Issue 9 in information-artifact-ontology: material entity

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Owner: mcourtot
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New issue 9 by mcourtot: material entity
http://code.google.com/p/information-artifact-ontology/issues/detail?id=9

Hi all,

The term material entity has been moved from OBI to IAO (IAO_0000018) but
is now missing its metadata.

The OBI biomaterial branch would like to propose the following:

new proposed definition: A "snap:IndependentContinuant"
("independent_continuant") that is spatially extended, and its identity is
independent of that of other entities and can be maintained through time.
example of usage: collection of random bacteria, a chair, dorsal surface of
the body (examples chosen to cover the 3 cases of BFO objects)

I could update the file on the 24th if no objection.

Thanks,
Melanie

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[Barry Smith]

why should this be moved to IAO?
i would be more friendly towards adding it to BFO (as a new parent of
object, object aggregate and fiat object part, and child of
independent continuant)
BS

[Melanie Courtot]

Hi Barry,
It's currently in IAO, but moving it to BFO sounds good to me.
Thanks,
Melanie

[Frank Gibson]

Why are terms disappearing from OBI? It seems to have been replace
with a class with no metadata from IAO. It would make sense to add it
to BFO, it that is the decision.

Frank

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