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Role
| Name: | Role |
| Description: | A realizable entity (snap:RealizableEntity) the manifestation of which brings about some result or end that is not essential to a continuant (snap:Continuant) in virtue of the kind of thing that it is but that can be served or participated in by that kind of continuant (snap:Continuant) in some kinds of natural, social or institutional contexts., Examples: the role of a person as a surgeon, the role of a chemical compound in an experiment, the role of a patient relative as defined by a hospital administrative form, the role of a woman as a legal mother in the context of system of laws, the role of a biological grandfather as legal guardian in the context of a system of laws, the role of ingested matter in digestion, the role of a student in a university |
| Super-category: | Realizable entity |
| Id: | Role |
| Link to OWL / RDF: | Download this content as OWL/RDF |
Categories with role Role
Project role have the role Role
Subcategories
This category has the following 20 subcategories, out of 20 total.
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Facts about RoleRDF feed
| Comment | The BFO distinguishes between roles, functions and dispositions. For simplicity's sake for the Neurolex, we are lumping these together as "roles". However, these may be subdivided accordingingly in NIFSTD or any other BFO compliant ontology |
| CurationStatus | uncurated + |
| Definition | A realizable entity (snap:RealizableEntity … A realizable entity (snap:RealizableEntity) the manifestation of which brings about some result or end that is not essential to a continuant (snap:Continuant) in virtue of the kind of thing that it is but that can be served or participated in by that kind of continuant (snap:Continuant) in some kinds of natural, social or institutional contexts., Examples: the role of a person as a surgeon, the role of a chemical compound in an experiment, the role of a patient relative as defined by a hospital administrative form, the role of a woman as a legal mother in the context of system of laws, the role of a biological grandfather as legal guardian in the context of a system of laws, the role of ingested matter in digestion, the role of a student in a university ion, the role of a student in a university |
| Id | Role + |
| Label | Role + |
| ModifiedDate | 24 July 2009 + |
| SuperCategory | Realizable entity + |