On 11/05/2018 08:50, Martin Doerr wrote:
> Dear Richard,
>
> Following the latest extensions of the scope note of E4 Period, a
> geopolitical entity is indeed regarded as a case (type,
> specialization) of E4 Period. Since E4 Period IsA E92 spacetime
> volume, its projection at some time or at all times is an
> E53 Place. See respective properties, they should covers all cases:
> P161, E93, P164.
>
> So, multiple inheritance yes, but with E92, not E53.
Martin,

Thanks.  I have now found the CRMgeo documentation, and I'm working my
way through it ...

Best wishes,

Richard
>
> Best,
>
> Martin
>
> On 5/11/2018 12:47 AM, Richard Light wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm wanting to encourage a colleague to use a CRM-based approach to a
>> geographical-themed project.  We're talking about geopolitical [and
>> geographical] entities which have a known duration (e.g. 'Abingdon
>> from the 17th century until local government reorganisation in 1974').
>>
>> This could be modelled as a subclass of E4 Period, which neatly binds
>> together the place and time aspects we want to record.  Conversely it
>> could be modelled as a subclass of E53 Place, which would allow us to
>> express relationships between this entity and other geopolitical
>> units using existing properties.  I see that there are precedents in
>> the CRM for declaring a class as being a subclass of two different
>> classes (e.g. E45 Address).  However I am concerned about the fact
>> that E4 Period already has 'place-ness' inherent in it.  Should I be
>> worried?  Are there any guidelines I should be looking at?
>>
>> Many thanks,
>>
>> Richard
>>
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