(define-theory Topo-Morphology (Topology Localization))
(in-theory 'Topo-Morphology)
(DEFINE-RELATION 3D-AREA (?A ?B) :IFF-DEF
(AND (PART ?A ?B)
(= (INVERSE HOLE-IN) 3D-AREA)
(ENTITY ?A)
(REGION ?B))
:AXIOM-CONSTRAINTS
(AND (RANGE 3D-AREA REGION)
(DOMAIN 3D-AREA ENTITY)))
(DEFINE-RELATION 3D-AREA-OF (?A ?B)
"A tridimensional area of some object is some kind
of hole in that object, which has a particular morphological saliency. Probably no
saliency rule can be stated; for example, body spaces are 3d areas which are
considered parts of an anatomical structure, although the most you can say
structurally is that they are surrounded by anatomical-structures.
In other words, a 3-d area is a mereologically relevant hole in some object."
:IFF-DEF (AND (HOLE-IN ?A ?B) (PART-OF ?A ?B)))
(DEFINE-RELATION ABNORMALLY-ATTACHED (?A ?B) :DEF
(AND (ATTACHED ?A ?B)
(EXISTS (?C) (AND (CONTEXT ?A ?C) (UNEXPECTED ?C ?B)))
(MATERIAL-OBJECT ?A)
(MATERIAL-OBJECT ?B)))
(DEFINE-RELATION ACCESS-TO (?A ?B) :IFF-DEF
(AND (= (INVERSE ACCESSIBLE-THROUGH) ACCESS-TO)
(*OPENING ?A)
(ENTITY ?B))
:AXIOM-CONSTRAINTS
(AND (RANGE ACCESS-TO ENTITY)
(DOMAIN ACCESS-TO *OPENING)))
(DEFINE-RELATION ACCESSIBLE-THROUGH (?A ?B) :DEF
(AND (TOPO-MORPHOLOGICAL-RELATION ?A ?B) (*OPENING ?B)))
(DEFINE-RELATION ATTACHED (?A ?B) :DEF
(AND (CONNECTED ?A ?B)
(TOPO-MORPHOLOGICAL-RELATION ?A ?B)
(LOCALIZED-ENTITY ?A)
(LOCALIZED-ENTITY ?B)))
(DEFINE-RELATION BRANCH (?A ?B) :IFF-DEF
(= (INVERSE BRANCH-OF) BRANCH))
(DEFINE-RELATION BRANCH-OF (?A ?B)
"Arises from the division of. For example, the arborization
of arteries."
:DEF (ATTACHED ?A ?B))
(DEFINE-RELATION CAN-FILL (?A ?B) :IFF-DEF
(AND (= (INVERSE FILLABLE-WITH) CAN-FILL)
(*LIQUID ?A)
(*CAVITY ?B))
:AXIOM-CONSTRAINTS
(AND (RANGE CAN-FILL *CAVITY)
(DOMAIN CAN-FILL *LIQUID)))
(DEFINE-RELATION CONNECTED-TO (?A ?B)
"Directly attached to another physical unit as tendons are
connected to muscles. This includes attached to and anchored to."
:DEF (ATTACHED ?A ?B) :AXIOM-DEF
(MAPPING CONNECTED-TO "We cannot simply map this to topology:connected, since
the anatomical sense of this relation has a functional sugar which is absent in the
strict topological connection: two anatomical objects seem connected when they are
'attached', say when we need some physical force to divide them. We mapped it to
morphology:attached, but maintaining the symmetric characteristic of USN. In other
words, 'connected-to' is the neutral version of 'attached'."))
(DEFINE-RELATION CONNECTS (?A ?B ?C) :DEF
(AND (CONNECTED ?A ?B) (CONNECTED ?B ?C) (STRUCTURING-TERNARY ?A ?B ?C))
:AXIOM-DEF (AND (ARITY CONNECTS 3) (TERNARY CONNECTS)))
(DEFINE-RELATION DETACHED (?A ?B) :DEF
(AND (NOT (ATTACHED ?A ?B))
(TOPO-MORPHOLOGICAL-RELATION ?A ?B)
(EXISTS (?C) (AND (CONTEXT ?A ?C) (UNEXPECTED ?C ?B)))
(MATERIAL-OBJECT ?A)
(MATERIAL-OBJECT ?B)))
(DEFINE-RELATION FILLABLE-WITH (?A ?B) :DEF
(AND (TOPO-MORPHOLOGICAL-RELATION ?A ?B) (*CAVITY ?A) (*LIQUID ?B)))
(DEFINE-RELATION FORMS-SEQUENCE (?A ?B) :IFF-DEF
(AND (= (INVERSE SEQUENCE-OF) FORMS-SEQUENCE)
(OBJECT ?A)
(ABSTRACTION ?B))
:AXIOM-CONSTRAINTS
(AND (RANGE FORMS-SEQUENCE ABSTRACTION)
(DOMAIN FORMS-SEQUENCE OBJECT)))
(DEFINE-RELATION HAS-ABNORMALLY-ATTACHED-PART (?A ?B) :IFF-DEF
(AND (= (INVERSE ABNORMALLY-ATTACHED)
HAS-ABNORMALLY-ATTACHED-PART)
(MATERIAL-OBJECT ?A)
(MATERIAL-OBJECT ?B))
:AXIOM-CONSTRAINTS
(AND (RANGE HAS-ABNORMALLY-ATTACHED-PART MATERIAL-OBJECT)
(DOMAIN HAS-ABNORMALLY-ATTACHED-PART
MATERIAL-OBJECT)))
(DEFINE-RELATION HAS-ATTACHED (?A ?B) :IFF-DEF
(= (INVERSE ATTACHED) HAS-ATTACHED))
(DEFINE-RELATION HAS-DETACHED-PART (?A ?B) :IFF-DEF
(AND (= (INVERSE DETACHED) HAS-DETACHED-PART)
(MATERIAL-OBJECT ?A)
(MATERIAL-OBJECT ?B))
:AXIOM-CONSTRAINTS
(AND (RANGE HAS-DETACHED-PART MATERIAL-OBJECT)
(DOMAIN HAS-DETACHED-PART MATERIAL-OBJECT)))
(DEFINE-RELATION HOLE-IN (?A ?B)
"Some region is a hole in some host (object or region)
when it is wholly located at the unique region of the host."
:DEF
(AND (TOPO-MORPHOLOGICAL-RELATION ?A ?B)
(REGION ?A)
(EXISTS (?C) (AND (WHOLLY-LOCATED ?A ?C) (IS-REGION-OF ?C ?B)))))
(DEFINE-RELATION HOST-OF (?A ?B) :IFF-DEF
(AND (= (INVERSE HOLE-IN) HOST-OF) (ENTITY ?A) (REGION ?B))
:AXIOM-CONSTRAINTS
(AND (RANGE HOST-OF REGION)
(DOMAIN HOST-OF ENTITY)))
(DEFINE-RELATION INTERCONNECTED-BY (?A ?B) :IFF-DEF
(= (INVERSE INTERCONNECTS) INTERCONNECTED-BY))
(DEFINE-RELATION INTERCONNECTS (?A ?B)
"Serves to link or join together two or more other
physical units. This includes joins, links, conjoins, articulates, separates, and bridges."
:DEF (AND (TOPO-MORPHOLOGICAL-RELATION ?A ?B) (OBJECT ?A) (OBJECT ?B))
:AXIOM-DEF
(MAPPING INTERCONNECTS
"New entry. Used only in two templates: one relevant, 'Body-Space
interconnects Cell'. Anyway, this should be a ternary relation."))
(DEFINE-RELATION SEQUENCE-OF (?A ?B) :DEF
(AND (ELEMENT-OF ?B ?A)
(FORALL (?Z)
(=> (ELEMENT-OF ?Z ?A)
(EXISTS (?W) (AND (ELEMENT-OF ?W ?A) (CONNECTED ?Z ?W)))))
(TOPO-MORPHOLOGICAL-RELATION ?A ?B)
(EXISTS (?C) (AND (REPRESENTS ?A ?C) (ELEMENT ?C ?B)))
(OBJECT ?B)))
(DEFINE-RELATION TRIBUTARY (?A ?B) :IFF-DEF
(= (INVERSE TRIBUTARY-OF) TRIBUTARY))
(DEFINE-RELATION TRIBUTARY-OF (?A ?B)
"Merges with. For example, the confluence of veins." :DEF (BRANCH-OF ?A ?B)
:AXIOM-DEF
(MAPPING TRIBUTARY-OF "Functionally-charged topological notion: branching with
carrying fluids. Still to be modelled."))
(DEFINE-RELATION _CAVITY (?A ?B)
"A cavity is a hole inside an object (eg, a body part),
say an internal hole (not connected to its host's complement."
:DEF
(AND (EXISTS (?Z ?W ?K)
(AND (MATERIAL-OBJECT ?Z)
(REGION ?W)
(HOST-OF ?Z ?W)
(EXISTS (?C) (AND (T-COMPLEMENT ?Z ?C) (IDENTITY ?K ?C)))
(NOT (CONNECTED ?A ?K))))
(_HOLE ?A ?B)
(REGION ?A)))
(DEFINE-RELATION _CHAIN (?A ?B) :DEF
(TOPO-MORPHOLOGICAL-PROPERTY ?A ?B))
(DEFINE-RELATION _CHANNEL (?A ?B)
"A channel is the host of an elongate cavity
within a (complex) system of fluid circulation. A morphological (and functional)
extension is needed for this definition."
:DEF
(AND (EXISTS (?Y)
(AND (_CAVITY ?Y TRUE)
(_ELONGATE ?Y TRUE)
(HOST-OF ?A ?Y)
(EXISTS ?Z (AND (_CHANNEL ?Z TRUE) (CONNECTED ?A ?Y)))))
(_HOST ?A ?B)
(MATERIAL-OBJECT ?A)))
(DEFINE-RELATION _DUCT (?A ?B)
"A duct is the host of an elongate opening.
A morphological extension is needed for this definition. The additional axiom
restricts duct to anatomy."
:DEF
(AND (EXISTS ?Y
(AND (_OPENING ?Y TRUE) (_ELONGATE ?Y TRUE) (HOST-OF ?A ?Y)))
(_HOST ?A ?B)
(MATERIAL-OBJECT ?A))
:CONSTRAINTS
(EXISTS (?X ?Y)
(AND (MATERIAL-OBJECT ?X)
(MATERIAL-OBJECT ?Y)
(CONNECTS ?A ?X ?Y))))
(DEFINE-RELATION _HOLE (?A ?B) :DEF
(AND (EXISTS (?Z) (AND (MATERIAL-OBJECT ?Z) (HOLE-IN ?A ?Z)))
(TOPO-MORPHOLOGICAL-PROPERTY ?A ?B)
(REGION ?A)))
(DEFINE-RELATION _HOLLOW (?A ?B)
"A hollow is an external hole, such as a depression.
It is a region connected to the complement of its host."
:DEF
(AND (EXISTS (?Y ?Z)
(AND (MATERIAL-OBJECT ?Z)
(HOST-OF ?Z ?A)
(EXISTS (?C) (AND (T-COMPLEMENT ?Z ?C) (IDENTITY ?Y ?C)))
(CONNECTED ?A ?Y)))
(_HOLE ?A ?B)
(REGION ?A)))
(DEFINE-RELATION _HOST (?A ?B) :DEF
(AND (EXISTS (?Z ?W)
(AND (MATERIAL-OBJECT ?Z)
(REGION ?W)
(HOLE-IN ?W ?Z)
(HOST-OF ?A ?W)))
(TOPO-MORPHOLOGICAL-PROPERTY ?A ?B)))
(DEFINE-RELATION _OPENING (?A ?B)
"An opening is a hole which connects two holes
within two distinct objects; eg, in anatomy, it can exist by default in
the organism or there can be another object regulating its existence in time
(eg, pilorum, glottis)."
:DEF
(AND (EXISTS (?X ?Y ?Z ?W)
(AND (HOLE-IN ?X ?Z)
(HOLE-IN ?Y ?W)
(DIFFERENT ?Z ?W)
(CONNECTS ?A ?X ?Y)))
(_HOLE ?A ?B)))
(DEFINE-CLASS *CAVITY (?SELF)
:IFF-DEF
(AND (REGION ?SELF) (VALUE-CARDINALITY ?SELF _CAVITY 1)) :AXIOM-DEF
(THE-ARCHETYPE *CAVITY REIFIED-PROPERTY))
(DEFINE-CLASS *LINK (?SELF)
:DEF
(AND (EXISTS (?Y ?Z) (AND (CONNECTED ?SELF ?Y) (CONNECTED ?Y ?Z)))
(MATERIAL-OBJECT ?SELF))
:AXIOM-DEF (THE-ARCHETYPE *LINK REIFIED-PROPERTY))
(DEFINE-CLASS *OPENING (?SELF)
:IFF-DEF
(AND (REGION ?SELF) (VALUE-CARDINALITY ?SELF _OPENING 1))
:AXIOM-DEF (THE-ARCHETYPE *OPENING REIFIED-PROPERTY))
(DEFINE-CLASS *UNBOUND-STRUCTURE (?SELF)
"No material object can be completely unbound
-say, not connected to anything-. This reified property is defined as not
connected to anything which it rigidly depends on."
:IFF-DEF
(AND (NOT (EXISTS ?Y
(AND (MATERIAL-OBJECT ?Y)
(CONNECTED ?SELF ?Y)
(STRICTLY-DEPENDS-ON ?SELF ?Y))))
(MATERIAL-OBJECT ?SELF))
:AXIOM-DEF (THE-ARCHETYPE *UNBOUND-STRUCTURE REIFIED-PROPERTY))
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