Class: Device

A device is usually a constructed tool.

URI: sio:Device

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Parents

  • is_a: HeterogeneousSubstance - A heterogeneous substance is a chemical substance that is composed of more than one different kind of component.

Children

  • CommunicationDevice - A communication device is a device that facilitates the transmission of information through encoded in an audio or digital signal between a sender and a receiver.
  • DataCollectionDevice - A data collection device is a device that collects information about one or more objects.
  • DataStorageDevice - A data storage device is a device that is capable of storing information.
  • Radar - A radar is an object-detection system which uses radio waves to determine the range, altitude, direction, or speed of objects.

Referenced by Class

Attributes

Inherited from HeterogeneousSubstance:

  • hasCreator 0..1
    • Description: has creator is a relation between an entity and that which created it.
    • Range: Entity

  • hasAttribute 0..1

    • Description: has attribute is a relation that associates a entity with an attribute where an attribute is an intrinsic characteristic such as a quality, capability, disposition, function, or is an externally derived attribute determined from some descriptor (e.g. a quantity, position, label/identifier) either directly or indirectly through generalization of entities of the same type.

    • Range: Entity

    • satisfies 0..1

    • Description: satisfies is a relation between an entity and the specification or objective that it conforms to.

    • Range: Description

    • isRelatedTo 0..1
    • Description: A is related to B iff there is some relation between A and B.
    • Range: Entity
    • derivesInto 0..1

    • Description: a derives to b if and only if a or some part thereof is consumed in the formation of b.

    • Range: Object