Class: ToCharacterize

to characterize is the capability to classify the attributes or features of an entity against a reference classification.

URI: sio:ToCharacterize

Parents

• is_a: ToDescribe - to describe is the capabilty to communicate facts about an entity.

Attributes

Inherited from ToDescribe:

• 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
  • hasBasis _0..1

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

  • Range: Quality

  • isCapabilityOf _0..1

  • Description: is capability of is a relation between a capability and the entity that bears it.

  • Range: Entity