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probe
IRI:
http://www.inf.ufrgs.br/ontologies/copi#Probe
Generated on 2026-09-08
Natural Language Definition
EN
A probe is an instrument that bears a probing function: it obtains specific information about, or a physical sample of, a process medium -- typically by direct insertion or immersion -- for diagnostic or experimental purposes. An analyzer probe is a probe used to feed a process analyzer, most often by in-situ sensing directly within the process stream.
PT-BR
Uma sonda e um instrumento que possui uma funcao de sondagem: obtem informacao especifica sobre, ou uma amostra fisica de, um meio de processo -- tipicamente por insercao ou imersao direta -- para fins de diagnostico ou experimentais. Uma sonda de analisador e uma sonda usada para alimentar um analisador de processo, geralmente por sensoriamento in situ diretamente na corrente de processo.
Formal Axioms
Semi-formal (Aristotelian)
Every probe is an instrument that bears a probing function, and conversely.
First-Order Logic Theory
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▸ Stored override
∀x (Probe(x) ↔ Instrument(x) ∧ ∃f (ProbingFunction(f) ∧ bearerOf(x,f)))
OWL 2 / Turtle
@prefix copi: <https://www.inf.ufrgs.br/ontologies/copi/> .
@prefix : <https://www.inf.ufrgs.br/ontologies/copi/> .
@prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> .
@prefix rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#> .
@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .
@prefix bfo: <http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/> .
@prefix iof-core: <https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/construct/> .
@prefix iof-av: <https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/annotation/> .
@prefix skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#> .
@prefix qudt: <http://qudt.org/schema/qudt/> .
@prefix dcterms: <http://purl.org/dc/terms/> .
@prefix foaf: <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/> .
@prefix apv: <http://inf.ufrgs.br/ontologies/apv#> .
### COPI — Core Ontology for Petroleum Installations
### Class module: Probe
<https://www.inf.ufrgs.br/ontologies/copi>
rdf:type owl:Ontology ;
dcterms:title "Core Ontology for Petroleum Installations (COPI)"@en ;
dcterms:title "Ontologia Core para Instalações de Petróleo (COPI)"@pt-br ;
dcterms:description "BFO/IOF-Core conformant ontology of equipment classes for petroleum production plants, developed using the five-step RDL enrichment method."@en ;
skos:scopeNote "Material artifacts (bfo:material_entity) that (i) are part of a petroleum production plant, and (ii) bear at least one function whose realization involves the transport (e.g. production and injection), processing (separation and other processes), control, monitoring, measurement, containment or offloading of material or energy."@en ;
skos:scopeNote "Artefatos materiais (bfo:material_entity) que (i) fazem parte de uma planta de produção de petróleo, e (ii) possuem ao menos uma função cuja realização envolve o transporte (p. ex. produção e injeção), processamento (separação e outros processos), controle, monitoramento, medição, contenção ou escoamento de material ou energia."@pt-br ;
skos:scopeNote "COPI provides high-level equipment categories defined by function to demonstrate the defined-class mechanism. Equipment subtypes are annotated with references to CFIHOS and PCA RDL terms. COPI is not a reference data library; organizations should use CFIHOS, PCA RDL, or ISO 14224 for comprehensive equipment classification."@en ;
skos:scopeNote "COPI fornece categorias de alto nível de equipamentos definidas por função para demonstrar o mecanismo de classe definida. Os subtipos de equipamentos são anotados com referências aos termos do CFIHOS e do PCA RDL. COPI não é uma biblioteca de dados de referência; organizações devem utilizar o CFIHOS, o PCA RDL ou a ISO 14224 para classificação abrangente de equipamentos."@pt-br ;
owl:versionInfo "1.1.0" ;
owl:imports <https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/core/Core/> ;
owl:imports <http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/bfo/2020/bfo.owl> ;
dcterms:creator "Nicolau Oyhenard dos Santos"@en ;
dcterms:contributor "Cauã Antunes" ;
dcterms:contributor "Haroldo Rojas" ;
dcterms:contributor "Rafael Petry" ;
dcterms:contributor "Régis Romeu" ;
dcterms:contributor "Mara Abel" ;
dcterms:isPartOf <https://inf.ufrgs.br/projetos/OntoKG> ;
dcterms:publisher "Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)"@en ;
dcterms:license <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/> ;
dcterms:created "2026-04-08"^^xsd:date ;
dcterms:modified "2026-10-08"^^xsd:date ;
apv:GlobalMinLanguageCoverage "en pt-br" ;
apv:ClassURIFormationRule "https://www[.]inf[.]ufrgs[.]br/ontologies/copi/(COPI_[0-9]{7}|[A-Z][A-Za-z0-9]*)" ;
apv:ClassMinAnnotationCoverage "rdfs:label https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/annotation/naturalLanguageDefinition" .
iof-av:naturalLanguageDefinition rdf:type owl:AnnotationProperty ;
apv:MinAnnotationLength 20 .
### Identity-giving function
:COPI_0000767 rdf:type owl:Class ; # ProbingFunction
rdfs:subClassOf iof-core:DesignedFunction ;
rdfs:subClassOf [
rdf:type owl:Restriction ;
owl:onProperty bfo:BFO_0000054 ; # realizedIn
owl:allValuesFrom :COPI_0000768 # ProbingProcess
] ;
rdfs:subClassOf [
rdf:type owl:Restriction ;
owl:onProperty bfo:BFO_0000054 ; # realizedIn
owl:someValuesFrom :COPI_0000768 # ProbingProcess
] ;
rdfs:label "probing function"@en ;
iof-av:naturalLanguageDefinition "A DesignedFunction that is realized in a ProbingProcess and that consists in obtaining specific information about, or a physical sample of, a process medium for diagnostic or experimental purposes, typically by direct insertion or immersion into that medium."@en ;
skos:definition "A DesignedFunction that is realized in a ProbingProcess and that consists in obtaining specific information about, or a physical sample of, a process medium for diagnostic or experimental purposes, typically by direct insertion or immersion into that medium."@en .
### Process type
:COPI_0000768 rdf:type owl:Class ; # ProbingProcess
rdfs:subClassOf iof-core:MeasurementProcess ;
rdfs:label "probing process"@en ;
iof-av:naturalLanguageDefinition "A PlannedProcess in which a sensing or sampling element is inserted into or immersed in a process medium to obtain information about it or extract a physical sample, for diagnostic or experimental purposes."@en ;
skos:definition "A PlannedProcess in which a sensing or sampling element is inserted into or immersed in a process medium to obtain information about it or extract a physical sample, for diagnostic or experimental purposes."@en .
iof-core:MeasurementProcess rdf:type owl:Class .
:COPI_0000768 # ProbingProcess
rdfs:subClassOf [
rdf:type owl:Restriction ;
owl:onProperty iof-core:hasInput ;
owl:someValuesFrom :COPI_0000037 # PortionOfFluid
] ;
rdfs:subClassOf [
rdf:type owl:Restriction ;
owl:onProperty iof-core:hasSpecifiedOutput ;
owl:someValuesFrom iof-core:InformationContentEntity
] .
### Equipment universal: Probe
:COPI_0000766 rdf:type owl:Class ; # Probe
owl:equivalentClass [
rdf:type owl:Class ;
owl:intersectionOf (
:COPI_0000091 # Instrument
[
rdf:type owl:Restriction ;
owl:onProperty iof-core:hasFunction ; # Object branch (MaterialArtifact/Assembly/Object/FiatObjectPart)
owl:someValuesFrom :COPI_0000767 # ProbingFunction
]
)
] ;
rdfs:label "probe"@en ;
iof-av:naturalLanguageDefinition "A probe is an instrument that bears a probing function: it obtains specific information about, or a physical sample of, a process medium -- typically by direct insertion or immersion -- for diagnostic or experimental purposes. An analyzer probe is a probe used to feed a process analyzer, most often by in-situ sensing directly within the process stream."@en ;
skos:definition "A probe is an instrument that bears a probing function: it obtains specific information about, or a physical sample of, a process medium -- typically by direct insertion or immersion -- for diagnostic or experimental purposes. An analyzer probe is a probe used to feed a process analyzer, most often by in-situ sensing directly within the process stream."@en ;
iof-av:naturalLanguageDefinition "Uma sonda e um instrumento que possui uma funcao de sondagem: obtem informacao especifica sobre, ou uma amostra fisica de, um meio de processo -- tipicamente por insercao ou imersao direta -- para fins de diagnostico ou experimentais. Uma sonda de analisador e uma sonda usada para alimentar um analisador de processo, geralmente por sensoriamento in situ diretamente na corrente de processo."@pt-br ;
iof-av:semiFormalNaturalLanguageAxiom "Every probe is an instrument that bears a probing function, and conversely."@en ;
iof-av:firstOrderLogicAxiom "∀x (Probe(x) ↔ Instrument(x) ∧ ∃f (ProbingFunction(f) ∧ bearerOf(x,f)))"@en ;
skos:definition "[ISO 15926-4] A <PROBE> is an <INSTRUMENTATION FUNCTION> that is capable of obtaining specific information or physical samples for diagnostic or experimental purposes"@en ;
skos:definition "[SLB Glossary] In electromagnetic methods, to measure the variation of a property versus depth, including electrical, electromagnetic and magnetotelluric properties."@en .
Axiomatization Decision Log
1
Identity-Giving Function
Function class
ProbingFunction
⊑ DesignedFunction
Realized in
ProbingProcess
⊑ MeasurementProcess
No already-enriched function is co-extensional with this dual information-or-sample-acquisition capability: DetectionFunction (Detector genus) is narrower (sensing only, no physical sample extraction), and no existing function covers both. Treated as a new, independent function per the Reuse vs. Creation Policy's 'New' case.
2
Genus Determination
Instrument
ISO 15926-4's own hierarchy names INSTRUMENTATION FUNCTION as parent (describing capability, not object type), but the term itself is typed ClassOfFunctionalObject (the same ISO 15926-4 typing pattern used for already-enriched physical instruments like 'gauge' and 'chromatograph'). Instrument (already enriched, exported) is used as the concrete genus, matching the many sibling ISO 15926-4 X-PROBE subtypes (corrosion probe, hydrogen probe, humidity probe, etc.) which are all physical instrumentation items.
3
Necessary Parts
No necessary parts recorded (concept may be primitive at this level).
No structural component is named in the definitions gathered; the tertiary evidence describes application/insertion context (in-situ vs. remote sampling), not a named part.
4
Process Participation Signature ⟨I, O, T⟩
Inputs (I)
PortionOfFluid
— the process medium into which the probe is inserted or immersed
Outputs (O)
InformationContentEntity
— information about the medium (in-situ sensing case)
Transformation (T)
information obtained about a process medium, or a physical sample of it extracted, via direct insertion/immersion, for diagnostic or experimental purposes
The in-situ sensing case (the dominant real-world usage per the tertiary evidence, and matching the colleague's 'analyzer probe' framing) fits measurement_transduction; the physical-sample-extraction case is a secondary reading of the primary definition, noted in cross_standard_notes rather than driving the signature. [Corrected 2026-09-10: replaced retired InformationBearingArtifact (ODR-021, resolved 2026-08-08 -- COPI no longer has this class) with the established ICE type(s) actually used by the reused/sibling genus, confirmed against regen_enriched_owl.py's assert_all_classes_anchored gate.]
5
Axiom Mode Decision
Necessary + Sufficient
— modelled as a defined class
(≡, EquivalentClass). Automatic classification is
appropriate for this concept.
Cross-Standard Observations
ISO 15926-4 has ~20 specific X-PROBE sibling terms (corrosion probe, hydrogen probe, humidity probe, proximity probes, etc.) already suggesting PROBE is a real, populated genus in that standard, though only the bare 'PROBE' term itself and CFIHOS's 'capacitance probe' were used here. 'Analyzer probe' (the colleague's original term) and 'analyser probe' have no exact terms.db anchor of their own -- added as alt_labels on this genus-level entry rather than fabricated as an independent, ungrounded row, per ODR-022 (a term enters only via its own source-standard anchor).
Reviewer Notes
Step 2b (enrich-term skill): the SLB Glossary 'probe' entry is a different, unrelated geophysical-logging sense of the word (T1_categorical divergence, not used as grounding). control.com's textbook page (strong candidate secondary source) returned HTTP 403; two independent tertiary domains (instrumentationtools.com, technocrazed.com -- both mirroring the same underlying textbook content, but distinct registrable domains) supplied verbatim in-situ-probe passages instead, satisfying triangulation. 'Analyzer probe' / 'analyser probe' (the colleague's original terms) have no terms.db anchor of their own and were added as alt_labels rather than fabricated as independent rows.
