Dear Martijn,
A better formulation is always welcome!
Logically, it is correct: "no stability of form is required" does NOT
exclude stability of form. I give explicitly the example "the sequence
of layers of a bore core". The point is, that we take a sample for a
particular feature it will be a witness for. The identity of the sample
and its duration of existence as a sample depends on the kind of feature
that needs to be preserved, be it a stratigraphy, a chemical composition
or whatever. Consequently, it can be diminished quite substanstially
without loosing this identity, whereas other impacts may not change its
discreteness as a stable piece of matter, but destroy the relevant
composition.
Proposals welcome.
Best,
Martin
On 4/9/2018 11:15 PM, P.M. van Leusen wrote:
"no stability of form is required" would exclude some types of
samples, e.g. kubiena tin samples taken for microstratigraphy,
palynology, or paleomagnetism. I would advise excising this phrase.
Martijn
On Fri, Mar 30, 2018, 21:19 Martin Doerr <mar...@ics.forth.gr
<mailto:mar...@ics.forth.gr>> wrote:
Dear All,
Here my proposal for a better scope note:
S11 Amount of Matter[1]
Subclass of: S10
<#m_2886038186972212311__S10_Material_Substantial> Material
Substantial
Superclass of:S12 <#m_2886038186972212311__S12_Amount_of> Amount
of Fluid
S13 <#m_2886038186972212311__S13_Sample> Sample
Scope note:This class comprises fixed amounts of matter specified
as some air, some water, some soil, etc., defined by the total and
integrity of their material content. In order to be able to
identify and recognize in practice one instance of S11 Amount of
Matter, some sort of confinement is needed that serves as a
constraint for the enclosed matter and the integrity of the
content, such as a bottle. In contrast to instances of E18
Physical Thing, no stability of form is required. The content may
be put into another bottle without loosing its identity.
Subclasses may define very different identity conditions for the
integrity of the content, such as chemical composition, or the
sequence of layers of a bore core. Whereas an instance of E18
Physical Thing may gradually change form and chemical composition
preserving its identity, such as living beings, an instance of S11
Amount of Matter may loose its identifying features by such
processes. What matters for the identity of an instance of S1
Amount of Matter is the preservation of a relevant composition
from the initial state of definition on.
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