Table 1 Definitions based on Smith and Ceusters [25]
From: Diagnosis, misdiagnosis, lucky guess, hearsay, and more: an ontological analysis
Term | Definition |
INFORMATION CONTENT ENTITY | An ENTITY which is (1) GENERICALLY DEPENDENT on (2) some MATERIAL ENTITY and which is (3) concretized by a QUALITY (a) inhering in the MATERIAL ENTITY and (b) that is_about some PORTION OF REALITY |
INFORMATION QUALITY ENTITY | A REPRESENTATION that is the concretization of some INFORMATION CONTENT ENTITY |
REPRESENTATION | A QUALITY which is_about or is intended to be about a PORTION OF REALITY |
MENTAL QUALITY | A QUALITY which specifically depends on an ANATOMICAL STRUCTURE in the cognitive system of an organism |
COGNITIVE REPRESENTATION | A REPRESENTATION which is a MENTAL QUALITY |
Relation | Explanation |
x is_about y | x refers to or is cognitively directed towards y. Domain: representations; Range: portions of reality |
x concretizes y | x is a QUALITY and y is a GENERICALLY DEPENDENT CONTINUANT (GDC) and for some MATERIAL ENTITY z, x specifically_depends_on z at t and y generically_depends_on z at t, and if y migrates from bearer z to another bearer w then a copy of x will be created in w. |
x is_conformant_to y | =def. x is an INFORMATION QUALITY ENTITY and y is a COGNITIVE REPRESENTATION and there is some GDC g such that x concretizes g and y concretizes g. |