The definition of Collection possibly overly restrictive, even from an archival point of view.
An collection of records will probably have been assembled by a different agent to the curator; materials may be discarded as "not archival", but if the fonds gets respect, the curator is not free to do much assembling. It is possible to finesse this by a sufficiently broad reading of "plan", but it seems as if the roles of assembling curating/preserving are intrinsically linked in the CRM (I ought to take a look at the old EAD mapping) . Simon On Nov 29, 2014 3:32 PM, "Stephen Stead" <[email protected]> wrote: > Martin > > The problem probably lies in the word “Collection”! Everyone reads that > and thinks that the defining characteristic is the act of collecting rather > than the true differentiator which is the curation. > > Perhaps changing the name to “E78 Curated Set” would solve the problem. > Nobody would know what it meant and so would read the scope note!!!! > > TTFN > > SdS > > > > Stephen Stead > > Tel +44 20 8668 3075 > > Mob +44 7802 755 013 > > E-mail [email protected] > > LinkedIn Profile http://uk.linkedin.com/in/steads > > > > *From:* Crm-sig [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of * > martin > *Sent:* 29 November 2014 19:07 > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [Crm-sig] A hoard as crm:E78_Collection ? > > > > Continuing: > > I don't know, why E78 Collection attracts so much attention. The scope > note of > E19 Physical Object says: > > "The class also includes all aggregates of objects made for functional > purposes of whatever kind, independent of physical coherence, such as a set > of chessmen. Typically, instances of E19 Physical Object can be moved (if > not too heavy)." > > > The CRM is not a terminological system to classify things. It is made to > provide relevant properties. We should only use a more specific class, if > we expect the respective additional properties to be relevant for > querying. To say that an E19 "has type: Hoard" should be enough. Only if > we want to specify a curator and an E87 Curation Activity with a curation > plan, using E78 Collection would be adequate. The less classes we use, the > more effective the queries. > > Best, > > Martin > > On 29/11/2014 2:45 μμ, Christian-Emil Smith Ore wrote: > > In the case a curator in a museum buries his collection, a hoard may be > considered as as a collection. The collection class is intended for museum > collections, see the examples in the scope note. > > > > C-E > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Crm-sig [mailto:[email protected] > <[email protected]>] On Behalf Of Dan Matei > > Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2014 1:30 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [Crm-sig] A hoard as crm:E78_Collection ? > > > > Friends > > > > I have to say that a particular coin is a member of a particular hoard. I > googled > > to see how others are dealing with that, but... > > > > I'm tempted to: > > > > <coin> <crm:P46i_forms_part_of> <hoard> > > > > <hoard> <rdf:type> <crm:E78_Collection> > > > > abusing a bit the E78 scope note: > > > > "This class comprises aggregations of instances of E18 Physical Thing that are > > assembled and maintained (“curated” and “preserved,” in museological > > terminology) by one or more instances of E39 Actor over time for a specific > > purpose and audience, and according to a particular collection development > > plan." > > > > > > The "... according to a particular collection development plan." troubles me. > > Can we say that the guy burying a hoard had a "collection development plan" ? > > > > There is a better practice for modelling that ? > > > > Dan > > > > PS. Not to mention that I would like to associate the discovery event with the > > hoard, not with the coin. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Crm-sig mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.ics.forth.gr/mailman/listinfo/crm-sig > > > > > -- > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > Dr. Martin Doerr | Vox:+30(2810)391625 | > > Research Director | Fax:+30(2810)391638 | > > | Email: [email protected] | > > | > > Center for Cultural Informatics | > > Information Systems Laboratory | > > Institute of Computer Science | > > Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH) | > > | > > N.Plastira 100, Vassilika Vouton, | > > GR70013 Heraklion,Crete,Greece | > > | > > Web-site: http://www.ics.forth.gr/isl | > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Crm-sig mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ics.forth.gr/mailman/listinfo/crm-sig > >
