describes

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

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

Type: Object Property

SubProperty Of: is about

Domain: information content entity

Range: bfo:entity

Inverse Of: described by

Definition

relation from an information content entity to an entity that the information content entity characterizes

Examples

• the content of a newspaper article describes some current event; the content of a visitor’s log describes some facility visit; the content of an accident report describes some accident

Adapted From

• http://www.ontologyrepository.com/CommonCoreOntologies/Mid/InformationEntityOntology

Description Logic

constr:describes ⊑ constr:isAbout

domain: constr:InformationContentEntity

range: bfo:entity

inverse: constr:describedBy

SubPropertyOf: constr:isAbout

domain: constr:InformationContentEntity

range: bfo:entity

inverse: constr:describedBy