Disposition - BFO 2.0

Standard

https://www.3se.info/3se-onto/terms/disposition-bfo-2-0-069f666ab4e77a92

A realizable entity that inheres in a material entity in virtue of the bearer's physical makeup, and which is such that if the bearer undergoes certain processes, those processes realize the disposition. (BFO 2.0, BFO:0000016)

Classification

flowchart TD N1["Disposition"]:::current N2["Feature"] N3["Hardware feature"] N4["Safety hardware feature"] N5["Security hardware feature"] N6["Software feature"] N7["Safety software feature"] N8["Security software feature"] N9["System feature"] N10["Safety system feature"] N11["Security system feature"] N12["Function"] N13["Function"] N14["Enabling function"] N15["Enabling system function"] N16["Hardware block function"] N17["Hardware component function"] N18["Hardware function"] N19["Interdependent function"] N20["Interdependent system function"] N21["Software component function"] N22["Software function"] N23["Software unit function"] N24["System element function"] N25["System function"] N26["State"] N27["Enabling state"] N28["Enabling system state"] N29["Hardware block state"] N30["Hardware state"] N31["Interdependent state"] N32["Interdependent system state"] N33["Software component state"] N34["Software state"] N35["System element state"] N36["System state"] N2 -->|subclass of| N1 N3 -->|subclass of| N2 N4 -->|subclass of| N3 N5 -->|subclass of| N3 N6 -->|subclass of| N2 N7 -->|subclass of| N6 N8 -->|subclass of| N6 N9 -->|subclass of| N2 N10 -->|subclass of| N9 N11 -->|subclass of| N9 N12 -->|subclass of| N1 N13 -->|subclass of| N12 N14 -->|subclass of| N13 N15 -->|subclass of| N13 N16 -->|subclass of| N13 N17 -->|subclass of| N13 N18 -->|subclass of| N13 N19 -->|subclass of| N13 N20 -->|subclass of| N13 N21 -->|subclass of| N13 N22 -->|subclass of| N13 N23 -->|subclass of| N13 N24 -->|subclass of| N13 N25 -->|subclass of| N13 N26 -->|subclass of| N1 N27 -->|subclass of| N26 N28 -->|subclass of| N26 N29 -->|subclass of| N26 N30 -->|subclass of| N26 N31 -->|subclass of| N26 N32 -->|subclass of| N26 N33 -->|subclass of| N26 N34 -->|subclass of| N26 N35 -->|subclass of| N26 N36 -->|subclass of| N26 classDef current fill:#e8f4f8,stroke:#2980b9,stroke-width:2px

Relations

Superclass offeature-3se-069b48ef5d0f7505  ·  function-bfo-2-0-069f666ab51873aa  ·  state-3se-069b48ef5d787fea

Source References

Basic Formal Ontology (BFO) - 2.0

JSON-LD

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Raw JSON-LD: index.jsonld

Created 2026-05-02  ·  Modified 2026-05-02  ·  by @rcasteran