Generic Verbs and Nouns

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:USDA #12:

Support capture/documentation of metadata for food composition and non-composition data.

Note

The following terms are members of a class of ontology-independent-terms. These terms map to specific terms in ontologies. The summary below identifies:

  • verb (a.k.a. predicate, relationship, object property)

  • noun (a.k.a. thing, object) specified as X and Y. A more precise term is specified as {noun}. A precise noun, as specified by an authority, is identified on Data Integration. Many examples are listed in Glossary of Terms.

isA Relationships

Relationship

Inverse

X includesSpecific Y

Y isA X

Taxon isA Taxon

Food product isA Food product

Food product isOneOf {Food product list}

X inheritsTo Y

Y inheritsFrom X

WordNet whole-part Relationships (Holonymy/meronymy)

Relationship

Inverse

X containsSubstance Y

Y substanceContainedIn X

FoodProduct containsSubstance

    {Substance, amount in total, amount in solids, label claim (yes/no) }

X hasIngredient Y

Y ingredientOf X

FoodProduct hasIngredient

    {Food product, rank, total ingredient in total product,

    ingredient solids in product solids {purpose list} }

FoodProduct mayHaveIngredient

    {Food product, rank, total ingredient in total product,

    ingredient solids in product solids {purpose list} }

X madeFrom Y

Y usedToMake X

Container usesStructuralStrengthMaterial Substance

Container usesCoatingMaterial Substance

FoodProduct isMadeFrom FoodProduct

FoodProduct isDerivedFrom

    {Food source, environment, agricultural treatment, growth stage}

FoodProduct isPartOf {Anatomical part, growth stage, cut, grade}

FoodProduct isExtractedSubstance

    {Extracted substance, extracting substance, process,

    temperature, duration, sequence_ID.}

FoodProduct hadRemovedSubstance {Extracted substance, etc.}

X yieldsPortion Y

Y portionOf X

X spatiallyIncludes Y

Y spatiallyIncludedIn X

X hasComponent Y

Y componentOf X

FoodProduct containsDish FoodProduct

Additional Relationships

Relationship

Inverse

X causes Y

Y causedBy X

X instrumentFor Y

Y performedByInstrument X

X processFor Y

Y usesProcess X

X appliedTo Y

Y underwentProcess X

FoodProduct underwentProcess

    {Process, equipment, temperature, duration,

    place/stage, sequence_ID, {purpose list} }

FoodProduct isForSpecialUse {Use/diet, {country list} }

FoodProduct madeFor {Consumer, {country list} }

FoodProduct usuallyConsumedFor {Meal type, {country list} }

{Taxon, AnatomicalPart} usedFor {purpose, priority {country list} }

Substance usedFor {purpose, priority, food product}

X beneficialFor Y

Y benefitsFrom X

X treatmentFor Y

Y treatedWith X

X harmfulFor Y

Y harmedBy X

Substance harmfulFor {harmful effect, strength, food product}

X growsIn Y

Y growthEnvironmentFor X

X hasPhase Y

Y phaseOf X

FoodProduct hasState Physical state

X hasForm Y

Y isFormOf X

FoodProduct hasForm Physical form

Container hasForm Physical form

FoodProduct packedIn Container

X hasPrice MoneyAmount

Substance measuredIn Unit of measurement

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