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Table 1 List of Region-Based Granularity Perspectives for each given spatio-structural frame of reference (compare with Fig. 5); nrG = non-scale dependent single-relation granularity type, sgrG = scale-dependent grain size with respect to resolution [61]

From: Levels and building blocks—toward a domain granularity framework for the life sciences

Level-Specific Granularity Perspective

Granulation Criterion

Granularity Type

Granulation Relation

# Levels

Region-Based Building Block Cluster Granularity Perspective

‘fiat [building block] part’

‘fiat [building block] part’

‘group of fiat [building block] level entities’

‘fiat [building block]cluster’

properPartOf

properPartOf

hasProperPart

hasProperPart

‘group of fiat [building block] level entities’ OR

‘fiat [building block] cluster’;

‘fiat [building block] part’ OR

‘fiat [building block] part’

nrG

proper parthood

2

Region-Based Building Block Part Granularity Perspective

‘fiat [building block] part’

‘[building block]’

properPartOf

hasProperPart

‘[building block]’;

‘fiat [building block] part’

nrG

proper parthood

2

Region-Based Fiat Building Block Aggregate Granularity Perspective

‘[building block]’

‘[building block]’

‘fiat [building block] cluster’

‘scattered fiat [building block] entity’

properPartOf

properPartOf

hasProperPart

hasProperPart

‘fiat [building block] cluster’ OR

‘scattered fiat [building block] entity’;

‘[building block]’ OR

‘[building block]’

nrG

proper parthood

2

Region-Based Fiat Building Block Part Granularity Perspective

‘fiat [building block] part’

‘fiat [building block] part’

properPartOf

hasProperPart

‘fiat [building block] part’;

‘fiat [building block] part’

nrG

proper parthood

Region-Based Fiat Building Block Cluster Granularity Perspective

‘fiat [building block] cluster’

‘fiat [building block] cluster’

properPartOf

hasProperPart

‘fiat [building block] cluster’;

‘fiat [building block] cluster’

nrG

proper parthood

Region-Based Group of Building Block Level Objects Granularity Perspective

‘group of [building block] level objects’

‘group of [building block] level objects’

properPartOf

hasProperPart

‘group of [building block] level objects’;

‘group of [building block] level objects’

nrG

proper parthood

many

Region-Based Group of Fiat Building Block Level Entities Granularity Perspective

‘group of fiat [building block] level entities’

‘group of fiat [building block] level entities’

properPartOf

hasProperPart

‘group of fiat [building block] level entities’;

‘group of fiat [building block] level entities’

nrG

proper parthood