Grounding Realizable Entities

Ontological representations of qualities, dispositions, and roles have been refined over the past decade, clarifying subtle distinctions in life science research. After articulating a widely-used characterization of these entities within the context of Basic Formal Ontology (BFO), we identify gaps i...

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Main Authors Rabenberg, Michael, Benson, Carter, Donato, Federico, He, Yongqun, Huffman, Anthony, Babcock, Shane, Beverley, John
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 30.04.2024
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Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence
Computer Science - Databases
Computer Science - Information Retrieval
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Summary:Ontological representations of qualities, dispositions, and roles have been refined over the past decade, clarifying subtle distinctions in life science research. After articulating a widely-used characterization of these entities within the context of Basic Formal Ontology (BFO), we identify gaps in this treatment and motivate the need for supplementing the BFO characterization. By way of supplement, we propose definitions for grounding relations holding between qualities and dispositions, and dispositions and roles, illustrating our proposal by representing subtle aspects of host-pathogen interactions.
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.2405.00197