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Diagram

General description

Name:	Observation
Submitted by:	AldoGangemi
Also Known As:
Intent:	The intent of this pattern is to represent observations of things, under a set of parameters. Common parameters may be the time and place of the observation, but may be any feature that is observed concerning the specific thing being observed.
Domains:	General, Science
Competency Questions:	What objects have been observed? What are the observations of this object? What are the parameters under which this object was observed? What objects were observed under this parameter?
Solution description:
Reusable OWL Building Block:	1 (550)
Consequences:	We are able to represent the parameters of observations made.
Scenarios:	The aquatic species 'Skipjack tuna' was observed in 2004 having the exploitation state 'fully exploited' in the climatic zone 'tropical' at the vertical distance 'pelagic'.
Known Uses:
Web References:
Other References:
Examples (OWL files):
Extracted From:
Reengineered From:
Has Components:
Specialization Of:	Submissions:Situation
Related CPs:

Elements

The Observation Content OP locally defines the following ontology elements:

hasObservation (owl:ObjectProperty)

hasObservation page

hasParameter (owl:ObjectProperty)

hasParameter page

isObservationOf (owl:ObjectProperty)

isObservationOf page

isParameterOf (owl:ObjectProperty)

isParameterOf page

inDate (owl:DatatypeProperty)

inDate page

Observation (owl:Class) A specific situation where some thing is observed with respect ot a set of parameters.

Observation page

Parameter (owl:Class) The parameters of an observation describe the context and content of the observation. For example in a medical context an observation of a patient may contain a set of symptoms, that are the parameters of that observation.

Parameter page

(type): http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Ontology

(versionInfo): 1.0

(versionInfo): Created by Eva Blomqvist

(imports): http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/cp/owl/situation.owl

Scenarios

Scenarios about Observation

No scenario is added to this Content OP.

Reviews

Reviews about Observation

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Modeling issues

Modeling issues about Observation

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