Dear Wolfgang,
It is indeed E55 Type, in the German translation of the CRM "E55 Typus"
. The crucial distinction for the CRM
are not the scholarly associations you refer to here, but the fact that
a "Typus" denotes a set ("Menge")
of things with the same characteristics, and not a particular object. An
"prototype" is a particular
object, which is a good representative of a particular "Typus", and
hence, not a Typus itself.
The CRM does not go into analysis of Platonic concepts, that would not
be useful for such a simple information integration schema ;-) .
The CRM does not analyse further E55 Type, for instance into visual form
type, functional types, types
by construction principle etc., because this is not necessary to
integrate information about the same instance of
E55 Type.
Does that help?
Martin
On 3/12/2012 1:30 μμ, Wolfgang Schmidle wrote:
Dear all,
I am looking for the appropriate entity for "Typus" ("type", or maybe
"archetype" or "prototype"). For example, a Greek sculpture creates a
type that is imitated by Roman sculptures. However, Typus does not only
apply to sculptures, and there may or may not be a physical prototype.
Apparently it's not E55 Type. Candidates seem to be
* E28 Conceptual Object
** E89 Propositional Object: "... conceptual items such as types and
classes are not instances of E89 Propositional Object [but E55 Type?].
This should not be confused with the definition of a type, which is
indeed an instance of E89 Propositional Object."
** E90 Symbolic Object
*** E73 Information Object
**** E36 Visual Item: "This class does not intend to describe the
idiosyncratic characteristics of an individual physical embodiment of a
visual item, but the underlying prototype."
***** E38 Image: "The original painting of the Mona Lisa in the Louvre
may be said to bear the same instance of E38 Image as reproductions in
the form of transparencies, postcards, posters or T-shirts ..."
This example from E89 seems to fit: The underlying prototype of any
“no-smoking” sign (E36). Does E36 apply to 3D objects as well?
Thanks,
Wolfgang
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