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new classes: phase transition process & relevant subclasses #474

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kaiiam opened this issue Mar 27, 2017 · 9 comments
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new classes: phase transition process & relevant subclasses #474

kaiiam opened this issue Mar 27, 2017 · 9 comments
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kaiiam commented Mar 27, 2017

Hey @pbuttigieg ENVO needs some more basic physical processes: Here a few we should add:

phase transition process ref

A process during which a portion of matter is converted from one phase to another.

freezing ref

A phase transition process whereby a portion of environmental material transitions from a liquid to a solid phase.

melting ref

A phase transition process whereby a portion of environmental material transitions from a solid to a liquid phase.

depositional phase change ref

A phase transition process whereby a portion of environmental material transitions from a gas to a solid phase.

vaporisation ref

A phase transition process whereby a portion of environmental material transitions from a liquid to a gas phase

condensation ref

A phase transition process whereby a portion of environmental material transitions from a gas to a liquid phase.

sublimation ref

A phase transition process whereby a portion of environmental material transitions from a solid to a gas phase.

compaction or compaction process

A physical process which forces molecules of a material entity closer together.

material accumulation process

A process whereby the mass of one or more materials increases at the same site.
as a comment for this we'd say:
A material accumulation process ends a material movement process.

material transport process

A process whereby material is displaced from it's original location and transported either to a new location or back to the original location.

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pbuttigieg commented Mar 27, 2017 via email

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I like the way this article discusses phase transitions as it's a little more clear on what's going on in the material. I would prefer a little more depth in at least the top level defs.

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cmungall commented Mar 27, 2017 via email

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Thanks for the link @cmungall, I think we should ask the community if we can edit REX - it would be a real asset for ENVO and many others.

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kaiiam commented Mar 28, 2017

Thank you @cmungall for chiming in. @pbuttigieg I assume it would be best if we were to hold off on adding the phase transition terms until we know if REX is the right place to put them and if we get edit permissions.

I would, however, like to add the compaction process, material accumulation process, material transport process terms to ENVO. Would it be ok to do so as I currently have them defined?

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pbuttigieg commented Mar 28, 2017

@pbuttigieg I assume it would be best if we were to hold off on adding the phase transition terms until we know if REX is the right place to put them and if we get edit permissions.

Agreed.

I would, however, like to add the compaction process, material accumulation process, material transport process terms to ENVO. Would it be ok to do so as I currently have them defined?

Generally yes (switch the wherbys to 'during which's. We may do some minor edits to the defs later, but they're okay for now.

@cmungall is there a procedure for approaching the community regarding REX? Should we try to contact the lead developer first? Jana Hastings is still listed as the contact, but she's no longer with the EBI.

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kaiiam commented Mar 28, 2017

I'd also like to add material transformation process

A process during which material is transformed from one state to another.

@pbuttigieg is that ok for now?

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cmungall commented Mar 28, 2017 via email

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@kaiiam for compaction, see #426, we may be able to do something quite general

@cmungall I agree with the process part approach between REX and ENVO. I can also imagine that the "pure" freezing/melting/... processes could live in REX and that their environmental manifestations could reside in ENVO; however, this sounds too Platonic and, remembering my chemistry days, we know that there is no pure substance to freeze/melt/etc. (supporting ENVO as the home for bulk processes like these)

kaiiam pushed a commit to kaiiam/envo that referenced this issue Mar 28, 2017
…lue ice, compaction process, material accumulation process, material transport process, ice gain, glacial transport process, updated alpine glacier, added: cirque glaciers, cirque basin, glacial erosion process, geographic basin, glacial ice loss, material decumulation process, glacial ice loss, and englacial stream.
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