process

series of events which occur over an extended period of time
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process

Summary

process is a BFO class[1]. process draws 22 Wikipedia views per month (bfo_class category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • process's instance of is recorded as BFO class[3].
  • process is a type of occurrent[4].
  • process is a type of occurrence[5].
  • process is a type of Q141182775[6].
  • process is a type of Q141257229[7].
  • process is part of Systems Biology Ontology[8].
  • process is part of sequence[9].
  • process's Commons category is recorded as Processes[10].
  • process comprises occurrence[11].
  • process comprises beginning[12].
  • process comprises central part[13].
  • process comprises end[14].
  • process's has cause is recorded as cause[15].
  • process's has cause is recorded as occurrence[16].
  • process's has cause is recorded as state[17].
  • process's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Processes[18].
  • process's facet of is recorded as object[19].
  • process's has effect is recorded as result[20].
  • process's has effect is recorded as occurrence[21].
  • process's has effect is recorded as state[22].
  • process's has effect is recorded as effect[23].
  • process's has characteristic is recorded as intensity[24].
  • process's has characteristic is recorded as duration[25].
  • process's has characteristic is recorded as resource[26].
  • process's has characteristic is recorded as result[27].

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Definition and Type

process's instance of is recorded as BFO class[3]. Recorded subclass of include occurrent[4], occurrence[5], Q141182775[6], and Q141257229[7].

Use and Application

Components include occurrence[11], a form of event[28]; beginning[12], a term[29]; central part[13]; and end[14]. Part of include Systems Biology Ontology[8], an ontology[30] and sequence[9].

Why It Matters

process draws 22 Wikipedia views per month (bfo_class category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] process is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . commons.wikimedia.org. commons.wikimedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → verb, Akt, quality process +4
    Narrower external class → http://purl.org/biotop/btl2.owl#Process
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P3950]]: http://purl.org/biotop/btl2.owl#Process"
  2. 3d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → occurrent, occurrence, Q141182775 +1
    Equivalent class → http://biomodels.net/SBO/SBO_0000375, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000015, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CLAO_0001498 +7
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1709]]: http://www.ontospace.uni-bremen.de/ontology/stable/GUM-3.owl#Process, Moving to [[Q141302264]]"
  3. 5d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → verb, Akt, quality process +4
    Wikipedia languages → ['en', 'eo', 'ja', 'kk', 'ky', 'mk', 'pt', 'simple', 'uk']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1889]]: [[Q141609028]]"
  4. 14d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → http://biomodels.net/SBO/SBO_0000375, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000015, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CLAO_0001498 +7
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1709]]: https://blackcatinformatics.ca/gmeow/Activity"
  5. 16d ago · Kinsio · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Disjoint union of → list of values as qualifiers, list of values as qualifiers
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P2738]]: [[Q23766486]]"
  6. 19d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Ontology
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P6104]]: [[Q60005226]]"
  7. 22d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → occurrent, occurrence, Q141182775 +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ [[Property:P1709]]: http://www.ontospace.uni-bremen.de/ontology/stable/GUM-3.owl#Process"
  8. 22d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → http://biomodels.net/SBO/SBO_0000375, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000015, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CLAO_0001498 +7
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1709]]: http://www.onto-med.de/ontologies/gfo.owl#Processual_Structure"
  9. 23d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has effect → result, occurrence, state +1
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1542]]: [[Q261155]]"
  10. 23d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → http://biomodels.net/SBO/SBO_0000375, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000015, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CLAO_0001498 +7
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1709]]: https://w3id.org/sulo/Process"
  11. 23d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → occurrent, occurrence, Q141182775 +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q141257229]]"
  12. 25d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Studied by → process philosophy
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P2579]]: [[Q7247296]]"
  13. 4w ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → http://biomodels.net/SBO/SBO_0000375, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000015, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CLAO_0001498 +7
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P1709]]: http://www.ifomis.org/bfo/1.1/span#Process"
  14. 5w ago · عُثمان · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Disjoint union of → list of values as qualifiers, list of values as qualifiers
    Equivalent class → http://biomodels.net/SBO/SBO_0000375, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000015, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CLAO_0001498 +7
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1709]]: https://w3id.org/gso/1.0/common/Process"
  15. 5w ago · عُثمان · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → occurrent, occurrence, Q141182775 +1
    Equivalent class → http://biomodels.net/SBO/SBO_0000375, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000015, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CLAO_0001498 +7
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q141220165]]"
  16. 5w ago · عُثمان · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → http://biomodels.net/SBO/SBO_0000375, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000015, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CLAO_0001498 +7
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1709]]: http://www.onto-med.de/ontologies/gfo.owl#Process"
  17. 5w ago · عُثمان · 2026-08-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → occurrent, occurrence, Q141182775 +1
    Equivalent class → http://biomodels.net/SBO/SBO_0000375, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000015, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CLAO_0001498 +7
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1709]]: http://www.ifomis.org/bfo/1.1/span#ProcessualEntity"
  18. 5w ago · عُثمان · 2026-08-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → BFO class
    Subclass of → occurrent, occurrence, Q141182775 +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q141187917]]"
  19. 5w ago · عُثمان · 2026-08-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → http://biomodels.net/SBO/SBO_0000375, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000015, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CLAO_0001498 +7
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1709]]: https://www.loa.istc.cnr.it/old/medicine/top-level/class26.html"
  20. 6w ago · عُثمان · 2026-08-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → http://biomodels.net/SBO/SBO_0000375, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000015, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CLAO_0001498 +7
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1709]]: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#Activity"
  21. 6w ago · Peter F. Patel-Schneider · 2026-08-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → BFO class
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q104086571]]"
  22. 6w ago · عُثمان · 2026-08-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → http://biomodels.net/SBO/SBO_0000375, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000015, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CLAO_0001498 +7
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1709]]: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CLAO_0001498"
  23. 6w ago · عُثمان · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → occurrent, occurrence, Q141182775 +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|2 */ [[Property:P12602]]: 0000015"
  24. 6w ago · Wikimi-dhiann · 2026-08-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → Systems Biology Ontology, sequence
    Subclass of → occurrent, occurrence, Q141182775 +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P361]]: [[Q133250]]"
  25. 6w ago · عُثمان · 2026-08-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P460]]: [[Q10843872]]"
  26. 7w ago · Kinsio · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → http://biomodels.net/SBO/SBO_0000375, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000015, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CLAO_0001498 +7
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P1709]]: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000015, Copying from [[Property:P2888]]"
  27. 7w ago · Kinsio · 2026-08-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14439 → 000006
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P14439]]: 000006"
  28. 8w ago · عُثمان · 2026-08-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic → intensity, duration, resource +4
    Different from → verb, Akt, quality process +4
    Union of → list of values as qualifiers
    Has parts → —
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1709]]: http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/ont/dul/DUL.owl#Process"
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