General description

Name:	Observation
Submitted by:	AldoGangemi
Also Known As:
Intent:	The intent of this pattern is to represent observations of things, under as et 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.
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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:
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'.
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Specialization Of:	Submissions:Situation
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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