Kind of entity

Classisqisq:EntityKind

URI

https://w3id.org/standards/isq/ontologies/core/EntityKind

Qualified Name

isq:EntityKind

Definition

The abstract category of things that quantities can characterize — phenomena, bodies, substances — level L1 of the entity axis (Pendrill 2024, Table 1.1). Examples: physical body, substance, field, wave, system.

Hierarchy

★isq:EntityKind

└isq:Field

└isq:Wave

└isq:System

Direct Subclasses (6)

isq:EntityConcept— A specific type of entity that quantities of the corresponding dedicated quantit…
isq:PhysicalBody— A material entity with a well-defined extent in space — solid bodies, fluids, an…
isq:Substance— A material of given composition — chemical elements, compounds, mixtures, and so…
isq:Field— A physical field — a region of space in which each point is associated with a ph…
isq:Wave— A propagating oscillation of a physical quantity — electromagnetic, acoustic, an…
isq:System— An organized assembly of interacting entities considered as a whole — technical …

SHACL Constraints (1)

Shapeisq:EntityKindShape

Property	Min	Max	Type / Class	Node Kind
skos:prefLabel	1	—	rdf:langStringuniqueLang	—
skos:definition	1	—	rdf:langStringuniqueLang	—

Where Used (7)

isq:EntityConceptvia subClassOf
isq:PhysicalBodyvia subClassOf
isq:Substancevia subClassOf
isq:Fieldvia subClassOf
isq:Wavevia subClassOf
isq:Systemvia subClassOf
isq:EntityKindShapevia targetClass

@prefix isq: <https://w3id.org/standards/isq/ontologies/core/> .
@prefix smart: <https://w3id.org/standards/smart/ontologies/core/> .
@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
@prefix rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#> .
@prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> .
@prefix skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#> .
@prefix sh: <http://www.w3.org/ns/shacl#> .
@prefix dcterms: <http://purl.org/dc/terms/> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .

isq:EntityKind a,
    owl:Class ;
  rdfs:label "Kind of entity" ;
  skos:definition "The abstract category of things that quantities can characterize — phenomena, bodies, substances — level L1 of the entity axis (Pendrill 2024, Table 1.1). Examples: physical body, substance, field, wave, system." ;
  rdfs:subClassOf smart:Entity
 .