What about "birth giving" ? In conjunction with the property it may read better:
Nick - was born in - birth giving - by mother ....?? Martin > > A couple of typos: "Beginning if Existence" should be "Beginning of > Existence". (Though the metaphysical implications of the former are > more interesting...;-) "Aqcuiring" should be "Acquiring". Interesting > that you didn't deal with birth (hesitating about the awkwardness of > "birthing" perhaps?). It could be gerindificated as "giving Birth" or > as "Being Born", depending on who the subject of the action is seen as. > I would prefer "Giving Birth" as none of the other activities use > passive forms. As I recall, the "potential for confusion" was related > to the fact that some verbs are also nouns, so "E12 Production" might > sound like a thing, as in "an RLG-Speilberg production". Using gerunds > avoids this confusion. Expressing everything in gerund form is more > consistent too. Cheers > Nick > Tony Gill <[email protected]> wrote: Folks, > > In the Actions, I was assigned: "TG to propose new names for activities > in the event hierarchy using gerunds when there is potential for > confusion." > > Well, I can't remember what the "potential for confusion" was now, so > I've "gerundified" them all: > > E7 - - - - Activity (Acting) > E8 - - - - - Acquisition (Aqcuiring) > E9 - - - - - Move (Moving) > E10 - - - - - Transfer of Custody (Transferring Custody) > E11 - - - - - Modification (Modifying) > E12 - - - - - - Production (Producing) > E13 - - - - - Attribute Assignment (Attribute Assigning) > E14 - - - - - - Condition Assessment (Condition Assessing) > E15 - - - - - - Identifier Assignment (Identifier Assigning) > E16 - - - - - - Measurement (Measuring) > E17 - - - - - - Type Assignment (Type Assigning) > E65 - - - - - Conceptual Creation (Conceptually Creating) > E66 - - - - - Formation (Forming) > E63 - - - - Beginning of Existence (Beginning if Existence) > E67 - - - - - Birth > E12 - - - - - Production (Producing) > E65 - - - - - Conceptual Creation (Conceptually Creating) > E66 - - - - - Formation (Forming) > E64 - - - - End of Existence (Ending of Existence) > E6 - - - - - Destruction (Destroying) > E68 - - - - - Dissolution (Dissolving) > E69 - - - - - Death (Dying) > > Cheers, > > T. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Tony Gill <> [email protected] > Research Libraries Group <> http://www.rlg.org/ > 1200 Villa Street, Mountain View, CA 94041 USA > Voice: +1 (650) 691-2304 <> Fax: +1 (650) 964-1461 > > > Nicholas Crofts > DAEL / DSI > rue David-Dufour 5 > Case postale 22 > CH - 1211 Genθve 8 > tιl +41 22 327 5271 > fax +41 22 328 4382 > > > --------------------------------- > Do You Yahoo!? > Get personalised at My Yahoo!.
