Shouldn't a property 'has precision' be specified as well? On Wed, Dec 7, 2016 at 10:36 AM, Øyvind Eide <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear Martin, > > I think the following claim is too strong: “a systematic, objective > procedure of immediate observation” I think both objective and immediate > have to be qualified in order to be used in this context. As the last > paragraph describes the process in some detail, the reference to > objectivity and immediateness can also just be removed. > > All the best, > > Øyvind > > 24. nov. 2016 kl. 17:04 skrev martin <[email protected]>: > > Dear All, > > After consultation with Achille and Thanasi, here my proposed scope note > for E16. The idea is to introduce S4 Observation and Observable Entity into > CRM proper. > > *Old Scope note:* > > E16 Measurement > > Subclass of: E13 Attribute Assignment > > > > Scope note: This class comprises actions measuring physical > properties and other values that can be determined by a systematic > procedure. > > > > Examples include measuring the monetary value of a collection of coins or > the running time of a specific video cassette. > > > > The E16 Measurement may use simple counting or tools, such as yardsticks > or radiation detection devices. The interest is in the method and care > applied, so that the reliability of the result may be judged at a later > stage, or research continued on the associated documents. The date of the > event is important for dimensions, which may change value over time, such > as the length of an object subject to shrinkage. Details of methods and > devices are best handled as free text, whereas basic techniques such as > "carbon 14 dating" should be encoded using *P2 has type (is type of:) E55 > Type*. > > Examples: > > § measurement of height of silver cup 232 on the 31st August 1997 > > § the carbon 14 dating of the “Schoeninger Speer II” in 1996 [an about > 400.000 years old Palaeolithic complete wooden spear found in Schoeningen, > Niedersachsen, Germany in 1995] > > > > In First Order Logic: > > E16(x) ⊃ E13(x) > > > > Properties: > > P39 measured (was measured by): E1 CRM Entity > > P40 observed dimension (was observed in): E54 Dimension > > > > *New Scope Note:* > E16 Measurement > > Subclass of: E13 Attribute Assignment > > > > Scope note: This class comprises actions measuring quantitative > physical properties and other values that can be determined by a > systematic, objective procedure of immediate observation of particular > states of physical reality. Properties of instances of E90 Symbolic > Object may be measured via observing some of their representative carriers. > > > > Examples include measuring the nominal monetary value of a collection of > coins or the running time of a movie on a specific video cassette. > > > > The E16 Measurement may use simple counting or tools, such as yardsticks > or radiation detection devices. The interest is in the method and care > applied, so that the reliability of the result may be judged at a later > stage, or research continued on the associated documents. The date of the > event is important for dimensions, which may change value over time, such > as the length of an object subject to shrinkage. Methods and devices > employed should be associated with instances of E16 Measurement by > properties such as *P33 used specific technique,* *P125 used object of > type*,* P16 used specific object*, whereas basic techniques such as > "carbon 14 dating" should be encoded using *P2 has type (is type of:) E55 > Type*. Details of methods and devices reused or reusable in other > instances of E16 Measurement should be documented for these entities rather > than the measurements themselves, whereas details of particular execution > may be documented by free text or by instantiating adequate subactivities, > if the detail may be of interest for an overarching query. > > > > Regardless whether a measurement is made by an instrument or by human > senses, it represents the initial transition from physical reality to > information without any other documented information object in between in > the reasoning chain that would represent the result of the interaction of > the observer or device with reality. Therefore, inferring properties of > depicted items using image material, such as satellite images, is not > regarded as instance of E16 Measurement, but as another form of subsequent > attribute assignment. Rather, the production of the images themselves is > regarded as instance of E16 Measurement. The same reasoning holds for other > sensor data. > > Examples: > > § measurement of height of silver cup 232 on the 31st August 1997 > > § the carbon 14 dating of the “Schoeninger Speer II” in 1996 [an about > 400.000 years old Palaeolithic complete wooden spear found in Schoeningen, > Niedersachsen, Germany in 1995] > > > > In First Order Logic: > > E16(x) ⊃ E13(x) > > > > Properties: > > P39 measured (was measured by): E1 CRM Entity > > P40 observed dimension (was observed in): E54 Dimension > > Best, > > Martin > > -- > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Crm-sig mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ics.forth.gr/mailman/listinfo/crm-sig > > -- Dr. Martijn van Leusen Chair, Examination Board for Arts, Culture and Archaeology Chair, Faculty of Arts Advisory Board for Data Management policies Associate professor, Landscape Archaeology Groningen Institute of Archaeology / Poststraat 6, 9712ER Groningen (Netherlands) phone +31 50 3636717 Academia page <https://rug.academia.edu/MartijnvanLeusen>
