Class Hierarchy

A single subsumption tree of all 261 classes, rooted at owl:Thing. Classes nest under their actual super-classes across domain boundaries; the BFO/CMNS ancestors that link them are shown unlinked.

• owl:Thing
  • bfo:entity
    • bfo:continuant
      • bfo:generically dependent continuant
        • information content entity (60)

          • action specification
            • operation specification
            • process step specification
          • agreement
            • commercial service agreement
              • bill of lading
            • purchase order
          • algorithm
          • Certificate
          • descriptive information content entity
          • design specification
            • material product specification
            • product design specification
            • service specification
          • designation
            • identifier
              • identifier
                • global location number
                • lot identifier
                • organization identifier
                • physical location identifier
          • designative information content entity
          • directive information content entity
          • failure mode code
          • location identification scheme
          • maintenance work order record
          • measurement information content entity
            • product service system indicator
          • objective specification
            • production order
            • supply chain objective specification
          • plan specification (12)

            • business model
            • commercial service specification
            • encoded algorithm
            • inspection plan
            • maintenance strategy
            • material handling plan
            • packaging plan specification
            • process plan
            • production plan
            • shipment plan specification
            • supply chain plan specification
            • warehousing plan specification
          • product family specification
          • product variant set specification
          • requirement specification
            • product requirement specification
            • product service system requirement specification
            • qualification specification
            • service requirement specification
          • value expression
            • measured value expression
            • temporal duration value expression
            • temporal instant value expression
      • bfo:independent continuant
        • bfo:immaterial entity (11)

          • bfo:site
            • geospatial site
              • geospatial location
              • ship from location
              • ship to location
              • supply chain node
          • bfo:spatial region
            • bfo:three-dimensional spatial region
              • airway
              • seaway
              • shipping route
        • bfo:material entity (70)

          • agent (17)

            • AttestingAgent
            • buyer
            • consignee
            • consignor
            • customer
            • distributor
            • freight forwarder
            • manufacturer
            • operator
            • retailer
            • supplier
              • carrier
              • product provider
              • product service system provider
              • service provider
            • supply chain agent
            • wholesaler
          • bfo:object (12)

            • material artifact
              • assembly
              • container
                • freight container
                • trailer
                • wagon
              • machine
                • production machine
              • piece of transport equipment
              • production tool
            • person
              • qualified maintenance person
          • bfo:object aggregate (24)

            • group of agents (10)

              • industry
              • organized group of agents
                • group of suppliers
                • organization
                  • business organization
                    • integrated carrier business organization
                    • product service system business customer
                    • product service system supplier organization
                  • CertifyingBody
            • group of persons
            • product family
            • product variant set
            • system
              • engineered system
                • facility
                  • factory
                  • storage facility
                    • distribution center
                • product service system
                • supply chain system
                  • manufacturing supply chain system
                  • service supply chain system
          • cargo
          • industrial inventory
          • load
          • logistic unit
          • lot
          • maintainable material item
          • material component
          • material product
          • material resource
          • piece of equipment
          • raw material
          • shipment
          • traceable resource unit
      • bfo:specifically dependent continuant
        • bfo:quality (2)

          • product quality
          • product service system quality
        • bfo:realizable entity (74)

          • bfo:disposition (24)

            • bfo:function
              • business function
                • freight forwarding business function
                • transportation business function
              • designed function
              • required function
            • capability (14)

              • agential capability
              • measurement capability
              • production capability
                • make-to-order production capability
                • make-to-stock production capability
              • storage capability
              • system capability
                • traceability
            • undesireable disposition
              • disposition to exhibit undesirable behavior
              • disposition to fail
          • bfo:role (47)

            • agent role (23)

              • AttestingAgentRole
              • buyer role
              • consignee role
              • consignor role
              • customer role
                • product service system consumer role
                • service consumer role
              • distributor role
              • manufacturer role
              • operator role
              • retailer role
              • supplier role
                • product provider role
                • product service system provider role
                • service provider role
                  • logistics service provider role
                    • freight forwarder role
                    • packaging service provider role
                    • storage service provider role
                    • transportation service provider role
                  • manufacturing service provider role
              • supply chain agent role
              • wholesaler role
            • cargo role
            • CertifyingBodyRole
            • equipment role
              • transport equipment role
            • location role
              • ship from location role
              • ship to location role
              • supply chain node role
            • maintainable material item role
            • manufacturing resource role
            • material component role
            • material product role
            • material resource role
              • consumable resource role
              • industrial inventory role
              • non-consumable resource role
            • product service system resource role
            • raw material role
            • traceable resource unit role
              • load role
              • logistic unit role
              • lot role
              • shipment role
          • commercial service realizable entity
        • supply relationship
    • bfo:occurrent
      • bfo:process
        • change
        • failure effect
        • failure process
        • functioning process
        • gain of role
        • loss of role
        • material state (5)

          • maintenance state
            • degraded state
            • failed state
            • operating state
          • shipment state
        • planned process (47)

          • AttestingProcess
          • business process (24)

            • buying business process
            • commercial service
              • logistics service
                • freight forwarding service
                • packaging service
                • storage service
                • transportation service
              • manufacturing service
            • consigning process
            • freight forwarding process
            • inventory management process
            • logistics process
            • offering for sale business process
            • packaging process
            • procuring business process
            • product inspection process
            • product production process
            • product service system business process
            • receiving process
            • shipment preparation process
            • supply chain process
              • supply chain transport process
            • supplying business process
            • warehousing process
          • CertificateGrantingProcess
          • computing process
          • maintenance process
            • maintenance activity
          • manufacturing enterprise process
            • manufacturing operation
            • process step
          • manufacturing process
            • assembly process
          • material location change process
            • arrival process
            • departure process
            • machine transfer process
            • transport process
            • travel process
          • measurement process
            • appraisal process
              • supplier evaluation process
          • setup process
          • storage process
          • supporting maintenance activity
      • event
        • failure event
        • tracking event
      • process characteristic
  • maturity level