disposition
type: Class
subclass of: capability
description: A disposition is the tendency of a capability to be exhibited under certain conditions or in response to a certain stimulus (trigger).
subset: core
example: solubility (to dissolve when put in fluid); fragility (disposition to break when dropped)

function
type: Class
subclass of: capability
disjoint with: dysfunction
description: A function is a capability that satisfies some agentive objective, or (evolutionary) optimization.
subset: core

capability
type: Class
description: A capability is a realizable entity whose basis lies in one or more parts or qualities and reflects possibility of an entity to behave in a specified way under certain conditions or in response to a certain stimulus (trigger).
subset: capability+
subset: core

to modify
type: Class
subclass of: to actively interact with
description: to modify is the capability to change some entity.

to record
type: Class
subclass of: to actively interact with
description: to record is the capability to detect and transcribe information in a specified format on some physical medium.

to magnify
type: Class
subclass of: to change appearance
description: to magnify is the capability to increase the appearance of the size of an object.

to heat
type: Class
subclass of: to supply energy
description: to heat is a capability to increase the internal kinetic energy of a material.

to cool
type: Class
subclass of: to reduce energy
description: to cool is the capability to decrease the internal kinetic energy of a material.

to freeze
type: Class
subclass of: to cool
description: to freeze is the capability to decrease the internal kinetic energy of a material such that it changes state from a gas or liquid to a solid.

to separate
type: Class
subclass of: to modify
description: to separate is the capability to i) distinguish some entities based on some attribute(s) and ii) subsequently physically displace them.

to ionize
type: Class
subclass of: to modify electronically
description: to ionize is the capability to physically convert an atom or molecule into an ion by adding or removing charged particles such as electrons or other ions.

to supply energy
type: Class
subclass of: to change energetically
description: to supply energy is the capability to transfer energy from a source to a sink.

to observe
type: Class
subclass of: to passively interact with
description: to observe is the capability to watch attentively.

dysfunction
type: Class
subclass of: capability
description: dysfunction is a capability to act in a manner that is abnormal or opposite to the object's typical function.

to measure
type: Class
subclass of: to investigate
description: to measure is the capability to obtain information about some entity by examining its attributes in relation to some reference metric.

to inject
type: Class
subclass of: to modify
description: to inject is the capability to administer a substance into some object through its external barrier.

to boil
type: Class
subclass of: to heat
description: to boil is the capability to increase the internal kinetic energy of a material such that it changes state from a solid or liquid to a gas.

to reduce energy
type: Class
subclass of: to change energetically
description: to reduce energy is the capability to remove energy from a source.

to supply electricity
type: Class
subclass of: to supply energy
description: to supply electricity is the capability to transfer electricity from a source to a sink.

to change materially
type: Class
subclass of: to modify
description: to change appearance is the capability to change the material composition of an object.

to demagnify
type: Class
subclass of: to change appearance
description: to demagnify is the capability to decrease the appearance of the size of an object.

to change appearance
type: Class
subclass of: to modify
description: to change appearance is the capability to change the visual attributes of an object.

to contain
type: Class
subclass of: to change spatially
description: to contain is the capability to bound or constrain a physical entity in some site.

to immobilize
type: Class
subclass of: to contain
description: to immobilize is the capability to contain an entity in such a way that it may not move in space.

to filter
type: Class
subclass of: to separate
description: to filter is the capability to retain certain entities based on selected attribute(s) while allowing other entities to pass through.

to excite
type: Class
subclass of: to supply energy
description: to excite is the capability to supply energy to a materila by bombarding it with energetic particles (e.g., photons).

to emit
type: Class
subclass of: to reduce energy
description: to emit is the capability to release some physical entity (light, pollution, etc).

to change energetically
type: Class
subclass of: to modify
description: to change energetically is the capability to change the energetic aspects of an object.

to positively charge
type: Class
subclass of: to ionize
description: to positively charge is the capability to remove an electron or add a positively charged ion to a chemical entity.

to negatively charge
type: Class
subclass of: to ionize
description: to negatively charge is the capability to add an electron or negatively charged ion to a chemical entity.

to assemble
type: Class
subclass of: to actively interact with
description: to assemble is the capability to combine entities together into a larger object that persists in time.

to extract
type: Class
subclass of: to separate
description: to extract is the capability to remove certain entities based on selected attribute(s) while allowing other entities to remain.

to transport
type: Class
subclass of: to actively interact with
description: to transport is the capability to displace a material from one location to another.

to change spatially
type: Class
subclass of: to modify
description: to change spatially is the capability to affect the physical movement of some entity.

to regulate
type: Class
subclass of: to modify
alternative: to modulate
description: to regulate is to control or maintain the rate or speed of an object or process.

to provide
type: Class
subclass of: to retrieve
description: to provide is the capability to make available some object to another that requires it.

to increase the rate of formation
type: Class
subclass of: to regulate the rate of formation
description: to increase the rate of formation is to regulate the rate of formation in a manner that increases this rate relative to a reference process.

to investigate
type: Class
subclass of: to actively interact with
description: to investigate is the capability to uncover facts.

mutual disposition
type: Class
subclass of: disposition
description: A mutual disposition is a disposition that simulataneously invokes another disposition when realized.

to consume
type: Class
subclass of: to actively interact with
description: to consume is the capability to internalize a material entity.

to actively interact with
type: Class
subclass of: to interact with
description: to actively interact with is the capability to interact with another entity in a way that requires physical contact.

to decrease the rate of formation
type: Class
subclass of: to regulate the rate of formation
description: to decrease the rate of formation is to regulate the rate of formation in a manner that decreases this rate relative to a reference process.

to regulate the rate of formation
type: Class
subclass of: to regulate
description: to regulate the rate of formation is to modify the rate at which an object is formed.

to serve as
type: Class
subclass of: to actively interact with
description: to serve as is the capability to act in a manner corresponding to some role.

to serve as a host
type: Class
subclass of: to serve as
description: to serve as host is the capability to act in a manner that provides hospitality, serves to harbour an organism in or on itself.

to infect
type: Class
subclass of: to inject
description: to infect is the capability to administer a disease-causing organism into some object.

to cause disease
type: Class
subclass of: to change materially
description: to cause disease is the capability to materially change a biological object in that it functions abnormally.

to reduce the activation energy
type: Class
subclass of: to change the activation energy
disjoint with: to increase the activation energy
alternative: to activate
description: to reduce the activation energy is to require a smaller amount of energy in order to form or break a chemical bond.

to increase the activation energy
type: Class
subclass of: to change the activation energy
alternative: to inhibit
description: to increase the activation energy is to require a larger amount of energy in order to form or break a chemical bond.

to change the activation energy
type: Class
subclass of: to change energetically
description: to change the activation energy is to change the amount of energy required to form or break a chemical bond.

to passively interact with
type: Class
subclass of: to interact with
description: to passively interact with is the capability to interact with another entity in a way that does not require physical contact.

to be a part of
type: Class
subclass of: to be combined
description: to be a part of is the capability to be assembled into a larger structure that persists in time.

to associate
type: Class
subclass of: to actively interact with
description: to associate is the capability to physically interact with another object.

to be actively interacted with
type: Class
subclass of: to be interacted with
disjoint with: to be passively interacted with
description: to be actively interacted with is the capability to be manipulated by some device or agent.

to be passively interacted with
type: Class
subclass of: to be interacted with
description: to be passively interacted with is the capability of an object to be observed.

to be recorded
type: Class
subclass of: to be observed
description: to be recorded is the capability of an object to be observed in such a way that information about it can be transcribed in a specified format on some physical medium.

to be observed
type: Class
subclass of: to be passively interacted with
description: to be observed is the capability of an object to be perceived.

to disassemble
type: Class
subclass of: to change materially
description: to disassemble is to physically separate the parts of an object.

to disassociate
type: Class
subclass of: to modify
description: to disassociate is to cease or break association with some thing.

to interact with
type: Class
subclass of: capability
description: to interact with is a capabililty that involves another object.

to be interacted with
type: Class
subclass of: capability
description: to be interacted with is the capability of an object to be target of a physical interaction.

to translocate
type: Class
subclass of: to interact with
disjoint with: to be translocated
alternative: to move
description: to translocate is the capability to displace oneself from one location to another.

to be translocated
type: Class
subclass of: to be interacted with
alternative: to be moved
description: to be translocated is the capability to be physically displaced from one location to another

to be compared
type: Class
subclass of: to be examined
description: to be compared is the capability of an object to be examined in order to note the similarities or differences among a set of objects.

to compare
type: Class
subclass of: to examine
description: to compare is the capability to examine in order to note the similarities or differences among a set of objects.

to examine
type: Class
subclass of: to observe
description: to examine is the capability to make detailed observation.

to be examined
type: Class
subclass of: to be observed
description: to be examined is the capability of an object to be observed in a detailed manner.

to be a member of
type: Class
subclass of: to passively interact with
description: to be a member of is the capability to be considered a part of a collection.

to distort
type: Class
subclass of: to change appearance
description: to distort is the capability to change the appearance of an entity by some transformation.

to bind to
type: Class
subclass of: to associate
description: to bind to is the capability to physically interact with another object through a set of non-covalent interactions.

to luminesce
type: Class
subclass of: to be actively interacted with
description: to luminesce is to emit light through cold body radiation

to fluoresce
type: Class
subclass of: to luminesce
description: to fluoresce is to emit light as a result of absorbing light or other electromagnetic radiation.

to remove a covalent bond
type: Class
subclass of: to covalently modify
description: to remove a covalent bond is the capability to covalently modify a chemical entity by removing a covalent bond.

to add a covalent bond
type: Class
subclass of: to covalently modify
description: to add a covalent bond is the capability to covalently modify a chemical entity by adding a covalent bond.

to modify electronically
type: Class
subclass of: to change energetically
description: to modify electronically is the capability to change the electronic properties of an object.

to interact and to be interacted with
type: Class
subclass of: mutual disposition
description: to interact and to be interacted with is a mutual disposition of interacting objects.

to gain a covalent bond
type: Class
subclass of: to be covalently modified
description: to gain a covalent bond is the capability of a chemical entity to have bonds added.

to lose a covalent bond
type: Class
subclass of: to be covalently modified
description: to lose a covalent bond is the capability of a chemical entity to have bonds removed.

to ingest
type: Class
subclass of: to consume
description: to ingest is the capability to take into the body by the mouth for digestion or absorption.

to produce
type: Class
subclass of: to actively interact with
description: to produce is the capability to create new objects

to test a hypothesis
type: Class
subclass of: to examine
description: to test a hypothesis is the capability to evaluate the truth value of a proposition based on gathered evidence.

to characterize
type: Class
subclass of: to describe
description: to characterize is the capability to classify the attributes or features of an entity against a reference classification.

to describe
type: Class
subclass of: to passively interact with
description: to describe is the capabilty to communicate facts about an entity.

to identify
type: Class
subclass of: to investigate
description: to identify is the capability to determine the identity of something.

to retrieve
type: Class
subclass of: to actively interact with
description: the capability to retrieve a (digitial/physical/mental) object from a location.

to store
type: Class
subclass of: to actively interact with
description: to store is the capability to place an object into a medium in which it can be retrieved in the future.

to encode information
type: Class
subclass of: to actively interact with
description: the capability to encode information in a different representation

to maintain information
type: Class
subclass of: to actively interact with
description: the capability to maintain information such that it can be retrieved in the future.

to decode information
type: Class
subclass of: to actively interact with
description: the ability to reverse an encoding operation

to serve as a template for molecular synthesis
type: Class
subclass of: to serve as
description: to serve as a template for molecular synthesis is the capability of a chemical entity to provide the necessary information or scaffold by which another molecule may be produced.

to serve as a template for protein synthesis
type: Class
subclass of: to serve as a template for molecular synthesis
description: to serve as a template for protein synthesis is the capability of a chemical entity to provide the necessary information or scaffold by which a protein may be produced.

to serve as a template for RNA synthesis
type: Class
subclass of: to serve as a template for molecular synthesis
description: to serve as a template for RNA synthesis is the capability of a chemical entity to provide the necessary information or scaffold by which an RNA molecule may be produced.

to serve as a template for DNA synthesis
type: Class
subclass of: to serve as a template for molecular synthesis
description: to serve as a template for DNA synthesis is the capability of a chemical entity to provide the necessary information or scaffold by which a DNA molecule may be produced.

to serve as a primer for DNA synthesis
type: Class
subclass of: to serve as
description: to serve as a primer for DNA synthesis is the capability of a short nucleic acid to bind to the 5' end of single strand of DNA template and help initiate DNA replication.

to covalently modify
type: Class
subclass of: to change materially
description: to covalently modify is to materially change a molecule by adding or removing covalent bonds between atoms.

to modify conformation of
type: Class
subclass of: to modify
description: to modify conformation of is to affect the spatial arrangement of an entity.

to cleave
type: Class
subclass of: to disassemble
description: to cleave is to split or sever an object along a natural line or grain.

to combine
type: Class
subclass of: to change materially
description: to combine is the capability to modify a set of objects in a way that the object is merged with another object to form a new object or substance.

to breathe
type: Class
subclass of: capability
description: to breathe is the capability to inhale and exhale air into the body during respiration.

to conformationally activate
type: Class
subclass of: to modify conformation of
description: to conformationally activate is to modify the conformation of an entity in such a way that it becomes activated or functional.

to conformationally inhibit
type: Class
subclass of: to modify conformation of
description: to conformationally inhibit is to modify the conformation of an entity in such a way that it functionally is reduced or inhibited.

to oxidize
type: Class
subclass of: to modify oxidation state of
description: to oxidize is the capability to remove an electron or an increase in oxidation state of a chemical entity.

to reduce
type: Class
subclass of: to modify oxidation state of
description: to reduce is the capability to add an electron or an decrease in oxidation state of a chemical entity.

to modify oxidation state of
type: Class
subclass of: to modify electronically
description: to modify the oxidation state of is to change the number of electrons of a molecule, atom or ion.

to be modified
type: Class
subclass of: to be actively interacted with
description: to be modified is the capability to be actively interacted with in such a way that it leads to a physical reconfiguration.

to be cleaved
type: Class
subclass of: to be modified
description: to be cleaved is the capability to be modified in a way that splits one part of the object from the other.

to be covalently modified
type: Class
subclass of: to be modified
description: to be covalently modified is the capability of a chemical entity to have bonds added or removed

to be combined
type: Class
subclass of: to be modified
description: to be combined is the capability to be modified in a way that the object is merged with another object to form a new object or substance.

to be transported
type: Class
subclass of: to be actively interacted with
description: to be transported is the disposition to undergo motion.

to be electronically modified
type: Class
subclass of: to be modified
description: to be electronically modified is the capability of a chemical entity to have electrons added or removed.

to gain an electron
type: Class
subclass of: to be electronically modified
description: to gain an electron is the capability of a chemical entity to receive an electron.

to lose an electron
type: Class
subclass of: to be electronically modified
description: to lose an electron is the capability of a chemical entity to lose an electron.

to be activated
type: Class
subclass of: to be conformationally changed
description: to be activated is the capability to be modified in such a way that the conformational change leads to an increase in another capability.

to be inhibited
type: Class
subclass of: to be conformationally changed
description: to be inhibited is the capability to be modified in such a way that the conformational change leads to an decrease in another capability.

to be conformationally changed
type: Class
subclass of: to be modified
description: to be conformationally changed is the capability to be modified in such a way that the object's conformation is changed.

sio.owl
version info: sio-subset-capability.owl
version IRI: sio-subset-capability.owl