Preferred Name |
spatial region |
ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000006 |
BFO CLIF specification label |
SpatialRegion |
BFO OWL specification label |
s-region |
editor note |
Spatial region doesn't have a closure axiom because the subclasses don't exhaust all possibilites. An example would be the union of a spatial point and a spatial line that doesn't overlap the point, or two spatial lines that intersect at a single point. In both cases the resultant spatial region is neither 0-dimensional, 1-dimensional, 2-dimensional, or 3-dimensional. BFO 2 Reference: Spatial regions do not participate in processes. |
elucidation |
A spatial region is a continuant entity that is a continuant_part_of spaceR as defined relative to some frame R. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [035-001]) |
has associated axiom(fol) |
(forall (x y t) (if (and (SpatialRegion x) (continuantPartOfAt y x t)) (SpatialRegion y))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [036-001] (forall (x) (if (SpatialRegion x) (Continuant x))) // axiom label in BFO2 CLIF: [035-001] |
has associated axiom(nl) |
All continuant parts of spatial regions are spatial regions. (axiom label in BFO2 Reference: [036-001]) |
isDefinedBy | |
label |
spatial region |
prefixIRI |
BFO:0000006 |
prefLabel |
spatial region |
subClassOf |