]> 2.0 2007-10-01 Basic Relation Ontology (primitive) Dumontier Lab Michel Dumontier The BRO provides a set of domain-independent relations between OWL entities. It is inspired by the OBO's relationship ontology (RO) http://www.obofoundry.org/ro application/rdf+xml en bearer of A relation between an entity and dependent continuant. hair bearerOf brown color contains A spatial relation between two continuants such that one spatially contains the other with no overlap. derivative of A transitive, symmetric, temporal relation in which one continuant is the derivative of another non-identical continuant. derives from A transitive, temporal relation in which one continuant derives from another non-identical continuant. glucose-6-phosphate derivesFrom glucose in glucose metabolism derives into A transitive, temporal relation in which one continuant derives into another non-identical continuant. has agent A relation between a process and a causally active participant. has disposition A relation between an entity and the disposition it realizes. has function A relation between an entity and a function. vase hasFunction containerFunction has improper part A reflexive mereological such that the entities are not distinct. cake hasImproperPart slice of cake has integral part A reflexive, anti-symmetric relation that holds when C1 is part of C2 and C2 has part C1. has part A transitive, reflexive relation between two entities such that one has itself, another, and all of its parts as a part. person hasPart arm has participant A relation between a process and its a continuant participant. has proper part An irreflexive and antisymmetric parthood relation such that the entities are distinct. car hasProperPart engine has quality A relation between an entity and the quality that inheres in it. bob hasQuality HappinessQuality has reference A relation between an entity and a source of information. has role The relation between an entity and a role. bob hasRole teacherRole immediately derives from A non-transitive temporal relation in which one continuant immediately derives from a non-identical continuant such that there are no (known) intermediate continuants between them. a molecule of alpha-D-glucose-6-phosphate immediately_derives_from D-glucose in glucose metabolism. immediately derives into A non-transitive temporal relation in which one continuant immediately derives into a non-identical continuant such that there are no intermediate steps between them. glucose immediatelyDerivesInto glucose-6-phosphate in glucose metabolism immediately preceded by A non-transitive temporal relation in which one process is immediately preceded by another process, such that there is no interval of time between the two processes. immediately precedes A non-transitive temporal relation in which one process is immediately precedes another process, such that there is no interval of time between the two processes. immediately transforms from A non-transitive temporal relation between two continuants such that one continuant immediately transforms from another continuant such that there is no intermediate between them, while retaining their identity. immediately transforms into A temporal relation in which one continuant immediately transforms into another continuant such that there is no intermediate continuant, and with which identity is maintained. inheres in A relation between a dependent continuant and an entity. brown colour inheresIn hair is adjacent to A symmetric spatial relation between two continuants such that are adjacent to one another. is agent in A relation in which a continuant participates in a causally active way in the process. teacher isAgentIn teaching is contained in A spatial relation between two continuants such that one is contained in the other, but for which there is no overlap. is disposition of A relation between a disposition and the entity that realizes it. disease isDispositionOf human is function of A relation between a function and the entity that realizes it. Catalysis isFunctionOf Enzyme is improper part of A reflexive mereological relation such that the entities are not distinct. slice of cake isImproperPartOf cake is integral part of A reflexive, anti-symmetric relation that holds when C1 is part of C2 and C2 has part C1. is located in A transitive, reflexive relation between two entities such that one is located in itself and in the other. person isLocatedIn room is location of A transitive, reflexive relation between two entities such that one is the location of another. part of A transitive, reflexive relation between two entities in which one is a part of the other. arm isPartOf person is participant in A relation in which a continuant participates in some way in the process. person isParticipantIn his life is proper part of An irreflexive and anti-symmetric parthood relation such that the entities are distinct. engine isProperPartOf car is quality of A relation between a quality and some entity. brown colour isQualityOf hair is reference for A relation between a source of information and an entity. is related to A symmetric relation between two entities. is role of A relation between a role and the entity that realizes it. TeacherRole isRoleOf Teacher is spatial location of A relation between a region of space and an oject that occupies that space. is spatially located in A relation between an object and a region of space. person isSpatiallyLocatedIn in that three dimensional spatial region is spatially related to A relation between continuants with respect to the spatial regions they occupy. is spatiotemporal location of A relation between aa spatial temporal region and a process. is spatiotemporally located in A relation between an entity and a spatial temporal region. person is spatioTemporallyLocatedIn the SpaceTime of his Life is temporal location of A relation between two temporal entities such that a temporal region is the location of a temporal entity. is temporally located in A relation between a process and a temporal region. you are reading this phrase over some time interval is temporally related to A relation between entities at different times. preceded by A transitive, temporal relation in which one process is preceded by (has occured later than) another process. translation preceded_by transcription precedes A transitive, temporal relation in which one process precedes (has occured earlier than) another process. transformation of A transitive, symmetric, temporal relation in which one continuant is the transformation of itself at another time. transforms from A transitive, temporal relation between two continuants such that one continuant transforms from itself at an earlier time while retaining their identity. transforms into A transitive, temporal relation between two continuants such that one continuant transforms into another continuant at a later time while retaining their identity. has tag A relation between an entity. is tag of A relation between an entity. begins A data property that marks the beginning of a temporal entity. end A data property that marks the end of a temporal entity. has value A data type property to store a value.