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

IRI http://www.ifomis.org/bfo/1.1/span#Occurrent

Definition

An entity [bfo:Entity] that has temporal parts and that happens, unfolds or develops through time. Sometimes also called perdurants.

Examples

  • the spatiotemporal region occupied by the development of a cancer tumor
  • the most interesting part of Van Gogh's life
  • a surgical operation as processual context for a nosocomical infection
  • the life of an organism
  • the spatiotemporal context occupied by a process of cellular meiosis

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