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Direct relation between a process and an independent continuant in which it occurs. #98

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GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago
Problem:

One of the most common inference patterns regarding biological processes:

proc1 occurs in biostruct1
biostruc1 is located in biostruct2 at all times
->
proc1 occurs in biostruct2

Example:
Every Appendicitis_process occurs in some Appendix(in situ)
Every Appendix(in situ) is located in some Intestine
->
Every Appendicitis_process occurs in some Intestine

The shape of the spatiotemporal region occupied by the process as well as its 
time-dependent spatial projections are pointless. 

What matters is that each of these spatial projections is a part of the spatial 
region at which the appendix(in situ) is located.

Due to the transitivity of 'continuant part of at all times' each of these 
spatial projections is also a part of the spatial region at which the intestine 
is located.

Maybe we can express this via complicated role chains, but I think a new 
relation is required. 
This kind of 'localization of a process in an independent continuant' is 
different from the a process having an independent continuant as participant.  

Original issue reported on code.google.com by steschu@gmail.com on 8 Jul 2012 at 4:51

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

Original comment by alanruttenberg@gmail.com on 10 Jul 2012 at 4:42