Pattern 7: Temporal Region¶
Source: MWO · Published by: ise-fizkarlsruhe.github.io · Category: temporal · Domain: general
Represents temporal regions in BFO terms, distinguishing a zero-dimensional temporal region (an instant such as the start or end of an event) from a one-dimensional temporal region (an interval with a duration), related by occupies_temporal_region, has_first_instance and has_last_instance. Data about those regions - start date, end date, duration, frequency - is carried by specification datum individuals linked to their values with nfdicore:hasValue.
What it answers¶
- What are the start and end dates of a given process, and which first and last moment of its overall time span does each date belong to?
- Which shorter periods fall inside a longer one, and when does each of those shorter periods begin and end?
- How often does a given recurring process happen, and what frequency is stated for it?
The pattern¶
The graph is the axioms the pattern asserts; nothing here is inferred. Drag to rearrange, scroll to zoom, and use the graph's own search box to find a term inside it.
Opens at level of detail 3: classes, individuals, properties and restrictions, without the literals. Raise it with the LOD control in the graph's own toolbar to see annotation values and anything a reasoner adds.
Should you use this one?¶
| Size | 18 classes, 9 properties, 167 axioms |
| Brings in | nothing - it stands on its own |
| Reasoning | HermiT finds this pattern consistent, with no unsatisfiable class, and its worked example consistent with the pattern. |
Its IRI is https://ontoboard.org/patterns/mwo-temporal-region.owl - a name rather than an address: nothing answers there, so the download link above is the file.
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Terms it declares¶
The 27 classes and properties this pattern models, as the recommender scores them. Annotation properties and built-ins are excluded, because an annotation property is not modelling.
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000001http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000003http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000008http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000015http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000031http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000035http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000038http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000136http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000148http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000181http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000199http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000203http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000221http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000222http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000223http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000224http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/IAO_0000027http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/IAO_0000030http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/IAO_0000032http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/IAO_0000033http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/IAO_0000235http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/IAO_0000416http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBI_0002471http://purls.helmholtz-metadaten.de/mwo/MWO_0001001http://purls.helmholtz-metadaten.de/mwo/MWO_0001012https://nfdi.fiz-karlsruhe.de/ontology/NFDI_0001007https://w3id.org/pmd/co/PMD_0060009
An example of it in use¶
The pattern says what may be asserted; this says it. The graph below is a small set of individuals that instantiate the classes above and are connected by its properties, so the shape the pattern describes is visible as data rather than as a schema.
Import this pattern into your own ontology from inside Protégé: OntoBoard → Reuse → Pattern library…, which hands it to Import terms… and writes the term list, the module, the import and the catalog entry the way ODK expects. See Working with ODK.
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