; defined in the ITBM-CNR ontology "Actors". (subclass-of Agent Object) (documentation Agent "An agent is something or someone that can act on its own and produce changes in the world.") (<=> (instance-of ?X Agent) (exists (?Y) (agent ?Y ?X))) (subclass-of Person Agent) (subclass-of Organization Agent) (documentation Organization "An organization is a corporate or similar institution, distinguished from persons and other agents. It is typically the result of uniting for a common purpose or function. The continued existence of an organization is not dependent on any of its members, its location, or particular facility. Components or subparts of organizations should not be included here, unless they are organizations as well.") (subclass-of Corporation Institution) (documentation Corporation "A company.") (subclass-of Publisher Corporation) (documentation Publisher "A publisher is a corporation that publishes. The owner of a publishing company may be a person, and the name of the publisher may be the name of a person.") (subclass-of Institution Organization) (subclass-of Government Institution) (subclass-of University Institution) (documentation University "A university is an institute of higher learning that offers a graduate research program. Of importance here is the fact that universities sponsor the publication of dissertations. Any organization that has been accredited to grant graduate degrees and is recognized in libraries to be a publisher of dissertations can be called a university. Some places that call themselves colleges fall under this category.") (disjoint Person Organization) (subclass-of ChemicalSubstance InorganicSubstance) (subclass-of ChemicalElement ChemicalSubstance) (subclass-of ChemicalCompound ChemicalSubstance) (subclass-of SetOrClass Abstract) (subclass-of Set SetOrClass) (documentation Set "A set is a collection of objects, both individuals and sets of various sorts. It is a KIF primitive.") (subclass-of FiniteSet Set) (subclass-of Class SetOrClass) (documentation Class "A class can be thought of as a collection of individuals. Formally, a class is a unary relation, a set of tuples (lists) of length one. Each tuple contains an object which is said to be an instance of the class. An individual, or object, is any identifiable entity in the universe of discourse (anything that can be denoted by a object constant in KIF), including classes themselves. The notion of 'Class' is introduced in addition to the relation vocabulary because of the importance of classes and types in knowledge representation practice. Classes serve the role of `sorts' and `types', but here is no first-order distinction between classes and unary relations. The fact that an object i is an instance of class C is denoted by the sentence (C i) (instance-of i C). This is not equivalent to (member i C). An instance of a class is not a set-ontologetic member of the class; rather, the tuple containing the instance is a element of the set of tuples which is a relation. The definition of a class is a predicate over a single free variable, such that the predicate holds for instances of the class. In other words, classes are defined _intensionally_. Two separately-defined classes may have the same extension (in this case they are = to each other). It is possible to define a class by enumerating its instances. For example, (<=> (instance-of ?color PrimaryColor) (member ?color (SetFn ?X (or (instance-of ?X Red) (instance-of ?X Yellow) (instance-of ?X Blue))))).") (subclass-of Standard Abstract) (subclass-of Requirement Standard) (subclass-of Proposition Abstract) (subclass-of Sentence ContentBearingObject) (subclass-of KIF-Formula Sentence) (instance-of contraryProperty SymmetricRelation) (instance-of contraryProperty TransitiveRelation) (instance-of contraryProperty IrreflexiveRelation) (nth-domain contraryProperty 1 PhysicalProperty) (nth-domain contraryProperty 2 PhysicalProperty) (documentation contraryProperty "Means that the two arguments are properties that are opposed to one another, e.g. Cold verus Hot or Elastic versus Rigid.") (=> (and (attribute-of ?X ?Y) (contraryProperty ?Y ?Z)) (not (attribute-of ?X ?Z))) (subclass-of PhysicalState PhysicalProperty) (instance-of Solid PhysicalState) (instance-of Liquid PhysicalState) (instance-of Gas PhysicalState) (subclass-of TemperatureProperty PhysicalProperty) (instance-of Cold TemperatureProperty) (instance-of Hot TemperatureProperty) (contraryProperty Cold Hot) (subclass-of ColorProperty PhysicalProperty) (subclass-of PrimaryColor ColorProperty) (instance-of Red PrimaryColor) (instance-of Blue PrimaryColor) (instance-of Yellow PrimaryColor) (instance-of Monochromatic ColorProperty) (instance-of Polychromatic ColorProperty) (contraryProperty Monochromatic Polychromatic) (subclass-of ConsistencyProperty PhysicalProperty) (subclass-of ConcentrationProperty PhysicalProperty) (subclass-of SizeProperty PhysicalProperty) (instance-of Thickness SizeProperty) (instance-of Volume SizeProperty) (instance-of Weight SizeProperty) (instance-of Density ConcentrationProperty) (instance-of Elastic ConsistencyProperty) (instance-of Rigid ConsistencyProperty) (contraryProperty Elastic Rigid) (instance-of Smooth ConsistencyProperty) (instance-of Rough ConsistencyProperty) (contraryProperty Smooth Rough) ;; The following definitions of 'AbstractionFn' and 'ExtensionFn', which, ;; respectively, convert classes into their corresponding attributes and vice ;; versa, are suggested by some of Robert E. Kent's work. (instance-of AbstractionFn UnaryFunction) (nth-domain AbstractionFn 1 Class) (range AbstractionFn Abstract) (instance-of ExtensionFn UnaryFunction) (nth-domain ExtensionFn 1 Abstract) (range ExtensionFn Class) ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;; DOCUMENTATION OF GENERAL CLASSES ;; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; (documentation Abstract "Properties or qualities as distinguished from any particular embodiment of the properties/qualities in a physical medium. Instances of Abstract can be said to exist in the same sense as mathematical objects such as sets and relations, but they cannot exist at a particular place and time without some physical encoding or embodiment.") (documentation CaseRole "The class of predicates relating the spatially distinguished parts of an occurrent. Case roles include the agent, patient or recipient of an action, the flammable substance in a burning process, or the water that falls in rain.") (documentation ContinuantType " Intuitively, an object-like type as opposed to an event-like type; classes of things that endure rather than happen. A continuant is thought of as continuing through time, but at any particular time is all there is at that time, in contrast to something that is thought of as being divided into stages (contrast "OccurrentType"). Examples include normal physical objects, geographical regions, things like corporations or nations, and locations of occurrents. The formal definition is that all the parts of a continuant are present at the same time that the continuant is; in other words, a continuant cannot have 'parts' which are separated in time, such as the first and second halves of a football game. Note that the parts of a continuant may change from time to time, and that every continuant occupies exactly the same space and time as an occurrent (its lifetime). In a 4-d ontology, a continuant is something whose spatiotemporal extent is thought of as dividing into spatial parts roughly parallel to the time-axis. See Occurrent/Continuant-contrast-note. This documentation is due to Pat Hayes.") (documentation ContinuousObject "A ContinuousObject is an object in which every part is similar to every other in every relevant respect. More precisely, something is a ContinuousObject when it has only arbitrary pieces as parts; ie any parts have similar properties.Note that a ContinuousObject may nonetheless have physical properties that vary. For example, the temperature, chemical constitution, density, etc. may change from one part to another. An example would be a large body of water such as the ocean.") (documentation CorpuscularObject "An Object that has separable parts.") (documentation Entity "The universal class of individuals. This is the root node of the ontology.") (documentation Individual "An entity that can be characterized independently of any relationships it may have to other entities.") (documentation Object "A Physical Continuant which retains its identity over some interval of time. Although no physical entity is ever permanent, an object can have stable properties over its lifespan. The type Object corresponds roughtly to the class of ordinary physical objects.") (documentation OccurrentType "Intuitively, an event-like type as opposed to an object-type; classes of things that happen rather than endure. An occurrent is thought of as having temporal parts or stages, and so it cannot have all these parts together at one time (contrast "ContinuantType"). Examples include extended 'events' such as a football match or a race, processes of various kinds, states of motion and lifetimes of continuants, which occupy the same space and time but are thought of as having stages instead of parts. The formal definition is: anything that lasts for a time but is not a continuant. Note that an occurrent may have participants 'inside' it which are continuants, such as the players in a football match. In a 4-d ontology, a continuant is something whose spatiotemporal extent is thought of as dividing into temporal stages roughly perpendicular to the time-axis. See Occurrent/Continuant-contrast-note. This documentation is due to Pat Hayes.") (documentation OrganicObject "A CorpuscularObject such as a tree or flower that has parts that are not completely separable, even though there are discontinuities.") (documentation Physical "An entity that has a location in space-time. Note that points of space and time are themselves understood to have a location in space-time") (documentation Procedure "A sequence-dependent specification of actions and events. Some examples are computer programs, finite-state machines, cooking recipes, musical scores, conference schedules, driving directions, and the scripts of actions and dialog in plays and movies.") (documentation Process "A Physical Occurrent during the interval of interest. Depending on the time scale and level of detail, the same actual entity may be viewed as a stable object or a dynamic process. Even an entity as stable as a diamond could be considered a process when viewed over a long time period or at the atomic level of vibrating particles.") (documentation Proposition "A subclass of Abstract. In logic, the assertion of a proposition is a claim that the abstraction corresponds to some aspect or configuration of the entity or entities involved. As an example, the statement cat(Yojo) expresses a proposition that Cat characterizes the entity named Yojo.") (documentation Relation "An entity in a relationship to some other entity.") (documentation Sign "A Sign is something that is intended by one agent to represent something to another agent or agents. Note that this definition excludes natural phenomena and their interpretation, e.g. a cloud formation that resembles a physical object.") (documentation Situation "An Abstract entity considered as an Occurrent. A situation relates the participants in some process, whose stages may involve different participants at different times.") (documentation Structure "An Abstract entity considered as a Continuant. A structure relates multiple objects whose connections constitute the structure.") ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;; SET THEORY ;; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;; The following part of the ontology covers set-theoretic predicates and ;; functions. Most of the content here is taken from the kif-sets ontology ;; (available on the Ontolingua server). (instance-of subset BinaryRelation) (nth-domain subset 1 Set) (nth-domain subset 2 Set) (documentation subset "The formula (subset ?SET1 ?SET2) is true if and only if ?SET1 and ?SET2 are sets and the objects in the set denoted by ?SET1 are contained in the set denoted by ?SET2.") (instance-of member BinaryRelation) (nth-domain member 1 Entity) (nth-domain member 2 Set) (documentation member "The formula (member ?ENTITY ?SET) is true if and only if the object denoted by ?ENTITY is contained in the set denoted by ?SET. An object can be a member of another object only if the latter is a set.") (=> (forall (?X) (<=> (member ?X ?S1) (member ?Y ?S2))) (equal ?S1 ?S2)) (instance-of UnionFn BinaryFunction) (nth-domain UnionFn 1 Set) (nth-domain UnionFn 2 Set) (range UnionFn Set) (documentation UnionFn "A function whose arguments are two sets and whose result is the set-theoretic union of these sets, i.e. the set of all elements which are members of either the first or second set.") (equal (UnionFn ?S1 ?S2) (SetFn ?X (or (member ?X ?S1) (member ?X ?S2)))) (instance-of IntersectionFn BinaryFunction) (nth-domain IntersectionFn 1 Set) (nth-domain IntersectionFn 2 Set) (range IntersectionFn Set) (documentation IntersectionFn "A function whose arguments are two sets and whose result is the set-theoretic intersection of these sets, i.e. the set of all elements which are members of both the first and the second sets.") (equal (IntersectionFn ?S1 ?S2) (SetFn ?X (and (member ?X ?S1) (member ?X ?S2)))) (instance-of DifferenceFn BinaryFunction) (nth-domain DifferenceFn 1 Set) (nth-domain DifferenceFn 2 Set) (range DifferenceFn Set) (documentation DifferenceFn "A function whose arguments are two sets and whose result is the set-theoretic difference of these sets, i.e. the set of all elements which are members the first set and not of the second set.") (equal (DifferenceFn ?S1 ?S2) (SetFn ?X (and (member ?X ?S1) (not (member ?X ?S2))))) (instance-of ComplementFn UnaryFunction) (nth-domain ComplementFn 1 Set) (range ComplementFn Set) (documentation ComplementFn "The complement of a given set S is the set of all elements that are not members of S.") (equal (ComplementFn ?S) (SetFn ?X (not (member ?X ?S)))) (instance-of GeneralizedUnionFn UnaryFunction) (nth-domain-subclass GeneralizedUnionFn 1 Set) (range GeneralizedUnionFn Set) (documentation GeneralizedUnionFn "This function takes a set of sets as its single argument and returns a set which is the merge of all of the sets in the original set, i.e. the set containing just those elements which are members of an element of the original set.") (equal (GeneralizedUnionFn ?S) (SetFn ?X (exists (?Y) (and (member ?Y ?S) (member ?X ?Y))))) (instance-of GeneralizedIntersectionFn UnaryFunction) (nth-domain-subclass GeneralizedIntersectionFn 1 Set) (range GeneralizedIntersectionFn Set) (documentation GeneralizedIntersectionFn "This function takes a set of sets as its single argument and returns a set which contains just those elements which are members of all of the elements of the original set.") (equal (GeneralizedIntersectionFn ?S) (SetFn ?X (forall (?Y) (=> (member ?Y ?S) (member ?X ?Y))))) (instance-of EmptySet Set) (documentation EmptySet "The set that contains no members.") (<=> (equal ?X EmptySet) (not (exists (?Y) (member ?Y ?X)))) (subclass-of PairwiseDisjointSet Set) (documentation PairwiseDisjointSet "A set of sets is PairwiseDisjoint just in case every element of the set is either equal to or disjoint from every other element of the set.") (=> (instance-of ?X PairwiseDisjointSet) (forall (?Y ?Z) (=> (and (member ?Y ?X) (member ?Z ?X)) (or (equal ?Y ?Z) (disjoint ?Y ?Z))))) (subclass-of MutuallyDisjointSet Set) (documentation MutuallyDisjointSet "A set of sets is a MutuallyDisjointSet just in case there exists no element of an element of the original set which is an element of all of the elements of the original set.") (=> (instance-of ?S MutuallyDisjoint) (equal (GeneralizedIntersectionFn ?S) EmptySet)) (instance-of holds VariableArityRelation) (nth-domain holds 1 Predicate) (documentation holds "(holds P N1 ... NK) is true if and only if the ordered set of objects denoted by N1,..., NK is a member of the predicate P.") ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;; RELATION TYPES ;; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;; The following part of the ontology covers the various classes under ;; 'Relation'. Most of the content here is taken from frame-ontology, ;; abstract-algebra, kif-relations, and kif-extensions (ontologies available ;; on the Ontolingua server). (subclass-of Predicate Relation) (documentation Predicate "A predicate is a set of tuples that represents a relationship among objects in the universe of discourse. Each tuple is a finite, ordered sequence (i.e., list) of objects. A relation is also an object itself, namely, the set of tuples. Predicates are denoted by relation constants in KIF. A fact that a particular tuple is a member of a predicate is denoted by ( arg_1 arg_2 .. arg_n), where the arg_i are the objects in the tuple. In the case of binary relations, the fact can be read as `arg_1 is arg_2' or `a of arg_1 is arg_2.' The relation constant is a term as well, which denotes the set of tuples.") (subclass-of Function Relation) (documentation Function "A function is a mapping from a domain to a range that associates a domain element with exactly one range element. The elements of the domain are tuples, as in relations. The range is a class -- a set of singleton tuples -- and each element of the range is an instance of the class. Functions are also first-class objects in the same sense that relations are objects: namely, functions can be viewed as sets of tuples.") (subclass-of UnaryFunction Function) (subclass-of BinaryFunction Function) (subclass-of TernaryFunction Function) (subclass-of VariableArityFunction Function) (subclass-of ContinuousFunction Function) (documentation ContinuousFunction "Functions which are continuous. This concept is taken as primitive until representations for limits are generated.") (subclass-of BinaryRelation Predicate) (documentation BinaryRelation "A binary relation is a non-empty relation in which all lists have exactly two items. A binary relation maps instances of a class to instances of another class. Its valence is 2. Binary relations are often shown as slots in frame systems.") (subclass-of TernaryRelation Predicate) (subclass-of VariableArityRelation Predicate) (subclass-of CaseRole BinaryRelation) (subclass-of ProbabilityRelation Relation) (documentation ProbabilityRelation "A generic category which embeds relations for talking of something which allows an assessment of probability of an event or situation.") (subclass-of SpatialRelation Relation) (documentation SpatialRelation "The very general category including spatial schematic concepts in a wide sense: mereology, topology, localization, in both material and abstract layers.") (subclass-of TemporalRelation Relation) (documentation TemporalRelation "The category of temporal concepts: notions of (temporal) topology of intervals, (temporal) schemata, (temporal) extension.") (subclass-of IntentionalRelation Relation) (subclass-of PropositionalAttitude IntentionalRelation) (subclass-of ObjectAttitude IntentionalRelation) (instance-of AssignmentFn VariableArityFunction) (nth-domain AssignmentFn 1 Function) (range AssignmentFn Entity) (documentation AssignmentFn "If F denotes a function with a value for the objects denoted by N1,..., NK, then the term (AssignmentFn F N1 ... NK) denotes the value of applying that function to the objects denoted by N1,..., NK. Otherwise, the value is undefined.") (subclass-of RelationExtendedToQuantities Relation) (documentation RelationExtendedToQuantities "A RelationExtendedToQuantities is a relation that, when it is true on a sequence of arguments that are real numbers, then it is also true on a sequence of constant quantites with those magnitudes in some units. For example, the lessThan relation is extended to quantities. That means that for all pairs of quantities q1 and q2, (lessThan q1 q2) if and only if, for some ?n and ?m, q1 = (MeasureFn ?n ?u), q2 = (MeasureFn ?m ?u), and (lessThan ?n ?m), for all units ?u on which q1 and q2 can be measured. There may be relations that are not instances of this class that nonetheless hold for quantity arguments. To be a RelationExtendedToQuantities means that the relation holds when all the arguments are of the same physical dimension.") (=> (and (instance-of ?R RelationExtendedToQuantities) (instance-of ?R BinaryFunction) (instance-of ?N RealNumber) (instance-of ?M RealNumber) (equal (AssignmentFn ?R ?N ?M) ?P)) (forall (?U) (=> (instance-of ?U Unit-Of-Measure) (equal (AssignmentFn ?R (MeasureFn ?N ?U) (MeasureFn ?M ?U)) (MeasureFn ?P ?U))))) (=> (and (instance-of ?R RelationExtendedToQuantities) (instance-of ?R BinaryRelation) (instance-of ?N RealNumber) (instance-of ?M RealNumber) (holds ?R ?N ?M)) (forall (?U) (=> (instance-of ?U Unit-Of-Measure) (holds ?R (MeasureFn ?N ?U) (MeasureFn ?M ?U))))) (instance-of binary-operator-on BinaryRelation) (nth-domain binary-operator-on 1 BinaryFunction) (range binary-operator-on Class) (documentation Binary-Operator-On "A function is a binary operator on a domain if it is closed on the domain, that is, it is defined for all pairs of objects that are instances of the domain and its value on all such pairs is an instance of the domain.") (=> (binary-operator-on ?function ?domain) (forall (?x ?y) (=> (and (instance-of ?x ?domain) (instance-of ?y ?domain)) (instance-of (AssignmentFn ?function ?x ?y) ?domain)))) (subclass-of AssociativeFunction BinaryFunction) (=> (instance-of ?OP AssociativeFunction) (forall (?X ?Y ?Z) (equal (AssignmentFn ?OP ?X (AssignmentFn ?OP ?Y ?Z)) (AssignmentFn ?OP (AssignmentFn ?OP ?X ?Y) ?Z)))) (subclass-of CommutativeFunction BinaryFunction) (=> (instance-of ?OP CommutativeFunction) (forall (?X ?Y) (equal (AssignmentFn ?OP ?X ?Y) (AssignmentFn ?OP ?Y ?X)))) (instance-of distributes BinaryRelation) (nth-domain distributes 1 BinaryFunction) (nth-domain distributes 2 BinaryFunction) (=> (distributes ?OP ?G) (forall (?X ?Y ?Z) (equal (AssignmentFn ?OP (AssignmentFn ?G ?X ?Y) ?Z) (AssignmentFn ?G (AssignmentFn ?OP ?X ?Z) (AssignmentFn ?OP ?Y ?Z))))) (instance-of identity-element BinaryRelation) (nth-domain identity-element 1 BinaryFunction) (nth-domain identity-element 2 Entity) (documentation identity-element "An object ?id is the identity element for binary operator ?o iff for every instance ?x of ?d, applying ?o to ?x and ?id results in ?x.") (=> (identity-element ?OP ?ID) (forall (?X) (equal (AssignmentFn ?OP ?ID ?X) ?X))) (subclass-of ReflexiveRelation BinaryRelation) (documentation ReflexiveRelation "Relation R is reflexive if R(x,x) for all x in the domain of R.") (=> (instance-of ?R ReflexiveRelation) (forall (?X) (holds ?R ?X ?X))) (subclass-of IrreflexiveRelation BinaryRelation) (documentation Irreflexive-Relation "Relation R is irreflexive if R(a,a) never holds.") (=> (instance-of ?R IrreflexiveRelation) (forall (?X) (not (holds ?R ?X ?X)))) (subclass-of SymmetricRelation BinaryRelation) (documentation SymmetricRelation "Relation R is symmetric if R(x,y) implies R(y,x).") (=> (instance-of ?R SymmetricRelation) (forall (?X ?Y) (=> (holds ?R ?X ?Y) (holds ?R ?Y ?X)))) (subclass-of AsymmetricRelation IrreflexiveRelation) (subclass-of AsymmetricRelation AntisymmetricRelation) (documentation AsymmetricRelation "A binary relation is asymmetric if it is antisymmetric and irreflexive over its exact-domain.") (=> (instance-of ?R AsymmetricRelation) (forall (?X ?Y) (=> (holds ?R ?X ?Y) (not (holds ?R ?Y ?X))))) (subclass-of AntisymmetricRelation BinaryRelation) (documentation AntisymmetricRelation "Relation R is an AntisymmetricRelation if for distinct x and y, R(x,y) implies not R(y,x). In other words, for all x,y, R(x,y) and R(y,x) => x=y. R(x,x) is still possible.") (=> (instance-of ?R AntisymmetricRelation) (forall (?X ?Y) (=> (and (holds ?R ?X ?Y) (holds ?R ?Y ?X)) (equal ?X ?Y)))) (subclass-of TrichotomizingRelation BinaryRelation) (=> (instance-of ?R TrichotomizingRelation) (forall (?X ?Y) (or (holds ?R ?X ?Y) (equal ?X ?Y) (holds ?R ?Y ?X)))) (subclass-of TransitiveRelation BinaryRelation) (documentation TransitiveRelation "Relation R is transitive if R(x,y) and R(y,z) implies R(x,z).") (=> (instance-of ?R TransitiveRelation) (forall (?X ?Y ?Z) (=> (and (holds ?R ?X ?Y) (holds ?R ?Y ?Z)) (holds ?R ?X ?Z)))) (subclass-of PartialOrderingRelation TransitiveRelation) (subclass-of PartialOrderingRelation AsymmetricRelation) (subclass-of PartialOrderingRelation ReflexiveRelation) (documentation PartialOrderingRelation "A relation is a partial ordering if it is reflexive, asymmetric, and transitive.") (subclass-of TotalOrderingRelation PartialOrderingRelation) (documentation TotalOrderingRelation "A relation R is a TotalOrderingRelation if it is a PartialOrderingRelation for which either R(x,y) or R(y,x) for every x or y in its exact-domain.") (=> (instance-of ?R TotalOrderingRelation) (forall (?X ?Y) (or (holds ?R ?X ?Y) (holds ?R ?Y ?X)))) (subclass-of LinearOrderingRelation PartialOrderingRelation) (subclass-of LinearOrderingRelation TrichotomizingRelation) (subclass-of EquivalenceRelation TransitiveRelation) (subclass-of EquivalenceRelation SymmetricRelation) (subclass-of EquivalenceRelation ReflexiveRelation) (documentation EquivalenceRelation "A relation is an equivalence relation if it is reflexive, symmetric, and transitive.") (instance-of inverse SymmetricRelation) (nth-domain inverse 1 (SetFn ?X (or (instance-of ?X BinaryRelation) (instance-of ?X UnaryFunction)))) (nth-domain inverse 2 (SetFn ?X (or (instance-of ?X BinaryRelation) (instance-of ?X UnaryFunction)))) (documentation inverse "The inverse of a binary relation is a binary relation with all tuples reversed. In other words, one binary relation is the inverse of another if they are equivalent when their arguments are swapped.") (=> (inverse ?R ?P) (forall (?X ?Y) (<=> (holds ?P ?X ?Y) (holds ?R ?Y ?X)))) (instance-of cardinality BinaryRelation) (nth-domain cardinality 1 Set) (nth-domain cardinality 2 NonnegativeInteger) (documentation cardinality "(cardinality ?SET ?NUMBER) means that there are ?NUMBER elements of ?SET.") (instance-of IdentityFn UnaryFunction) (nth-domain IdentityFn 1 Entity) (range IdentityFn Entity) (documentation IdentityFn "The value of the identity function is just its argument.") (equal (IdentityFn ?X) ?X) ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;; DEFINITIONS OF BASIC BINARY RELATIONS ;; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; (instance-of agent CaseRole) (nth-domain agent 1 Process) (nth-domain agent 2 Agent) (documentation agent "(agent ?ACTION ?AGENT) means that the active animate entity ?AGENT voluntarily initiates ?ACTION. Example: Eve bit an apple.") (subrelation-of attribute-of property-of) (nth-domain attribute-of 1 Object) (nth-domain attribute-of 2 PhysicalProperty) (documentation attribute-of "(attribute-of ?OBJECT ?PROPERTY) means that ?PROPERTY is a PhysicalProperty of ?OBJECT.") (instance-of authors BinaryRelation) (nth-domain authors 1 Agent) (nth-domain authors 2 ContentBearingObject) (=> (authors ?X ?Y) (exists (?Z) (and (agent ?Z ?Y) (result ?Z ?X)))) (instance-of beneficiary CaseRole) (nth-domain beneficiary 1 Process) (nth-domain beneficiary 2 Agent) (documentation beneficiary "(beneficiary ?EVENT ?RECIPIENT) means that ?RECIPIENT derives a benefit from the successful completion of ?EVENT. Example: Diamonds were given to Ruby.") (instance-of completion CaseRole) (nth-domain completion 1 Process) (nth-domain completion 2 Entity) (documentation completion "(completion ?EVENT ?GOAL) means that ?GOAL is the goal of the temporal process ?EVENT. Example: Mary waited until noon. ") (subrelation-of component-of part-of) (nth-domain component-of 1 CorpuscularObject) (nth-domain component-of 2 CorpuscularObject) (documentation component-of "A specialized common sense notion of part for heterogeneous parts of complexes. (component-of ?COMPONENT ?WHOLE) means that ?COMPONENT is a component of ?WHOLE. Examples of component include the doors and walls of a house, the states or provinces of a country, or the limbs and organs of an animal. Compare 'constituent-material-of' and 'piece-of'.") (subrelation-of constituent-material part-of) (nth-domain constituent-material 1 ContinuousObject) (nth-domain constituent-material 2 CorpuscularObject) (documentation constituentMaterial "Is structurally made up of in whole or in part of some material or matter. This includes composed of, made of, and formed of. Compare 'component-of' and 'piece-of'.") (instance-of constraintOfProcedure BinaryRelation) (nth-domain constraintOfProcedure 1 Procedure) (nth-domain constraintOfProcedure 2 Requirement) (subrelation-of consumableResource matter) (instance-of containsInformation BinaryRelation) (nth-domain containsInformation 1 ContentBearingObject) (nth-domain containsInformation 2 Proposition) (instance-of destination CaseRole) (nth-domain destination 1 Process) (nth-domain destination 2 Entity) (documentation destination "(destination ?EVENT ?GOAL) means that ?GOAL is the goal of the spatial process ?EVENT. Example: Bob went to Danbury.") (instance-of duration CaseRole) (nth-domain duration 1 Process) (nth-domain duration TimeMeasure-Duration) (documentation duration "(duration ?EVENT ?TIME) means that the TimeMeasure ?Time is a resource of the temporal process ?EVENT. Example: The truck was serviced for 5 hours.") (instance-of effector-of CaseRole) (nth-domain effector-of 1 Process) (nth-domain effector-of 2 Object) (documentation effector-of "(effector-of ?ACTION ?ENTITY) means that ?ENTITY is an active determinant source, either animate or inanimate, that initiates ?ACTION, with or without voluntary intention. Example: The tree produced new leaves.") (instance-of exists-at TemporalRelation) (instance-of exists-at BinaryRelation) (nth-domain exists-at 1 Physical) (nth-domain exists-at 2 TimePoint) (documentation exists-at "exists-at is defined in the PSL temporal ontology, which axiomatizes 'timepoint'. This relation holds between an entity and a timepoint just in case the temporal lifespan of the former includes the latter. The constants located-at and exists-at are spatial and temporal predicates, respectively.") (instance-of WhenFn TemporalRelation) (instance-of WhenFn UnaryFunction) (nth-domain WhenFn 1 Object) (range WhenFn TimeInterval) (documentation WhenFn "Maps an object to the time interval during which it exists.") (instance-of experiencer CaseRole) (nth-domain experiencer 1 Process) (nth-domain experiencer 2 Agent) (documentation experiencer "(experiencer ?EVENT ?ENTITY) means that ?ENTITY is an active animate goal of the experience ?EVENT. Example: Yojo sees the fish.") (instance-of exploits BinaryRelation) (nth-domain exploits 1 Object) (nth-domain exploits 2 Agent) (=> (exploits ?X ?Y) (exists (?Z) (and (agent ?Z ?Y) (matter ?Z ?X)))) (instance-of hasAnnotation BinaryRelation) (nth-domain hasAnnotation 1 Object) (nth-domain hasAnnotation 2 ContentBearingObject) (instance-of hasPurpose BinaryRelation) (nth-domain hasPurpose 1 Process) (nth-domain hasPurpose 2 Abstract) (instance-of implementsProcedure BinaryRelation) (nth-domain implementsProcedure 1 Process) (nth-domain implementsProcedure 2 Procedure) (instance-of instrument CaseRole) (nth-domain instrument 1 Process) (nth-domain instrument 2 Object) (documentation instrument "(instrument ?EVENT ?RESOURCE) means that ?RESOURCE is a resource that is not changed by ?EVENT. Example: The key opened the door.") (instance-of located-at SpatialRelation) (instance-of located-at BinaryRelation) (nth-domain located-at 1 Object) (nth-domain located-at 2 Region) (documentation located-at "A very general predicate. (located-at ?X ?Y) means that ?X is situated at ?Y, in some sense. Example: Vehicles arrive at a station. The constants located-at and exists-at are spatial and temporal predicates, respectively.") (instance-of partly-located-at SpatialRelation) (instance-of partly-located-at BinaryRelation) (nth-domain partly-located-at 1 Object) (nth-domain partly-located-at 2 Region) (documentation partly-located-at "The partial localization: Istanbul is partly in Asia.") (=> (partly-located-at ?X ?Y) (exists (?Z) (and (part-of ?Z ?X) (exactly-located-at ?Z ?Y)))) (subrelation-of exactly-located-at located-at) (documentation exactly-located-at "The actual, minimal localization, where the range is necessarily a region. A more specialized notion of 'location'.") (=> (exactly-located-at ?X ?Y) (not (exists (?Z) (and (exactly-located-at ?Z ?Y) (not (equal ?Z ?X)))))) (instance-of WhereFn SpatialRelation) (instance-of WhereFn BinaryFunction) (nth-domain WhereFn 1 Object) (nth-domain WhereFn 2 TimePoint) (range WhereFn Region) (documentation WhereFn "Maps an object and a point in time at which the object exists to the location where the object existed at that point in time.") (=> (equal (WhereFn ?X ?Y) ?Z) (exactly-located-at ?X ?Z)) (subrelation-of manner-of property-of) (nth-domain manner-of 1 Process) (nth-domain manner-of 2 Abstract) (documentation manner-of "(manner-of ?PROCESS ?MANNER) means that the occurrent ?PROCESS is qualified by the manner ?MANNER. Manners are usually described by adverbs and include things like the speed of the wind, the style of a dance, or the intensity of a sports competition.") (instance-of matter CaseRole) (nth-domain matter 1 Process) (nth-domain matter 2 Object) (documentation matter "(matter ?EVENT ?RESOURCE) means that the resource ?RESOURCE is changed by the event ?EVENT. Example: The gun was carved out of soap.") (instance-of medium CaseRole) (nth-domain medium 1 Process) (nth-domain medium 2 Process) (documentation medium "(medium ?EVENT ?RESOURCE) means that ?RESOURCE is a physical resource for the information transfer event ?EVENT. Two examples of such resources are the sound of speech and the electromagnetic signals that transmit data. Example: Bill told Boris by phone.") (instance-of mereologicalMember SpatialRelation) (nth-domain mereologicalMember 1 Object) (nth-domain mereologicalMember 2 Collection) (documentation mereologicalMember "A specialized common sense notion of part for uniform parts of collections. Quasi-synonyms: item, member.") (=> (and (mereologicalMember ?X ?Y) (mereologicalMember ?Z ?Y)) (not (overlaps ?X ?Z))) (instance-of method CaseRole) (nth-domain method 1 Process) (nth-domain method 2 Procedure) (documentation method "The manner and sequence of events in performing an act or procedure. The domain must be some abstract object, usually a text, which specifies a set of instructions.") (instance-of origin CaseRole) (nth-domain origin 1 Process) (nth-domain origin 2 Physical) (documentation origin "(origin ?EVENT ?SOURCE) means that ?SOURCE is a passive determinant source of the spatial or ambient nexus represented by ?EVENT. Example: The chapter begins on page 20.") (instance-of part-of SpatialRelation) (instance-of part-of ReflexiveRelation) (instance-of part-of AntisymmetricRelation) (instance-of part-of TransitiveRelation) (nth-domain part-of 1 Physical) (nth-domain part-of 2 Physical) (documentation part-of "The primitive mereological relation. All other mereological relations are defined in terms of this. (part-of ?PART ?WHOLE) implies that the existence of ?PART is independent of the existence of ?WHOLE.") (instance-of path CaseRole) (nth-domain path 1 Process) (nth-domain path 2 Object) (documentation path "(path ?EVENT ?RESOURCE) means that ?RESOURCE is a resource of the spatial nexus ?EVENT. Example: The pizza was shipped via Albany and Buffalo.") (instance-of patient CaseRole) (nth-domain patient 1 Process) (nth-domain patient 2 Object) (documentation patient "(patient ?EVENT ?ENTITY) means that ?ENTITY is an essential participant that undergoes some structural change as a result of ?EVENT. Example: The cat swallowed the canary.") (subrelation-of piece-of part-of) (nth-domain piece-of 1 ContinuousObject) (nth-domain piece-of 2 ContinuousObject) (documentation "A specialized common sense notion of part for arbitrary parts of masses, usually characterized by quantitative measure (either in a numerical or an analogic scale). It is transitive. Quasi-synonyms: chunk, quantity, amount. Compare 'component-of' and 'constituent-material-of'.") (=> (piece-of ?X ?Y) (forall (?Z) (=> (instance-of ?Y ?Z) (instance-of ?X ?Z)))) (instance-of property-of BinaryRelation) (nth-domain property-of 1 Physical) (nth-domain property-of 2 Abstract) (documentation property-of "This relation holds between an object and something which cannot exist without some substrate. Two subpredicates of property-of are attribute-of and manner-of.") (instance-of recipient CaseRole) (nth-domain recipient 1 Process) (nth-domain recipient 2 Agent) (documentation recipient "(recipient ?ACTION ?ENTITY) means that ?ENTITY is an animate goal of ?ACTION. Example: Sue sent the gift to Bob.") (instance-of result CaseRole) (nth-domain result 1 Process) (nth-domain result 2 Object) (documentation result "(result ?ACTION ?GOAL) means that ?GOAL is an inanimate goal of ?ACTION. Example: Eric built a house.") (instance-of source-of CaseRole) (nth-domain source-of 1 Process) (nth-domain source-of 2 Object) (documentation source-of "(source-of ?EVENT ?ENTITY) implies that ?ENTITY is present at the beginning of the process, but need not participate throughout the process.") (subrelation-of stage-of part-of) (nth-domain stage-of 1 Process) (nth-domain stage-of 2 Process) (documentation stage-of "The temporally distinguished parts of an occurrent are called stages. In the life of a human being, for example, the stages would include infancy, childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. Other possibly overlapping stages would include education, motherhood, business career, and retirement.") (instance-of standardFor BinaryRelation) (nth-domain standardFor 1 Standard) (nth-domain standardFor 2 Object) (instance-of subProcedure BinaryRelation) (nth-domain subProcedure 1 Procedure) (nth-domain subProcedure 2 Procedure) (instance-of subProcess BinaryRelation) (nth-domain subProcess 1 Process) (nth-domain subProcess 2 Process) (instance-of subPurpose BinaryRelation) (nth-domain subPurpose 1 Abstract) (nth-domain subPurpose 2 Abstract) (instance-of theme CaseRole) (nth-domain theme 1 Process) (nth-domain theme 2 Object) (documentation theme "(theme ?EVENT ?ENTITY) means that ?ENTITY is an essential participant that may be moved, said, or experienced, but is not structurally changed. Example: Billy likes the Beer.") (instance-of uses BinaryRelation) (nth-domain uses 1 Object) (nth-domain uses 2 Agent) (=> (uses ?X ?Y) (exists (?Z) (and (agent ?Z ?Y) (instrument ?Z ?X)))) ;; The following relations are taken from the ITBM-CNR ontology 'Assessment'. (subrelation-of approves evaluates) (nth-domain approves 1 Agent) (nth-domain approves 2 Entity) (documentation approves "The approval of an entity e is the acknowledgement of e made by an expert or a reliable entity.") (instance-of reports BinaryRelation) (nth-domain reports 1 ContentBearingObject) (nth-domain reports 2 Entity) (documentation reports "The reporting of a given situation s is the description of s made in a text.") ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;; GENERAL AXIOMS ;; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;; Most of these axioms relate to constants comprising the tip of Sowa's upper ;; ontology. ;; Everything is an entity (due to Robert E. Kent). (forall (?X) (instance-of ?X Entity)) ;; There are entities. (In standard FOPC, this axiom is redundant, since it is ;; implied by the one above. However, it is included here in case a "free ;; logic" or similar, nonstandard interpretation of the ontology is adopted). (exists (?X) (instance-of ?X Entity)) ;; Several variations of the same essential axiom have been proposed. These ;; variations include "Everything is either a class or an entity" (John Sowa) ;; and "Everything is either an individual or a class" (Robert E. Kent). This ;; axiom has not been included here, because it seems very controversial. Where ;; are sets to be located, for example? (=> (instance-of ?x Entity) (not (and (instance-of ?x Class) (instance-of ?x Set)))) ;; Only entities are instances of classes, and only classes have instances ;; (This is due to both John Sowa and Robert E. Kent). (=> (instance-of ?instance ?class) (and (instance-of ?instance Entity) (instance-of ?class Class))) ;; Every class is a subclass of Entity. (=> (instance-of ?c Class) (subclass-of ?c Entity)) ;; Abstract is a class. (instance-of Abstract Class) ;; Something is Abstract just in case it has neither a spatial nor temporal ;; location. (<=> (instance-of ?x Abstract) (not (exists (?y) (or (located-at ?x ?y) (exists-at ?x ?y))))) ;; Something is Physical just in case it exists at some location at some time. (<=> (instance-of ?x Physical) (exists (?y) (and (located-at ?x ?y) (exists-at ?x ?z)))) ;; Abstract and Physical are disjoint. (disjoint Abstract Physical) ;; A continuant is an object that exists (and, hence, retains its identity) over ;; time, i.e., an object that exists at every point over some interval of time. (=> (and (instance-of ?y ContinuantType) (instance-of ?x ?y)) (exists (?t1 ?t2) (and (instance-of ?t1 TimePoint) (instance-of ?t2 TimePoint) (before ?t1 ?t2) (forall (?t) (=> (and (beforeEq ?t1 ?t) (beforeEq ?t ?t2)) (exists-at ?x ?t)))))) ;; Continuant and Occurrent are disjoint. (disjoint ContinuantType OccurrentType) ;; Each temporal part of an occurrent exists at some timepoint. ;; ISSUE: Can stages (i.e., temporal parts of occurrents) exist at ;; more than one timepoint; in particular, can they they exist across ;; intervals of time? (=> (and (instance-of ?y OccurrentType) (instance-of ?occ ?y) (stage-of ?x ?occ)) (exists (?t) (exists-at ?x ?t))) ;; Occurrents have temporal parts. (=> (and (instance-of ?y OccurrentType) (instance-of ?occ ?y)) (exists (?x) (stage-of ?x ?occ))) ;; Occurrents have spatial parts. (=> (and (instance-of ?y OccurrentType) (instance-of ?occ ?y)) (exists (?x) (spatial-part-of ?x ?occ))) ;; Individual and Relation are disjoint. (disjoint Individual Relation) ;; part-of and stage-of cannot be satisfied by the same ordered pair. (<=> (part-of ?X ?Y) (not (stage-of ?X ?Y))) ;; attribute-of and manner-of cannot be satisfied by the same ordered pair. (<=> (attribute-of ?X ?Y) (not (manner-of ?X ?Y))) ;; The following axiom is from CPR. (=> (subProcess ?Act1 ?Act2) (during ?Act1 ?Act2)) ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;; ARTIFACT HIERARCHY ;; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;; This section of the ontology will eventually encompass all artifacts. For the ;; time being, it is mostly restricted to the content of the Ontolingua ontology ;; component-assemblies, which covers the types of engineering elements used to ;; construct systems. (subclass-of Device Artifact) (subclass-of Machine Device) (=> (instance-of ?X Device) (exists (?Y) (and (instance-of ?Y Activity) (instrument ?Y ?X)))) (subclass-of EngineeringElement Artifact) (documentation EngineeringElement "An EngineeringElement is any element that is used to build up a system with structure.") (=> (instance-of ?X EngineeringElement) (exists (?Y) (and (instance-of ?Y Artifact) (part-of ?X ?Y)))) (subclass-of EngineeringComponent EngineeringElement) (documentation EngineeringComponent "An EngineeringComponent is a structure that can have parts and connections. An EngineeringComponent as a defined in this ontology is a fundamental abstraction that applies in many engineering domains. Component structures need not correspond to physically whole objects such as standard parts from a catalog. The class of component, as defined here, may also be used to represent nonphysical objects such as modules in a software program, functions in a functional description, and model fragments in a model library. This is a primitive concept; what makes an object a component is how it is connected and a part of other objects.") (=> (instance-of ?X EngineeringComponent) (exists (?Y) (and (instance-of ?Y Artifact) (component-of ?X ?Y)))) (subclass-of Junction EngineeringElement) (subclass-of Terminal EngineeringElement) (instance-of engineeringSubcomponent AntisymmetricRelation) (instance-of engineeringSubcomponent IrreflexiveRelation) (nth-domain engineeringSubcomponent 2 EngineeringComponent) (nth-domain engineeringSubcomponent 1 EngineeringComponent) (documentation engineeringSubcomponent "(engineeringSubcomponent ?sub ?super) means that the component ?sub is structurally a part of component ?super. A component cannot be a subcomponent of itself (irrreflexivity) and two components cannot be subcomponents of each other (antisymmetrity). Note that engineeringSubcomponent is not a transitive relation. A main difference betweeen engineering components and arbitrary globs of matter is that engineering components are object-like in a modeling sense; thus, an engineering subcomponent is not an arbtrary subregion, but a part of a system with a stable identity as its part. If engineeringSubcomponent were transitive, then there would be no level boundaries between a component and its subcomponents and their subcomponents; for modularity reasons, the system modeler describes the subcomponents of a component as black boxes, rather than as arbitrary regions.") (instance-of connectedEngineeringComponents SymmetricRelation) (instance-of connectedEngineeringComponents IrreflexiveRelation) (nth-domain connectedEngineeringComponents 2 Component) (nth-domain connectedEngineeringComponents 1 Component) (documentation ConnectedEngineeringComponents "This is the most general binary connection relation between components. If (connectedEngineeringComponents ?X ?Y), then ?X and ?Y must be engineering components and neither can be a engineering subcomponent of the other. The relation connectedEngineeringComponents is symmetric; there is no information in the direction of connection between two components. It is also irreflexive; a component cannot be connected to itself. This is an abstract relationship. There is no commitment that the two components much touch physically. Even in the case of a connection between physical components, the connection can represent abstract properties of the interaction of the two components. Note this relation does not associate a name or type with the connection. One may specify that with other binary relations (e.g., thermally-connected).") (=> (connectedEngineeringComponents ?X ?Y) (and (not (engineeringSubcomponent ?X ?Y)) (not (engineeringSubcomponent ?Y ?X)))) (=> (connectedEngineeringComponents ?X ?Y) (and (not (instance-of ?X EngineeringConnection)) (not (instance-of ?Y EngineeringConnection)))) (<=> (connectedEngineeringComponents ?X ?Y) (exists (?Z) (connectsEngineeringComponents ?Z ?X ?Y))) (instance-of EngineeringComponentFn UnaryFunction) (inverse EngineeringComponentFn TerminalFn) (nth-domain EngineeringComponentFn 1 Terminal) (range EngineeringComponentFn EngineeringComponent) (instance-of TerminalFn UnaryFunction) (inverse TerminalFn EngineeringComponentFn) (nth-domain TerminalFn 1 EngineeringComponent) (range TerminalFn Terminal) (instance-of JunctionFn UnaryFunction) (nth-domain JunctionFn 1 Terminal) (range JunctionFn Junction) (subclass-of EngineeringConnection EngineeringComponent) (=> (instance-of ?X EngineeringConnection) (exists (?Y ?Z) (connectsEngineeringComponents ?X ?Y ?Z))) (documentation EngineeringConnection "An EngineeringConnection is an EngineeringComponent that represents a connection relationship between two other components. It is a reification of the predicate connectedEngineeringComponents. That means that whenever this relation holds between two components, there exists a connection component. This is logical existence; this connection object may not be present in the memory of a representation system. Conversely, if a representation system has allocated a data structure for a connection object, it doesn't mean that it must explicitly represent the implied connectedEngineeringComponents relationship. The practical reason for reifying a relationship is to be able to attached other information about it. For example, one might want to say that a particular connection is associated with some shared parameters, or that it is of a particular type. Connection objects are components and can therefore be subcomponents of other components. However, to provide for modular regularity in component systems, connection components cannot be connected. For each pair of components related by connectedEngineeringComponents, there exists at least one connection object. However, that object may not be unique, and the same connection object may be associated with several pairs of connected components.") (instance-of connectsEngineeringComponents TernaryRelation) (nth-domain connectsEngineeringComponents 1 EngineeringConnection) (nth-domain connectsEngineeringComponents 2 EngineeringComponent) (nth-domain connectsEngineeringComponents 3 EngineeringComponent) (documentation connectsEngineeringComponents "connectsEngineeringComponents is a predicate that maps from a connection object to the engineering components it connects. Since components cannot be connected to themselves, and there cannot be a connection object without a connectedEngineeringComponents relationship, the second and third arguments of any connectsEngineeringComponents relationship will always be distinct for any given first argument.") ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;; NUMBER HIERARCHY ;; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;; The following ground facts incorporate the Number hierarchy from the ontology ;; 'kif-numbers' on the Ontolingua server. (subclass-of RealNumber Number) (subclass-of ImaginaryNumber Number) (subclass-of RationalNumber RealNumber) (subclass-of PositiveRealNumber RealNumber) (subclass-of NegativeRealNumber RealNumber) (subclass-of NonnegativeRealNumber RealNumber) (subclass-of Integer RationalNumber) (subclass-of EvenInteger Integer) (subclass-of OddInteger Integer) (subclass-of PrimeNumber Integer) (subclass-of NonnegativeInteger Integer) (subclass-of NonnegativeInteger NonnegativeRealNumber) (documentation NonnegativeInteger "An integer greater than or equal to zero.") (subclass-of NegativeInteger Integer) (subclass-of NegativeInteger NegativeRealNumber) (subclass-of PositiveInteger Integer) (subclass-of PositiveInteger PositiveRealNumber) (documentation PositiveInteger "An integer greater than zero, not including zero. A less ambiguous name for KIF's NATURAL.") (subclass-of BinaryNumber Number) (subclass-of PositiveNumber Number) (subclass-of NegativeNumber Number) (subclass-of ComplexNumber Number) (=> (instance-of ?X PositiveRealNumber) (greaterThan ?X 0)) (=> (instance-of ?X NegativeRealNumber) (lessThan ?X 0)) (=> (instance-of ?X NonnegativeRealNumber) (or (greaterThan ?X 0) (equal ?X 0))) (=> (instance-of ?X EvenInteger) (exists (?Y) (and (instance-of ?Y Integer) (equal (DivisionFn ?X 2) ?Y)))) (=> (instance-of ?X OddInteger) (not (exists (?Y) (and (instance-of ?Y Integer) (equal (DivisionFn ?X 2) ?Y))))) (instance-of logBit BinaryRelation) (nth-domain logBit 1 BinaryNumber) (nth-domain logBit 2 Integer) (documentation logBit "The formula (logbit ?X ?Y) is true if bit ?Y of ?X is 1.") (instance-of logTest BinaryRelation) (nth-domain logTest 1 Integer) (nth-domain logTest 2 Integer) (documentation logTest "The formula (logtest ?X ?Y) is true if the logical and of the two's-complement representation of the integers ?X and ?Y is not zero.") (instance-of MultiplicationFn VariableArityFunction) (instance-of MultiplicationFn RelationExtendedToQuantities) (range MultiplicationFn RealNumber) (documentation MultiplicationFn "If ?X, ?Y, ..., ?N denote numbers, then the term (MultiplicationFn ?X ?Y ... ?N) denotes the product of those numbers.") (instance-of AdditionFn VariableArityFunction) (instance-of AdditionFn RelationExtendedToQuantities) (range AdditionFn RealNumber) (documentation AdditionFn "If ?X, ?Y, ..., ?N are numerical constants, then the term (AdditionFn ?X ?Y ... ?N) denotes the sum of the numbers corresponding to those constants.") (instance-of SubtractionFn VariableArityFunction) (instance-of SubtractionFn RelationExtendedToQuantities) (range SubtractionFn RealNumber) (documentation SubtractionFn "If ?X, ?Y, ..., ?N denote numbers, then the term (SubtractionFn ?X ?Y ... ?N) denotes the difference between the number denoted by ?X and the numbers denoted by ?Y through ?N. An exception occurs when ?Y ... ?N = 0, in which case the term denotes the negation of the number denoted by ?X.") (instance-of DivisionFn VariableArityFunction) (range DivisionFn RealNumber) (documentation DivisionFn "If ?X, ?Y, ..., ?N are numbers, then the term (DivisionFn ?X ?Y ... ?N) denotes the result obtained by dividing the number denoted by ?X by the numbers denoted by ?Y through ?N. An exception occurs when ?Y ... ?N = 1, in which case the term denotes the reciprocal ?X of the number denoted by ?Y ... ?N.") (instance-of AbsoluteValueFn UnaryFunction) (nth-domain AbsoluteValueFn 1 RealNumber) (range AbsoluteValueFn PositiveNumber) (documentation AbsoluteValueFn "The term (AbsoluteValueFn ?X) denotes the absolute value of the object denoted by ?X.") (instance-of ArcCosineFn UnaryFunction) (nth-domain ArcCosineFn 1 RealNumber) (range ArcCosine RealNumber) (documentation ArcCosineFn "If ?X denotes a number, then the term (ArcCosineFn ?X) denotes the arc cosine of that number (in radians).") (instance-of ArithmeticalShiftFn BinaryFunction) (nth-domain ArithmeticalShiftFn 1 RealNumber) (nth-domain ArithmeticalShiftFn 2 PositiveInteger) (range ArithmeticalShiftFn RealNumber) (documentation ArithmeticalShiftFn "The term (ArithmeticalShiftFn ?X ?Y) denotes the result of arithmetically shifting the object denoted by ?X by the number of bits denoted by ?Y (left or right shifting depending on the sign of ?Y).") (instance-of ArcSineFn UnaryFunction) (nth-domain ArcSineFn 1 (SetFn ?X (exists (?Y) (equal ?X (MeasureFn ?Y Radian))))) (range ArcSineFn (SetFn ?X (exists (?Y) (equal ?X (MeasureFn ?Y Radian))))) (documentation ArcSineFn "The term (ArcSineFn ?X) denotes the arc sine of the object denoted by ?X (in radians).") (instance-of HyperbolicArcSineFn UnaryFunction) (nth-domain HyperbolicArcSineFn 1 (SetFn ?X (exists (?Y) (equal ?X (MeasureFn ?Y Radian))))) (range HyperbolicArcSineFn (SetFn ?X (exists (?Y) (equal ?X (MeasureFn ?Y Radian))))) (documentation HyperbolicArcSine "The term (HyperbolicArcSine ?X) denotes the hyperbolic arc sine of the object denoted by ?X (in radians).") (instance-of ArcTangentFn UnaryFunction) (nth-domain ArcTangentFn 1 (SetFn ?X (exists (?Y) (equal ?X (MeasureFn ?Y Radian))))) (range ArcTangentFn (SetFn ?X (exists (?Y) (equal ?X (MeasureFn ?Y Radian))))) (documentation ArcTangentFn "The term (ArcTangentFn ?X) denotes the arc tangent of the object denoted by ?X (in radians).") (instance-of HyperbolicArcTangentFn UnaryFunction) (nth-domain HyperbolicArcTangentFn 1 (SetFn ?X (exists (?Y) (equal ?X (MeasureFn ?Y Radian))))) (range HyperbolicArcTangentFn (SetFn ?X (exists (?Y) (equal ?X (MeasureFn ?Y Radian))))) (documentation HyperbolicArcTangentFn "The term (HyperbolicArcTangent ?X) denotes the hyperbolic arc tangent of the object denoted by ?X (in radians).") (instance-of CeilingFn UnaryFunction) (nth-domain CeilingFn 1 RealNumber) (range CeilingFn Integer) (documentation CeilingFn "If ?X denotes a real number, then the term (CeilingFn ?X) denotes the smallest integer greater than or equal to the number denoted by ?X.") (instance-of CosineFn UnaryFunction) (nth-domain CosineFn 1 (SetFn ?X (exists (?Y) (equal ?X (MeasureFn ?Y Radian))))) (range CosineFn (SetFn ?X (exists (?Y) (equal ?X (MeasureFn ?Y Radian))))) (documentation CosineFn "The term (CosineFn ?X) denotes the cosine of the object denoted by ?X (in radians).") (instance-of HyperbolicCosineFn UnaryFunction) (nth-domain HyperbolicCosineFn 1 (SetFn ?X (exists (?Y) (equal ?X (MeasureFn ?Y Radian))))) (range HyperbolicCosineFn (SetFn ?X (exists (?Y) (equal ?X (MeasureFn ?Y Radian))))) (documentation HyperbolicCosineFn "The term (HyperbolicCosineFn ?X) denotes the hyperbolic cosine of the object denoted by ?X (in radians).") (instance-of DenominatorFn UnaryFunction) (nth-domain DenominatorFn 1 RealNumber) (range DenominatorFn Integer) (documentation DenominatorFn "The term (DenominatorFn ?X) denotes the denominator of the canonical reduced form of the object denoted by ?X.") (instance-of ExponentiationFn BinaryFunction) (instance-of ExponentiationFn RelationExtendedToQuantities) (nth-domain ExponentiationFn 1 RealNumber) (nth-domain ExponentiationFn 2 Integer) (range ExponentiationFn RealNumber) (documentation ExponentiationFn "The term (Exponentiation ?X ?Y) denotes ?X raised to the power of the object denoted by ?Y.") (instance-of ReciprocalFn UnaryFunction) (instance-of ReciprocalFn RelationExtendedToQuantities) (nth-domain ReciprocalFn 1 RealNumber) (range ReciprocalFn RealNumber) (documentation ReciprocalFn "(ReciprocalFn ?x) is the reciprocal element of element ?x with respect to the multiplication operator. For a number x the reciprocal would be 1/x. Not all numbers will have a reciprocal element defined. The number 0 for instance will not have a reciprocal. If a parameter x has a reciprocal y, then the product of x and y will be an identity element of some sort, such as '1' for numbers, 3*1/3 = 1. The reciprocal of an element is equivalent to exponentiation of the element to the power -1.") (equal (ReciprocalFn ?X) (ExponentiationFn ?X -1)) (instance-of FloatingCeilingFn UnaryFunction) (nth-domain FloatingCeilingFn 1 RealNumber) (range FloatingCeilingFn Integer) (documentation FloatingCeilingFn "The term (FloatingCeilingFn ?X) denotes the smallest integer (as a floating point number) greater than the object denoted by ?X.") (instance-of FloatingFloorFn UnaryFunction) (nth-domain FloatingFloorFn 1 RealNumber) (range FloatingFloorFn Integer) (documentation FloatingFloorFn "The term (FloatingFloorFn ?X) denotes the largest integer (as a floating point number) less than the object denoted by ?X.") (instance-of FloatingPointNumberFn UnaryFunction) (nth-domain FloatingPointNumberFn 1 RealNumber) (range FloatingPointNumberFn RealNumber) (documentation FloatingPointNumberFn "The term (FloatingPointNumberFn ?X) denotes the floating point number equal to the object denoted by ?X.") (instance-of FloatingDigitFn UnaryFunction) (nth-domain FloatingDigitFn 1 RealNumber) (range FloatingDigitFn NonnegativeInteger) (documentation FloatingDigitFn "The term (FloatingDigitFn ?X) denotes the number of digits used in the representation of a floating point number denoted by ?X.") (instance-of FloatingPrecisionFn UnaryFunction) (nth-domain FloatingPrecisionFn 1 RealNumber) (range FloatingPrecisionFn NonnegativeInteger) (documentation FloatingPrecisionFn "The term (FloatingPrecisionFn ?X) denotes the number of significant digits in the floating point number denoted by ?X.") (instance-of FloatingRadixFn UnaryFunction) (nth-domain FloatingRadixFn 1 RealNumber) (range FloatingRadixFn NaturalNumber) (documentation FloatingRadixFn "The term (FloatingRadixFn ?X) denotes the radix of the floating point number denoted by ?X. The most common values are 2 and 16.") (instance-of FloatingSignFn BinaryFunction) (nth-domain FloatingSignFn 1 RealNumber) (nth-domain FloatingSignFn 2 RealNumber) (range FloatingSignFn RealNumber) (documentation FloatingSignFn "The term (FloatingSignFn ?X ?Y) denotes a floating-point number with the same sign as the object denoted by ?X and the same absolute value as the object denoted by ?Y.") (instance-of FloorFn UnaryFunction) (nth-domain FloorFn 1 RealNumber) (range FloorFn Integer) (documentation FloorFn "The term (FloorFn ?X) denotes the largest integer less than the object denoted by ?X.") (instance-of FloatingTruncateFn UnaryFunction) (nth-domain FloatingTruncateFn 1 RealNumber) (range FloatingTruncateFn Integer) (documentation FloatingTruncateFn "The term (FloatingTruncateFn ?X) denotes the largest integer (as a floating point number) less than the object denoted by ?X.") (instance-of GreatestCommonDivisorFn VariableArityFunction) (range GreatestCommonDivisorFn Integer) (documentation GreatestCommonDivisorFn "The term (GreatestCommonDivisorFn ?X ?Y ... ?N) denotes the greatest common divisor of the objects denoted by ?X through ?N.") (instance-of ImaginaryPartFn UnaryFunction) (nth-domain ImaginaryPartFn 1 ComplexNumber) (range ImaginaryPartFn ImaginaryNumber) (documentation ImaginaryPartFn "The term (ImaginaryPartFn ?X) denotes the imaginary part of the object denoted by ?X.") (instance-of IntegerDecodeFloatFn UnaryFunction) (nth-domain IntegerDecodeFloatFn 1 RealNumber) (range IntegerDecodeFloatFn Integer) (documentation IntegerDecodeFloatFn "The term (IntegerDecodeFloatFn ?X) denotes the significand of the object denoted by ?X.") (instance-of IntegerLengthFn UnaryFunction) (nth-domain IntegerLengthFn 1 RealNumber) (range IntegerLengthFn NonnegativeInteger) (documentation IntegerLengthFn "The term (IntegerLengthFn ?X) denotes the number of bits required to store the absolute magnitude of the object denoted by ?X.") (instance-of IntegerSquareRootFn UnaryFunction) (nth-domain IntegerSquareRootFn 1 RealNumber) (range IntegerSquareRootFn NonnegativeInteger) (documentation IntegerSquareRootFn "The term (IntegerSquareRootFn ?X) denotes the integer square root of the object denoted by ?X.") (instance-of LeastCommonMultipleFn VariableArityFunction) (range LeastCommonMultipleFn Integer) (documentation LeastCommonMultipleFn "The term (LeastCommonMultipleFn ?X ?Y ... ?N) denotes the least common multiple of the objects denoted by ?X, ?Y, ... ?N.") (instance-of LogFn BinaryFunction) (nth-domain LogFn 1 RealNumber) (nth-domain LogFn 2 PositiveInteger) (range LogFn RealNumber) (documentation LogFn "The term (LogFn ?X ?Y) denotes the logarithm of the object denoted by ?X in the base denoted by ?Y.") (instance-of MaxFn VariableArityFunction) (instance-of MaxFn RelationExtendedToQuantities) (range MaxFn RealNumber) (documentation MaxFn "The term (MaxFn ?X ?Y ... ?N) denotes the largest object denoted by ?X, ?Y, ... , ?N.") (instance-of MinFn VariableArityFunction) (instance-of MinFn RelationExtendedToQuantities) (range MinFn RealNumber) (documentation MinFn "The term (MinFn ?X ?Y ... ?N) denotes the smallest object denoted by ?X, ?Y, ... , ?N.") (instance-of ModuloFn BinaryFunction) (instance-of ModuloFn RelationExtendedToQuantities) (nth-domain ModuloFn 1 RealNumber) (nth-domain ModuloFn 2 RealNumber) (range ModuloFn RealNumber) (documentation ModuloFn "The term (ModuloFn ?X ?Y) denotes the root of the object denoted by ?X modulo the object denoted by ?Y. The result will have the same sign as denoted by ?X.") (instance-of NumeratorFn UnaryFunction) (nth-domain NumeratorFn 1 RealNumber) (range NumeratorFn Integer) (documentation NumeratorFn "The term (NumeratorFn ?X) denotes the numerator of the canonical reduced form of the object denoted by ?X.") (instance-of Pi-TheNumber RealNumber) (documentation Pi-TheNumber "Pi-TheNumber is the real number that is the ratio of the perimeter of a circle to its diameter. It is approximately equal to 3.141592653589793.") (instance-of Zero-TheNumber NonnegativeInteger) (documentation "Zero is the number which, when multiplied by any other number, results in the number Zero.") (instance-of RationalNumberFn UnaryFunction) (nth-domain RationalNumberFn 1 Number) (range RationalNumberFn RationalNumber) (documentation RationalNumberFn "The term (RationalNumberFn ?X) denotes the rational representation of the object denoted by ?X.") (instance-of RealNumberFn UnaryFunction) (nth-domain RealNumberFn 1 Number) (range RealNumberFn RealNumber) (documentation RealNumberFn "The term (RealNumberFn ?X) denotes the real part of the object denoted by ?X.") (instance-of RemainderFn BinaryFunction) (instance-of RemainderFn RelationExtendedToQuantities) (nth-domain RemainderFn 1 RealNumber) (nth-domain RemainderFn 2 RealNumber) (range RemainderFn RealNumber) (documentation RemainderFn "The term (RemainderFn ?NUMBER ?DIVISOR) denotes the remainder of the object denoted by ?NUMBER divided by the object denoted by ?DIVISOR. The result has the same sign as the object denoted by ?DIVISOR.") (instance-of RoundFn UnaryFunction) (instance-of RoundFn RelationExtendedToQuantities) (nth-domain RoundFn 1 RealNumber) (range RoundFn Integer) (documentation RoundFn "The term (RoundFn ?X) denotes the integer nearest to the object denoted by ?X. If the object denoted by ?X is halfway between two integers (for example 3.5), it denotes the nearest integer divisible by 2.") (instance-of ScaleFloatFn BinaryFunction) (nth-domain ScaleFloatFn 1 RealNumber) (nth-domain ScaleFloatFn 2 Integer) (range ScaleFloatFn RealNumber) (documentation ScaleFloatFn "The term (ScaleFloatFn ?X ?Y) denotes a floating- point number that is the representational radix of the object denoted by ?X raised to the integer denoted by ?Y.") (instance-of SignumFn UnaryFunction) (nth-domain SignumFn 1 RealNumber) (range SignumFn Integer) (documentation SignumFn "The term (SignumFn ?X) denotes the sign of the object denoted by ?X. This is one of -1, 1, or 0.") (instance-of SineFn UnaryFunction) (nth-domain SineFn 1 (SetFn ?X (exists (?Y) (equal ?X (MeasureFn ?Y Radian))))) (range SineFn (SetFn ?X (exists (?Y) (equal ?X (MeasureFn ?Y Radian))))) (documentation SineFn "The term (SineFn ?X) denotes the sine of the object denoted by ?X (in radians).") (instance-of HyperbolicSineFn UnaryFunction) (nth-domain HyperbolicSineFn 1 (SetFn ?X (exists (?Y) (equal ?X (MeasureFn ?Y Radian))))) (range HyperbolicSineFn (SetFn ?X (exists (?Y) (equal ?X (MeasureFn ?Y Radian))))) (documentation HyperbolicSineFn "The term (HyperbolicSineFn ?X) denotes the hyperbolic sine of the object denoted by ?X (in radians).") (instance-of SquareRootFn UnaryFunction) (nth-domain SquareRootFn 1 RealNumber) (range SquareRootFn RealNumber) (documentation SquareRootFn "The term (SquareRootFn ?X) denotes the principal square root of the object denoted by ?X.") (instance-of TangentFn UnaryFunction) (nth-domain TangentFn 1 (SetFn ?X (exists (?Y) (equal ?X (MeasureFn ?Y Radian))))) (range TangentFn (SetFn ?X (exists (?Y) (equal ?X (MeasureFn ?Y Radian))))) (documentation TangentFn "The term (TangentFn ?X) denotes the tangent of the object denoted by ?X (in radians).") (instance-of HyperbolicTangentFn UnaryFunction) (nth-domain HyperbolicTangentFn 1 (SetFn ?X (exists (?Y) (equal ?X (MeasureFn ?Y Radian))))) (range HyperbolicTangentFn (SetFn ?X (exists (?Y) (equal ?X (MeasureFn ?Y Radian))))) (documentation HyperbolicTangentFn "The term (HyperbolicTangentFn ?X) denotes the hyperbolic tangent of the object denoted by ?X (in radians).") (instance-of TruncateFn UnaryFunction) (instance-of TruncateFn RelationExtendedToQuantities) (nth-domain TruncateFn 1 RealNumber) (range TruncateFn Integer) (documentation TruncateFn "The term (TruncateFn ?X) denotes the largest integer less than the object denoted by ?X.") (instance-of lessThan BinaryRelation) (instance-of lessThan RelationExtendedToQuantities) (nth-domain lessThan 1 RealNumber) (nth-domain lessThan 2 RealNumber) (documentation lessThan "The formula (lessThan ?X ?Y) is true if and only if the number denoted by ?X is less than the number denoted by ?Y.") (instance-of greaterThan BinaryRelation) (instance-of greaterThan RelationExtendedToQuantities) (nth-domain greaterThan 1 RealNumber) (nth-domain greaterThan 2 RealNumber) (documentation greaterThan "The formula (greaterThan ?X ?Y) is true if and only if the number denoted by ?X is greater than the number denoted by ?Y.") (instance-of lessThanOrEqualTo BinaryRelation) (instance-of lessThanOrEqualTo RelationExtendedToQuantities) (nth-domain lessThanOrEqualTo 1 RealNumber) (nth-domain lessThanOrEqualTo 2 RealNumber) (documentation lessThanOrEqualTo "The formula (lessThan ?X ?Y) is true if and only if the number denoted by ?X is less than or equal to the number denoted by ?Y.") (instance-of greaterThanOrEqualTo BinaryRelation) (instance-of greaterThanOrEqualTo RelationExtendedToQuantities) (nth-domain greaterThanOrEqualTo 1 RealNumber) (nth-domain greaterThanOrEqualTo 2 RealNumber) (documentation greaterThanOrEqualTo "The formula (greaterThan ?X ?Y) is true if and only if the number denoted by ?X is greater than the number denoted by ?Y.") (instance-of equal BinaryRelation) (instance-of equal RelationExtendedToQuantities) (nth-domain equal 1 Entity) (nth-domain equal 2 Entity) (documentation equal "The formula (equal ?X ?Y) is true if and only if ?X is identical with ?Y.") (=> (instance-of ?X EvenInteger) (= (DivisionFn ?X 2) 0)) (=> (instance-of ?X OddInteger) (= (DivisionFn ?X 2) 1)) (<=> (instance-of ?X NaturalNumber) (and (greaterThan ?X 0) (instance-of ?X Integer))) (=> (instance-of ?X NonnegativeInteger) (or (greaterThan ?X 0) (= ?X 0))) (=> (instance-of ?X PositiveNumber) (greaterThan ?X 0)) (=> (instance-of ?X NegativeNumber) (greaterThan 0 ?X)) (<=> (lessThan ?X ?Y) (greaterThan ?Y ?X)) (<=> (lessThanOrEqualTo ?X ?Y) (or (equal ?X ?Y) (lessThan ?X ?Y))) (<=> (greaterThanOrEqualTo ?X ?Y) (or (equal ?X ?Y) (greaterThan ?X ?Y))) ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;; QUANTITIES AND UNITS OF MEASURE ;; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;; The following formulas incorporate the relations in the Quantities ontology ;; (developed by ITBM-CNR) and the units of measure in the "Standard ;; Units" and "Standard Dimensions" ontologies on the Ontolingua server. ;; This section has been extensively revised by Helena Sofia Pinto of the Instituto ;; Superior Tecnico in Portugal. The sources for these revisions were ;; - Barry Taylor, NIST Special Publication 811, Guide for the Use of the ;; International System of Units (SI), 1995. ;; - Encyclopaedia Britannica (on-line version at http://www.britannica.com) (subclass-of Quantity Abstract) (subclass-of PhysicalQuantity Quantity) (partition PhysicalQuantity (SetFn ?X (or (member ?X ConstantQuantity) (member ?X FunctionQuantity)))) (documentation PhysicalQuantity "A physical quantity is a measure of some quantifiable aspect of the modeled world, such as 'the earth's diameter' (a constant length) and 'the stress in a loaded deformable solid' (a measure of stress, which is a function of three spatial coordinates). The first type is called constant quantity and the second type is called function quantity. All physical quantities are either constant quantities or function quantities. Although the name and definition of this concept is inspired from physics, physical quantities need not be material. For example, amounts of money are physical quantities. In fact, all real numbers and numeric-valued tensors are special cases of physical quantities. In engineering textbooks, quantities are often called variables. Physical quantities are distinguished from purely numeric entities like a real numbers by their physical dimensions. A physical dimension is a property that distinguishes types of quantities. Every physical quantity has exactly one associated physical dimension. In physics, we talk about dimensions such as length, time, and velocity; again, nonphysical dimensions such as currency are also possible. The 'value' of a physical quantity depends on its type. The value of a constant quantity is dependent on a unit-of-measure. Physical quantities of the type FunctionQuantity are functions that map quantities to other quantities (e.g., time-dependent quantities are function quantities).") (subclass-of ConstantQuantity PhysicalQuantity) (documentation ConstantQuantity "A ConstantQuantity is a constant value of some PhysicalQuantity, like 3 meters or 55 miles per hour. Constant quantities are distinguished from function quantities, which map some quantities to other quantities. For example, the velocity of a particle over some range of time would be represented by a function quantity mapping values of time (which are constant quantities) to velocity vectors (also constant quantities). All constant quantites can be expressed as the product of some number and a unit of measure. This is what it means to say a quantity `has a magnitude'. For example, 3 meters can be expressed as (MeasureFn 3 Meter), where meter is defined as a unit of measure for length.") (subclass-of FunctionQuantity PhysicalQuantity) (subclass-of FunctionQuantity Function) (documentation FunctionQuantity "A FunctionQuantity is a function that maps from one or more constant-quantities to a constant-quantity. The function must have a fixed arity of at least 1. All elements of the range (ie, values of the function) have the same physical-dimension, which is the dimension of the function-quantity itself.") (subclass-of ScalarQuantity ConstantQuantity) (documentation Scalar-Quantity "A ScalarQuantity is a ConstantQuantity whose magnitude is a real number. An important property of scalar quantities is that they form a field with respect to addition and multiplication (with proper subclass restrictions). The class of scalar quantities forms a partial order with the lessThan relation, since lessThan is a RelationExtendedToQuantities and lessThan is defined over the real numbers. The lessThan relation is not a total order over the class of scalar quantity since elements from some subclasses such as length quantities are incomparable to elements from other subclasses such as mass quantities.") (subclass-of UnaryScalarFunctionQuantity FunctionQuantity) (subclass-of UnaryScalarFunctionQuantity UnaryFunction) (documentation UnaryScalarFunctionQuantity "A unary function that maps from a scalar quantity to a scalar quantity.") (=> (instance-of ?X UnaryScalarFunctionQuantity) (and (nth-domain ?X 1 ScalarQuantity) (range ?X ScalarQuantity))) (subclass-of TimeDependentQuantity UnaryScalarFunctionQuantity) (subclass-of TimeDependentQuantity ContinuousFunction) (documentation TimeDependentQuantity "A unary scalar function of continuous time. Maps a time quantity into another scalar quantity such as a temperature. For example, a quantity that denotes 'the temperature of the top of the Empire State Building' is a time dependent quantity since its value depends on the time.") (=> (instance-of ?X TimeDependentQuantity) (nth-domain ?X 1 TimeMeasure)) (subclass-of Unit-Of-Measure PhysicalQuantity) (documentation Unit-Of-Measure "A unit-of-measure serves as a standard of measurement for some dimension. For example, the meter is a unit-of-measure for the length-dimension, as is the inch. There is no intrisic property of a unit that makes it primitive or fundamental; rather, a system-of-units defines a set of orthogonal dimensions and assigns units for each. Therefore, there is no distinguished class for fundamental unit of measure. The magnitude of a unit-of-measure is always a positive real number, using any comparable unit. Units are not scales, which have reference origins and can have negative values. Units are like distances between points on scales. Any composition of units and reals using the MeasureFn functions is also a unit-of-measure.") (subclass-of Number Quantity) (subclass-of SystemeInternationalUnit Unit-Of-Measure) (documentation SystemeInternationalUnit "The class of Systeme International (SI) units.") (subclass-of LengthMeasure Quantity) (subclass-of MassMeasure Quantity) (subclass-of TimeMeasure Quantity) (subclass-of ElectricCurrentMeasure Quantity) (subclass-of ThermodynamicTemperatureMeasure Quantity) (subclass-of LuminousIntensityMeasure Quantity) (subclass-of AmountOfSubstanceMeasure Quantity) ; A necessary physical quantity for the previously known as supplementary ; units in the SI system (subclass-of IdentityMeasure Quantity) ; Derived physical quantities that have units with special names and ; symbols in SI the system (subclass-of PlaneAngleMeasure IdentityMeasure) (subclass-of SolidAngleMeasure IdentityMeasure) (subclass-of FrequencyMeasure Quantity) (subclass-of ForceMeasure Quantity) (subclass-of PressureMeasure Quantity) (subclass-of EnergyMeasure Quantity) (subclass-of PowerMeasure Quantity) (subclass-of ElectricChargeMeasure Quantity) (subclass-of ElectricPotentialMeasure Quantity) (subclass-of CapacitanceMeasure Quantity) (subclass-of ElectricResistanceMeasure Quantity) (subclass-of ElectricConductanceMeasure Quantity) (subclass-of MagneticFluxMeasure Quantity) (subclass-of MagneticFluxDensityMeasure Quantity) (subclass-of InductanceMeasure Quantity) (subclass-of LuminousFluxMeasure Quantity) (subclass-of IlluminanceMeasure Quantity) (subclass-of ActivityMeasure Quantity) (subclass-of AbsorbedDoseMeasure Quantity) (subclass-of DoseEquivalentMeasure Quantity) (subclass-of CatalyticActivityMeasure Quantity) ; Other physical quantities of interest outside SI (subclass-of CurrencyMeasure Quantity) (subclass-of InformationMeasure Quantity) (instance-of MeasureFn BinaryFunction) (nth-domain MeasureFn 1 RealNumber) (nth-domain MeasureFn 2 Unit-Of-Measure) (range MeasureFn ConstantQuantity) (documentation MeasureFn "This function maps a real number and a unit of measure to that number of units.") (instance-of MagnitudeFn BinaryFunction) (nth-domain MagnitudeFn 1 ScalarQuantity) (nth-domain MagnitudeFn 2 Unit-Of-Measure) (range MagnitudeFn 3 RealNumber) (documentation Magnitude "The magnitude of a constant quantity is a numeric value for the quantity given in terms of some unit-of-measure. For example, the magnitude of the quantity 2 kilometers in the unit-of-measure meter is the real number 2000. The unit-of-measure and quantity must be of the same physical dimension, and the resulting value is a Quantity. The type of the resulting Number is dependent on the type of the original quantity. The magnitude of a scalar quantity is a real number, and the magnitude of a vector quantity is a numeric vector. In general, the magnitude function converts a quantity with dimension into a normal mathematical object. Units of measure are scalar quantities, and magnitude is defined in terms of scalar multiplication. The magnitude of a quantity in a given unit times that unit is equal to the original quantity. This holds for all kinds of tensors, including real-numbers and vectors. For scalar quantities, one can think of the magnitude as the ratio of a quantity to the unit quantity. There is no magnitude for a function quantity. Instead, the value of a function-quantity on some input is a quantity which may in turn be a constant-quantity for which the magnitude function is defined.") (=> (and (equal (MeasureFn ?X ?Y) ?Z) (subclass-of ?Y ?P) (not (equal ?P Unit-Of-Measure))) (subclass-of ?Z ?P)) ; Now the units of measure: ; First base units for the SI system. No conversion functions are ; provided for these units. ; Length Base Unit (instance-of Meter LengthMeasure) (instance-of Meter SystemeInternationalUnit) (documentation Meter "SI length unit. symbol: m. It is one of the base units in SI. Its definition has evolved over time. It is currently defined as: The meter is the length of the path traveled by light in vacuum during a time interval of 1/299792458 of a second.") ; Mass Base Unit (instance-of Kilogram MassMeasure) (instance-of Kilogram SystemeInternationalUnit) (documentation Kilogram "SI mass unit. symbol: kg. It is one of the base units in SI (it is also the basic unit of mass in the MKS system). It is defined as: The kilogram is the unit of mass; it is equal to the mass of the international prototype of the kilogram.") (equal (MeasureFn ?X Kilogram) (MeasureFn (MultiplicationFn ?X 1000) Gram)) ; Time Base Unit (instance-of Second-Duration TimeMeasure-Duration) (instance-of Second-Duration SystemeInternationalUnit) (documentation Second-Duration "SI time unit. symbol: s. It is one of the base units in SI. Its definition has evolved over time. It is currently defined as: The second is the duration of 9192631770 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition between the two hyperfine levels of the ground state of the cesium 133 atom." ) ; Electric Current Base Unit (instance-of Ampere ElectricCurrentMeasure) (instance-of Ampere SystemeInternationalUnit) (documentation Ampere "SI electrical current unit. symbol: A. It is one of the base units in SI. It is defined as: The ampere is that constant current which, if maintained in two straight parallel conductors of infinite length, of negligible circular cross-section, and placed 1 meter apart in vacuum, would produce between these conductors a force equal to 2*10^(-7) newton per meter of length.") ; Thermodynamic Temperature Base Unit (instance-of Kelvin ThermodynamicTemperatureMeasure) (instance-of Kelvin SystemeInternationalUnit) (documentation Kelvin "SI thermodynamic temperature unit. symbol: K. It is one of the base units in SI (it is also a unit in the ITS system). It is defined as: The kelvin, unit of thermodynamic temperature, is the fraction 1/273.16 of the thermodynamic temperature of the triple point of water.") ; Amount Of Substance Base Unit (instance-of Mole AmountOfSubstanceMeasure) (instance-of Mole SystemeInternationalUnit) (documentation Mole "SI amout of substance unit. symbol: mol. It is one of the base units in SI. It is defined as: 1. The mole is the amount of substance of a system which contains as many elementary entities as there are atoms in 0.012 kilogram of carbon 12; its symbol is mol. 2. When the mole is used, the elementary entities must be specified and may be atoms, molecules, ions, electrons, other particles, or specified groups of such particles.") ; Luminosity Intensity Base Unit (instance-of Candela LuminosityIntensityMeasure) (instance-of Candela SystemeInternationalUnit) (documentation Candela "SI luminous intensity unit. symbol: cd. It is one of the base units in SI. Its definition has evolved over time. It is defined as: The candela is the luminous intensity, in a given direction, of a source that emits monochromatic radiation of frequency 540*10^12 hertz and that has a radiant intensity in that direction of 1/683 watt per steradian.") ; Now SI units for these quantities that are also ; accepted. They are multiples and submultiples of base units. (instance-of Centimeter LengthMeasure) (instance-of Centimeter Unit-Of-Measure) (documentation Centimeter "submultiple of meter. symbol: cm. It is the 100th part of a meter") (equal (MeasureFn ?X Centimeter) (MeasureFn (MultiplicationFn ?X 0.01) Meter)) (instance-of Kilometer LengthMeasure) (instance-of Kilometer Unit-Of-Measure) (documentation Kilometer "multiple of meter. symbol: km. 1 km = 1000 m") (equal (MeasureFn ?X Kilometer) (MeasureFn (MultiplicationFn ?X 1000) Meter)) (instance-of Gram MassMeasure) (instance-of Gram Unit-Of-Measure) (documentation Gram "submultiple of kilogram. symbol: g. 1 kg = 1000 g") (equal (MeasureFn ?X Gram) (MeasureFn (MultiplicationFn ?X 0.001) Kilogram)) (instance-of Nano-Second TimeMeasure) (instance-of Nano-Second Unit-Of-Measure) (documentation Nano-Second "submultiple of second. symbol: ns. A unit of measure equal to one billionth of a second.") (equal (MeasureFn ?X Nano-Second) (MeasureFn (MultiplicationFn ?X 1.0E-9) Second)) (instance-of Pico-Second TimeMeasure-Duration) (instance-of Pico-Second Unit-Of-Measure) (documentation Pico-Second "submultiple of second. symbol: ps. A unit of measure equal to one trillionth of an second") (equal (MeasureFn ?X Pico-Second) (MeasureFn (Multiplication ?X 1.0E-12) Second-Duration)) (instance-of Milli-Ampere ElectricCurrentMeasure) (instance-of Milli-Ampere Unit-Of-Measure) (documentation Milli-Ampere "submultiple of ampere. symbol: mA. A unit of electrical current equal to one thousandth of an ampere.") (equal (MeasureFn ?X Milli-Ampere) (MeasureFn (MultiplicationFn ?X .001) Ampere)) (instance-of Nano-Ampere ElectricCurrentMeasure) (documentation Nano-Ampere "submultiple of ampere. symbol: nA. A unit of electrical current equal to one billionth of an ampere.") (equal (MeasureFn ?X Nano-Ampere) (MeasureFn (MultiplicationFn ?X 1.0E-9) Ampere)) (instance-of Pico-Ampere ElectricCurrentMeasure) (instance-of Pico-Ampere Unit-Of-Measure) (documentation Pico-Ampere "submultiple of ampere. symbol: pA. A unit of electrical current equal to one trillionth of an ampere.") (equal (MeasureFn ?X Pico-AmpereFn) (MeasureFn (MultiplicationFn ?X 1.0E-12) Ampere)) ; Now, derived SI units with special names and symbols ; including some prefixed units (multiples and submultiples are together ; since they represent quantities of the same kind). ; Plane angle unit (instance-of Radian PlaneAngleMeasure) (instance-of Radian SystemeInternationalUnit) (documentation Radian "SI plane angle measurement unit. symbol: rad. It is angle of a circle subtended by an arc equal in length to the circle's radius. Another definition can be: the plane angle between two radii of a circle which cut off on the circumference an arc equal in length to the radius. radian = m/m = 1") ; Solid angle unit (instance-of Steradian SolidAngleMeasure) (instance-of Steradian SystemeInternationalUnit) (documentation Steradian "SI solid angle measurement unit. symbol: sr. It is the solid angle of a sphere subtended by a portion of the surface whose area is equal to the square of the sphere's radius. Another definition can be: the solid angle which, having its vertex in the center of the sphere, cuts off an area of the surface of the sphere equal to that of a square with sides of length equal to the radius of the sphere. steradian = m^2/m^2 = 1") ; Frequency units (instance-of Hertz FrequencyMeasure) (instance-of Hertz SystemeInternationalUnit) (documentation Hertz "SI fequency unit. symbol: Hz. It is the number of cycles per second. hertz = s^(-1)") ; NOTE: Herzt does not have a conversion function. (instance-of Giga-Hertz FrequencyMeasure) (instance-of Giga-Hertz Unit-Of-Measure) (documentation Giga-Hertz "multiple of hertz. symbol: GHz. A unit of frequency equal to one billion times per second. 1 gigahertz = 10^9 Hz") (equal (MeasureFn ?X Giga-Hertz) (MeasureFn (MultiplicationFn ?X 1.0E9) Hertz)) (instance-of Kilo-Hertz FrequencyMeasure) (instance-of Kilo-Hertz Unit-Of-Measure) (documentation Kilo-Hertz "multiple of hertz. symbol: kHz. A unit of frequency equal to one thousand times per second. 1 kilohertz = 10^3 Hz") (equal (MeasureFn ?X Kilo-Hertz) (MeasureFn (MultiplicationFn ?X 1000) Hertz)) (instance-of Mega-Hertz FrequencyMeasure) (instance-of Mega-Hertz Unit-Of-Measure) (documentation Mega-Hertz "multiple of hertz. symbol: MHz. A unit of frequency equal to one million times per second. 1 megahertz = 10^6 Hz") (equal (MeasureFn ?X Mega-Hertz) (MeasureFn (MultiplicationFn ?X 1.0E6) Hertz)) ; Force Unit (instance-of Newton ForceMeasure) (instance-of Newton SystemeInternationalUnit) (documentation Newton "SI force unit. symbol: N. It is that force which gives to a mass of 1 kilogram an acceleration of 1 meter per second. newton = m*kg*s^(-2)") ; Pressure unit (instance-of Pascal PressureMeasure) (instance-of Pascal SystemeInternationalUnit) (documentation Pascal "SI pressure unit. symbol:Pa. It is the pressure of one newton per square meter. pascal = N/m^2 = m^(-1)*kg*s^(-2)") (instance-of Mega-Pascal PressureMeasure) (instance-of Mega-Pascal Unit-Of-Measure) (documentation Mega-Pascal "multiple of pascal. symbol: MPa. A unit of pressure equal to one million pascal. 1 megapascal = 10^6 Pa") (equal (MeasureFn ?X Mega-Pascal) (MeasureFn (MultiplicationFn ?X 1.0E6) Pascal)) ; Energy Unit (instance-of Joule EnergyMeasure) (instance-of Joule SystemeInternationalUnit) (documentation Joule "SI energy unit. symbol: J. It is the work done when the point of application of 1 newton is displaced a distance of 1 meter in the direction of the force. joule = N*m = m^2*kg*s^(-2)") ; Power Units (instance-of Watt PowerMeasure) (instance-of Watt SystemeInternationalUnit) (documentation Watt "SI power unit. symbol: W. A unit that measures power, ie energy produced or expended divided by unit of time. It is the power which gives rise to the production of energy (or work) at the rate of one joule per second. watt = J/s = m^2*kg*s^(-3)") ;;; Note: According to SI one should not use the expression "per unit of" (instance-of Kilo-Watt PowerMeasure) (instance-of Kilo-Watt Unit-Of-Measure) (documentation Kilo-Watt "multiple of watt. symbol: kW. A unit that measures power, ie energy produced by unit of time. It is one thousand watts. 1 kilo-watt = 1000 W") (equal (MeasureFn ?X Kilo-Watt) (MeasureFn (MultiplicationFn ?X 1000) Watt)) ; Electric Charge Units (instance-of Coulomb ElectricChargeMeasure) (instance-of Coulomb SystemeInternationalUnit) (documentation Coulomb "SI charge unit. symbol: C. It is the quantity of electric charge transported through a cross section of a conductor in an electric circuit during each second by a current of 1 ampere. coulomb = s*A") (equal (MeasureFn ?X Coulomb) (PerFn (MeasureFn ?X Ampere) (MeasureFn 1 Second-Duration))) ; Electric Potential Units (instance-of Volt ElectricPotentialMeasure) (instance-of Volt SystemeInternationalUnit) (documentation Volt "SI electric potential unit. symbol: V. It is the difference of electric potential between two points of a conducting wire carrying a constant current of 1 ampere, when the power dissipated between these points is equal to 1 watt. volt = W/A = m^2*kg*s^(-3)*A^(-1)") (instance-of Micro-Volt ElectricPotentialMeasure) (instance-of Micro-Volt Unit-Of-Measure) (documentation Micro-Volt "submultiple of volt. symbol: mV. A unit for measuring electrical potential equal to one millionth of a volt. 1 micro volt = 10^(-6) V") (equal (MeasureFn ?X Micro-Volt) (MeasureFn (MultiplicationFn ?X 0.000001) Volt)) (instance-of milli-volt ElectricPotentialMeasure) (instance-of Milli-Volt Unit-Of-Measure) (documentation Milli-Volt "submultiple of volt. symbol: mV. A unit of electrical potential equal to one thousandth of a volt. 1 milli volt = 10^(-3) V") (equal (MeasureFn ?X Milli-Volt) (MeasureFn (MultiplicationFn ?X .001) Volt)) ; Capacitance Units (instance-of Farad CapacitanceMeasure) (instance-of Farad SystemeInternationalUnit) (documentation Farad "SI capacitance unit. symbol: F. It is the capacitance of a capacitator between the plates of which there appears a difference of potential of 1 volt when it is charged by a quantity of electricity equal to 1 coulomb. farad = C/V = m^(-2)*kg(-1)*s^4*A^2") ;Electric Resistance Units (instance-of Ohm ElectricResistanceMeasure) (instance-of Ohm SystemeInternationalUnit) (documentation Ohm "SI electric resistance unit. It is the electric resistance between two points of a conductor when a constant difference of potential of 1 volt, applied between these two points, produces in this conductor a current of 1 ampere, this conductor not being the force of any electromotive force. ohm = V/A = m^2*kg*s^(-3)*A^(-2)") (instance-of Mega-Ohm ElectricResistanceMeasure) (instance-of Mega-Ohm Unit-Of-Measure) (documentation Mega-Ohm "multiple of ohm. Electric resistance unit equal to one million ohm. 1 megaohm = 10^(6) ohms") (equal (MeasureFn ?X Mega-Ohm) (MeasureFn (MultiplicationFn ?X 1.0E6) Ohm)) (instance-of Micro-Ohm ElectricResistanceMeasure) (instance-of Micro-Ohm Unit-Of-Measure) (documentation Micro-Ohm "submultiple of ohm. Electric resistance unit equal to the millionth part of a ohm. 1 microohm = 10^(-6) ohms") (equal (MeasureFn ?X Micro-Ohm) (MeasureFn (MultiplicationFn ?X 0.000001) Ohm)) ; Electric Conductance Units (instance-of Siemens ElectricConductanceMeasure) (instance-of Siemens SystemeInternationalUnit) (documentation Siemens "SI unit for electric conductance. symbol:S. In the case of direct current, the conductance in siemens is the reciprocal of the resistance in ohms; in the case of alternating current, it is the reciprocal of the impedance in ohms. siemens = A/V = m^(-2)*kg(-1)*s^(3)*A^2") ; Magnetic Flux Units (instance-of Weber MagneticFluxMeasure) (instance-of Weber SystemeInternationalUnit) (documentation Weber "SI unit for magnetic flux. symbol: Wb. It is the magnetic flux which, linking a circuit of one turn, produces in it an electromotive force of 1 volt as it is reduced to zero at a uniform rate in 1 second. weber = V*s = m^2*kg*s^(-2)*A^(-1)" ) ; Magnetic Flux Density Units (instance-of Tesla MagneticFluxDensityMeasure) (instance-of Tesla SystemeInternationalUnit) (documentation Tesla "SI unit for magnetic flux density. symbol: T. One tesla equals one weber per square meter. tesla = Wb/m^2 = kg*s^(-2)*A^(-1)" ; Inductance Units (instance-of Henry InductanceMeasure) (instance-of Henry SystemeInternationalUnit) (documentation Henry "SI unit for inductance. symbol: H. One henry is equivalent to one volt divided by one ampere per second. If a current changing at the rate of one ampere per second induces an electromotive force of one volt, the circuit has an inductance of one henry. henry = Wb/A = m^2*kg*s^(-2)*A^(-2)") ; Celsius Temperature unit (instance-of Celcius ThermodynamicTemperatureMeasure) (instance-of Celcius SystemeInternationalUnit) (documentation Celcius "A unit for measuring temperature. Kelvin differs from the Celcius scale that the triple point of water is defined to be 273.16 degrees Kelvin while it is 0 degrees Celcius. The boiling point of water is 100 degrees Celcius. The magnitudes of intervals in two scales are the same. By definition the conversion constant is 273.15") (equal (MeasureFn ?X Celcius) (MeasureFn (SubtractionFn ?X 273.15) Kelvin)) ; Luminous Flux Units (instance-of Lumen LuminousFluxMeasure) (instance-of Lumen SystemeInternationalUnit) (documentation Lumen "SI unit for luminous flux. symbol: lm. It is the amount streaming outward through one solid angle of 1 steradian from a uniform point source having an intensity of one candela. lumen = cd*sr = cd * 1") ; Illuminance Units (instance-of Lux IlluminanceMeasure ) (instance-of Lux SystemeInternationalUnit) (documentation Lux "SI unit for illuminance. symbol: lx. It is the amount of illumination provided when one lumen is evenly distributed over an area of 1 square meter. This is also equivalent to the illumination that would exist on a surface all points of which are one metre from a point source of one candela. lux = lm/m^2 = m^(-2)*cd") ; Activity Units (instance-of Becquerel ActivityMeasure) (instance-of Becquerel SystemeInternationalUnit) (documentation Becquerel "SI unit for activity. symbol: Bq. It measures the amount of radioactivity contained in a given sample of matter. It is that quantity of a radioactive element in which there is one atomic disintegration per second. becquerel = s^(-1)") ; Absorbed Dose Units (instance-of Gray AbsorbedDoseMeasure) (instance-of Gray SystemeInternationalUnit) (documentation Gray "SI unit for absorbed dose. symbol: Gy. It measures the dose of radiation absorbed in living tissue. It is equal approximately to the absorbed dose delivered when the energy per unit mass imparted to matter by ionizing radiation is 1 joule per kilogram. gray = J/kg = m^2*s^(-2)") ; Dose Equivalent Units (instance-of Sievert DoseEquivalentMeasure) (instance-of Sievert SystemeInternationalUnit) (documentation Sievert "SI unit for dose equivalent. symbol: Sv. It is a unit of biologic dose of ionizing radiation. The sievert makes it possible to normalize doses of different types of radiation. It takes into account the relative biologic effectiveness of ionizing radiation, since each form of such radiation--e.g., X rays, gamma rays, neutrons--has a slightly different effect on living tissue for a given absorbed dose. The dose equivalent of a given type of radiation (in sievert) is the dose of the radiation in gray multiplied by a quality factor that is based on the relative biologic effectiveness of the radiation. Accordingly, one sievert is generally defined as the amount of radiation roughly equivalent in biologic effectiveness to one gray of gamma radiation. sievert = J/kg = m^2*s^(-2)") ; Catalytic Activity Units (instance-of Katal CatalyticActivityMeasure) (instance-of Katal SystemeInternationalUnit) (documentation Katal "SI unit for catalytic activity. symbol: kat") ; Units that are accepted for -use- with SI (instance-of Day-Duration TimeMeasure-Duration) (instance-of Day-Duration Unit-Of-Measure) (documentation Day-Duration "Time unit. 1 day = 24 hours") (equal (MeasureFn ?X Day-Duration) (MeasureFn (MultiplicationFn ?X 24) Hour-Duration)) (instance-of Hour-Duration TimeMeasure-Duration) (instance-of Hour-Duration Unit-Of-Measure) (documentation Hour-Duration "Time unit. 1 hour = 60 minutes.") (equal (MeasureFn ?X Hour-Duration) (MeasureFn (MultiplicationFn ?X 60) Minute-Duration)) (instance-of Minute-Duration TimeMeasure-Duration) (instance-of Minute-Duration Unit-Of-Measure) (documentation Minute-Duration "Time unit. 1 minute = 60 second ") (equal (MeasureFn ?X Minute-Duration) (MeasureFn (MultiplicationFn ?X 60) Second-Duration)) (instance-of Year-Duration TimeMeasure-Duration) (instance-of Year-Duration Unit-Of-Measure) (documentation Year-Duration "Time unit. one calendar year. 1 year = 365 day = 31536000 second") (equal (MeasureFn ?X Year-Duration) (MeasureFn (MultiplicationFn ?X 365) Day-Duration)) ; Now units that are also accepted for -use- with SI whose values in the SI units ; are obtained experimentally (instance-of Amu MassMeasure) (instance-of Amu Unit-Of-Measure) (documentation Amu "Atomic mass unit. symbol: u. It is the mass of the twelfth part of an atom of the Carbon 12 isotope. ") (equal (MeasureFn ?X Amu) (MeasureFn (MultiplicationFn ?X 1.6605402E-27) Kilogram)) (instance-of Electronvolt EnergyMeasure) (instance-of ElectronVolt Unit-Of-Measure) (documentation electronvolt "The elecronvolt is an energy measure. symbol: eV. It is the kinetic energy acquired by an electron in passing through a potential difference of 1 V in vacuum.") (equal (MeasureFn ?X Electronvolt) (MeasureFn (MultiplicationFn ?X 1.60217733E-19) Joule)) ; Units -temporarily- accepted for -use- with SI (instance-of Angstrom LengthMeasure) (instance-of Angstrom Unit-Of-Measure) (documentation Angstrom "The angstrom is a length measure. 1 agstrom = 10^(-10) m") (equal (MeasureFn ?X angstrom) (MeasureFn (MultiplicationFn ?X 1.0E-10) meter)) ; Other units of measure -outside- SI. ; These units are unacceptable in SI but accepted in other systems. ; More Length units (instance-of Foot LengthMeasure) (instance-of Foot Unit-Of-Measure) (documentation Foot "English length unit of feet.") (equal (MeasureFn ?X Foot) (MeasureFn (MultiplicationFn ?X 0.3048) Meter)) (instance-of Inch LengthMeasure) (instance-of Inch Unit-Of-Measure) (documentation Inch "English length unit.") (equal (MeasureFn ?X Inch) (MeasureFn (MultiplicationFn ?X 0.0254) meter)) (instance-of Mile LengthMeasure) (instance-of Mile Unit-Of-Measure) (documentation Mile "English length unit.") (equal (MeasureFn ?X Mile) (MeasureFn (MultiplicationFn ?X 1609.344) meter)) ; More Mass units (instance-of AtomGram MassMeasure) (instance-of AtomGram Unit-Of-Measure) (Documentation AtomGram "AKA gram-atom. Defined as the mass in grams of a 1 mole of pure substance. For example, 1 atom-gram of Carbon 12 will be 12 grams of pure Carbon 12. 2 atom-grams of the same substance will be 24 grams of it. This is an unusual unit that it is essentially 1 mole of 'stuff' but measured in grams so that the actual value (i.e. mass) depends on the type of substance.") (instance-of Pound-Mass MassMeasure) (instance-of Pound-Mass Unit-Of-Measure) (documentation Pound-Mass "English mass unit.") (equal (MeasureFn ?X Pound-Mass) (MeasureFn (MultiplicationFn ?X 0.45359237) Kilogram)) (instance-of Slug MassMeasure) (instance-of Slug Unit-Of-Measure) (documentation Slug "English mass unit.") (equal (MeasureFn ?X Slug) (MeasureFn (MultiplicationFn ?X 14.59390) Kilogram)) ; More Thermodynamic Temperature units (instance-of Rankine ThermodynamicTemperatureMeasure) (instance-of Rankine Unit-Of-Measure) (documentation Rankine "0 degree Rankine is the same as the absolute zero (i.e. 0 degree Kelvin). The magnitudes of a degree Rankine is the same as that of a degree Fahrenheit.") (equal (MeasureFn ?X Rankine) (MeasureFn (MultiplicationFn ?X 1.8) Kelvin)) ; More Force units (instance-of Pound-Force ForceMeasure) (instance-of Pound-Force Unit-Of-Measure) (documentation Pound-Force "English pound of force. The conversion factor depends on the local value of the acceleration of free fall. A mean value is used. ") (equal (MeasureFn ?X Pound-Force) (MeasureFn (MultiplicationFn ?X 4.448222) newton)) ; More Energy units (instance-of Calorie EnergyMeasure) (instance-of Calorie Unit-Of-Measure) (documentation Calorie "A calorie is an energy unit.") (equal (MeasureFn ?X Calorie) (MeasureFn (MultiplicationFn ?X 4.1868) Joule)) (instance-of BritishThermalUnit EnergyMeasure) (instance-of BritishThermalUnit Unit-Of-Measure) (documentation BritishThermalUnit "British thermal unit is a unit of energy.") (equal (MeasureFn ?X BritishThermalUnit) (MeasureFn (MultiplicationFn ?X 1055.05585262) Joule)) ; More plane angle units (instance-of AngularDegree IdentityMeasure) (instance-of AngularDegree Unit-Of-Measure) (documentation AngularDegree "Angular degree is a plane angle unit") (equal (MeasureFn ?X AngularDegree) (MeasureFn (MultiplicationFn ?X (DivisionFn Pi-TheNumber 180)) Radian)) ; Other interesting units of measure ; Currency units (instance-of Dollar-UnitedStates CurrencyMeasure) (instance-of Dollar-UnitedStates Unit-Of-Measure) (documentation Dollar-UnitedStates "A currency unit.") (instance-of Cent-UnitedStates CurrencyMeasure) (instance-of Cent-UnitedStates Unit-Of-Measure) (documentation Cent-UnitedStates "A currency unit. 1 US cent = 10^-2 US dollar") (equal (MeasureFn ?X Cent-UnitedStates) (MeasureFn (MultiplicationFn ?X .01) Dollar-UnitedStates)) ; Information units (instance-of Bit InformationMeasure) (instance-of Bit Unit-Of-Measure) (documentation Bit "One bit of information. A one or a zero.") (instance-of Byte InformationMeasure) (instance-of Byte Unit-Of-Measure) (documentation Byte "One byte of information. A byte is eight bits.") (equal (MeasureFn ?X Byte) (MeasureFn (MultiplicationFn ?X 8) Bit)) (instance-of Kilo-Byte InformationMeasure) (instance-of Kilo-Byte Unit-Of-Measure) (documentation Kilo-Byte "One Kilo byte (K) of information. One K is 1024 bytes. This Kilo is different from the prefix kilo accepted in the SI system.") (equal (MeasureFn ?X Kilo-Byte) (MeasureFn (MultiplicationFn ?X 1024) Byte)) (instance-of Mega-Byte InformationMeasure) (instance-of Mega-Byte Unit-Of-Measure) (documentation Mega-Byte "One Mega byte (MB) of information. One MB is 1024 K. This mega is different from the prefix mega accepted in the SI system.") (equal (MeasureFn ?X Mega-Byte) (MeasureFn (MultiplicationFn ?X 1024) Kilo-Byte)) ;; The following content was inspired by the Quantities ontology developed ;; by ITBM-CRN. (instance-of measure SpatialRelation) (nth-domain measure 1 Object) (nth-domain measure 2 PhysicalProperty) (nth-domain measure 3 PhysicalQuantity) (documentation measure "A very general relation for asserting that a particular object is measured by a particular quantity along a certain dimension. In general, the second argument of this relation, and its subrelations, will be an instance of the schema (MeasureFn ?X ?Y).") (subrelation-of age measure) (nth-domain age 1 Organism) (nth-domain age 2 TimeMeasure-Duration) (documentation age "Simply relates an organism to a number and unit-of-measure specifying the age of the organism.") (=> (age ?X ?Y) (exists (?Z ?W) (and (instance-of ?Z TimeMeasure-Duration) (equal ?Y (MeasureFn ?W ?Z))))) (instance-of degree TernaryRelation) (nth-domain degree 1 Physical) (nth-domain degree 2 Abstract) (nth-domain degree 3 QualitativeValue) (documentation degree "The relative intensity of an attribute of an object or process.") (subrelation-of length measure) (singleValued length 2) (=> (length ?X ?Y) (exists (?Z ?W) (and (instance-of ?Z LengthMeasure) (equal ?Y (MeasureFn ?W ?Z))))) (subrelation-of diameter length) (instance-of distance SpatialRelation) (nth-domain distance 1 Object) (nth-domain distance 2 Object) (nth-domain distance 3 ScalarQuantity) (singleValued distance 3) (documentation distance "(distance ) means that the distance between the two objects and is .") (=> (distance ?X ?Y ?Z) (exists (?V ?W) (and (instance-of ?V LengthMeasure) (equal ?Z (MeasureFn ?W ?V))))) (subrelation-of width length) (instance-of larger SpatialRelation) (nth-domain larger 1 Object) (nth-domain larger 2 Object) (instance-of smaller SpatialRelation) (nth-domain smaller 1 Object) (nth-domain smaller 2 Object) (inverse larger smaller) (subrelation-of monetaryValue measure) (singleValued monetaryValue 2) (=> (monetaryValue ?X ?Y) (exists (?Z ?W) (and (instance-of ?Z CurrencyMeasure) (equal ?Y (MeasureFn ?W ?Z))))) (instance-of Few QualitativeAttribute) (documentation Few "Usable for contextual assessment of numerosity; no numeric range can be done, eg compare 'few books on the table' (3?) and 'few eritrocytes in your blood' (3 millions per part?).") (instance-of Many QualitativeAttribute) (documentation Many "Usable for contextual assessment of numerosity; no numeric range can be done, eg compare 'many books on the table' (12?) and 'many eritrocytes in your blood' (8 millions per part?).") (<=> (degree ?X ?Y Few) (not (degree ?X ?Y Many))) ;; The following axioms are not taken from the Quantities ontology, but they are ;; inspired by some of the content there. (=> (forall (?X) (=> (measure ?A ?X) (measure ?B ?X))) (interchangeable ?A ?B)) (=> (exists (?X ?Y) (and (measure ?A ?X) (measure ?B ?Y) (not (equal ?X ?Y)))) (not (equal ?A ?B))) ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;; ORGANISM HIERARCHY ;; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;; The following formulas incorporate the content in the Natural-Kinds ontology ;; developed by the CNR-ITBM group. This content is essentially a set of high- ;; level biological categories. (subclass-of Plant Organism) (documentation Plant "An organism having cellulose cell walls, growing by synthesis of inorganic substances, generally distinguished by the presence of chlorophyll, and lacking the power of locomotion. Plant parts are included here as well.") (=> (instance-of ?X Plant) (exists (?Y) (and (component-of ?Y ?X) (instance-of ?Y CellWall-Peptidoglycan)))) (=> (instance-of ?X Plant) (exists (?Y ?Z) (and (component-of ?Y ?X) (instance-of ?Y Pigment) (result ?Z ?Y) (instance-of ?Z Photosynthesis)))) (subclass-of Animal Organism) (documentation Animal "An organism with eukaryotic cells, and lacking stiff cell walls, plastids and photosynthetic pigments. The children of this type in the network are 'Invertebrate', and 'Vertebrate'.") (disjoint Plant Animal) (=> (instance-of ?X Animal) (exists (?Y ?Z) (and (component-of ?X ?Y) (instance-of ?Y Cell) (part-of ?Y ?Z) (instance-of ?Z CellWall-NonRigid)))) (subclass-of Microorganism Organism) (subclass-of Archaeon Microorganism) (documentation Archaeon "A member of one of the three domains of life, formerly called Archaebacteria under the taxon Bacteria, but now considered separate and distinct. Archaea are characterized by: 1) the presence of characteristic tRNAs and ribosomal RNAs; 2) the absence of peptidoglycan cell walls; 3) the presence of ether-linked lipids built from branched-chain subunits; and 4) their occurrence in unusual habitats. While archaea resemble bacteria in morphology and genomic organization, they resemble eukarya in their method of genomic replication. Thermoproteales; Methanospirillum; Haloferax volcanii.") (subclass-of Bacterium Microorganism) (documentation Bacterium "A small, typically one-celled, prokaryotic micro- organism.") (=> (instance-of ?X Bacterium) (cardinality (SetFn ?Y (and (component-of ?Y ?X) (instance-of ?Y Cell))) 1)) (=> (and (instance-of ?X Bacterium) (located-at ?X ?Y)) (instance-of ?Y OrganicObject)) (subclass-of Virus Microorganism) (documentation Virus "An organism consisting of a core of a single nucleic acid enclosed in a protective coat of protein. A virus may replicate only inside a host living cell. A virus exhibits some but not all of the usual characteristics of living things.") (=> (instance-of ?X Virus) (cardinality (SetFn ?Y (and (component-of ?Y ?X) (instance-of ?Y Molecule))) 1)) (=> (instance-of ?X Virus) (and (instance-of ?X Nucleic-Acid) (exists (?Y ?Z) (and (superficial-part-of ?Y ?X) (part-of ?Z ?Y) (instance-of ?Z Protein))))) (=> (and (instance-of ?X Virus) (instance-of ?Y Replication) (effector-of ?Y ?X)) (exists (?Z) (and (located-at ?Y ?Z) (instance-of ?Z Cell)))) (=> (and (instance-of ?X Virus) (located-at ?X ?Y)) (instance-of ?Y OrganicObject)) (subclass-of Chlamydia Microorganism) (documentation Chlamydia "An organism intermediate in size and complexity between a virus and a bacterium, and which is parasitic within the cells of insects and ticks. Included here are all the chlamydias, also called 'PLT' for psittacosis-lymphogranuloma venereum-trachoma.") (=> (instance-of ?X Chlamydia) (exists (?Y ?Z) (and (lives-in ?X ?Y) (instance-of ?Y Cell) (component-of ?Y ?Z) (or (instance-of ?Z Insect) (instance-of ?Z Tick))))) (=> (and (instance-of ?X Chlamydia) (located-at ?X ?Y)) (instance-of ?Y OrganicObject)) (subclass-of Vertebrate Animal) (documentation Vertebrate "An animal which has a spinal column.") (=> (instance-of ?X Vertebrate) (exists (?Y) (and (component-of ?Y ?X) (instance-of ?Y Spinal-Column)))) (subclass-of Invertebrate Animal) (disjoint Vertebrate Invertebrate) (documentation Invertebrate "An animal which has no spinal column. This type has no children in the network and is assigned to all invertebrate animals.") (subclass-of Arthropod Invertebrate) (subclass-of Arachnid Arthropod) (subclass-of Tick Arachnid) (subclass-of Insect Arthropod) (subclass-of Vertebrate-ColdBlooded Vertebrate) (subclass-of Vertebrate-WarmBlooded Vertebrate) (disjoint Vertebrate-WarmBlooded Vertebrate-ColdBlooded) (subclass-of Mammal Vertebrate-WarmBlooded) (subclass-of Alga Plant) (documentation Alga "A chiefly aquatic plant that contains chlorophyll, but does not form embryos during development and lacks vascular tissue.") (=> (instance-of ?X Alga) (exists (?Y) (and (lives-in ?X ?Y) (instance-of ?Y Water)))) (=> (instance-of ?X Alga) (exists (?Y) (and (component-of ?Y ?X) (instance-of ?Y Chlorophyll)))) (=> (instance-of ?X Alga) (has-developmental-form ?X Incoherent)) (subclass-of Amphibian Vertebrate-ColdBlooded) (disjoint Amphibian Reptile) (documentation Amphibian "A cold-blooded, smooth-skinned vertebrate which characteristically hatches as an aquatic larva, breathing by gills. When mature, the amphibian breathes with lungs.") (=> (instance-of ?X Amphibian) (exists (?Y) (and (component-of ?Y ?X) (instance-of ?Y Lungs)))) (=> (instance-of ?X Amphibian) (exists (?Y) (and (component-of ?Y ?X) (instance-of ?Y Smooth-Skin)))) (=> (instance-of ?X Amphibian) (has-developmental-form ?X Aquatic-Larva)) (subclass-of Bird Vertebrate-WarmBlooded) (disjoint Bird Mammal) (documentation Bird "A vertebrate having a constant body temperature and characterized by the presence of feathers.") (=> (instance-of ?X Bird) (exists (?Y) (and (component-of ?Y ?X) (instance-of ?Y Plumage)))) (subclass-of Fish Vertebrate-ColdBlooded) (disjoint Fish Reptile) (documentation Fish "A cold-blooded aquatic vertebrate characterized by fins and breathing by gills. Included here are fishes having either a bony skeleton, such as a perch, or a cartilaginous skeleton, such as a shark, or those lacking a jaw, such as a lamprey or hagfish.") (=> (instance-of ?X Fish) (exists (?Y) (and (component-of ?Y ?X) (instance-of ?Y Gills)))) (=> (instance-of ?X Fish) (exists (?Y) (and (component-of ?Y ?X) (instance-of ?Y Fin)))) (=> (instance-of ?X Fish) (exists (?Y) (and (lives-in ?Y ?X) (instance-of ?Y Water)))) (subclass-of Fungus Plant) (documentation Fungus "A eukaryotic organism characterized by the absence of chlorophyll and the presence of a rigid cell wall. Included here are both slime molds and true fungi such as yeasts, molds, mildews, and mushrooms.") (=> (instance-of ?X Fungus) (exists (?Y) (and (component-of ?Y ?X) (instance-of ?Y Cell-Eurkaryotic)))) (=> (instance-of ?X Fungus) (exists (?Y) (and (component-of ?Y ?X) (instance-of ?Y CellWall-Rigid)))) (=> (and (instance-of ?X Fungus) (located-at ?X ?Y)) (instance-of ?Y OrganicObject)) (subclass-of Human Mammal) (documentation Human "Modern man, the only remaining species of the Homo genus. If a term describes a human being from the point of view of occupational, family, social status, etc., then a type from the 'Group' hierarchy is assigned instead.") (subclass-of Mammal Vertebrate-WarmBlooded) (documentation Mammal "A vertebrate having a constant body temperature and characterized by the presence of hair, mammary glands and sweat glands.") (=> (instance-of ?X Mammal) (exists (?Y) (and (component-of ?Y ?X) (instance-of ?Y Hair)))) (=> (instance-of ?X Mammal) (exists (?Y) (and (component-of ?Y ?X) (instance-of ?Y Mammary-Gland)))) (=> (instance-of ?X Mammal) (exists (?Y) (and (component-of ?Y ?X) (instance-of ?Y Sweat-Gland)))) (subclass-of Reptile Vertebrate-ColdBlooded) (documentation Reptile "A cold-blooded vertebrate having an external covering of scales or horny plates. Reptiles breathe by means of lungs and are generally egg-laying.") (=> (instance-of ?X Reptile) (exists (?Y) (and (component-of ?Y ?X) (instance-of ?Y Lungs)))) (=> (instance-of ?X Reptile) (exists (?Y) (and (superficial-part-of ?Y ?X) (or (instance-of ?Y Scale) (instance-of ?Y Horny-Plate))))) ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;; SOCIAL HIERARCHY ;; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;; This section contains definitions and axioms relating to social groups and ;; the relations between them. (subclass-of Group Collection) (=> (instance-of ?X Group) (exists (?Y) (mereologicalMember ?Y ?X))) (subclass-of GroupOfPeople Group) (=> (and (instance-of ?X GroupOfPeople) (mereologicalMember ?Y ?X)) (instance-of ?Y Person)) (subclass-of Community GroupOfPeople) (subclass-of AgeGroup GroupOfPeople) (documentation AgeGroup "An individual or individuals classified according to their age.") (=> (instance-of ?X AgeGroup) (forall (?Y ?Z ?P ?Q) (=> (and (mereologicalMember ?Y ?X) (mereologicalMember ?Z ?X) (age ?Y ?P) (age ?Z ?Q)) (equal ?P ?Q)))) (subclass-of FamilyGroup GroupOfPeople) (documentation FamilyGroup "An individual or individuals classified according to their family relationships or relative position in the family unit.") (=> (instance-of ?X FamilyGroup) (forall (?Y ?Z) (=> (and (mereologicalMember ?Y ?X) (mereologicalMember ?Z ?X)) (familyRelation ?Y ?Z)))) (instance-of familyRelation EquivalenceRelation) (nth-domain familyRelation 1 Animal) (nth-domain familyRelation 2 Animal) (documentation familyRelation "This a very general predicate which simply states that there is some sort of blood tie between the two arguments.") (instance-of citizen-of BinaryRelation) (nth-domain citizen-of 1 Person) (nth-domain citizen-of 2 Nation) (documentation citizen-of "(citizen-of ?X ?Y) means that ?X is a citizen of the country ?Y.") ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;; TEMPORAL DEFINITIONS/AXIOMS ;; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;; The first part of this section contains definitions and axioms for 'point in ;; time', 'time interval', and relations between these temporal notions. Most ;; of these definitions and axioms were derived from Allen. This part was ;; extensively revised on the basis of comments from Pat Hayes. The second part of ;; this section is an attempt to incorporate the Simple-Time ontology on the ;; Ontolingua server into the merged ontology. ;; Necessary intermediate constants (subclass-of TimeInterval TemporalMeasure) (documentation TimeInterval "An interval of time.") (subclass-of TimePoint TimeMeasure) (documentation TimePoint "A TimePoint is not a measurement of time, nor is it a specification of time. It is the point in time. The TimePoints at which events occur can be known with various degrees of precision and approximation, but conceptually TimePoints are point-like and not interval-like. That is, it doesn't make sense to talk about what happens during a TimePoint, or how long the TimePoint lasts.") (subclass-of TimeMeasure Unit-Of-Measure) (subclass-of TimeMeasure-Duration TimeMeasure) (subclass-of TimeMeasure-Position TimeMeasure) ;; Definitions of basic temporal relations (instance-of BeginFn TemporalRelation) (instance-of BeginFn UnaryFunction) (nth-domain BeginFn 1 TimeInterval) (range BeginFn TimePoint) (documentation BeginFn "A function that maps a time interval to the point of time at which the interval begins") (instance-of EndFn TemporalRelation) (instance-of EndFn UnaryFunction) (nth-domain EndFn 1 TimeInterval) (range EndFn TimePoint) (documentation EndFn "A function that maps a time interval to the point of time at which the interval ends") (instance-of starts TemporalRelation) (instance-of starts BinaryRelation) (nth-domain starts 1 TimeInterval) (nth-domain starts 2 TimeInterval) (documentation starts "Relates one time interval to another time interval with which the first shares the same initial time point and of which the first is a proper part") ;; Axiom specifying the meaning of 'starts' (<=> (starts ?t1 ?t2) (and (equal (BeginFn ?t1) (BeginFn ?t2)) (before (EndFn ?t1) (EndFn ?t2)))) ;; Definition of 'finishes' (instance-of finishes TemporalRelation) (instance-of finishes BinaryRelation) (nth-domain finishes 1 TimeInterval) (nth-domain finishes 2 TimeInterval) (documentation finishes "Relates one time interval to another time interval with which the first shares the same terminal time point and of which the first is a proper part") ;; Axiom specifying the meaning of 'finishes' (<=> (finishes ?t1 ?t2) (and (before (BeginFn ?t2) (BeginFn ?t1)) (equal (EndFn ?t2) (EndFn ?t1)))) ;; Note that the definition of 'before' below has been broadened from its ;; statement in Allen. The selectional restrictions for both arguments are now ;; 'TemporalEntity' instead of 'TimeInterval'. (instance-of before TemporalRelation) (instance-of before IrreflexiveRelation) (instance-of before TransitiveRelation) (nth-domain before 1 TemporalEntity) (nth-domain before 2 TemporalEntity) (documentation before "Means that the first temporal quantity precedes the second, and there is no overlap between the two quantities") ;; Definition of 'beforeEq', from Chris Menzel. (subrelation-of beforeEq before) (nth-domain beforeEq 1 TimePoint) (nth-domain beforeEq 2 TimePoint) (documentation beforeEq "Means that the first timepoint either is identical with the second or occurs before it in time") ;; Axiom specifying the full meaning of 'beforeEq'. (<=> (beforeEq ?t1 ?t2) (and (instance-of ?t1 TimePoint) (instance-of ?t2 TimePoint) (or (before ?t1 ?t2) (equal ?t1 ?t2)))) ;; Definition of the relation 'overlaps-TimeInterval-proper' (instance-of overlaps-TimeInterval-proper TemporalRelation) (instance-of overlaps-TimeInterval-proper BinaryRelation) (nth-domain overlaps-TimeInterval-proper 1 TimeInterval) (nth-domain overlaps-TimeInterval-proper 2 TimeInterval) (documentation overlaps "Means that the first time interval ends after the beginning and before the ending of the second interval") ;; Axiom specifying the meaning of 'overlaps-TimeInterval-proper' (<=> (overlaps-TimeInterval-proper ?t1 ?t2) (and (before (BeginFn ?t2) (BeginFn ?t1)) (before (BeginFn ?t2) (EndFn ?t1)) (before (EndFn ?t1) (EndFn ?t2)))) ;; Definition and axiom for 'overlaps-TimeInterval-general'. Note that this ;; relation was extracted from Russell-Norvig's ontology. (instance-of overlaps-TimeInterval-general TemporalRelation) (instance-of overlaps-TimeInterval-general BinaryRelation) (nth-domain overlaps-TimeInterval-general 1 TimeInterval) (nth-domain overlaps-TimeInterval-general 2 TimeInterval) (documentation overlaps-TimeInterval-general "Means that the two time intervals have some time interval in common") (<=> (overlaps-TimeInterval-general ?t1 ?t2) (and (exists ?t3 (and (during ?t3 ?t1) (during ?t3 ?t2))))) ;; Definition of the relation 'meets' (instance-of meets TemporalRelation) (instance-of meets BinaryRelation) (nth-domain meets 1 TimeInterval) (nth-domain meets 2 TimeInterval) (documentation meets "Means that the terminal point of the first interval is the initial point of the second interval") ;; Axiom specifying the meaning of 'meets' (<=> (meets ?t1 ?t2) (equal (EndFn ?t1) (BeginFn ?t2))) ;; Extensionality Axiom for 'equal' (=> (and (equal (BeginFn ?t1) (BeginFn ?t2)) (equal (EndFn ?t1) (EndFn ?t2))) (equal ?t1 ?t2)) ;; Definition of 'during' (instance-of during TemporalRelation) (instance-of during BinaryRelation) (nth-domain during 1 TimeInterval) (nth-domain during 2 TimeInterval) (documentation during "Means that the first time interval starts after and ends before the second time interval") ;; Axiom specifying the meaning of 'during' (=> (during ?t1 ?t2) (and (endof ?t1 ?e1) (endof ?t2 ?e2) (lessThan ?e1 ?e2) (startof ?t1 ?s1) (startof ?t2 ?s2) (greaterThan ?s1 ?s2))) ;; Definition of 'in-TimeInterval' (instance-of in-TimeInterval TemporalRelation) (instance-of in-TimeInterval BinaryRelation) (nth-domain in-TimeInterval 1 TimeInterval) (nth-domain in-TimeInterval 2 TimeInterval) (documentation in-TimeInterval "Means that the first time interval is a proper part of the second time interval") (<=> (in-TimeInterval ?t1 ?t2) (or (during ?t1 ?t2) (starts ?t1 ?t2) (finishes ?t1 ?t2))) ;; Axiom concerning 'meets', 'during', and 'overlaps' (=> (and (meets ?t1 ?t2) (during ?t2 ?t3)) (or (overlaps ?t1 ?t3) (during ?t1 ?t3) (meets ?t1 ?t3))) ;; The following definitions and axioms (down to the next section break) cover ;; the content in the Simple-Time ontology on the Ontolingua server. (instance-of time TemporalRelation) (instance-of time BinaryRelation) (nth-domain time 1 Physical) (nth-domain time 2 TimeMeasure-Position) (documentation time "A general relation that specifies, at any level of resolution, the time at which a particular thing occurs.") (instance-of date BinaryRelation) (nth-domain date 1 Physical) (nth-domain date 2 Day) (subrelation-of date time) (documentation date "A binary relation that specifies a point in absolute calendar time, at the resolution of one day, for a particular thing.") (instance-of birthTime BinaryRelation) (nth-domain birthTime Organism) (nth-domain birthTime TimeMeasure-Position) (subrelation-of birthTime time) (documentation birthTime "A binary relation that specifies the time at which a particular organism was born.") (instance-of deathTime BinaryRelation) (nth-domain deathTime Organism) (nth-domain deathTime TimeMeasure-Position) (subrelation-of deathTime time) (documentation deathTime "A binary relation that specifies the time at which a particular organism died.") (instance-of YearFn TemporalRelation) (instance-of YearFn UnaryFunction) (nth-domain YearFn 1 NaturalNumber) (range YearFn Year) (documentation YearFn "A unary function that maps a number to the corresponding calendar year.") (instance-of MonthFn TemporalRelation) (instance-of MonthFn BinaryFunction) (nth-domain MonthFn 1 NaturalNumber) (nth-domain MonthFn 2 Year) (range MonthFn Month) (documentation MonthFn "A binary function that maps a number and a year to the corresponding month of the year.") (instance-of DayFn TemporalRelation) (instance-of DayFn BinaryFunction) (nth-domain DayFn 1 NaturalNumber) (nth-domain DayFn 2 Month) (range DayFn Day) (documentation DayFn "A binary function that maps a number and a month to the corresponding day of the month.") (instance-of HourFn TemporalRelation) (instance-of HourFn BinaryFunction) (nth-domain HourFn 1 PositiveRealNumber) (nth-domain HourFn 2 Day) (range HourFn "A binary function that maps a number and a day to the corresponding hour of the day.") (instance-of MinuteFn TemporalRelation) (instance-of MinuteFn BinaryFunction) (nth-domain MinuteFn 1 PositiveRealNumber) (nth-domain MinuteFn 2 Hour) (range MinuteFn Minute) (documentation MinuteFn "A binary function that maps a number and a hour to the corresponding minute of the hour.") (instance-of SecondFn TemporalRelation) (instance-of SecondFn BinaryFunction) (nth-domain SecondFn 1 PositiveRealNumber) (nth-domain SecondFn 2 Minute) (range SecondFn Second) (documentation SecondFn "A binary function that maps a number and a minute to the corresponding second of the minute.") (subclass-of Year TimeMeasure-Position) (subclass-of Month TimeMeasure-Position) (=> (instance-of (MonthFn ?X ?Y) Month) (lessThanOrEqualTo ?X 12)) (subclass-of Day TimeMeasure-Position) (=> (instance-of (DayFn ?X ?Y) Day) (lessThanOrEqualTo ?X 31)) (subclass-of Hour TimeMeasure-Position) (=> (instance-of (HourFn ?X ?Y) Hour) (lessThanOrEqualTo ?X 24)) (subclass-of Minute TimeMeasure-Position) (=> (instance-of (MinuteFn ?X ?Y) Minute) (lessThanOrEqualTo ?X 60)) (subclass-of Second TimeMeasure-Position) (=> (instance-of (SecondFn ?X ?Y) Second) (lessThanOrEqualTo ?X 60)) (<=> (instance-of ?X BinaryRelation) (valence ?X 2)) (<=> (instance-of ?X TernaryRelation) (valence ?X 3)) ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;; MEREOTOPOLOGICAL DEFINITIONS/AXIOMS ;; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;; Most of this content is taken from Barry Smith's and Nicola Guarino's papers. ;; Axiom about the extensionality of 'part-of' from Smith and Sowa (=> (forall (?Z) (=> (part-of ?Z ?X) (overlaps ?Z ?Y))) (part-of ?X ?Y)) ;; Axiom relating 'part-of' and 'equal' (=> (and (part-of ?X ?Y) (part-of ?Y ?X)) (equal ?X ?Y)) ;; Definition of 'overlaps' (instance-of overlaps SpatialRelation) (instance-of overlaps BinaryRelation) (nth-domain overlaps 1 Physical) (nth-domain overlaps 2 Physical) (documentation overlaps "?x overlaps ?y iff ?x and ?y have some parts in common. This is a reflexive and symmetric (but not transitive) relation.") ;; Axiom specifying the meaning of 'overlaps' (from Guarino) (<=> (overlaps ?X ?Y) (exists (?Z) (and (part-of ?Z ?X) (part-of ?Z ?Y)))) ;; Definition of 'proper-part-of' (subrelation-of proper-part-of part-of) (documentation proper-part-of "?x is a proper part of ?y iff ?x is a part of ?y other than ?y itself. This is a transitive and asymmetric (hence irreflexive) relation.") ;; Axiom specifying part of the meaning of 'proper-part-of' (from Smith) (<=> (proper-part-of ?X ?Y) (and (part-of ?X ?Y) (not (part-of ?Y ?X)))) ;; Definition of 'proper-overlaps' (subrelation-of proper-overlaps overlaps) ;; Axiom specifying part of the meaning of 'proper-overlaps' (from Guarino) (=> (proper-overlaps ?X ?Y) (and (not (part-of ?X ?Y)) (not (part-of ?Y ?X)))) ;; Definition of 'interior-part-of' (subrelation-of interior-part-of part-of) ;; Axiom specifying part of the meaning of 'interior-part-of' (from Smith) (=> (interior-part-of ?X ?Y) (forall (?Z) (=> (boundary ?Z ?Y) (not (overlaps ?X ?Z))))) ;; Definition of 'superficial-part-of' (from Casati and Varzi) (subrelation-of superficial-part-of part-of) (documentation superficial-part-of "?x is a superficial part of ?y iff ?x is a part of ?y that has no interior parts of its own (or, intuitively, that only overlaps those parts of y that are externally connected with the geometric complement of y). This too is a transitive relation closed under sum-of and prod-of.") ;; Axiom specifying part of the meaning of 'superficial-part-of' (from Casati ;; and Varzi) (=> (superficial-part-of ?x ?y) (not (exists (?z) (interior-part-of ?z ?x)))) ;; Definition of 'surface-of' (from Casati and Varzi) (subrelation-of surface-of superficial-part-of) (documentation surface-of "?x is a surface of ?y iff ?x is a maximally connected superficial part of y.") ;; Axiom specifying part of the meaning of 'surface-of' (from Casati and Varzi) (=> (surface-of ?x ?y) (and (instance-of ?x SelfConnectedObject) (forall (?z) (=> (and (superficial-part-of ?z ?y) (instance-of ?z SelfConnectedObject)) (=> (connected ?z ?x) (part-of ?z ?x)))))) ;; Definitions and Axioms for the notions of mereological sum, product, and ;; difference. (instance-of MereologicalFn SpatialRelation) (instance-of MereologicalFn BinaryFunction) (nth-domain MereologicalFn 1 Physical) (nth-domain MereologicalFn 2 Physical) (documentation MereologicalFn "This is an umbrella relation for MereologicalSumFn, MereologicalProductFn, and MereologicalDifferenceFn.") (subrelation-of MereologicalSumFn MereologicalFn) (<=> (equal ?Z (MereologicalSumFn ?X ?Y)) (forall (?W) (<=> (overlaps ?W ?Z) (or (overlaps ?W ?X) (overlaps ?W ?Y))))) (subrelation-of MereologicalProductFn MereologicalFn) (<=> (equal ?Z (MereologicalProductFn ?X ?Y)) (forall (?W) (<=> (part-of ?W ?Z) (and (part-of ?W ?X) (part-of ?W ?Y))))) (subrelation-of MereologicalDifferenceFn MereologicalFn) (<=> (equal ?Z (MereologicalDifferenceFn ?X ?Y)) (forall (?W) (<=> (part-of ?W ?Z) (and (part-of ?W ?X) (not (overlaps ?W ?Y)))))) ;; Definition of 'MaximalBoundaryFn' (instance-of MaximalBoundaryFn SpatialRelation) (instance-of MaximalBoundaryFn UnaryFunction) (nth-domain MaximalBoundaryFn 1 Physical) (range MaximalBoundaryFn Physical) (<=> (equal ?Z (MaximalBoundaryFn ?X)) (forall (?W) (=> (boundary ?W ?X) (part-of ?W ?Z)))) ;; Definition of 'ClosureFn' (of an object) (equal (ClosureFn ?X) (MereologicalSumFn ?X (MaximalBoundaryFn ?X))) ;; Basic axioms for a topology based on bona fide boundaries - these are the ;; result of mereologizing the standard Kuratowski axioms for closure ;; operators. (part-of ?X (ClosureFn ?X)) (part-of (ClosureFn (ClosureFn ?X)) (ClosureFn ?X)) (equal (ClosureFn (MereologicalSumFn ?X ?Y)) (MereologicalSumFn (ClosureFn ?X) (ClosureFn ?Y))) ;; Definition of the relation of 'connected' from Smith (instance-of connected SpatialRelation) (instance-of connected BinaryRelation) (nth-domain connected 1 Physical) (nth-domain connected 2 Physical) (<=> (connected ?X ?Y) (overlaps (ClosureFn ?X) (ClosureFn ?Y))) ;; Definition of 'externally-connected' (i.e. connection where the objects ;; themselves do not overlap with one another). (subrelation-of externally-connected connected) (documentation externally-connected "Means that the arguments of the relation are "connected", but that they do not overlap.") (=> (externally-connected ?X ?Y) (not (overlaps ?X ?Y))) ;; Definition of the class 'SelfConnectedObject' (from Casati and Varzi): ?x ;; is a SelfConnected just in case ?x does not consist of two or more ;; disconnected parts. (subclass-of SelfConnectedObject Object) (documentation SelfConnectedObject "Something is a SelfConnectedObject just in case it does not consist of two or more disconnected parts.") (<=> (instance-of ?X SelfConnectedObject) (forall (?Y ?Z) (=> (equal ?X (MereologicalSumFn ?Y ?Z)) (connected ?Y ?Z)))) ;; Definition of the class 'ClosedObject' (subclass-of ClosedObject Object) (<=> (instance-of ?X ClosedObject) (equal ?X (ClosureFn ?X))) ;; Definition of 'BoundaryClass' (the class of boundaries) (subclass-of BoundaryClass Object) (documentation BoundaryClass "This is just a convenient way of aggregating all of the boundaries of objects.") (<=> (instance-of ?X BoundaryClass) (exists (?Y) (boundary ?X ?Y))) ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;; POSITIONS ;; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;; This section aligns the content in the Positions ontology of the ITBM-CRN ;; group. This content is, for the most part, a set of predicates for ;; describing spatial relations. Very few axioms are given. Eventually, the ;; meaning of all of these predicates should be cashed out with the relations ;; defined in the earlier section "Mereotopological Definitions/Axioms". (instance-of position SpatialRelation) (instance-of position BinaryRelation) (nth-domain position 1 Object) (nth-domain position 2 Object) (documentation position "(position ?X ?Y) means that ?X is positioned with respect to ?Y in some way. This is a very general predicate whose main utility is to function as an umbrella for the more specific positional predicates.") (subrelation-of above position) (documentation above "This is a cognitive primitive, derived from the up/down schema and not involving contact. A possible formalization of the medical meaning must take into account the conventional body directions; though, there is no unique direction hierarchy guiding the application of this relation to anatomical spaces.") (=> (above ?X ?Y) (not (connected ?X ?Y))) (subrelation-of adjacent position) (documentation adjacent "Close to, near or abutting another physical unit with no other structure of the same kind intervening. This includes adjoins, abuts, is contiguous to, is juxtaposed, and is close to.") (=> (adjacent ?X ?Y) (or (near ?X ?Y) (connected ?X ?Y))) (subrelation-of along position) (documentation along "(along ?X ?Y) means that an object ?X shares the region of ?Y at least as far the extension of one dimension is concerned.") (subrelation-of behind position) (documentation behind "This is a cognitive primitive, derived from the front/back schema; a possible formalization of the medical meaning must take into account the conventional body directions; though, there is no unique direction hierarchy guiding the application of this relation to anatomical spaces.") (subrelation-of below position) (<=> (below ?X ?Y) (above ?Y ?X)) (instance-of between SpatialRelation) (instance-of between TernaryRelation) (nth-domain between 1 Object) (nth-domain between 2 Object) (nth-domain between 3 Object) (=> (between ?X ?Y ?Z) (and (left-of ?Y ?X) (left-of ?X ?Z))) (subrelation-of contains position) (documentation contains "The surrounding relation for masses.") (=> (contains ?X ?Y) (forall (?Z) (=> (part-of ?Z ?Y) (exists ?U (interior-part-of ?U ?X) (located-at ?Z ?U))))) (subrelation-of crosses-over position) (documentation crosses-over "(crosses-over ?X ?Y) means that X crosses-through the region of y, without overlapping y.") (=> (crosses-over ?X ?Y) (not (connected ?X ?Y))) (subrelation-of crosses-through position) (documentation crosses-through "Here: x crosses-through y equals to x overlaps y along at least one whole dimension (length, width or depth), say the interiors of x and y overlap.") (subrelation-of left-of position) (documentation left-of "This is a cognitive primitive, derived from the left/right schema; a possible formalization of the medical meaning must take into account the conventional body directions; though, there is no unique direction hierarchy guiding the application of this relation to anatomical spaces.") (subrelation-of near position) (documentation near "Specialized common sense adjacency without contact; based on implicit scale and distance less than the diameter of the smaller object; alternatively, based on the smallest distance among the higher granularity objects. Eg, in cell C near object P, P is the less distant object of a higher granularity than C.") (subrelation-of on position) (documentation on "This is a cognitive primitive, derived from the up/down schema and involving contact. A possible formalization of the medical meaning must take into account the conventional body directions; though, there is no unique direction hierarchy guiding the application of this relation to anatomical spaces.") (=> (on ?X ?Y) (connected ?X ?Y)) (subrelation-of right-of position) (<=> (right-of ?X ?Y) (left-of ?Y ?X)) (subrelation-of surrounds position) (documentation surrounds "limits, bounds, confines, encloses or circumscribes, but excluding the containment of substances. Here it is defined by stating that x surrounds y iff the interior of x wholly contains y.") (subrelation-of traverses position) (documentation traverses "Crosses or extends across another physical structure or area. This includes crosses over and crosses through.") (subrelation-of under position) (=> (under ?X ?Y) (or (on ?Y ?X) (above ?Y ?X))) ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;; THEORY OF HOLES ;; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;; What follows is essentially a SUO-KIF translation of Casati and Varzi's ;; formal theory of holes that has been aligned with Sowa's upper ontology. ;;Definition of binary relation 'hole-in' (instance-of hole-in SpatialRelation) (instance-of hole-in BinaryRelation) (nth-domain hole-in 1 Hole) (nth-domain hole-in 2 Object) (documentation hole-in "The main thesis is that a hole is an immaterial body located at the surface (or at some surface) of a material object. Since the notion of a surface is essentially a topological one, and since the property of being immaterial is reflected in the morphological property of being fillable, the ontological basis is concerned first and foremost with the general dependence of a hole on its host.") ;; Definition of class 'Hole' (subclass-of Hole Region) (documentation Hole "X is a hole iff it is a hole in something. Since every hole is ontologically dependent on its host (i.e., the object in which it is a hole), being a hole is defined as being a hole in something.") ;; Axioms relating 'hole-in' to 'Hole' (<=> (instance-of ?x Hole) (exists (?Y) (hole-in ?x ?y))) (=> (hole-in ?x ?y) (not (instance-of ?y Hole))) ;; Definitions of 'hole-part-of' and 'proper-hole-part-of' (subrelation-of hole-part-of part-of) (nth-domain hole-part-of 1 Hole) (nth-domain hole-part-of 2 Hole) (documentation hole-part-of "?x is a hole-part of ?y iff ?x is a hole that is a part of ?y. This is a partial ordering, like `part-of'; it applies only when ?y is itself a (part of a) hole.") (subrelation-of proper-hole-part-of hole-part-of) (subrelation-of proper-hole-part-of proper-part-of) (documentation proper-hole-part-of "?x is a proper hole-part of ?y iff ?x is a hole that is a proper part of ?y. This is transitive, asymmetric, and irreflexive relation.") ;; Mereological Axioms ;; No hole overlaps its own host (though the sum of a hole and its host may be a ;; legitimate host for different holes: e.g. the sum of a doughnut ?y and its ;; hole ?x -- if such a sum exists -- will not be a host of ?x, but it will be a ;; host of, say, a cavity that may be hidden inside ?y. (=> (hole-in ?x ?y) (not (overlaps ?x ?y))) ;; Any two hosts of a hole have a common proper part that entirely hosts the ;; hole. (Of course, intuitively a hole has one host; but if we allow for ;; mereological sums or splittings, then every hole has a virtually infinite ;; class of hosts, partially ordered by proper-part-of. (=> (and (hole-in ?x ?y) (hole-in ?x ?z)) (exists (?w) (and (proper-part-of ?w (MereologicalProductFn ?x ?y)) (hole-in ?x ?w)))) ;; A common host of two holes hosts all hole-parts of the sum of those holes. (=> (and (hole-in ?x ?y) (hole-in ?z ?y)) (forall (?w) (=> (hole-part-of ?w (MereologicalSumFn ?x ?z)) (hole-in ?w ?y)))) ;; Any object that includes the host of a hole is a host of that hole, ;; unless its parts also include parts of that very hole. (=> (and (hole-in ?x ?y) (part-of ?y ?z)) (or (overlaps ?x ?z) (hole-in ?x ?z))) ;; Overlapping holes have overlapping hosts. (However, two holes may occupy ;; the same region, or part of the same region, without sharing any parts. ;; Holes are immaterial, and can penetrate one another; mereological overlapping ;; is not implied by spatial co-localization.) (=> (and (hole-in ?x ?y) (hole-in ?z ?w) (overlaps ?x ?z)) (overlaps ?y ?w)) ;; No hole is atomic (though holes need not have proper hole-parts; ;; otherwise every hole would correspond to a pile of infinitely many, ;; gradually smaller holes). (=> (instance-of ?x Hole) (exists (?y) (proper-part-of ?y ?x))) ;; Topological Definitions ;; Definition of 'PrincipalHostFn' (instance-of PrincipalHostFn SpatialRelation) (instance-of PrincipalHostFn UnaryFunction) (nth-domain PrincipalHostFn 1 Hole) (range PrincipalHostFn Object) (documentation PrincipalHostFn "The principle host of ?x is ?x's maximally connected host (a notion taken here to be defined only when ?x is a hole). We may intuitively regard this as the host of the hole, every other host being either a topologically scattered mereological aggregate including the principal host or a potential part of this latter.") ;; Axiom defining 'PrincipalHostFn' (=> (equal ?Y (PrincipalHostFn ?x)) (forall (?w) (<=> (overlaps ?w ?y) (exists (?u) (and (hole-in ?x ?u) (instance-of ?u SelfConnectedObject) (overlaps ?w ?u)))))) ;; Definition of 'GenusFn' (instance-of GenusFn SpatialRelation) (instance-of GenusFn UnaryFunction) (nth-domain GenusFn 1 Object) (range GenusFn 1 NonegativeInteger) (documentation GenusFn "Intuitively, the genus of an object is the maximum number of simultaneous cuts that can be made without separating the object into two unconnected pieces (0 if it is a sphere, 1 if it is a torus, etc.). This notion could be defined in terms of connected-with, but that would lead us too far afield.") ;; Definition of 'cavity-in' (subrelation-of cavity-in hole-in) (documentation cavity-in "?x is a cavity in ?y iff ?x is an internal hole enveloped by an entire host surface. A cavity is a topologically nonerasable discontinuity.") ;; Axiom defining 'cavity-in' (=> (cavity-in ?x ?y) (exists (?z) (and (surface-of ?z ?y) (forall (?w) (=> (part-of ?w ?z) (connected ?x ?w)))))) ;; Definition of 'tunnel-through' (subrelation-of tunnel-through hole-in) (documentation tunnel-through "A tunnel (or a perforation) through a host is also a topologically non-erasable hole, characterized by the fact that its host has no connected part of genus 0 entirely hosting the hole. Note that a hole may at once be a tunnel and a cavity: it may be a cavity-tunnel, e.g.,. a 'toroidal' hole.") ;; Axiom defining 'tunnel-through' (=> (tunnel-through ?x ?y) (forall (?z) (=> (and (part-of ?z ?y) (instance-of ?z SelfConnectedObject) (hole-in ?x ?z)) (not (equal (GenusFn ?x) 0))))) ;; Definition of 'hollow-in' (subrelation-of hollow-in hole-in) (documentation hollow-in "?x is a hollow (or a depression) in ?y iff ?x is a hole in ?y which is neither a tunnel through ?y nor a cavity in ?y. This is always an external, topologically erasable disturbance, characterized by the fact that the relevant host must have a part of genus 0 entirely hosting the hole.") (=> (hollow-in ?x ?y) (and (not (tunnel-through ?x ?y)) (not (cavity-in ?x ?y)))) ;; Topological Axioms ;; Holes are self-connected; i.e., there are no scattered holes. (=> (instance-of ?x Hole) (instance-of ?x SelfConnectedObject)) ;; Holes are connected with their hosts. (=> (hole-in ?x ?y) (connected ?x ?y)) ;; Every hole has some self-connected host. (=> (instance-of ?x Hole) (exists (?y) (and (hole-in ?x ?y) (instance-of ?y SelfConnectedObject)))) ;; No hole can have a proper hole-part that is externally connected with exactly ;; the same things as the hole itself. (=> (and (instance-of ?x Hole) (proper-hole-part-of ?y ?x)) (exists (?z) (and (externally-connected ?x ?z) (not (externally-connected ?y ?z))))) ;; Morphological Definitions ;; Definition of 'filled-by' (instance-of filled-by BinaryRelation) (nth-domain filled-by 1 Hole) (nth-domain filled-by 2 Object) (documentation filled-by "Holes can be filled; 'filled' here mean PERFECTLY filled. Holes can be filled (without losing their status of holes) insofar as they determine a (partially) concave discontinuity in the surface of their host.") ;; Definition of 'FillableHole' (subclass-of FillableHole Hole) (documentation FillableHole "?x is fillable if it can be (perfectly) filled by something.") (=> (instance-of ?x FillableHole) (Poss (exists (?y) (filled-by ?x ?y)))) ;; Definition of 'completely-filled-by' (subrelation-of completely-filled-by filled-by) (=> (completely-filled-by ?x ?y) (exists (?z) (and (part-of ?z ?y) (filled-by ?x ?z)))) (documentation completely-filled-by "?x is completely filled by ?y iff there is some part of ?y that perfectly fills ?x. This is a monotonic relation, in the sense that if ?x is completely filled by ?y and ?y is a part of ?z, then ?x is completely filled by ?z.") ;; Definition of 'partially-filled-by' (instance-of partially-filled-by SpatialRelation) (instance-of partially-filled-by BinaryRelation) (nth-domain partially-filled-by 1 Hole) (nth-domain partially-filled-by 2 Object) (documentation partially-filled-by "?x is partially filled by ?y iff there is some part of ?x that is completely filled by ?y. This too is a monotonic relation, in the sense that if ?x is partially filled by ?y and ?y is part of ?z, then ?x is partially filled by ?z. Note that a partial filler need not be wholly inside a hole (it may stick out), which means that every complete filler also qualifies as (a limit cases of) a partial one.") (=> (partially-filled-by ?x ?y) (exists (?z) (and (part-of ?z ?x) (completely-filled-by ?z ?y)))) ;; Definition of 'properly-filled-by' (instance-of properly-filled-by SpatialRelation) (instance-of properly-filled-by BinaryRelation) (nth-domain properly-filled-by 1 Hole) (nth-domain properly-filled-by 2 Object) (documentation properly-filled-by "?x is properly (though perhaps incompletely) filled by ?y iff some part of ?x is perfectly filled by ?y. properly-filled-by is the dual of completely-filled-by, and is so related to partially-filled-by that ?x is properly filled by ?y iff ?x is partially filled by every part of ?y. (Thus, every perfect filler is both complete and proper in this sense.)") (=> (properly-filled-by ?x ?y) (exists (?z) (and (part-of ?z ?x) (filled-by ?z ?y)))) ;; Definition of 'SkinFn' (instance-of SkinFn SpatialRelation) (nth-domain SkinFn 1 Hole) (range SkinFn Object) (documentation skin-of "The skin of ?x is the fusion of those superficial parts of ?x's principal host with which ?x is externally connected (a notion that is meant to apply only when ?x is a hole).") (=> (equal ?Y (SkinFn ?X)) (forall (?z) (<=> (overlaps ?z ?y) (exists (?w) (and (superficial-part-of ?w (PrincipalHostFn ?x)) (externally-connected ?x ?w) (overlaps ?z ?w)))))) ;; Definition of 'free-superficial-part-of' (subrelation-of free-superficial-part-of superficial-part-of) (documentation free-superficial-part-of "?w is a free superficial part of ?z relative to ?x ; i.e., ?w is a superficial part of ?z that is not connected with ?x's host(s). (This notion is meant to apply only when ?x is a hole and ?z a corresponding perfect filler.)") (=> (free-superficial-part-of ?x ?y ?z) (not (connected ?x (SkinFn ?z)))) ;; Morphological Axioms ;; Something is fillable just in case it is part of a hole; i.e., fillability is ;; an exclusive property of holes and their parts. (<=> (instance-of ?x FillableHole) (exists (?y) (and (instance-of ?y Hole) (part-of ?x ?y)))) ;; Perfect fillers and fillable entities have no parts in common (rather, they ;; may occupy the same spatial region). (=> (and (filled-by ?x ?y) (instance-of ?z FillableHole)) (not (overlaps ?y ?z))) ;; A complete filler of (a part of) a hole is connected with everything ;; with which (that part of) the hole itself is connected. (=> (completely-filled-by ?x ?y) (forall (?z) (=> (connected ?z ?x) (connected ?z ?y)))) ;; Every hole is connected with everything with which a proper filler of ;; the hole is connected. (=> (and (properly-filled-by ?x ?y) (connected-with ?z ?y)) (connected ?z ?x)) ;; A perfect filler of (a part of) a hole completely fills every proper ;; part of (that part of) that hole. (=> (and (filled-by ?x ?y) (proper-part-of ?z ?x)) (completely-filled-by ?z ?y)) ;; Every proper part of a perfect filler of (a part of) a hole properly ;; fills (that part of) that hole. (=> (and (filled-by ?x ?y) (proper-part-of ?z ?y)) (properly-filled-by ?y ?z)) ;;;;;;;;;;; ;; NOTES ;; ;;;;;;;;;;; ;; We need to be able to distinguish instances of Continuant which are stuffs ;; (e.g. water, oxygen, sand) from instances of Continuant which are objects ;; (e.g. table, jacket, notebook). From what I can see, there is no provision ;; for this distinction in Sowa's ontology. Perhaps we could divide ;; 'Continuant' into two disjoint classes, viz. Continuant-Stuff and Continuant- ;; Object. ;; The following is a possible means of axiomatizing the distinction between ;; 'ContinuousObject' and 'CorpuscularObject' in the upper level ontology. This ;; is borrowed from the Morphology ontology developed by ITBM-CNR (in particular ;; it is taken from the definitions of Heteromerous and Homeomerous in this ;; ontology). The axioms are commented out for the time being, because ;; they are framed in terms of 'StuffType' which has not yet been included in ;; the ontology. ;; (=> ;; (instance-of ?X CorpuscularObject) ;; (exists (?Y ?Z) ;; (and ;; (instance-of ?Y StuffType) ;; (instance-of ?Z StuffType) ;; (constituent-material-of ?Y ?X) ;; (constituent-material-of ?Z ?X) ;; (not (subclass-of ?Y ?Z)) ;; (not (subclass-of ?Z ?Y))))) ;; (=> ;; (instance-of ?X ContinuousObject) ;; (exists (?Y) ;; (and ;; (instance-of ?Y StuffType) ;; (constituent-material-of ?Y ?X) ;; (forall (?Z) ;; (=> ;; (and ;; (instance-of ?Z StuffType) ;; (constituent-material-of ?Z ?X) ;; (equal ?Z ?Y)))))) ;; We may want to include something like the following axioms at some point. ;;(=> ;; (playsRole ?Act ?Ent ?Role) ;; (capableOfDoing ?Ent ?Act ?Role)) ;;(=> ;; (and ;; (playsRole ?Act ?Res Resource) ;; (ends ?Act ?Time) ;; (holdsIn (STIB ?Time) (amountAvailable ?Res ?Amt1)) ;; (holdsIn (STIF ?Time) (amountAvailable ?Res ?Amt2))) ;; (greaterThan ?Amt1 ?Amt2)) ;; The following is a provisional addition to the top level of the ontology. ;; The purpose of this addition is to accommodate normative notions. If this ;; addition is embraced by the other SUO participants and if it is deemed ;; acceptable in other respects it will be commented out. ;; (subclass-of Normative Entity) ;; (subclass-of NormativeAttribute Normative) ;; (subclass-of NormativeAttribute Abstract) ;; (subclass-of Obligation NormativeAttribute) ;; (documentation Obligation "This is just a placeholder for now. It's not clear what ;; the real representation will be. One possibility is to have it be a Microontology a ;; la Cyc. The things that the Agent is obligated to make true are true in the Obligation. ;; Another possibility is to make Obligations individual propositions that the Agent must ;; make true, or individual actions the agent must perform.") ;; (subclass-of Agreement NormativeAttribute) ;; (documentation Agreement "The class of things which consititute an agreement ;; between two or more agents. Agreements may be implicit or explicit. They may ;; be written or verbal or gestural.") ;; (subclass-of JudgementOfEtiquette NormativeAttribute) ;; (subclass-of AestheticJudgement NormativeAttribute) ;; (subclass-of InstitutionalObligation Obligation) ;; (subclass-of PersonalObligation Obligation) ;; (subclass-of ReligiousObligation InstitutionalObligation) ;; (subclass-of LegalObligation InstitutionalObligation) ;; (subclass-of RegulationOrLaw LegalObligation) ;; (documentation RegulationOrLaw "An intellectual product resulting from legislative ;; or regulatory activity.") ;; ;; (=> ;; (instance-of ?X RegulationOrLaw) ;; (exists (?Y) ;; (and ;; (result ?Y ?X) ;; (instance-of ?Y RegulatoryActivity)))) ;; ;; (=> ;; (instance-of ?X RegulationOrLaw) ;; (exists (?Y) ;; (and ;; (affects ?X ?Y) ;; (or ;; (instance-of ?Y Organization) ;; (instance-of ?Y Group))))) ;; ;; (subclass-of Contract Agreement) ;; (documentation Contract "A formal agreement.") ;; (subclass-of PurchaseContract Contract) ;; (documentation PurchaseContract "An contract between two agents in which ;; one agent agrees to render the other some good or service in exchange for ;; currency.") ;; (subclass-of ServiceContract Contract) ;; (documentation ServiceContract "The class of contract where some agent agrees ;; to perform some service for another agent usually for some price") ;; (subclass-of Warranty ServiceContract) ;; (documentation Warranty "A class of contracts that state the cirumstances under ;; which defects in the product will corrected for no charge. These warrantees usually ;; include how long after the product is purchased that the agreement will hold and ;; what types of things are not included in the warranty. It should also include ;; descriptions of actions that invalidate the warranty.") ;; (subclass-of Promise Agreement) ;; (documentation Promise "An informal agreement.") ;; (subclass-of obligationIn TernaryPredicate) ;; (nth-domain obligationIn 1 KIF-Formula) ;; (nth-domain obligationIn 2 Agent) ;; (nth-subclass obligationIn 3 NormativeAttribute) ;; (documentation Obligation-In "As qualified by the normative attribute, this agent ;; has the following obligation") ;; The following is another provisional addition to the top level of the ;; ontology. This addition locates the crucial notions of 'WavePropagation', ;; 'ElectronicWave', and 'ElectronicSignal' within the existing framework of ;; concepts. ;; (subclass-of WavePropagation Process) ;; (subclass-of ElectronicWave WavePropagation) ;; (subclass-of ElectronicSignal ElectronicWave) ;; (subclass-of ElectronicSignal Sign) ;; We probably will need to add back some notion of 'Intention' or ;; 'IntentionalEntity' at some point. ;; ;; (documentation IntentionalEntity "Examples of intentions include the hopes, ;; fears, wishes, and purposes that mediate some agent's actions.") ;; The following is a nice comment due to Pat Hayes. We'll probably want to ;; figure out some way of incorporating its content into the official ontology. ;;(documentation Occurrent/Continuant-contrast-note " The question of ;;deciding whether something is a continuant or an occurrent can be ;;subtle. Notice it only arises for entities that are located in space ;;and time: abstract things like sets and numbers are not classified in ;;either of these ways. (Note in particular that a set of physical ;;things is not itself physical.) The basic test is to ask whether the ;;thing in question is best thought of as something that can be said to ;;be 'happening' or whether one thinks of it as something that endures ;;for a time and participates in happenings. As an alternative ;;criterion, consider a time just before the thing in question exists. ;;Do you think of it as just going to start (occurrent), or as just ;;going to be created (continuant)? ;;Many physical things, however, can be thought of as being either a ;;continuant or an occurrent. Examples include localized processes ;;forming objects whose identity arises from dynamic equilibrium, such ;;as a rainstorm, an ocean wave, a flame, a fountain plume, a river or ;;even a human body. In such cases the ontologist may need to introduce ;;two kinds of entities, one to express the continuant or enduring ;;nature and the other the occurrent or process nature of the thing in ;;question. For example, an ocean wave can be thought of as a moving ;;continuant which at each moment is manifested by a local occurrent ;;consisting of the motion of a part of the ocean surface. A ;;thunderstorm viewed in a satellite image can be seen as a moving ;;continuant, but seen from one position on the ground may be thought ;;of as an occurrent (with stages of the sky darkening, rain beginning ;;to fall, etc.). A similar duality is seen in the contrast between a ;;motion and the thing moving, and the contrast between a continuant ;;such as a person and that person's lifetime, which must be thought of ;;as an occurrent. In general, if one is unsure how to classify some ;;piece of a complex system, the safest strategy is to treat it as ;;having both aspects and introduce them both into the ontology, so ;;that enduring things always have lifetimes during which things happen ;;to them, and happenings are always happening to something. ;;In a 4-d ontology there is no sharp contrast between occurrent and ;;continuant, and the same thing may be spatiotemporally divided up in ;;several different ways. In particular, a continuant can be identified ;;with its lifetime. This makes for fewer entities, but requires that ;;one specify carefully how properties are distributed with respect to ;;spatiotemporal divisions. One way to view the continuant/occurrrent ;;contrast is as a crude but useful system for making such ;;specifications.")