]> http://ontonym.org/0.7/event http://ontonym.org/0.7/event 0.8 Copyright 2008-2009. This work is jointly owned by Graeme Stevenson, Stephen Knox, and University College Dublin. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported Licence. Graeme Stevenson and Stephen Knox The Ontonym Event ontology The Ontonym Event ontology provides a means of describing activities or phenomena that have at least a temporal demention. For example, meetings, concerts, presentations, the receipt of an email, or the turning on of a light. The temporal dimensions of events are specified using the Ontonym temporal model. See http://ontonym.org for details. contains role identifies the types of role that can be taken in an event. For example, speaker, audience member, projector. plays role the peson, device, object etc. that plays a predefined role within an event. event An event is an activity or phenomenon with a temporal dimension. For example, a conference, a meeting, a holiday, or activation of a lightbulb. instant event An instant event is an event that occurs instantaniouly. For example, a battery reaching capcity, or the receipt of an email. interval event An interval event is an event that occurs over a time period. For example, christmas, or an illness. role A role played by a person, device, resource, or object in an event. For example, a speaker, audience member, or display spatio-instant event 1 A spatio-instant event is an instant event that has an associated location. For example, entering a room, or turning on a light spatio-interval event 1 A spatio-interval event is an interval event that has an associated location. For example, a meeting, conference, or concert.