Class: ExistenceQuality

existence quality is the quality of an entity that describe in what environment it is known to exist.

URI: sio:ExistenceQuality

Parents

• is_a: Quality - A quality is an attribute that is intrinsically associated with its bearer (or its parts), but whose presence/absence and observed/measured value may vary.

Children

• Hypothetical - hypothetical is the quality of an entity that is conjectured to exist.
• Real - real is the quality of an entity that exists in real space and time.
• Unsupported - unsupported is an existence quality in which there is no evidence to support the existence of the entity in any world (real or hypothetical)
• Virtual - virtual is the quality of an entity that exists only in a virtual setting such as a simulation or game environment.

Referenced by Class

Attributes

Inherited from Quality:

• 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
  • isQualityOf _0..1

  • Description: is quality of is a relation between a quality and the entity that it is a property of.

  • Range: Entity

  • isBaseFor _0..1

  • Description: is base for is a relation between a quality and the realizable entity that it is the basis for.

  • Range: RealizableEntity