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General description

Name:	componency
Submitted by:	User:ValentinaPresutti
Also Known As:
Intent:	To represent (non-transitively) that objects either are proper parts of other objects, or have proper parts.
Domains:	Community:Parts and Collections
Competency Questions:	What is this object component of? What are the components of this object?
Solution description:
Reusable OWL Building Block:	http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/cp/owl/componency.owl (1042)
Consequences:	This Content OP allows designers to represent part-whole relations. It allows to distinguish between parts and proper parts. Relation of proper part is not transitive, and implies a simple part of relation, which is transitive. Temporal indexing is not expressible. To solve this issue see the time indexed part of Content OP.
Scenarios:	The turbine is a proper part of the engine, both are parts of a car. Furthermore, the engine and the battery are proper parts of the car.
Known Uses:
Web References:
Other References:
Examples (OWL files):
Extracted From:	http://www.loa-cnr.it/ontologies/DUL.owl
Reengineered From:
Has Components:
Specialization Of:	Submissions:Submissions:PartOf
Related CPs:

Elements

The Componency Content OP locally defines the following ontology elements:

Reviews

This Content OP defines the above elements, it also includes the elements of part of Content OP.