Class: Object

An object is an entity that is wholly identifiable at any instant of time during which it exists.

URI: sio:Object

Parents

• is_a: Entity - Every thing is an entity.

Children

• InformationContentEntity - information content entity is an object that requires some background knowledge or procedure to correctly interpret.
• MaterialEntity - A material entity is a physical entity that is spatially extended, exists as a whole at any point in time and has mass.
• SpatialRegion - A spatial region is an object contained in some region of space.
• SpecializedObject - None

Referenced by Class

• Object derivesInto _0..1 Object
• Object immediatelyDerivesInto _0..1 Object

Attributes

Own

• 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

Inherited from Entity:

• 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