Temporal Region - bfo-attributes/BFO-Attributes-DLC GitHub Wiki

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

Definition

An occurrent [span:Occurrent] that is part of time.

An instance of temporal region [span:TemporalRegion] is a part of time. All parts of time are temporal region [span:TemporalRegion] entities and only temporal region [span:TemporalRegion] entities are parts of time. Time is the entire extent of the temporal universe, a designated individual, which is thus a temporal region itself.

Examples

• the time it takes to run a marathon
• the duration of a surgical procedure
• the moment of death

Attributes

• (temporal region)-HAS->(reference frame)
• (temporal region)-HAS->(temporal region)?