time interval

temporal extent having a beginning, an end and a duration
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time interval

Summary

time interval is a BFO class[1]. It draws 22 Wikipedia views per month (bfo_class category, ranking #1,871 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • time interval's instance of is recorded as BFO class[3].
  • time interval is a type of domain[4].
  • time interval is a type of interval[5].
  • time interval is a type of temporal entity[6].
  • time interval is a type of one-dimensional temporal region[7].
  • time interval is part of time[8].
  • time interval comprises duration[9].
  • time interval comprises start time[10].
  • time interval comprises end time[11].
  • time interval's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Rest[12].
  • time interval's used by is recorded as by period of time[13].
  • time interval's main Wikidata property is recorded as P6339[14].
  • time interval's equivalent class is recorded as http://gov.genealogy.net/ontology.owl#Timespan[15].
  • time interval's equivalent class is recorded as http://iflastandards.info/ns/lrm/lrmer/E11[16].
  • time interval's equivalent class is recorded as http://purl.org/dc/terms/PeriodOfTime[17].
  • time interval's equivalent class is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BFO_0000202[18].
  • time interval's equivalent class is recorded as https://w3id.org/semanticarts/ns/ontology/gist/TimeInterval[19].
  • time interval's equivalent class is recorded as https://w3id.org/gso/1.0/common/Time_Interval[20].
  • time interval's equivalent class is recorded as http://www.loa-cnr.it/ontologies/DOLCE-Lite.owl#time-interval[21].
  • time interval's equivalent class is recorded as http://www.onto-med.de/ontologies/gfo.owl#Chronoid[22].
  • time interval's equivalent class is recorded as https://w3id.org/DOLCE/OWL/DOLCEbasic#TimeInterval[23].
  • time interval's equivalent class is recorded as https://www.w3.org/2006/time#Interval[24].
  • time interval's equivalent class is recorded as http://borhan-onto.ir/ontology/time#TimeInterval[25].
  • time interval's different from is recorded as duration[26].
  • time interval's different from is recorded as point in time[27].

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Definition and Type

time interval's instance of is recorded as BFO class[3]. Recorded subclass of include domain[4], interval[5], temporal entity[6], and one-dimensional temporal region[7].

Use and Application

Components include duration[9], a kind of quantity[28]; start time[10]; and end time[11]. time interval is part of time[8]. Its used by is recorded as by period of time[13].

Why It Matters

time interval draws 22 Wikipedia views per month (bfo_class category, ranking #1,871 of 1).[2] It is known by 82 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Time Ontology in OWL. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Basic Formal Ontology. 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] ↑ . Q141592110. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Q141632607. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Q138524185. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Basic Formal Ontology. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Q141190966. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Q141222183. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Q141163319. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . General formal ontology. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Q141575509. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Time Ontology in OWL. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Q141247525. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . 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. [29] ↑ . 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. 11h ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Ontology
    Instance of → BFO class
    Sitelink count → 6
    Wikipedia languages → ['de', 'eo', 'et', 'kk', 'pa']
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ [[Property:P1709]]: http://gov.genealogy.net/ontology.owl#Timespan"
  2. 4w ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → http://gov.genealogy.net/ontology.owl#Timespan, http://iflastandards.info/ns/lrm/lrmer/E11, http://purl.org/dc/terms/PeriodOfTime +8
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1709]]: http://www.loa-cnr.it/ontologies/DOLCE-Lite.owl#time-interval"
  3. 4w ago · عُثمان · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → http://gov.genealogy.net/ontology.owl#Timespan, http://iflastandards.info/ns/lrm/lrmer/E11, http://purl.org/dc/terms/PeriodOfTime +8
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1709]]: https://w3id.org/gso/1.0/common/Time_Interval"
  4. 5w ago · عُثمان · 2026-08-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → http://gov.genealogy.net/ontology.owl#Timespan, http://iflastandards.info/ns/lrm/lrmer/E11, http://purl.org/dc/terms/PeriodOfTime +8
    Subclass of → domain, interval, temporal entity +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1709]]: https://w3id.org/semanticarts/ns/ontology/gist/TimeInterval"
  5. 10w ago · Circeus · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Used by → by period of time
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1535]]: [[Q24572874]]"
  6. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Rest
    Aliases → —
    Different from → duration, point in time
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|12 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 4035, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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