Dear Martin, Just one small detail:
> This class comprises signs, either meaningful or not, or arrangements of > signs following a specific syntax, […] Denotation is commonly connected to the concept of meaning. Thus, even if a place name is a series of sounds with no meaning as a word apart from the reference function as a place name, the denotation itself gives the appellation a certain kind of meaning. As a discussion of meaning follows in the next paragraph anyway I suggest a change to: > This class comprises signs or arrangements of signs following a specific > syntax, […] All the best, Øyvind > On 12 Oct 2019, at 20:30, Martin Doerr <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear All, > > With the deletion of many subclasses of E41 Appellation here my suggestion > for adjustment: > > NEW: > > E41 Appellation > > Subclass of: E90 Symbolic Object > > Superclass of: E35 Title > > E42 Identifier > > > Scope note: This class comprises signs, either meaningful or not, or > arrangements of signs following a specific syntax, that are used or can be > used to refer to and identify a specific instance of some class or category > within a certain context. > > > Instances of E41 Appellation do not identify things by their meaning, even if > they happen to have one, but instead by convention, tradition, or agreement. > Instances of E41 Appellation are cultural constructs; as such, they have a > context, a history, and a use in time and space by some group of users. A > given instance of E41 Appellation can have alternative forms, i.e., other > instances of E41 Appellation that are always regarded as equivalent > independent from the thing it denotes. > > > Even though instances of E41 Appellation are not words of a language, > different language groups may use different appellations for the same thing, > such as the names of major cities. Some appellations may be formulated using > a valid noun phrase of a particular language. In these cases, the respective > instances of E41 Appellation should also be declared as instances of E33 > Linguistic Object. Then the language group using the appellation can be > declared with the property P72 has language: E56 Language. > > > Instances of E41 Appellation may be used to identify any instance of E1 CRM > Entity and sometimes are characteristic for instances of more specific > subclasses E1 CRM Entity, such as for instances of E52 Time-Span (for > instance “dates”), E39 Actor, E53 Place or E28 Conceptual Object. Postal > addresses and E-mail addresses are characteristic examples of identifiers > used by services transporting things between clients. > > > Even numerically expressed identifiers in continua are also regarded as > instances of E41 Appellation, such as Gregorian dates or spatial > coordinates, even though they allow for determining the time or spot or are > they identify by a known procedure starting from a reference point and by > virtue of that play a double role as instances of E59 Primitive Value. > > > E41 Appellation should not be confused with the act of naming something. Cf. > E15 Identifier Assignment > > Examples: > > § "Martin" > > § "the Forth Bridge" > > § "the Merchant of Venice" (E35) (McCullough, 2005) > > § "Spigelia marilandica (L.) L." [not the species, just the name] > (Hershberger, Jenkins and Robacker, 2015) > > § "information science" [not the science itself, but the name through which > we refer to it in an English-speaking context] > > § “安” [Chinese “an”, meaning “peace”] > > § “6°5’29”N 45°12’13”W” > > § “Black queen’s bishop 4” [chess coordinate][MD1] > > § “1900” > > § “4-4-1959” > > § “19-MAR-1922” > > § “19640604”[MD2] > > § “+41 22 418 5571” > > § [email protected][MD3] > > § “Vienna” > > § “CH-1211, Genève” > > § “Aquae Sulis Minerva” > > § “Bath” > > § “Cambridge” > > § “the Other Place” > > § “the City”[MD4] > > § “1-29-3 Otsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 121, Japan” > > § “Rue David Dufour 5, CH-1211, Genève”[MD5] > > § “the entrance lobby to the Ripley Center” > > § “the poop deck of H.M.S Victory” > > § “the Venus de Milo’s left buttock” > > § “left inner side of my box” > > § “the entrance lobby to the Ripley Center” > > § “the poop deck of H.M.S Victory” > > § “the Venus de Milo’s left buttock” > > § “left inner side of my box”[MD6] > > § > > > In First Order Logic: > > E41(x) ⊃ E90(x) > > > > [MD1]Transfer of examples from deprecated E47 > > [MD2]Transfer of examples from E50 Date > > [MD3]Transfer of examples from E51 Contact Point > > [MD4]Transfer of examples from E44 Place Appellation > > [MD5]Transfer of examples from E54 Address > > [MD6]Transfer of examples from E46 Section definition > > > -- > ------------------------------------ > Dr. Martin Doerr > > Honorary Head of the > > 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 > > Vox:+30(2810)391625 > Email: > [email protected] > > Web-site: > http://www.ics.forth.gr/isl > > > _______________________________________________ > Crm-sig mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ics.forth.gr/mailman/listinfo/crm-sig
