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Laird: Created page with '===Definition=== BFO: [http://jowl.ontologyonline.org/bfo.html?owlClass=http%3A//www.ifomis.org/bfo/1.1/snap%23Role Role]'

2010-11-07T02:39:29Z

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Turner: Created page with '===Definition=== From the Basic Formal Ontology (BFO): A role is: A realizable entity [snap:RealizableEntity], the manifestation of which brings about some result or end that is …'

2009-08-25T23:24:17Z

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===Definition===
From the Basic Formal Ontology (BFO):
A role is: A realizable entity [snap:RealizableEntity], the manifestation of which brings about some result or end that is not essential to a continuant [snap:Continuant] in virtue of the kind of thing that it is, but that can be served or participated in by that kind of continuant [snap:Continuant] in some kinds of natural, social or institutional contexts.

===Comments===

Basically, it pretty much means what you think it means. If you can stop doing it without stopping being yourself, it's a role. You can play the role of president, or person who is sitting in the corner. Being a two-legged mammal is not a role, however (and don't get started on what happens if you have to have a leg amputated).

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−	~~Basically, a role pretty much means what you think it means~~. ~~If you can stop doing it without stopping being yourself, it's a role~~. ~~You can play the role of president, or person who is sitting in the corner. Being a two-legged mammal is not a role, however (and don't get started on what happens if you have to have a leg amputated)~~.

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−	Basically, it pretty much means what you think it means. If you can stop doing it without stopping being yourself, it's a role. You can play the role of president, or person who is sitting in the corner. Being a two-legged mammal is not a role, however (and don't get started on what happens if you have to have a leg amputated).	+	All BFO concepts can be explored here: http://jowl.ontologyonline.org/bfo.html
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		+	Basically, a role pretty much means what you think it means. If you can stop doing it without stopping being yourself, it's a role. You can play the role of president, or person who is sitting in the corner. Being a two-legged mammal is not a role, however (and don't get started on what happens if you have to have a leg amputated).