Common Core Ontologies

Act

Class
https://www.ontologyrepository.com/CommonCoreOntologies/Act

An Act is a process in which at least one agent plays a causative role. Acts are the processes brought about by agents; the agent is a participant whose activity is responsible for the process unfolding.

Examples

  • an act of signing
  • an act of transport
  • an act of assembly

Where it sits in the suite

Act is defined in the Common Core Ontologies, a mid-level suite that specialises the top-level categories of Basic Formal Ontology. It is released as part of the maintained, logically consistent CCO release and is reused across the connected ontology modules.

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