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// ******************* Specialisation hierarchy of first order concept types ***************** Thing {instance of 1st order concept type} > (Entity, Situation), Thing_playing_a_role; Entity {something that can be involved in a situation (note: the existence of an entity is a situation)} > (Temporal_entity,Spatial_entity,Information_entity), Collection, Entity_playing_a_role; Temporal_entity {point or interval in time, e.g. Time_period, Point_in_time, WN_time/n} > WN_time/n, (Point_in_time, Time_period); WN_time/n {the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past}; Point_in_time {point in time of a Situation}; Time_period {duration of a Situation}; Spatial_entity {an entity which occupies a space region} > (Space_location, Physical_entity, Imaginary_spatial_entity), Spatial_entity_with_a_remarkable_property; Space_location {a point or extent in space} > WN_space/n, WN_location/n; WN_space/n {the unlimited 3 dimensional expanse in which everything is located}; WN_location/n {a point or extent in space}; Physical_entity {a spatial entity which is made of matter} > (WN_object__inanimate_object__physical_object, WN_life_form__organism__being__living_thing); WN_object__inanimate_object__physical_object {a nonliving physical entity}; WN_life_form__organism__being__living_thing {a living entity, e.g. a plant} > (WN_cell/n, Conscious_agent); WN_cell/n {the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms}; Imaginary_spatial_entity {e.g. Cartoon_Character}; Spatial_entity_with_a_remarkable_property {Smooth_entity, Lumpy_entity, ... (Sowa, 1997)} > Single_unit__Monad, (Smooth_entity, Lumpy_entity); Single_unit__Monad {something considered as a single unit}; Smooth_entity {entity perceived without discontinuities} > (Smooth_single_unit,Continuum); Smooth_single_unit {}; Continuum > (Homogeneous_entity, Variable_entity); Homogeneous_entity {}; Variable_entity {}; Lumpy_entity {entity perceived with discontinuities} > (Lumpy_single_unit,Composite_entity); Lumpy_single_unit {}; Composite_entity {} > (Organism, Assembly); Organism {its parts cannot be strictly defined/separated}; Assembly {its parts are discrete and can be separated}; Information_entity {information or representation of an information} > (Description, Description_container, Property, Property_measure); Description {description of a situation, e.g. Description_content, Description_medium} > Description_content Description_medium; Description_content {description of a situation, e.g. Narration, Argument, Hypothesis, Belief} > WN_message__content__subject_matter__substance, Proposition, Narration, Exposition, Description_with_a_KADS_inference_structure, Description_for_argumentation, Abstraction, Belief, Description_role_in_KADS, Contextualizing_description; WN_message__content__subject_matter__substance {what a communication that is about something is about}; Proposition {* Sowa's Proposition seems identical to Description but it might have a more restricted meaning *}; Narration {report, story, biography, etc.}; Exposition {operational or locational plan, etc.}; Description_with_a_KADS_inference_structure {dataflow graph of "inferences" (tasks) the inputs/outputs of which are described by "roles"}; Description_for_argumentation > Argument, Issue, Position, Fact; Argument {deduction, persuasion, etc.}; Issue {cf the argumentation relations}; Position {a claim}; Fact {}; Abstraction {a concept which abstracts some data}; Belief {}; Description_role_in_KADS > Hypothesis, Observable, Finding, Complaint, Norm, Difference, Discrepancy_class, Diagnosis_result, Parameter, System_model, Historical_data; Hypothesis {Situation imagined as a being a possible cause of something}; Observable {in the sense given by KADS} > Observable_behaviour; Observable_behaviour {in the sense given by KADS (it is a process description, not a process)}; Finding {in the sense given by KADS} > Observation; Observation {}; Complaint {in the sense given by KADS}; Norm {in the sense given by KADS}; Difference {in the sense given by KADS}; Discrepancy_class {in the sense given by KADS}; Diagnosis_result {in the sense given by KADS}; Parameter {in the sense given by KADS}; System_model {in the sense given by KADS}; Historical_data {in the sense given by KADS}; Contextualizing_description {e.g. Hypothesis, Belief, Position} > Hypothesis, Belief, Position; Description_medium {e.g. Symbol Syntax Language Abstract_data_type (Integer, CG, ...), Script} > WN_representation/n1, WN_communication/n, Abstract_data_type, Representation_of_a_process; WN_representation/n1 {a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something}; WN_communication/n {something that is communicated between people or groups}; Symbol {}; Syntax {}; Language > (Natural_language Controlled_language); Controlled_language > Procedural_language Declarative_language Markup_language; Procedural_language > (C Lisp Javascript); Declarative_language > (Prolog KIF Conceptual_Graph_language); Conceptual_Graph_language > CG_linear_notation; Markup_language > (XML HTML); Abstract_data_type {} > (Atomic_ADT, Structured_ADT); Atomic_ADT {atomic Abstract Data Types} > Numeric_ADT; Numeric_ADT {e.g. Number, Character} > Character, Number; Character {}; Number {} > Integer, Real; Integer {}; Real {}; Structured_ADT {structured Abstract Data Type, e.g. List, CG} > Record__Structure, Ordered_open_collection_ADT,Ordered_closed_collection_ADT, Graph_ADT, Model_ADT; Record__Structure {ADT of an unordered closed collection}; Ordered_open_collection_ADT > List_ADT, Stack, Keyed_collection_ADT; List_ADT {ADT of an ordered open collection}; Stack {(may be implemented with a List_ADT or an Array)}; Keyed_collection_ADT {e.g. a dictionnary ADT (may be implemented with a List_ADT or an Array)}; Ordered_closed_collection_ADT > Array, Queue; Array {ADT of an ordered closed collection}; Queue {(may be implemented with a List_ADT or an Array)}; Graph_ADT {} > CG_ADT; CG_ADT {Conceptual Graph}; Model_ADT {} > KADS_model; KADS_model {}; Representation_of_a_process {[Sowa 1998]} > Script, History; Script {information that specifies all the possible executions of some processes, e.g. a computer program, a musical score} > Kinetic_script, Procedure; Kinetic_script {script on motions}; Procedure {e.g. a computer program, a schedule, a musical score} > Protocol; Protocol {} > Network_protocol; Network_protocol {} > HTTP_protocol FTP_protocol Telnet_protocol; HTTP_protocol > CGI_protocol; History {information that describes the execution of a process}; Description_container {e.g. File, Image, Hologram, Document_element} > File Image Hologram Document_element; File > File_in_special_format Special_file Unretrievable_file; File_in_special_format > (Textual_file Binary_file); Textual_file > Plain_text_file Structured_text_file Encoded_text_file; Structured_text_file > HTML_file; Encoded_text_file > Postscript_file; Binary_file > GIF_file; Special_file > Software Documentation Repository; Software > Freeware Web_search_engine; Documentation > Tutorial Lecture Reference Model; Repository > Web_index Yellow_pages Home_page Cookie; Web_index > Web_index_and_search_engine; Property {a dimension of something, e.g. Mass, Length, Form, Color, Speedness, Intelligence} > WN_property__attribute__dimension, WN_attribute/n, (Description_property, Temporal_property, Spatial_property, Physical_property, Collection_property); WN_property__attribute__dimension {a property or an attribute or a dimension}; WN_attribute/n {an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity}; Description_property {e.g. Modality} > Modality, Truthness; Modality {ex. of values: Always, Necessary, Possible, Never}; Truthness {ex. of values: True, False, Unknown_truthness}; Temporal_property {e.g. Duration, Speedness}; Spatial_property {e.g. Length, Form}; Physical_property {e.g. Mass, Color}; Collection_property {e.g. Cardinality} > Cardinality; Cardinality {}; Property_measure {e.g. Kg, Meter, Round, Blue} > WN_measure__quantity__amount__quantum; WN_measure__quantity__amount__quantum {how much there is of something}; Collection{a group or structure of abstract/concrete entities or situations, e.g. Ordered_Collection} > WN_group__grouping, WN_set/n2; WN_group__grouping {a number of entities considered as a unit}; WN_set/n2 {an abstract collection of numbers or symbols, e.g. "the set of prime numbers is infinite"}; Entity_playing_a_role {e.g. Recipient_entity, Possessed_entity, Part_entity, Material_entity} > Causal_entity, WN_necessity__essential__requirement__requisite__need, WN_inessential/n, Recipient_entity, Possessed_entity, Material_entity, Part_entity, Whole_entity, WN_variable/n, WN_anticipation/n, WN_thing/n1; Causal_entity {} > WN_causal_agent__cause__causal_agency, Goal_directed_agent, Perhaps_goal_directed_causal_entity, Without_goal_causal_entity; WN_causal_agent__cause__causal_agency {an entity that causes events to happen}; Goal_directed_agent {goal directed causal entity (ex:a problem solver or an interactional agent)} > Cognitive_agent; Cognitive_agent {for example an animal or an AI-agent} > (Conscious_agent, Non_conscious_cognitive_agent); Conscious_agent {for example a person} > WN_person__individual__someone__mortal__human__soul; WN_person__individual__someone__mortal__human__soul {a human being} > User, WN_expert/n1, WN_engineer__applied_scientist__technologist; User {}; WN_expert/n1 {a person who performs skillfully}; WN_engineer__applied_scientist__technologist {a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems} > Knowledge_engineer; Knowledge_engineer {}; Non_conscious_cognitive_agent {e.g. AI_Agent}; Perhaps_goal_directed_causal_entity {e.g. supernatural forces}; Without_goal_causal_entity {non conscious Entity and not an AI_Agent}; WN_necessity__essential__requirement__requisite__need {a needed entity}; WN_inessential/n {something that is not essential}; Recipient_entity {} > WN_recipient__receiver; WN_recipient__receiver {a person who gets something}; Possessed_entity {} > WN_possession/n; WN_possession/n {something owned or possessed}; Material_entity {} > WN_substance__matter; WN_substance__matter {something which has mass and occupies space}; Part_entity {} > WN_part__portion, WN_part__piece, WN_unit__building_block; WN_part__portion {something determined in relation to something that includes it}; WN_part__piece {a portion of a natural object}; WN_unit__building_block {a single undivided natural entity occurring in the composition of something else}; Whole_entity {} > WN_whole__whole_thing__unit, WN_subject__content__depicted_object; WN_whole__whole_thing__unit {an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity}; WN_subject__content__depicted_object {something selected by an artist for graphic representation}; WN_variable/n {something that is likely to vary, something that is subject to variation}; WN_anticipation/n {some early entity whose type or style anticipates a later one}; WN_thing/n1 {an entity that is not named specifically}; Situation {something that occurs in a region of time and space (the region may be imagined)} > (State, Process), Phenomenon, Situation_playing_a_role; State {situation that is not changing and that does not make a change during a given period of time} > WN_state/n, WN_relation/n; WN_state/n {the way something is with respect to its main attributes}; WN_relation/n {a situation belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together}; Process {situation that makes a change during some period of time} > Event, WN_act__human_action__human_activity, Problem_solving_process, Process_playing_a_role; Event {a process that makes a change during a period of time considered as very short} > WN_event/n; WN_event/n {something that happens at a given place and time}; WN_act__human_action__human_activity {something that people do or cause to happen}; Problem_solving_process {a cognitive activity made by an agent for solving a problem} > Task; Task {a process such as the ones modelled in knowledge acquisition, e.g. a diagnostic} > Real_life_task; Real_life_task {a task composed of more basic tasks} > Knowledge_engineering; Knowledge_engineering {making a knowledge based system} > (Environment_analysis, Problem_analysis, Task_analysis, Function_analysis, Implementation_analysis), Knowledge_engineering_with_KADS; Environment_analysis {}; Problem_analysis {}; Task_analysis {}; Function_analysis {}; Implementation_analysis {}; Knowledge_engineering_with_KADS {making a knowledge based system using KADS methodology}; Process_playing_a_role {e.g. Subtask} > Process_contextualizing_its_object; Process_contextualizing_its_object {e.g. Think, Believe}; Phenomenon {a state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning}; Situation_playing_a_role {e.g. Process_playing_a_role, WN_result_outcome} > WN_consequence__effect__outcome__result__upshot, WN_result__outcome, Process_playing_a_role; WN_consequence__effect__outcome__result__upshot {a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon}; WN_result__outcome {the situation that exists when something ends}; Thing_playing_a_role {the classification of such things is context-dependent} > Thing_needed_for_a_process, Thing_being_a_mediation, (Entity_playing_a_role, Situation_playing_a_role); Thing_needed_for_a_process {entity or situation needed for a process, e.g. for knowledge engineering with KADS} > Thing_needed_for_knowledge_engineering; Thing_needed_for_knowledge_engineering {e.g. Thing_needed_for_KADS_knowledge_engineering} > Thing_needed_for_KADS_knowledge_engineering; Thing_needed_for_KADS_knowledge_engineering {} > Knowledge_engineering_with_KADS, KADS_model, Description_with_a_KADS_inference_structure, Description_role_in_KADS; Thing_being_a_mediation {something which serves as a mediating circumstance for relating other things}; // ************** Specialisation hierarchy of first order binary relation types ************* BinaryRel (Thing,Thing) > (Attributive_binaryRel, Component_binaryRel), (Spatial_binaryRel, Temporal_binaryRel, Logical_binaryRel), Ordering_binaryRel, (BinaryRel_from_a_temporal_entity, BinaryRel_from_a_spatial_entity, BinaryRel_from_a_description, BinaryRel_from_a_collection, BinaryRel_from_a_situation, Relation_to_a_situation), BinaryRel_with_mathematical_property, Contextualizing_binaryRel, Relation_refering_to_a_process; Attributive_binaryRel (Thing, Thing) {e.g. Chrc, Attr, Role, Possession} > (Chrc, Measure, Attr), (Role, Possession, Accompaniment); Chrc (Thing, Property) {Characteristic}; Measure (Property, Property_measure); Attr (Thing, Property_measure) {<a href="http://meganesia.int.gu.edu.au/%7Ephmartin/WebKB/doc/conventions.html#NoAttrRel">use "Chrc" and "Measure" instead</a>}; Role (Thing, Thing); Possession (Thing, Thing); Accompaniment (Thing, Thing) {e.g. [Leave]->(Agent)->[Man:*x]->(Accompaniment)->[Woman:*y]}; Component_binaryRel (Thing, Thing) {e.g. Set_element, Subset, PhysPart, Subtask} > (Subset, Set_element, Part), (Main_part, Parts); Subset (Collection, Collection); Set_element (Collection, Thing); Part (Thing, Thing) > (Subentity, Subsituation); Subentity (Entity, Entity) > PhysPart; PhysPart (Physical_entity, Physical_entity); Subsituation (Situation, Situation) > Subprocess; Subprocess (Process, Process) > Subtask; Subtask (Task, Task) > First_subtask, Last_subtask; First_subtask (Task, Task); Last_subtask (Task, Task); Main_part (Thing, Thing); Parts (Thing, Collection); Spatial_binaryRel (Thing, Thing) > Spatial_binaryRel_between_spatial_entities, Spatial_binaryRel_from_a_process; Temporal_binaryRel (Thing, Thing) > (Temporal_binaryRel_between_temporal_entities, Temporal_binaryRel_from_a_situation, Description_authoring_time); Logical_binaryRel (Description, Thing) {e.g. And, Or, Iff} > And, Logical_contextualizing_binaryRel; And (Description, Description); Logical_contextualizing_binaryRel (Description, Thing) > Truthness, Or, Xor, NecessaryCondition, SufficientCondition; Truthness (Description, Truthness); Or (Description, Description); Xor (Description, Description); NecessaryCondition (Description, Description) {logical implication, deduction, generalization} > Iff; Iff (Description, Description) {or LogicalEquivalence}; SufficientCondition (Description, Description) > Iff; Ordering_binaryRel (Thing, Thing) {the fuzzy ones (e.g. Close_to, Cause) generalize the mathematical ones} > Generalization, Specialization, Cause, Effect, Similar_in_a_way_to, Different_from, GreaterThanOrEqual, LessThanOrEqual; Generalization (Thing, Thing) {e.g. Classification, Induction} > Classification, Induction, NecessaryCondition; Classification (Thing, Thing) > Kind, SuperCategory; Kind (Thing, Thing) {(instance->category) actually, the real Kind relation cannot be represented in this ontology of first order binary relation types}; SuperCategory (Thing, Thing) {(category->supercategory)}; Induction (Thing, Thing) {(instances->category) actually, the real Induction relation cannot be represented in this ontology of first order binary relation types}; Specialization (Thing, Thing) {e.g. Instance, Subcategory} > Instance, Subcategory, SufficientCondition; Instance (Thing, Thing) {(category->instance) actually, the real Instance relation cannot be represented in this ontology of first order binary relation types}; Subcategory (Thing, Thing) {(category->subcategory)}; Cause (Thing, Thing) {e.g. Causation, Initiator, Purpose} > T_pred, Purpose, Parameter, Initiator, Agent, NecessaryCondition, SufficientCondition; Effect (Thing, Thing) {e.g. Result, Consequence} > Result, T_Succ, NecessaryCondition; Similar_in_a_way_to (Thing, Thing) {or Closeness} > Close_to, Equivalent_to, Equal; Close_to (Thing, Thing) > T_Near; Equivalent_to (Thing, Thing) > Mathematically_equivalent_to; Equal (Thing, Thing); Different_from (Thing, Thing) > Opposite, Has_no_intersection_with; Opposite (Thing, Thing) {e.g. Collection_complement} > Collection_complement; GreaterThanOrEqual (Thing, Thing) {e.g. BetterThan, NumericGreaterThanOrEqual} > GreaterThan, NumericGreaterThanOrEqual; GreaterThan (Thing, Thing) {e.g. NumericGreaterThan} > NumericGreaterThan; LessThanOrEqual (Thing, Thing) {e.g. NumericLessThanOrEqual} > LessThan, NumericLessThanOrEqual; LessThan (Thing, Thing) {e.g. NumericLessThan} > NumericLessThan; BinaryRel_from_a_temporal_entity (Temporal_entity, Thing) {e.g. T_After, T_Between} > Temporal_binaryRel_between_temporal_entities; Temporal_binaryRel_between_temporal_entities (Temporal_entity, Temporal_entity) { e.g. T_After, T_Between} > T_Near, T_Before, T_After; T_Near (Temporal_entity, Temporal_entity) {between two temporal entities}; T_Before (Temporal_entity, Temporal_entity) {between two temporal entities}; T_After (Temporal_entity, Temporal_entity) {between two temporal entities}; BinaryRel_from_a_spatial_entity (Spatial_entity, Thing) {e.g. On, Above, S_In, S_After, S_Interior} > Spatial_binaryRel_between_spatial_entities; Spatial_binaryRel_between_spatial_entities (Spatial_entity, Spatial_entity) {e.g. On, Above, S_In, S_After, S_Interior} > On, Above, S_In, S_Near, (S_Interior, S_Exterior), (S_Before, S_After); On (Spatial_entity, Spatial_entity); Above (Spatial_entity, Spatial_entity); S_In (Spatial_entity, Spatial_entity); S_Near (Spatial_entity, Spatial_entity); S_Interior (Spatial_entity, Spatial_entity) {or Content}; S_Exterior (Spatial_entity, Spatial_entity); S_Before (Spatial_entity, Spatial_entity); S_After (Spatial_entity, Spatial_entity); BinaryRel_from_a_description(Description,Thing) {e.g. Information_source, Author, Argumentation_binaryRel} > Logical_binaryRel, Contextualizing_binaryRel_from_a_description, Believer, Statement, Rhetorical_binaryRel, Argumentation_binaryRel; //Logical_binaryRel; Contextualizing_binaryRel_from_a_description (Description, Thing) {e.g. Modality, Or, Iff} > Information_source, Modality, Logical_contextualizing_relation, If_Then_relation; Information_source (Description, Thing) > Author; Author (Description, Cognitive_agent); Modality (Description, Modality); //Logical_contextualizing_relation (Description, Thing); If_Then_relation (Description, Description) {for representing rules (not normal CGs), premisse -> conclusion}; Believer (Description, Cognitive_agent); Statement (Description, Description_medium) {for stating a description}; Description_authoring_time (Description, Temporal_entity) {when the description was stated (asserted)}; Rhetorical_binaryRel (Description, Description) {<a href="hierarchyBrowser.html?ontology=rhetoricalRel.html&objectKind=relation+type&top=Rhetorical_binaryRel&relation=Subtype&ontologyWin=rhetoricalRelOntologyWin">Click here for details</a>}; /* <a href="http://meganesia.int.gu.edu.au/%7Ephmartin/WebKB/doc/conventions.html#NoRhetoricalRelation">do not use such fuzzy relations but represent and connect the content of the descriptions</a> */ Argumentation_binaryRel (Description, Description) {from the AAA system (Schuler&Smith, 1990)} > Serves, Replacement, Suggestion, Answer, Objection, Confirmation, Contribution, Reference, Contradiction; Serves (Issue, Issue) {source issue serves destination issue}; Replacement (Issue, Issue) {destination issue is a replacement of source issue}; Suggestion (Description, Issue) {destination issue is a suggested by the source description}; Answer (Issue, Position) {destination position is an answer to the source issue}; Objection (Position, Argument) {destination argument is an objection to the source position}; Confirmation (Position, Argument) {destination argument is a support of the source position}; Contribution (Description, Description); Reference (Description, Fact) {destination fact is a reference of the source description}; Contradiction (Description, Description); BinaryRel_from_a_collection (Collection, Thing) {e.g. Average, Count, Subset, Intersects_with} > Average, Count, Subset, Intersects_with, Has_no_intersection_with; Average (Collection, Number); Count (Collection, Integer) {or Quantity}; Subset (Collection, Collection) {or Inclusion}; Intersects_with (Collection, Collection) > Meets; Meets (Collection, Collection); Has_no_intersection_with (Collection, Collection) {or Exclusion} > Collection_complement; Collection_complement (Collection, Collection); BinaryRel_from_a_situation (Situation, Thing) {i.e. only from a state or a process} > (Descr, DescrIn, Temporal_binaryRel_from_a_situation), BinaryRel_from_a_Process; Descr (Situation, Description) {for describing a situation}; DescrIn (Situation, Description_container) {for storing a situation description}; Temporal_binaryRel_from_a_situation (Situation, Thing) {e.g. Duration, T_Succ, Termination} > (Situation_temporal_location, Temporal_binaryRel_between_situations); Situation_temporal_location (Situation, Temporal_entity) {e.g. Point_in_time, Duration, T_Since, T_Until} > (Point_in_time, Duration, T_Since, T_Until); Point_in_time (Situation, Temporal_entity) {between a situation and a time region}; Duration (Situation, Time_period) {between a situation and a time period}; T_Since (Situation, Temporal_entity) {between a situation and a time region}; T_Until (Situation, Temporal_entity) {between a situation and a time region}; Temporal_binaryRel_between_situations (Situation, Situation) {e.g. T_Succ, Task_Succ, Termination, Consequence} > (T_Pred, T_Succ); T_Pred (Situation, Situation) {between two situations} > Condition, Causation, Task_Pred; Condition (Situation, Situation); Causation (Situation, Situation) {<a href="http://meganesia.int.gu.edu.au/%7Ephmartin/WebKB/doc/conventions.html#ReverseUsage">use the reverse, Consequence</a>}; Task_Pred (Task, Task) {use the reverse, Task_Succ}; T_Succ (Situation, Situation) {between two situations} > Termination, Consequence, Task_Succ; Termination (Situation, Situation); Consequence (Situation, Situation); Task_Succ (Task, Task); BinaryRel_from_a_Process (Process, Thing) {e.g. Object, Agent, Task_succ } > (Purpose, Recipient, Experiencer, Result, Object, Initiator, Agent, Instrument, Method, Subprocess, Spatial_binaryRel_from_a_process); Purpose (Process, Situation) {a purpose of a process is (also) a reason to do this process}; Recipient (Process, Goal_directed_agent) {e.g. Beneficiary} > Beneficiary; Beneficiary (Process, Goal_directed_agent); Experiencer (Process, Goal_directed_agent); Result (Process, Thing) > O; O (Process, Thing) {output only object}; Object (Process, Thing) {this case relation is also usually called Patient or Theme} > I, IO; I (Process, Thing) {input only object (for example for evaluation or comparison processes)} > Material, Parameter, SI, DI; Material (Process, Thing); Parameter (Process, Thing); SI (Process, Thing) {static input (e.g. for KADS tasks)}; DI (Process, Thing) {dynamic input (e.g. for KADS tasks)}; IO (Process, Thing) {input-output object, e.g. Object_to_modify, Object_to_mute, State} > Object_to_modify, Object_to_mute, State; Object_to_modify (Process, Thing) {a property only is modified, e.g. the location}; Object_to_mute (Process, Thing) {the object is transformed, e.g. with [Cut], [Destroy], [Mix]}; State (Process, Thing) {e.g. [Lay]->(State)->[Cup] "the cup is laid"}; Initiator (Process, WN_causal_agent__cause__causal_agency); Agent (Process, Goal_directed_agent); Instrument (Process, Entity); //no:Manner (Process, Property_measure); Method (Process, Process); //Subprocess (Process, Process); Spatial_binaryRel_from_a_process (Process, Spatial_entity) {e.g. Source, Destination, Path} > Source, Destination, Path; Source (Process, Spatial_entity); Destination (Process, Spatial_entity); Path (Process, Spatial_entity); Relation_to_a_situation (Thing, Situation) {i.e. only to a state or a process, e.g. Relation_to_a_process} > Relation_to_a_process; Relation_to_a_process (Thing, Process) {e.g. SI-, the reverse of SI} > I-, SI-, DI-; I- (Thing, Process) {reverse of I (input)}; SI- (Thing, Process) {reverse of SI (static input)}; DI- (Thing, Process) {reverse of DI (dynamic input)}; BinaryRel_with_mathematical_property (Thing, Thing) {e.g. Symmetric_with, Transitive_with} > (Reflexive_with, Irreflexive_with), (Symmetric_with, Asymmetric_with), Antisymmetric_with, Transitive_with, Partial_ordering_with; Reflexive_with (Thing, Thing) {for all x, xRx, e.g. R="as old as"} > Similar_in_a_way_to, Different_from, Partial_ordering_with; Mathematically_equivalent_to (Thing, Thing) {reflexive, symmetric and transitive relation}; Irreflexive_with (Thing, Thing) {for all x, not(xRx), e.g. R="is the mother of"}; Symmetric_with (Thing, Thing) {xRy implies yRx, e.g. R="is the spouse of"} > Similar_in_a_way_to, Different_from, Intersects_with; Asymmetric_with (Thing, Thing) {xRy implies not(yRx), e.g. R="is the husband of" (most relations in this ontology are asymetric)}; Antisymmetric_with (Thing, Thing) {xRy and yRx implies y=x, e.g. R="was present at birth of"} > Partial_ordering_with; Transitive_with (Thing, Thing) {xRy and yRz implies yRz, e.g. R="is an ancestor of"} > Similar_in_a_way_to, Partial_ordering_with; Partial_ordering_with (Thing, Thing) {reflexive, antisymmetric and transitive relation} > Total_ordering_with, Component_binaryRel; Total_ordering_with (Thing, Thing) {partial ordering relation where x =< y or y =< x for every pair x and y} > NumericGreaterThanOrEqual, NumericLessThanOrEqual, T_Pred, T_Succ, T_Before, T_After; NumericGreaterThanOrEqual (Number, Number) > NumericGreaterThan; NumericGreaterThan (Number, Number); NumericLessThanOrEqual (Number, Number) > NumericLessThan; NumericLessThan (Number, Number); Contextualizing_binaryRel (Thing, Thing) {the relation contextualises its destination} > Contextualizing_binaryRel_from_a_description, Contextualizing_binaryRel_from_a_situation, Logical_contextualizing_binaryRel; Contextualizing_binaryRel_from_a_situation (Situation, Thing) > Temporal_binaryRel_from_a_situation, Spatial_binaryRel_from_a_process; /* For concept types: Process_contextualizing_its_object, Contextualizing_description */ Relation_refering_to_a_process (Thing, Thing) {<a href="http://meganesia.int.gu.edu.au/%7Ephmartin/WebKB/doc/conventions.html#NoRelationReferingToProcess">use concepts instead of such relations (e.g. Add)</a>};