Relative Location of a Physical Thing – C41
Validation status: Validated
C41 Relative Location of a Physical Thing
Subclass of:
Scope note:
This class captures the relative location of a physical thing as a quality of it in relation to another physical thing providing the spatial reference.
Instances of this class can concern features of physical objects, and their position in relation to other parts of the object. It can be used to capture positions of physical objects with respect to a geographical place, providing a direction and distance, when the position of the object is known only approximately.
Should the intended relative location be social or epistemic, and not strictly physical, the sdh:C15 Epistemic Location of a Physical Thing class should be used. To capture an official domicile, legal seat of an actor, etc. the sdh-so:C28 Legal Location of an Actor class must be used.
A dedicated vocabulary of types will allow to distinguish the different types of physical relative locations (e.g. above, inclusion, adjacency, outside of, presence in, etc.). In addition, a specific property allows to add the reason(s) for the localisation. This or these reason(s) are to be considered as valid for the whole period of localisation. For more complex situations, several instances of this same class or of other classes will be used.
Examples:
The scratch is three centimetres above the handle of the cup
In First Order Logic:
- C41(x) ⇒ C44(x)
Outgoing properties:
- sdh:P16 at distance (0,n:0,1) → crm-sup:C13 Length
- sdh:P46 has location reason (is reason of location) (0,n:0,n) → sdh:C35 Location Reason
- sdh:P57 is inside or relative to (is location of) (0,n:0,1) → crm:E18 Physical Thing
- sdh:P58 has relative location type (is type of) (0,n:0,1) → sdh:C43 Relative Location Type
Scope notes
| Show | Scope note | Language | Namespace | View details | Comments | Validation |
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| This class captures the relative location of a physical thing as a quality of it in relation to another physical thing providing the spatial reference. Instances of this class can concern features of physical objects, and their position in relation to other parts of the object. It can be used to capture positions of physical objects with respect to a geographical place, providing a direction and distance, when the position of the object is known only approximately. Should the intended relative location be social or epistemic, and not strictly physical, the sdh:C15 Epistemic Location of a Physical Thing class should be used. To capture an official domicile, legal seat of an actor, etc. the sdh-so:C28 Legal Location of an Actor class must be used. A dedicated vocabulary of types will allow to distinguish the different types of physical relative locations (e.g. above, inclusion, adjacency, outside of, presence in, etc.). In addition, a specific property allows to add the reason(s) for the localisation. This or these reason(s) are to be considered as valid for the whole period of localisation. For more complex situations, several instances of this same class or of other classes will be used. | en | SDHSS Core ongoing | 0 | Validated |
Examples
| Show | Example | Language | Namespace | View details | Comments | Validation |
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| The scratch is three centimetres above the handle of the cup | en | SDHSS Core ongoing | 0 | Validated |
Additional notes
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Identifier: C41
Official URI: https://sdhss.org/ontology/core/1.2/C41
OntoME URI: https://ontome.net/ontology/c969
Labels
| Label | Language | Last updated | View details | Comments | Validation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Relative Location of a Physical Thing * | en | 2025-05-27 | 0 | Validated |
* : Standard label for this language
Namespace
| Namespace | Last updated |
|---|---|
| SDHSS Core v1.2 | 2025-06-20 |
| SDHSS Core v1.1 | 2025-06-20 |
| SDHSS Core v1.0 | 2025-06-19 |
| SDHSS Core ongoing | 2021-04-21 |
Parent classes
| Class | Class namespace | Relation defined in | Justification | View details | Edit | Delete | Comments | Validation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C44 Physical Thing Quality | SDHSS Core ongoing | SDHSS Core ongoing |
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0 | Validated |
Ancestor classes
| Class | Depth | Class namespace | Via |
|---|---|---|---|
| E1 CRM Entity | 5 | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | C44 - C28 - C1 - E2 |
| E2 Temporal Entity | 4 | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | C44 - C28 - C1 |
| C1 Entity Quality | 3 | SDHSS Core ongoing | C44 - C28 |
| Thing | 6 | OntoME internal model - active version | C44 - C28 - C1 - E2 - E1 |
| C28 Quantifiable Quality | 2 | SDHSS Core ongoing | C44 |
Child and descendant classes
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Related classes
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Outgoing properties (this class is domain)
| Domain | Property identifier | Range | Namespace |
|---|---|---|---|
| C41 Relative Location of a Physical Thing | sdh:P16 at distance | C13 Length | SDHSS Core ongoing |
| C41 Relative Location of a Physical Thing | sdh:P46 has location reason (is reason of location) | C35 Location Reason | SDHSS Core ongoing |
| C41 Relative Location of a Physical Thing | sdh:P57 is inside or relative to (is location of) | E18 Physical Thing | SDHSS Core ongoing |
| C41 Relative Location of a Physical Thing | sdh:P58 has relative location type (is type of) | C43 Relative Location Type | SDHSS Core ongoing |
Outgoing properties (inherited from ancestors)
Incoming properties (this class is range)
| Domain | Property identifier | Range | Namespace |
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Incoming properties (inherited from ancestors)
| Domain | Property identifier | Range | Namespace |
|---|---|---|---|
| E1 CRM Entity | sdh:P10 time-independent entity association | C41 Relative Location of a Physical Thing (is a E1) | SDHSS Core ongoing |
| E1 CRM Entity | sdh:P18 is identifying component of range class (range class has identity defining component) | C41 Relative Location of a Physical Thing (is a E1) | SDHSS Core ongoing |
| E1 CRM Entity | sdh:P2 domain class has identity defining component (is identity defining component of domain class) | C41 Relative Location of a Physical Thing (is a E1) | SDHSS Core ongoing |
| E1 CRM Entity | sdh:P70 same resource in the world as (same as) | C41 Relative Location of a Physical Thing (is a E1) | SDHSS Core ongoing |
| E1 CRM Entity | sdh:P71 could be the same entity as (inverse of could be the same entity as) | C41 Relative Location of a Physical Thing (is a E1) | SDHSS Core ongoing |
| E2 Temporal Entity | sdh:P1 involves (is involved in) | C41 Relative Location of a Physical Thing (is a E1) | SDHSS Core ongoing |
| E2 Temporal Entity | crm:P173 starts before or with the end of (ends after or with the start of) | C41 Relative Location of a Physical Thing (is a E2) | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 |
| E2 Temporal Entity | crm:P174 starts before the end of (ends after the start of) | C41 Relative Location of a Physical Thing (is a E2) | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 |
| E2 Temporal Entity | crm:P175 starts before or with the start of (starts after or with the start of) | C41 Relative Location of a Physical Thing (is a E2) | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 |
| E2 Temporal Entity | crm:P176 starts before the start of (starts after the start of) | C41 Relative Location of a Physical Thing (is a E2) | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 |
| E2 Temporal Entity | crm:P182 ends before or with the start of (starts after or with the end of) | C41 Relative Location of a Physical Thing (is a E2) | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 |
| E2 Temporal Entity | crm:P183 ends before the start of (starts after the end of) | C41 Relative Location of a Physical Thing (is a E2) | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 |
| E2 Temporal Entity | crm:P184 ends before or with the end of (ends with or after the end of) | C41 Relative Location of a Physical Thing (is a E2) | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 |
| E2 Temporal Entity | crm:P185 ends before the end of (ends after the end of) | C41 Relative Location of a Physical Thing (is a E2) | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 |
| E2 Temporal Entity | sdh:P5 is part of (has part) | C41 Relative Location of a Physical Thing (is a E2) | SDHSS Core ongoing |
| E5 Event | sdh:P8 effects (result from) | C41 Relative Location of a Physical Thing (is a C1) | SDHSS Core ongoing |
| E5 Event | sdh:P9 ends (is ended by) | C41 Relative Location of a Physical Thing (is a C1) | SDHSS Core ongoing |
| E7 Activity | crm:P15 was influenced by (influenced) | C41 Relative Location of a Physical Thing (is a E1) | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 |
| E7 Activity | crm:P17 was motivated by (motivated) | C41 Relative Location of a Physical Thing (is a E1) | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 |
| E13 Attribute Assignment | crm:P140 assigned attribute to (was attributed by) | C41 Relative Location of a Physical Thing (is a E1) | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 |
| E13 Attribute Assignment | crm:P141 assigned (was assigned by) | C41 Relative Location of a Physical Thing (is a E1) | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 |
| E17 Type Assignment | crm:P41 classified (was classified by) | C41 Relative Location of a Physical Thing (is a E1) | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 |
| E24 Physical Human-Made Thing | crm:P62 depicts (is depicted by) | C41 Relative Location of a Physical Thing (is a E1) | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 |
| E31 Document | crm:P70 documents (is documented in) | C41 Relative Location of a Physical Thing (is a E1) | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 |
| E32 Authority Document | crm:P71 lists (is listed in) | C41 Relative Location of a Physical Thing (is a E1) | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 |
| E36 Visual Item | crm:P138 represents (has representation) | C41 Relative Location of a Physical Thing (is a E1) | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 |
| E77 Persistent Item | sdh:P22 has quantifiable quality (is quantifiable quality of) | C41 Relative Location of a Physical Thing (is a C28) | SDHSS Core ongoing |
| E83 Type Creation | crm:P136 was based on (supported type creation) | C41 Relative Location of a Physical Thing (is a E1) | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 |
| E89 Propositional Object | crm:P129 is about (is subject of) | C41 Relative Location of a Physical Thing (is a E1) | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 |
| E89 Propositional Object | crm:P67 refers to (is referred to by) | C41 Relative Location of a Physical Thing (is a E1) | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 |
| C11 Appellation in a Language | sdh:P11 is appellation for language of (has appellation for language) | C41 Relative Location of a Physical Thing (is a E1) | SDHSS Core ongoing |
| C19 Legal Integration | sdh-slc:P27 is integration of (is integrated by) | C41 Relative Location of a Physical Thing (is a E1) | SDHSS Social Life ongoing |
| C30 Connotation | sdh:P39 is connotation of (has connotation) | C41 Relative Location of a Physical Thing (is a E1) | SDHSS Core ongoing |
| C76 Identification | sdh:P98 is identification of (has identification) | C41 Relative Location of a Physical Thing (is a E1) | SDHSS Core ongoing |
| C8 Intentional Composition | sdh:P53 has intentional component (is component of) | C41 Relative Location of a Physical Thing (is a E1) | SDHSS Core ongoing |
| C8 Intentional Composition | sdh:P54 is intentional component of (has intentional component) | C41 Relative Location of a Physical Thing (is a E1) | SDHSS Core ongoing |
| C15 Reference | sdh-info:P23 refers to (is referred in) | C41 Relative Location of a Physical Thing (is a E1) | SDHSS for Sources Information and Metadata ongoing |
Profiles using this class
| Label | Version | Status | Last updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic information about location of physical things ongoing | 1 | Ongoing | 2024-05-28 |
| Telecommunication Network ongoing | 1 | Ongoing | 2023-11-20 |
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Comments
Stephen Hart
This class has been put as a sub-class of Physical Thing Quality to inherit the property P59 is quality of, but we should re-think this class as a subclass of Spatio-temporal phenomenon
on May 28, 2024 14:45