Capability

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

A disposition that inheres in a professional agent and is realized through professional activities. Capabilities represent skills, competencies, and abilities that exist as potentials and are realized when the agent performs corresponding actions. This is the Ca component of the formal specification D=(R,P,O,S,Rs,A,E,Ca,Cs).

Properties
Subclass of
BFO_0000016
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000016
Change Note
v2.3.0: Reverted from BFO:realizable entity to BFO:disposition. Extracted capabilities (technical skills, ethical reasoning abilities, communication competencies) are dispositions -- they inhere in individual bearers and are realized through professional processes. Disposition is the more precise subclass of realizable entity.
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:Capability a owl:Class ; rdfs:label "Capability"@en ; rdfs:comment "A disposition that inheres in a professional agent and is realized through professional activities. Capabilities represent skills, competencies, and abilities that exist as potentials and are realized when the agent performs corresponding actions. This is the Ca component of the formal specification D=(R,P,O,S,Rs,A,E,Ca,Cs)."@en ; rdfs:subClassOf bfo:0000016 ; skos:changeNote "v2.3.0: Reverted from BFO:realizable entity to BFO:disposition. Extracted capabilities (technical skills, ethical reasoning abilities, communication competencies) are dispositions -- they inhere in individual bearers and are realized through professional processes. Disposition is the more precise subclass of realizable entity."@en ; skos:definition "A disposition that inheres in a professional agent and is realized through professional activities. This is the Ca 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