Changes in 🟡 Sensor Ontology

• Maturity: 🟡 Provisional

New ontology in this release, review all classes: 🟡 Sensor Ontology

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Classes

Construct	Definition
DetectingDevice	a device or instrument designed to detect the presence of a particular object or substance and to emit a signal in response
DetectingFunction	detecting is the function that provides information
DetectingProcess	a process that discovers or determines the existence, presence, or fact of some entity
DetectorRole	role held by an entity that is designed to detect the presence of a particular object or substance and to emit a signal in response
DetectorSpecification	design specification that prescribes a detector
Observation	an information content entity that represents a remark, statement, or comment based on something one has seen, heard, or noticed by an observer
Observer	an agent that has an observer role
ObserverRole	agent role held by a person, organized group of agents, or engineered system when it perceives or notices an entity and distinguishes that entity from other entities in its environment
ObservingProcess	a planned process executed by an observer which may produce an observation
SensingFunction	the function of reacting to the environment
SensingProcess	a process to detect especially in response to a stimulus
Sensor	a material entity that responds to changes in its environment
SensorMeasurementProcess	measurement of the value of an attribute of a sensor
SensorRole	role held by an entity that responds to changes in its environment
SensorSpecification	design specification that prescribes a sensor
Transducer	material entity when it is used for transforming energy between two different forms
TransducerRole	role held by an entity that transforms energy between two different forms
TransducerSpecification	design specification that prescribes a transducer