Hi Martin, just so that I'm sure I understand the distinction between State and Situation: when I conduct a field survey of a particular field, which happens to be ploughed during that visit, would that be its State or its Situation?
Martijn On Thu, Oct 5, 2017 at 2:28 PM, martin <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear All, > > Here my final proposal: > > > *S16 State.** My **new scope note is the following: * > > *“**This class comprises persistence of particular value ranges of > properties of a particular thing or things over a time-span. The identity > of an instance of S16 State is given by prescribing the properties and > value ranges under consideration, such as "me being in my office". From > this prescription of properties results the ability to observe the > time-span, and possibly the spatial area, for which the specified > properties held**. **In general, there are no natural boundaries to the > combination of property values under consideration in the definition of a > state. Therefor this class is only epistemological in nature, describing > arbitrary units of considering the world**”* > > > *"Martin Doerr and Maria Daskalaki were at ICS-FORTH, Heraklion 4/10/2017 > from 14:00 to 16:15"* > > *SXX* *situation.* My new scope note is the following: > > “*This class comprises the persistence of particular value ranges of the > properties of a particular thing or things over a time-span. The identity > of an instance of SXX Situation is given by prescribing kinds of properties > and a particular time-span and possibly the spatial area. From this > prescription of properties results the ability to observe the values of the > kinds of properties, which hold in the specified time-span and spatial area*. > *An instance of SXX Situation can be considered as a snapshot of an > instance of SXX State defined by the property values observed in the > respective situation. In other words, any instance of SXX Situation can be > expanded into a State describing the maximal extent in time and space for > which the combination of property values observed in a particular situation > held. In general, there are no natural boundaries to the combination of > kinds of properties, the space and the time-span under consideration in the > definition of a situation other than the interest and ability of an > observer. Therefor this class is only epistemological in nature, describing > arbitrary units of considering the world*” > > Example: > > "Martin Doerr and Maria Daskalaki were at ICS-FORTH, Heraklion 4/10/2017 > 15:22:05" > > "Martin Doerr and Maria Daskalaki and George Bruseker were at ICS-FORTH, > Heraklion, in the Stelios Orphanoudakis Room at 4/10/2017 14:44" > > -- > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > -- 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>
