Continuant - bfo-attributes/BFO-Attributes-DLC GitHub Wiki

IRI http://www.ifomis.org/bfo/1.1/snap#Continuant

Definition

An entity [bfo:Entity] that exists in full at any time in which it exists at all, persists through time while maintaining its identity and has no temporal parts.

Examples:

• a heart
• a symphony orchestra
• the color of a tomato
• the mass of a cloud
• the disposition of blood to coagulate
• the lawn and atmosphere in front of our building
• a person

Attributes

• has -> identity (name)
• has -> one-dimensional temporal region (temporal interval)