(In-Package "ONTOLINGUA-USER") (Define-Ontology Standard-Dimensions (Physical-Quantities) "This ontology defines a set of physical dimensions for quantities. It is independent of any choice of units of measure. This set is based on physics and economics." :Io-Package "ONTOLINGUA-USER" :Issues ("This ontology used to be combined with standard-dimensions in a ontology called standard-units-and-dimensions. We divided them because commitments to one are often independent of commitments to the other. Identity-dimension is is the only basic dimension not defined in this ontology. It is defined in Physical-Quantity." (:See-Also "The EngMath paper on line") "
  • New units and dimensions kindly provided by Laboratorio de Inteligencia Artificial at the Computer Science School in the Universidad Politecnica of Madrid, Spain.") :Intern-In ((Scalar-Quantities Scalar-Quantity))) (In-Ontology (Quote Standard-Dimensions)) ;;; ------------------ Classes -------------- ;;; Electrical-Current-Quantity (define-individual Specific-Heat-Dimension (Physical-Dimension) := (* (expt length-dimension 2) (expt time-dimension -2))) (define-frame Specific-Heat-Quantity :own-slots ((Documentation "Some amount of specific heat") (Instance-Of Class) (Subclass-Of Constant-Quantity)) :axioms ((<=> (Specific-Heat-Quantity ?x) (Quantity.Dimension ?x Specific-Heat-Dimension)))) (define-individual Thermal-Conduction-Dimension (Physical-Dimension) := (* mass-dimension (* length-dimension (expt time-dimension -3)))) (define-frame Thermal-Conduction-Quantity :own-slots ((Documentation "Some amount of thermal conductivity") (Instance-Of Class) (Subclass-Of Constant-Quantity)) :axioms ((<=> (Thermal-Conduction-Quantity ?x) (Quantity.Dimension ?x Thermal-Conduction-Dimension)))) (Define-Frame Electrical-Current-Quantity :Own-Slots ((Documentation "Some quantity of electrical current") (Instance-Of Class) (Subclass-Of Constant-Quantity)) :Axioms ((<=> (Electrical-Current-Quantity ?X) (Quantity.Dimension ?X Electrical-Current-Dimension)))) ;;; Frequency-Quantity (Define-Frame Frequency-Quantity :Own-Slots ((Documentation "A quantity denoting how frequently something occurs.") (Instance-Of Class) (Subclass-Of Constant-Quantity)) :Axioms ((<=> (Frequency-Quantity ?X) (Quantity.Dimension ?X Frequency-Dimension)))) ;;; Mass-Quantity (Define-Frame Mass-Quantity :Own-Slots ((Documentation "Some quantity of mass.") (Instance-Of Class) (Subclass-Of Constant-Quantity)) :Axioms ((<=> (Quantity.Dimension ?X Mass-Dimension) (Mass-Quantity ?X)))) ;;; Number-Of-Bits-Quantity (Define-Frame Number-Of-Bits-Quantity :Own-Slots ((Documentation "Some quantity of information of the sort that can be measured in bits (ie binary digits).") (Instance-Of Class) (Subclass-Of Constant-Quantity)) :Axioms ((<=> (Number-Of-Bits-Quantity ?X) (Quantity.Dimension ?X Number-Of-Bits-Dimension)))) ;;; Power-Quantity (Define-Frame Power-Quantity :Own-Slots ((Documentation "Some quantity of electrical current") (Instance-Of Class) (Subclass-Of Constant-Quantity)) :Axioms ((<=> (Power-Quantity ?X) (Quantity.Dimension ?X Power-Dimension)))) (define-individual Resistivity-Dimension (Physical-Dimension) := (* Mass-dimension (* Length-dimension (* (Expt Time-dimension -3) (Expt Electrical-current-dimension -2))))) (define-frame Resistivity-Quantity :own-slots ((Documentation "Some amount of resistivity") (Instance-Of Class) (Subclass-Of Constant-Quantity)) :axioms ((<=> (Resistivity-Quantity ?x) (Quantity.Dimension ?x Resistivity-Dimension)))) ;;;; Resistance-Quantity (Define-Frame Resistance-Quantity :Own-Slots ((Documentation "Some quantity of electrical resistance.") (Instance-Of Class) (Subclass-Of Constant-Quantity)) :Axioms ((<=> (Resistance-Quantity ?X) (Quantity.Dimension ?X Resistance-Dimension)))) ;;; Temperature-Quantity (Define-Frame Temperature-Quantity :Own-Slots ((Documentation "Some amount of temperature.") (Instance-Of Class) (Subclass-Of Constant-Quantity)) :Axioms ((<=> (Temperature-Quantity ?X) (Quantity.Dimension ?X Thermodynamic-Temperature-Dimension)))) ;;; Time-Quantity (Define-Frame Time-Quantity :Own-Slots ((Alias Scalar-Quantity@Scalar-Quantities) (Arity 1) (Documentation "A time-quantity is a scalar quantity whose dimension is time-dimension. Conceptually, a time-quantity is an amount [duration] of time. It is constant quantity, not a function or an interval. Like all constant-quantities, its magnitude is given in terms of units of measure. For example, the products of all real numbers and a unit like second-of-time are time quantities.") (Instance-Of Class) (Subclass-Of Scalar-Quantity@Scalar-Quantities)) :Template-Slots ((Quantity.Dimension Time-Dimension)) :Axioms ((<=> (Quantity.Dimension ?X Time-Dimension) (Time-Quantity ?X)) (=> (Time-Quantity ?X1) (Scalar-Quantity@Scalar-Quantities ?X1)) (<=> (Time-Quantity ?X1) (And (Scalar-Quantity@Scalar-Quantities ?X1) (= (Quantity.Dimension ?X1) Time-Dimension) (Quantity.Dimension ?X1 Time-Dimension) (Quantity.Dimension ?X1 Time-Dimension))))) ;;; Voltage-Quantity (Define-Frame Voltage-Quantity :Own-Slots ((Documentation "Some amount of voltage.") (Instance-Of Class) (Subclass-Of Constant-Quantity)) :Axioms ((<=> (Voltage-Quantity ?X) (Quantity.Dimension ?X Voltage-Dimension)))) ;;; ------------------ Relations -------------- ;;; ------------------ Functions -------------- ;;; ------------------ Instance -------------- (define-individual Electrical-Charge-Dimension (Physical-Dimension) "The physical dimension of electrical charge." := (* Electrical-Current-Dimension Time-Dimension)) ;;; Amount-Of-Substance-Dimension (Define-Individual Amount-Of-Substance-Dimension (Physical-Dimension) "The fundamental dimension of amount of substance, as defined by the SI standard.") ;;; Area-Dimension (Define-Individual Area-Dimension (Physical-Dimension) "The physical dimension of an area is defined as length dimension squared." := (Expt Length-Dimension 2) :Issues ("Provided by Bernd Bachmann, DFKI")) ;;; Currency-Dimension (Define-Individual Currency-Dimension (Physical-Dimension) "The fundamental dimension of currency or money. CURRENCY-DIMENSION is to currencies as US-dollar's and ECU's as the LENGTH-DIMENSION is to units of length such as meters.") ;;; Electrical-Current-Dimension (Define-Individual Electrical-Current-Dimension (Physical-Dimension) "The fundamental dimension of electrical current, as defined by the SI standard.") (define-individual Volume-Dimension (Physical-Dimension) := (expt Length-Dimension 3)) (define-frame Volume-Quantity :own-slots ((Documentation "Some amount of volume") (Instance-Of Class) (Subclass-Of Constant-Quantity)) :axioms ((<=> (Volume-Quantity ?x) (Quantity.Dimension ?x Volume-Dimension)))) (define-individual Thermal-Resistivity-Dimension (Physical-Dimension) := (/ (* Mass-dimension (* Length-dimension (* (Expt Time-dimension -3) (Expt Electrical-current-dimension -2)))) Thermodynamic-Temperature-Dimension)) (define-frame Thermal-Resistivity-Quantity :own-slots ((Documentation "Some amount of resistivity increasing with the temperature") (Instance-Of Class) (Subclass-Of Constant-Quantity)) :axioms ((<=> (Thermal-Resistivity-Quantity ?x) (Quantity.Dimension ?x Thermal-Resistivity-Dimension)))) (define-individual Density-Dimension (Physical-Dimension) := (* Mass-Dimension (expt length-dimension -3))) (define-frame Density-Quantity :own-slots ((Documentation "Some amount of density") (Instance-Of Class) (Subclass-Of Constant-Quantity)) :axioms ((<=> (Density-Quantity ?x) (Quantity.Dimension ?x Density-Dimension)))) (define-individual Hardness-Dimension (Physical-Dimension)) (define-frame Hardness-Quantity :own-slots ((Documentation "Some amount of hardness") (Instance-Of Class) (Subclass-Of Constant-Quantity)) :axioms ((<=> (Hardness-Quantity ?x) (Quantity.Dimension ?x Hardness-Dimension)))) ;;; Energy-Dimension (define-frame Energy-Quantity :own-slots ((Documentation "Some amount of work") (Instance-Of Class) (Subclass-Of Constant-Quantity)) :axioms ((<=> (Energy-Quantity ?x) (Quantity.Dimension ?x Work-Dimension)))) (Define-Individual Energy-Dimension (Physical-Dimension) "The physical dimension of energy is defined as mass times length squared over time squared." := (* Mass-Dimension (* (Expt Length-Dimension 2) (Expt Time-Dimension -2)))) ;;; Force-Dimension (Define-Individual Force-Dimension (Physical-Dimension) "The physical dimension of force is defined as mass times length over time squared. In some systems FORCE-DIMENSION is fundamental and MASS-DIMENSION is a derived dimension. This ontology goes with the SI standard, but we include the definition of force as a non-fundamental built-in dimension." := (* Mass-Dimension (* Length-Dimension (Expt Time-Dimension -2)))) ;;; Frequency-Dimension (Define-Individual Frequency-Dimension (Physical-Dimension) := (Expt Time-Dimension -1)) ;;; Length-Dimension (define-frame Length-Quantity :own-slots ((Documentation "Some amount of length") (Instance-Of Class) (Subclass-Of Constant-Quantity)) :axioms ((<=> (Length-Quantity ?x) (Quantity.Dimension ?x Length-Dimension)))) (Define-Individual Length-Dimension (Physical-Dimension) "The fundamental dimension of length, as defined by the SI standard.") ;;; Luminous-Intensity-Dimension (Define-Individual Luminous-Intensity-Dimension (Physical-Dimension) "The fundamental dimension of luminous-intensity, as defined by the SI standard.") ;;; Mass-Dimension (Define-individual Mass-Dimension (physical-dimension) "The fundamental dimension of mass, as defined by the SI standard." ) ;;; Number-Of-Bits-Dimension (Define-Individual Number-Of-Bits-Dimension (Physical-Dimension) "A dimension of information, of the sort that can be measured in bits (ie binary digits).") ;;; Power-Dimension (Define-Individual Power-Dimension (Physical-Dimension) := (* Mass-dimension (* (Expt Length-dimension 2) (Expt Time-dimension -3)))) ;;; Pressure-Dimension (Define-Individual Pressure-Dimension (Physical-Dimension) "the physical dimension of pressure is defined as force over area" := (* Mass-dimension (* (Expt Length-dimension -1) (Expt Time-dimension -2))) :Issues ("Provided by Bernd Bachmann, DFKI")) ;;; Resistance-Dimension (define-individual Resistance-Dimension (physical-dimension) := (* Mass-dimension (* (Expt Length-dimension 2) (* (Expt Time-dimension -3) (Expt Electrical-current-dimension -2))))) ;;; Thermodynamic-Temperature-Dimension (Define-Individual Thermodynamic-Temperature-Dimension (Physical-Dimension) "The fundamental dimension of temperature, as defined by the SI standard.") ;;; Therm^-1-Dimension (Define-Individual Therm^-1-Dimension (Physical-Dimension) := (Expt Thermodynamic-Temperature-Dimension -1) :Issues ("Provided by Bernd Bachmann, DFKI")) ;;; Time-Dimension (Define-individual Time-Dimension (Physical-Dimension) "The fundamental dimension of physical, continuous time, as defined by the SI standard.") ;;; Voltage-Dimension (define-individual Voltage-Dimension (physical-dimension) := (* Mass-dimension (* (Expt Length-dimension 2) (* (Expt Time-dimension -3) (Expt Electrical-current-dimension -1))))) ;;; Work-Dimension (Define-Individual Work-Dimension (Physical-Dimension) := (* Mass-dimension (* (Expt Length-dimension 2) (Expt Time-dimension -2)))) ;;; ------------------ Axiom -------------- ;;; ------------------ Other --------------