State

Class
http://proethica.org/ontology/core#State
Definition

A specifically dependent continuant representing conditions that affect ethical decisions and professional conduct. States span the quality-disposition boundary: some are monadic qualities of individual bearers (competence gaps, financial pressures) while others are relational or situational conditions (conflicts of interest, stakeholder divisions). This is the S component of the formal specification D=(R,P,O,S,Rs,A,E,Ca,Cs).

Properties
Subclass of
BFO_0000020
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000020
Change Note
v2.3.0: Changed from BFO:quality to BFO:specifically dependent continuant. ProEthica States include relational and situational conditions that do not fit the strict BFO definition of quality (which requires inherence in a single bearer). SDC is the common parent of quality and realizable entity.
Relationships
disjointWith Agent, Resource, Role, Capability
TTL
@prefix bfo: <http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_> . @prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> . @prefix proeth-core: <http://proethica.org/ontology/core#> . @prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> . @prefix skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#> . proeth-core:State a owl:Class ; rdfs:label "State"@en ; rdfs:comment "A specifically dependent continuant representing conditions that affect ethical decisions and professional conduct. States span the quality-disposition boundary: some are monadic qualities of individual bearers (competence gaps, financial pressures) while others are relational or situational conditions (conflicts of interest, stakeholder divisions). This is the S component of the formal specification D=(R,P,O,S,Rs,A,E,Ca,Cs)."@en ; rdfs:subClassOf bfo:0000020 ; owl:disjointWith proeth-core:Agent, proeth-core:Capability, proeth-core:Resource, proeth-core:Role ; skos:changeNote "v2.3.0: Changed from BFO:quality to BFO:specifically dependent continuant. ProEthica States include relational and situational conditions that do not fit the strict BFO definition of quality (which requires inherence in a single bearer). SDC is the common parent of quality and realizable entity."@en ; skos:definition "A specifically dependent continuant representing conditions that affect ethical decisions and professional conduct. This is the S component of the formal specification D=(R,P,O,S,Rs,A,E,Ca,Cs)."@en .
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Last Updated
2026-06-06 21:52