output objective specification
IRI: https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/construct/OutputObjectiveSpecification
Defined In: https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/core/Core/
SubClass Of: objective specification
Class Hierarchy
owl:Thing › bfo:entity › bfo:continuant › bfo:generically dependent continuant › information content entity › objective specification › output objective specification
Direct subclasses:
Definition
objective specification that prescribes the entities to be produced or modified in a planned process or the attributes they must posses to serve as valid outputs
Explanatory Notes
As a subclass of objective specification, the output specification defines the intended results of a planned process. As such it should exclude waste and unintended products (e.g., byproducts or impurities generated during synthesis) that are not part of the process objective.
Examples
- A specification stating that the chromatography step must yield purified monoclonal antibody at a purity > 98% and recovery > 85%; An analytical procedure specification requiring a quantified measurement of total protein concentration with CV < 5% across replicates; A fill-finish procedure output specification requiring that each vial is filled with 1.0 mL ± 0.05 mL of formulated drug product and passes visual inspection; A machining operation output objective specification stating that the finished shaft must have diameter 25.00 mm ± 0.01 mm and surface roughness Ra ≤ 0.8 µm; A parcel fulfillment output objective specification requiring that each sealed carton has total mass 10.0 kg ± 0.1 kg and contains the correct item count per packing list; A data processing step output objective specification requiring that the generated report contains the specified summary fields and that all numeric values are rounded to the required precision.
Counter-Examples
- A specification about waste collected after cleaning, e.g., “The waste stream from CIP must be neutralized before disposal.”; A specification limiting the number of rejected vials during inspection (this constrains process acceptability, not what is intended to be produced); A specification stating that the equipment must be cleaned and verified as clean before the procedure is considered complete (a completion criterion/post-condition, not an output objective for a product); A specification requiring that the process log and electronic batch record are reviewed and approved after execution (a documentation/release post-condition, not an output objective for the produced entity).
Primitive Class
This class is declared primitive and it does not have necessary and sufficient condiftions defined.
Primitive Rationale
See the general discussion and rationale provided for informational entities under ‘information content entity’.
Formal Axioms
First-Order Logic Axioms
OutputObjectiveSpecification(x) → ObjectiveSpecification(x) ∧ ∀y(prescribes(x,y) → ((Continuant(y) ∧ ∃p(isSpecifiedOutputOf(y,p) ∧ PlannedProcess(p))) ∨ (SpecificallyDependentContinuant(y) ∧ ∃z(specificallyDependsOn(y,z) ∧ Continuant(z) ∧∃p (isSpecifiedOutputOf(z,p) ∧ PlannedProcess(p))))))
Semi-Formal Natural Language Axioms
if x is an ‘output objective specification’ then x is an ‘objective specification’ and whenever x ‘prescribes’ some y that y mustbe either a ‘continuant’ that ‘is specified output of’ some ‘planned process’ or a ‘specifically dependent continuant’ that ‘specifically depends on’ some ‘continuant’ that ‘is specified output of’ some ‘planned process’
Description Logic
constr:OutputObjectiveSpecification ⊑ constr:ObjectiveSpecification
constr:OutputObjectiveSpecification ⊑ ∀ constr:prescribes .((bfo:continuant ⊓ ∃ constr:isSpecifiedOutputOf .constr:PlannedProcess) ⊔ (bfo:specifically_dependent_continuant ⊓ ∃ bfo:specifically_depends_on .(bfo:continuant ⊓ ∃ constr:isSpecifiedOutputOf .constr:PlannedProcess)))
SubClassOf: constr:ObjectiveSpecification
SubClassOf: constr:prescribes only ((bfo:continuant and constr:isSpecifiedOutputOf some constr:PlannedProcess) or (bfo:specifically_dependent_continuant and bfo:specifically_depends_on some (bfo:continuant and constr:isSpecifiedOutputOf some constr:PlannedProcess)))
Provenance
- Moved from
ReferenceOntologyCandidates(https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/biopharma/ReferenceOntologyCandidates/) on 2026-03-13T12:41:00