Energy?

[Michel Dumontier]

Where is energy i.e. KineticEnergy or Heat or BindingEnergy, placed in the BFO ontology?

-=Michel=-

[Smith, Barry]

There are no mass terms in Buffalo; tissue exists always only as
portions of tissue.
Similarly (I hypothesize) energy only exists as bodies of energy,
which move through space, disperse, and so forth.
Such bodies of energy are continuants, normally dependent continuants.
BS

[Alan Ruttenberg]

Questions:

So for the situation where a photon is absorbed by an molecule moving
it to an exited state, we have

Always: P is_a Process of M absorbing a photon in which the photon
ceases to exist, after which M is in an excited state.

initially:
photon P (participant in P,independent continuant) with quality:
energy and quality:frequency and quality:wavelength (all dependent
continuants)
molecule M (participant in P,independent continuant) with quality:
(how to describe the base state?)

after:

molecule M1(participant in P, independent continuant) with quality:
(how to describe the new excitation state)

Is M1 the same particular as M? I'm guessing no, if the quality
records the excitation state.

If not, then M1 derives from M?

~

Or is the distinction between the between M and M1 that they are
different classes, i.e

Universal: CM: Things with the same matter components as M(not really
defined in terms of M, just saves me being specific about which
molecule I am talking about), in the lowest energy state.

M=CM? if not what is differentia?

Universal M1 is_a CM: Differentia: Energy state is increased by
amount of energy in P

Then M1 transformation_of M?

Note: M1 is able to participate in processes that M is not able to,
for example emission of a photon and consequent return to base state,
or catalysis of some chemical reaction.

-Alan

[Michel Dumontier]

Alan,
 Your first example illustrates a case of fusion derivation (the fusion of two continuants into one continuant). I would go with derivedFrom/Into

Cheers,

-=Michel=-

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Michel Dumontier

Assistant Professor of Bioinformatics
Carleton University
http://dumontierlab.com