Dear All
Here my new scope note:
E18 Physical Thing
Subclass of:E72 <#_E72_Legal_Object> Legal Object
Superclass of: E19 <#_E19_Physical_Object>Physical Object
E24 <#_E24_Physical_Man-Made_Thing>Physical Human-Made Thing
E26 <#_E26_Physical_Feature>Physical Feature
Scope Note:This classcomprises all persistent physical items with a
relatively stable form, human-made or natural.
Depending on the existence of natural boundaries of such things, the
CIDOC CRM distinguishes the instances of E19 Physical Object from
instances of E26 Physical Feature, such as holes, rivers, pieces of land
etc. Most instances of E19 Physical Object can be moved (if not too
heavy), whereas features are integral to the surrounding matter.
Note that an instance of E18 Physical Thing not only occupies a
particular geometric space at any instant of its existence, which can be
documented using the property /P156 occupies (is occupied by)/, but in
the course of its existence it also forms a trajectory through
spacetime, which defines a real, that is phenomenal, volume in
spacetime, which can be documented using the property /P156 occupies (is
occupied by)/.
The CIDOC CRM is generally not concerned with unconfined amounts of
matter in fluid or gaseous states.
Examples:
§the Cullinan Diamond (E19)(Scarrattand Shor, 2006)
§the cave “Ideon Andron” in Crete (E26) (Smith, 1844-49)
§the Mona Lisa (E22) (Mohem, 2006)
In First Order Logic:
E18(x) ⊃E72(x)
Properties:
P44 <#_P44_has_condition_(condition of)> has condition (is condition
of): E3 <#_E3_Condition_State> Condition State
P45 <#_P45_consists_of_(is incorporated in> consists of (is incorporated
in): E57 <#_E57_Material> Material
P46 <#_P46_is_composed_of (forms part of)> is composed of (forms part
of): E18 <#_E18_Physical_Thing> Physical Thing
P49 <#_P49_has_former_or current keeper (i> has former or current keeper
(is former or current keeper of): E39 <#_E39_Actor> Actor
P50 <#_P50_has_current_keeper (is current > has current keeper (is
current keeper of): E39 <#_E39_Actor> Actor
P51 <#_P51_has_former_or current owner (is> has former or current owner
(is former or current owner of): E39 <#_E39_Actor> Actor
P52 <#_P52_has_current_owner (is current o> has current owner (is
current owner of): E39 <#_E39_Actor> Actor
P53 <#_P53_has_former_or current location > has former or current
location (is former or current location of): E53 <#_E53_Place> Place
P59 <#_P59_has_section_(is located on or w> has section (is located on
or within): E53 <#_E53_Place> Place
P128 <#_P128_carries_(is_carried by)> carries (is carried by): E90
<#_E90_Symbolic_Object> Symbolic Object
P156 <#_P156_occupies_(is> occupies (is occupied by): E53 <#_E53_Place>
Place
Pxxx defines (is defined by): E92 Spacetime Volume
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Dr. Martin Doerr
Honorary Head of the
Center for Cultural Informatics
Information Systems Laboratory
Institute of Computer Science
Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH)
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