NTR: dwelling related

[zhengj2007]

I am working on annotation of clinical epidemiology studies using ontologies. We need some terms related human dwelling annotation.

Here is the list of terms:

• building material
• roof material
• floor material
• wall material
• eaves
• air brick
• cooking fuel material
• human waste disposal
• garbage disposal
• vertical distance below a surface

If ENVO would like to take the terms, I can provide more details if need.

Thanks!

[pbuttigieg]

Hi @zhengj2007

We do have a building branch and can add most of these, please do propose defs. When it comes to the "X material" classes, these will probably be defined classes filled out by inference, as we don't know what those materials actually are, just that they are part of some building part or used for, e.g., cooking.

[zhengj2007]

@pbuttigieg Thanks for your reply. I will provide both logical and textual definitions we have in our internal ontology soon.

Agree with you. The roof material, floor material, etc are defined classes in our ontology.

[johnwjudkins]

@pbuttigieg I've identified dwelling-related terms that have not yet been added. I've given definitions & axioms for these that are consistent with similar terms already in ENVO.

Label	Definition	Parent	Axiom	Comment
building material role	A role that inheres in a material entity and is realized in a building process in which the material entity will become part of a structure with a roof and walls standing more or less permanently in one place.	role	inheres in' some ('environmental material' or 'manufactured product') | 'realized in' some ('human-directed construction process' and 'has output' some 'building part')
roof material role	A building material role that inheres in a material entity and is realized in a building process in which the material entity will become part of a roof.	building material role	realized in' some ('human-directed construction process' and 'has output' some 'building roof')
wall material role	A building material role that inheres in a material entity that is realized in a building process in which the material entity will become part of a wall.	building material role	realized in' some ('human-directed construction process' and 'has output' some 'building wall')
air brick	A brick with holes that is embedded in a wall to allow ventilation through it.	brick	bearer of' some 'wall material role'
mud building	A building that is built from mud.	building	output of' some ('human-directed construction process' and realizes some ('building material role' and 'inheres in' some mud))
brick building	A building that is built from brick.	building	output of' some ('human-directed construction process' and realizes some ('building material role' and 'inheres in' some brick))
concrete building	A building that is built from concrete.	building	output of' some ('human-directed construction process' and realizes some ('building material role' and 'inheres in' some concrete))
thatch building	A building that is built by thatching (or built from thatch).	building	output of' some ('human-directed construction process' and realizes some ('building material role' and 'inheres in' some thatch))
metal building roof	A roof that is built from a metallic material.	building roof	output of' some ('human-directed construction process' and realizes some ('roof material role' and 'inheres in' some 'metallic material'))	Alternative term: tin roof
cement building roof	A roof that is built from cement.	building roof	output of' some ('human-directed construction process' and realizes some ('roof material role' and 'inheres in' some 'masonry cement'))
asbestos building roof	A roof that is built from asbestos.	building roof	output of' some ('human-directed construction process' and realizes some ('roof material role' and 'inheres in' some asbestos))
tile building roof	A roof that is built from tile.	building roof	output of' some ('human-directed construction process' and realizes some ('roof material role' and 'inheres in' some tile))
cooking fuel	A fuel that is realized in food cooking.	fuel