To further highlight this need the class anatomical_entity seems to overlap with cellular component. Anything that is a cellular component would also seem to be and anatomical_entity however, this does not reason as such
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I am not sure why - care to develop?
definition of cellular component: "The part of a cell or its extracellular environment in which a gene product is located. A gene product may be located in one or more parts of a cell and its location may be as specific as a particular macromolecular complex, that is, a stable, persistent association of macromolecules that function together."
definition of material entity: "Definition: An independent continuant [snap:IndependentContinuant] that is spatially extended whose identity is independent of that of other entities and can be maintained through time. Note: Material entity [snap:MaterialEntity] subsumes object [snap:Object], fiat object part [snap:FiatObjectPart], and object aggregate [snap:ObjectAggregate], which assume a three level theory of granularity, which is inadequate for some domains, such as biology."
Assigning to Alan as our local BFO guru.
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To further highlight this need the class anatomical_entity seems to overlap with cellular component. Anything that is a cellular component would also seem to be and anatomical_entity however, this does not reason as such
I am not sure why - care to develop?
definition of cellular component: "The part of a cell or its extracellular environment in which a gene product is located. A gene product may be located in one or more parts of a cell and its location may be as specific as a particular macromolecular complex, that is, a stable, persistent association of macromolecules that function together."
definition of material entity: "Definition: An independent continuant [snap:IndependentContinuant] that is spatially extended whose identity is independent of that of other entities and can be maintained through time. Note: Material entity [snap:MaterialEntity] subsumes object [snap:Object], fiat object part [snap:FiatObjectPart], and object aggregate [snap:ObjectAggregate], which assume a three level theory of granularity, which is inadequate for some domains, such as biology."
Assigning to Alan as our local BFO guru.
Discussed on 2016-10-24 OBI call. The issue is not relevant any more.