General description

Name:	Sequence
Submitted by:	ValentinaPresutti
Also Known As:	precedence, sequence, ordering
Intent:	To represent sequence schemas. It defines the notion of transitive and intransitive precedence and their inverses. It can then be used between tasks, processes, time intervals, spatially locate objects, situations, etc.
Domains:	Organization, Management, Workflow
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Reusable OWL Building Block:	1 (62)
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Extracted From:	http://www.loa-cnr.it/ontologies/DUL.owl
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Elements

The Sequence Content OP locally defines the following ontology elements:

directlyFollows (owl:ObjectProperty) The intransitive follows relation. For example, Wednesday directly precedes Thursday. Directness of precedence depends on the designer conceptualization.

directlyFollows page

follows (owl:ObjectProperty) A relation between entities, expressing a 'sequence' schema.

E.g. 'year 2000 follows 1999', 'preparing coffee' follows 'deciding what coffee to use', 'II World War follows I World War', etc.

It can be used between tasks, processes or time intervals, and subproperties would fit best in order to distinguish the different uses.

follows page

directlyPrecedes (owl:ObjectProperty) The intransitive precedes relation. For example, Monday directly precedes Tuesday. Directness of precedence depends on the designer conceptualization.

directlyPrecedes page

precedes (owl:ObjectProperty) A relation between entities, expressing a 'sequence' schema.

E.g. 'year 1999 precedes 2000', 'deciding what coffee to use' precedes 'preparing coffee', 'World War II follows World War I', 'in the Milan to Rome autoroute, Bologna precedes Florence', etc.

It can then be used between tasks, processes, time intervals, spatially locate objects, situations, etc.

Subproperties can be defined in order to distinguish the different uses.

precedes page

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

(imports): http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/schemas/cpannotationschema.owl