measurement information content entity

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

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

SubClass Of: information content entity

Class Hierarchy

owl:Thing › bfo:entity › bfo:continuant › bfo:generically dependent continuant › information content entity › measurement information content entity

Direct subclasses:

Definition

informational content that is the result of measuring a set of attributes (specifically dependent continuant or process characteristic or temporal region) belonging to the entity (independent continuant or process or process boundary) the informational content is about

Semi-Formal Definition:

every instance of ‘measurement information content entity’ is defined as exactly an instance of ‘information content entity’ that ‘is about’ some ‘independent continuant’ or ‘process’ or ‘process boundary’, and ‘describes’ some ‘specifically dependent continuant’, ‘temporal region’, ‘process characteristic’, or ‘process profile’, and ‘has continuant part at all times’ some ‘measured value expression’, and ‘is measured value of’ that entity, and ‘is output of’ some ‘measurement process’

Explanatory Notes

  1. Attribute here comprehends qualities in case the entity the measurement content entity ‘is about’ is an independent continuant and process characteristics if the entity is a process or temporal region if the entity is a process or process boundary.
  2. Measurement ICE describes attributes of physical entities. As such, it is not intended to be used for capturing metrics related to strictly digital objects (information content entities in the IOF framework).
  3. Measurement ICE can contain qualitative, semi-quantitative, or quantitative measurements of the attribute. These values are stored within the measured value expression that is a part of the measurement ICE.
  4. Measurement ICE can be utilized for both raw and processed measurement data.
  5. The International Vocabulary of Metrology defines measurement ICE as a “set of values being attributed to a measurand together with any other available relevant information.” This implies that, in addition to the actual measurement value, the measurement ICE contains other information(e.g., the entity of interest of which the measurand is the ‘attribute of’).

Examples

  • a two fold increase in expression of a gene in a cancer patient and the associated metadata; results of measuring the thickness of a piece of steel; results of measuring the change in pH in a bioreactor over the interval of two days

Counter-Examples

  • similarity measurement of information

Adapted From

  • http://www.ontologyrepository.com/CommonCoreOntologies/Mid/InformationEntityOntology and the International Vocabulary of Metrology

Formal Axioms

First-Order Logic Definition 

LA1: MeasurementInformationContentEntity(x) ↔ InformationContentEntity(x) ∧ ∃y∃z∃m∃p(((IndependentContinuant(y) ∧ ¬SpatialRegion(y) ∧ SpecificallyDependentContinuant(z) ∧ bearerOf(y,z)) ∨ ((Process(y) ∨ ProcessBoundary(y)) ∧ TemporalRegion(z) ∧ occupiesTemporalRegion(y,z)) ∨ (Process(y) ∧ ProcessCharacteristic(z) ∧ processCharacteristicOf(z,y)) ∨ (ProcessProfile(z) ∧ processProfileOf(z,y))) ∧ MeasuredValueExpression(m) ∧ MeasurementProcess(p) ∧ isAbout(x,y) ∧ describes(x,z) ∧ hasContinuantPartAtAllTimes(x,m) ∧ isMeasuredValueOf(m,y) ∧ isOutputOf(x,p))

Description Logic

constr:MeasurementInformationContentEntity ≡ constr:InformationContentEntity ⊓ ∃ bfo:has_continuant_part_at_all_times .constr:MeasuredValueExpression ⊓ ∃ constr:describes .(bfo:temporal_region ⊔ bfo:specifically_dependent_continuant ⊔ bfo:process_profile ⊔ constr:ProcessCharacteristic) ⊓ ∃ constr:isAbout .(bfo:process ⊔ bfo:process_boundary ⊔ (bfo:independent_continuant ⊓ ¬ bfo:spatial_region)) ⊓ ∃ constr:isOutputOf .constr:MeasurementProcess

constr:MeasurementInformationContentEntity ⊑ constr:InformationContentEntity

EquivalentTo: constr:InformationContentEntity and bfo:has_continuant_part_at_all_times some constr:MeasuredValueExpression and constr:describes some (bfo:temporal_region or bfo:specifically_dependent_continuant or bfo:process_profile or constr:ProcessCharacteristic) and constr:isAbout some (bfo:process or bfo:process_boundary or (bfo:independent_continuant and not bfo:spatial_region)) and constr:isOutputOf some constr:MeasurementProcess

SubClassOf: constr:InformationContentEntity