is directed towards https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-1515/regular10.pdf A relationship between a quality and a portion of reality such that the quality refers to or is cognitively directed towards the portion of reality. In the definition source, the relation is called 'is_about'. To avoid confusion with the existing "is about" relation in IAO, we called it 'is directed towards' per Alan Ruttenberg's suggestion. One of my mental representations is directed towards the Pacific Ocean. person: William Hogan pending final vetting