Dear All,
Here the scope note for E18:
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 Man-Made Thing
E26 <#_E26_Physical_Feature> Physical Feature
Scope Note:This class comprises all persistent physical items with a
relatively stable form, man-made or natural.
Depending on the existence of natural boundaries of such things, the 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.
The CRM is generally not concerned with amounts of matter in fluid or
gaseous states.
Examples:
§the Cullinan Diamond (E19)
§the cave “Ideon Andron” in Crete (E26)
§the Mona Lisa (E22)
Properties:
P44 <#_P44_has_condition_%28condition%20of%29> has condition (is
condition of): E3 <#_E3_Condition_State> Condition State
P45 <#_P45_consists_of_%28is%20incorporated%20in> consists of (is
incorporated in): E57 <#_E57_Material> Material
P46 <#_P46_is_composed_of%20%28forms%20part%20of%29> is composed of
(forms part of): E18 <#_E18_Physical_Thing> Physical Thing
P49 <#_P49_has_former_or%20current%20keeper%20%28i> has former or
current keeper (is former or current keeper of): E39 <#_E39_Actor> Actor
P50 <#_P50_has_current_keeper%20%28is%20current%20> has current keeper
(is current keeper of): E39 <#_E39_Actor> Actor
P51 <#_P51_has_former_or%20current%20owner%20%28is> has former or
current owner (is former or current owner of): E39 <#_E39_Actor> Actor
P52 <#_P52_has_current_owner%20%28is%20current%20o> has current owner
(is current owner of): E39 <#_E39_Actor> Actor
P53 <#_P53_has_former_or%20current%20location%20> has former or current
location (is former or current location of): E53 <#_E53_Place> Place
P58 <#_P58_has_section_definition%20%28defines> has section definition
(defines section): E46 <#_E46_Section_Definition> Section Definition
P59 <#_P59_has_section_%28is%20located%20on%20or%20w> has section (is
located on or within): E53 <#_E53_Place> Place
P128 <#_P128_carries_%28is_carried%20by%29> carries (is carried by): E90
<#_E90_Symbolic_Object> Symbolic Object
P156 <#_P156_%28Px1%29_occupies> occupies: E53 <#_E53_Place> Place
P159 <#_P159_occupied> occupied: E92 <#_E92_Spacetime_Volume>Spacetime
Volume
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 Man-Made Thing
E26 <#_E26_Physical_Feature> Physical Feature
Scope Note:This class comprises all persistent physical items with a
relatively stable form, man-made or natural.
Depending on the existence of natural boundaries of such things, the 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.
An instances of E18 Physical Thing occupies not only a particular
geometric space, but in the course of its existenceit performs a
trajectory through spacetime, which occupies a real, that is phenomenal,
volume in spacetime. We include in the occupied space the space filled
by the matter of the physical thing and all its inner spaces, such as
the inner of a box. Physical things consisting of aggregations of
physically unconnected objects, such as a set of chessmen, occupy a
number of individually contiguous spacetime volumes equal to the number
of unconnected objects that constitute them.
Even though the substance of an instance of E18 Physical Thing is matter
and hence different from the substance of a spacetime volume, which is
an aggregation of 4 dimensional points in spacetime, the real
spatiotemporal extent of an instance of E18 Physical Thing is regarded
to be unique to it due to all its details and fuzziness. Its identity
and existence depends uniquely on the identity of the instance of E18
Physical Thing. Therefore we model E18 Physical Thing to be a subclass
of E72 Legal Object and of E92 Spacetime volume, a “phenomenal” one (see
Hiebel et al.). By virtue of this multiple inheritance, we avoid
representing each instance of E18 Physical Thing together with an
instance of its associated spacetime volume, if we want to talk about
the places it occupies through time. This model, even though combining
two distinct kinds of substance, is unambiguous, effective and
corresponds to the intuitions of natural language.
The CRM is generally not concerned with amounts of matter in fluid or
gaseous states.
Examples:
§the Cullinan Diamond (E19)
§the cave “Ideon Andron” in Crete (E26)
§the Mona Lisa (E22)
Properties:
P44 <#_P44_has_condition_%28condition%20of%29> has condition (is
condition of): E3 <#_E3_Condition_State> Condition State
P45 <#_P45_consists_of_%28is%20incorporated%20in> consists of (is
incorporated in): E57 <#_E57_Material> Material
P46 <#_P46_is_composed_of%20%28forms%20part%20of%29> is composed of
(forms part of): E18 <#_E18_Physical_Thing> Physical Thing
P49 <#_P49_has_former_or%20current%20keeper%20%28i> has former or
current keeper (is former or current keeper of): E39 <#_E39_Actor> Actor
P50 <#_P50_has_current_keeper%20%28is%20current%20> has current keeper
(is current keeper of): E39 <#_E39_Actor> Actor
P51 <#_P51_has_former_or%20current%20owner%20%28is> has former or
current owner (is former or current owner of): E39 <#_E39_Actor> Actor
P52 <#_P52_has_current_owner%20%28is%20current%20o> has current owner
(is current owner of): E39 <#_E39_Actor> Actor
P53 <#_P53_has_former_or%20current%20location%20> has former or current
location (is former or current location of): E53 <#_E53_Place> Place
P58 <#_P58_has_section_definition%20%28defines> has section definition
(defines section): E46 <#_E46_Section_Definition> Section Definition
P59 <#_P59_has_section_%28is%20located%20on%20or%20w> has section (is
located on or within): E53 <#_E53_Place> Place
P128 <#_P128_carries_%28is_carried%20by%29> carries (is carried by): E90
<#_E90_Symbolic_Object> Symbolic Object
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