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Sustainability Core Ontology
loading...| Preferred Name |
Information Content Entity |
| Definitions |
SCO developer comment: Currently, SCO-B reuses the representation of information that belongs to IAO/CCO. Nevertheless, debates are ongoing on whether information may be better represented through a type-token relationship within a multi-level type hierarchy. See the paper cited at the end of the comment. We envision discussions with subject matter experts from both BFO and UFO communities regarding this point. Weigand, H. (2025). Generic Ontological Dependence⋆. https://www.utwente.nl/en/eemcs/vmbo2025/papers/vmbo-2025-paper-4-2.pdf SCO developer comment: SCO-B does not currently cover a class for information bearing entity. We directly refer ICE subclasses to corresponding information bearing entities. |
| ID |
http://www.ontologyrepository.com/CommonCoreOntologies/InformationContentEntity |
| comment |
SCO developer comment: Currently, SCO-B reuses the representation of information that belongs to IAO/CCO. Nevertheless, debates are ongoing on whether information may be better represented through a type-token relationship within a multi-level type hierarchy. See the paper cited at the end of the comment. We envision discussions with subject matter experts from both BFO and UFO communities regarding this point. Weigand, H. (2025). Generic Ontological Dependence⋆. https://www.utwente.nl/en/eemcs/vmbo2025/papers/vmbo-2025-paper-4-2.pdf SCO developer comment: SCO-B does not currently cover a class for information bearing entity. We directly refer ICE subclasses to corresponding information bearing entities. |
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ICE |
| definition |
A Generically Dependent Continuant that generically depends on some Information Bearing Entity and stands in relation of aboutness to some Entity. |
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| elucidation |
Information Content Entity is here intended to be a class of Entities whose instances are the informational content of Information Bearing Entities. For example, three instances of information bearers -- such as a bar chart, color-coded map, and a written report -- each of which lists the GDP of Countries for the year 2010 are each different carriers of the same information content. It is this content that is generically dependent upon its carrier. This treatment of Informational Content Entity (cf. the Information Artifact Ontology) leads to a principle of subtyping based upon the relationship that ICE's have with the Entity they are about rather than characteristics such as format, language, measurement scale, or media. The latter are treated here as being Qualities of bearers. |
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http://www.ontologyrepository.com/CommonCoreOntologies/Mid/InformationEntityOntology |
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Information Content Entity |
| prefixIRI |
CommonCoreOntologies:InformationContentEntity |
| prefLabel |
Information Content Entity |
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