Generic Verbs and Nouns

This section addresses:

: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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