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Function-Behaviour-Structure ontology
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<p>The Function-Behaviour-Structure ontology – or short, the FBS ontology – is an <a href="/facts/Ontology_(information_science)/SQlhl6lp">ontology</a> of design objects, i.e. things that have been or can be <a href="/facts/Design/kR4GNeja">designed</a>. The Function-Behaviour-Structure ontology conceptualizes design objects in three ontological categories: function (F), behaviour (B), and structure (S). The FBS ontology has been used in <a href="/facts/Design_science/HdERmkmN">design science</a> as a basis for modelling the process of designing as a set of distinct activities. This article relates to the concepts and models proposed by John S. Gero and his collaborators. Similar ideas have been developed independently by other researchers. </p>