measurement capability

IRI: https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/construct/MeasurementCapability

Defined In: https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/core/Core/

SubClass Of: capability

Class Hierarchy

owl:Thing › bfo:entity › bfo:continuant › bfo:specifically dependent continuant › bfo:realizable entity › bfo:disposition › capability › measurement capability

Definition

capability of a material entity to measure the value of some entity

Explanatory Notes

To measure the value means to determine the entities value relative to some classification scheme or on a quantitative scale.

Examples

• the capability of a pH sensor to measure the pH; capability of a scale to measure the weight of an object

Adapted From

• http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBI_0000453

Primitive Class

This class is declared primitive and it does not have necessary and sufficient condiftions defined.

Primitive Rationale

There are insufficient constructs in the ontology to create necessary and sufficient conditions. Namely, ‘to measure the value’ needs a better formalization in its connection to the capability

Formal Axioms

First-Order Logic Axioms

MeasurementCapability(x) → Capability(x) ∧ ∃z(MaterialEntity(z) ∧ capabilityOf(x,z)) ∧ ∀y(hasRealization(x,y) → MeasurementProcess(y))

Semi-Formal Natural Language Axioms

if x is a ‘measurement capability’ then x is a ‘capability’ that is the ‘capability of’ some ‘material entity’ and whenever some y ‘realizes’ x that y must be a ‘measurement process’

Description Logic

constr:MeasurementCapability ⊑ constr:Capability

constr:MeasurementCapability ⊑ ∀ bfo:has_realization .constr:MeasurementProcess

constr:MeasurementCapability ⊑ ∃ constr:capabilityOf .bfo:material_entity

SubClassOf: constr:Capability

SubClassOf: bfo:has_realization only constr:MeasurementProcess

SubClassOf: constr:capabilityOf some bfo:material_entity