ontology/non-ionizing-radiation
type: Ontology
identifier: non-ionizing-radiation
version: 0.1.0
description: Non-ionizing radiation domain ontology: power-frequency and RF/microwave EMF exposure sources and quantities, regulatory exposure limits, IARC carcinogenicity classifications, and exposure/health-outcome findings
has namespace:
  semantic memory: semantic
  episodic memory: episodic
defines entity type: electrical-device
defines entity type: wireless-transmitter
defines entity type: power-frequency-field-strength
defines entity type: rf-field-exposure
defines entity type: specific-absorption-rate
defines entity type: emf-exposure-limit
defines entity type: iarc-carcinogen-classification
defines entity type: emf-exposure-health-finding
defines relationship:
  exposes: exposes
  bounded by: bounded_by
discovery config:
  discovery enabled: true
  confidence threshold: 0.8
  has discovery pattern: pattern/0
  has discovery pattern: pattern/1
  has discovery pattern: pattern/2
  has discovery pattern: pattern/3
  has discovery pattern: pattern/4
  has discovery pattern: pattern/5
  has discovery pattern: pattern/6
  has discovery pattern: pattern/7

semantic
type: Namespace
has child namespace:
  emf-sources: emf-sources
  emf-quantities: emf-quantities
  emf-limits: emf-limits

emf-sources
type: Namespace
description: Electrical and wireless EMF exposure-source apparatus
type hint: semantic

emf-quantities
type: Namespace
description: Named power-frequency and RF field-exposure physical quantities
type hint: semantic

emf-limits
type: Namespace
description: Regulatory/guideline EMF exposure limits and carcinogenicity classifications
type hint: semantic

episodic
type: Namespace
has child namespace:
  emf-health-findings: emf-health-findings

emf-health-findings
type: Namespace
description: Clinical/epidemiological findings on EMF exposure and health outcomes
type hint: episodic

electrical-device
type: EntityType
base type: SemanticMemory
description: A power-frequency electromagnetic-field source (appliance, transmission line, transformer, substation)
defines trait: mif:trait/cited
defines trait: mif:trait/dated
defines trait: mif:trait/categorized
subtype of: entityType/apparatus
schema.org:
  required: name
  properties:
    name:
      type: string
      description: Matches research.ontology.yaml's apparatus field name directly
    device category:
      type: string
      enum: appliance
      enum: transmission-line
      enum: transformer
      enum: substation
      enum: other
    nominal frequency hz:
      type: number

wireless-transmitter
type: EntityType
base type: SemanticMemory
description: An RF/microwave electromagnetic-field source (mobile handset, base station, WiFi router, Bluetooth device, radar)
defines trait: mif:trait/cited
defines trait: mif:trait/dated
defines trait: mif:trait/categorized
subtype of: entityType/apparatus
schema.org:
  required: name
  properties:
    name:
      type: string
    device category:
      type: string
      enum: mobile-handset
      enum: base-station
      enum: wifi-router
      enum: bluetooth
      enum: radar
      enum: other
    operating frequency hz:
      type: number

power-frequency-field-strength
type: EntityType
base type: SemanticMemory
description: A measured power-frequency (1 Hz-100 kHz) electric or magnetic field-strength value
defines trait: mif:trait/cited
defines trait: mif:trait/dated
defines trait: mif:trait/measured
subtype of: entityType/physical-quantity
schema.org:
  required: value
  required: variable
  properties:
    variable:
      type: string
    symbol:
      type: string
    value:
      type: number
    unit:
      type: string
    field type:
      type: string
      enum: electric
      enum: magnetic

rf-field-exposure
type: EntityType
base type: SemanticMemory
description: A measured RF/microwave (100 kHz-300 GHz) field-strength or power-density exposure value
defines trait: mif:trait/cited
defines trait: mif:trait/dated
defines trait: mif:trait/measured
subtype of: entityType/physical-quantity
schema.org:
  required: value
  required: variable
  properties:
    variable:
      type: string
    symbol:
      type: string
    value:
      type: number
    unit:
      type: string
    metric type:
      type: string
      enum: electric-field
      enum: power-density
      enum: absorbed-power-density

specific-absorption-rate
type: EntityType
base type: SemanticMemory
description: Specific absorption rate (SAR): RF energy absorbed per unit body mass, the basic-restriction metric below the ICNIRP(2020)/IEEE C95.1-2019 6 GHz transition frequency
defines trait: mif:trait/cited
defines trait: mif:trait/dated
defines trait: mif:trait/measured
subtype of: entityType/physical-quantity
schema.org:
  required: value
  required: variable
  properties:
    variable:
      type: string
    symbol:
      type: string
    value:
      type: number
    unit:
      type: string
    averaging mass g:
      type: number

emf-exposure-limit
type: EntityType
base type: SemanticMemory
description: A named regulatory or guideline exposure limit/reference level for electric, magnetic, or electromagnetic field exposure
defines trait: mif:trait/cited
defines trait: mif:trait/dated
defines trait: mif:trait/categorized
schema.org:
  required: standard_body
  required: limit_type
  properties:
    standard body:
      type: string
      enum: ICNIRP
      enum: IEEE
      enum: FCC
      enum: ARPANSA
      enum: other
    limit type:
      type: string
      enum: occupational
      enum: general-public
    frequency range:
      type: string
    value:
      type: number
    unit:
      type: string

iarc-carcinogen-classification
type: EntityType
base type: SemanticMemory
description: An IARC Monograph carcinogenicity-hazard classification (Group 1/2A/2B/3/4) for an exposure agent
defines trait: mif:trait/cited
defines trait: mif:trait/dated
defines trait: mif:trait/categorized
schema.org:
  required: agent
  required: group
  properties:
    agent:
      type: string
    group:
      type: string
      enum: 1
      enum: 2A
      enum: 2B
      enum: 3
      enum: 4
    monograph volume:
      type: string
    evaluation year:
      type: integer

emf-exposure-health-finding
type: EntityType
base type: EpisodicMemory
description: A clinical or epidemiological finding examining the association between an EMF-exposure quantity and a health outcome
defines trait: mif:trait/cited
defines trait: mif:trait/dated
defines trait: mif:trait/measured
subtype of: entityType/clinical-observation
schema.org:
  required: value
  required: observation_id
  required: code
  properties:
    code:
      type: string
      description: Matches clinical-health-base's clinical-observation field name directly
    value:
      type: string
    observation id:
      type: string
    exposure source:
      type: string
      description: e.g. 'power-frequency', 'RF/wireless'
    outcome:
      type: string
    association strength:
      type: string

exposes
type: Relationship
description: An EMF source produces an exposure quantity a subject may be exposed to
domain: mif:entityType/electrical-device
domain: mif:entityType/wireless-transmitter
range: mif:entityType/power-frequency-field-strength
range: mif:entityType/rf-field-exposure
range: mif:entityType/specific-absorption-rate
symmetric property: false

bounded_by
type: Relationship
description: A measured exposure quantity is compared against a named regulatory exposure limit
domain: mif:entityType/power-frequency-field-strength
domain: mif:entityType/rf-field-exposure
domain: mif:entityType/specific-absorption-rate
range: mif:entityType/emf-exposure-limit
symmetric property: false

pattern/0
type: DiscoveryPattern
content pattern: \b(power line|transmission line|transformer|substation|appliance)\b.*\b(EMF|electromagnetic field|magnetic field)\b
suggests entity type: electrical-device
suggests namespace: _semantic/emf-sources

pattern/1
type: DiscoveryPattern
content pattern: \b(cell tower|base station|WiFi router|Bluetooth|mobile phone|handset|radar)\b
suggests entity type: wireless-transmitter
suggests namespace: _semantic/emf-sources

pattern/2
type: DiscoveryPattern
content pattern: \b(power-frequency field|50 ?Hz|60 ?Hz|ELF field|extremely low frequency)\b
suggests entity type: power-frequency-field-strength
suggests namespace: _semantic/emf-quantities

pattern/3
type: DiscoveryPattern
content pattern: \b(RF exposure|radiofrequency field|power density|electric field strength)\b
suggests entity type: rf-field-exposure
suggests namespace: _semantic/emf-quantities

pattern/4
type: DiscoveryPattern
content pattern: \b(specific absorption rate|\bSAR\b)\b
suggests entity type: specific-absorption-rate
suggests namespace: _semantic/emf-quantities

pattern/5
type: DiscoveryPattern
content pattern: \b(ICNIRP|IEEE C95\.1|FCC.*MPE|maximum permissible exposure|reference level)\b
suggests entity type: emf-exposure-limit
suggests namespace: _semantic/emf-limits

pattern/6
type: DiscoveryPattern
content pattern: \b(IARC|Group 2B|possibly carcinogenic)\b
suggests entity type: iarc-carcinogen-classification
suggests namespace: _semantic/emf-limits

pattern/7
type: DiscoveryPattern
content pattern: \b(EMF exposure and|association between.*(EMF|electromagnetic field).*health)\b
suggests entity type: emf-exposure-health-finding
suggests namespace: _episodic/emf-health-findings