seaway

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

Defined In: https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/supplychain/SupplyChain/

SubClass Of: bfo:three-dimensional spatial region

Class Hierarchy

owl:Thing › bfo:entity › bfo:continuant › bfo:independent continuant › bfo:immaterial entity › bfo:spatial region › bfo:three-dimensional spatial region › seaway

Definition

three-dimensional spatial region that connects one specified location to another on a body of water along which a watercraft may travel

Explanatory Notes

A specific route that ocean liners take between ports to help traffic flow and to avoid the most dangerous areas of the ocean [APICS].

Examples

• The longest shipping route in the world is the route between Asia and the East Coast of South America with approximately 19,000 nautical miles (35,000 kilometers) and about 45 days to complete.

Synonyms

• shipping lane

Primitive Class

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

Primitive Rationale

The required constructs for creation of a formal definition are not available in this release.

Formal Axioms

First-Order Logic Axioms

Seaway(x) → ThreeDimensionalSpatialRegion (x)

Semi-Formal Natural Language Axioms

if x is a ‘seaway’ then x is a ‘three-dimensional spatial region’

Description Logic

constr:Seaway ⊑ bfo:three-dimensional_spatial_region

SubClassOf: bfo:three-dimensional_spatial_region