I vote YES with the caveat that the examples should be looked at again and made 
easier to understand by rephrasing and adding some context to the cases. I can 
give more details to my issues with them if wanted. 

All the best,

Øyvind


> Am 06.10.2020 um 07:45 schrieb George Bruseker <[email protected]>:
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> In the last CRM SIG (47) we discussed issue 475 
> <http://www.cidoc-crm.org/Issue/ID-475-transfer-of-custody> which has to do 
> with a change to the scope note of E10 Transfer of Custody. R. Sanderson 
> noted that the scope note seemed to contain a contradiction since the first 
> line indicated that the transfer of custody was of 'physical possession' 
> while the second paragraph indicated that it could be of physical possession 
> OR only of legal custody. 
> 
> R. Sanderson proposed to update the scope note in order to consistently 
> express that the base line case is that BOTH physical and legal custody are 
> transferred and in the case that it is only one or the other this would be 
> expressed using the p2 has type property. 
> 
> This proposal was generally accepted and the work of creating the precise 
> wording was left as homework. This HW has been provided by R Sanderson and is 
> in a good state for voting on. 
> 
> Please find below the text of the old and the new scope note. After having 
> read them, please vote by replying to this email whether to accept this 
> change. 
> 
> You may vote Yes, Yes with a caveat or No, indicating the reason for 
> rejecting the proposal.
> 
> Please indicate your vote by October 16th.
> 
> Changes marked in blue
> 
> -----
> 
> OLD scope note
> E10 Transfer of Custody 
> Subclass of:  E7 Activity 
> 
> Scope note:   This class comprises transfers of physical custody of objects 
> between instances of E39 Actor. The recording of the donor and/or recipient 
> is optional. It is possible that in an instance of E10 Transfer of Custody 
> there is either no donor or no recipient. Depending on the circumstances it 
> may describe: 
> 
> 1. the beginning of custody 
> 2. the end of custody 
> 3. the transfer of custody 
> 4. the receipt of custody from an unknown source 
> 5. the declared loss of an object 
> 
> The distinction between the legal responsibility for custody and the actual 
> physical possession of the object should be expressed using the property P2 
> has type (is type of). A specific case of transfer of custody is theft. The 
> sense of physical possession requires that the object of custody is in the 
> hands of the keeper at least with a part representative for the whole. The 
> way, in which a representative part is defined, should ensure that it is 
> unambiguous who keeps a part and who the whole and should be consistent with 
> the identity criteria of the kept instance of E18 Physical Thing. For 
> instance, in the case of a set of cutlery we may require the majority of 
> pieces having been in the hands of the actor regardless which individual 
> pieces are kept over time. 
> 
> The interpretation of the museum notion of "accession" differs between 
> institutions. The CIDOC CRM therefore models legal ownership and physical 
> custody separately. Institutions will then model their specific notions of 
> accession and deaccession as combinations of these. 
> 
> Examples:  
> the delivery of the paintings by Secure Deliveries Inc. to the National 
> Gallery the return of Picasso’s “Guernica” to Madrid’s Prado in 1981 (Chipp, 
> 1988) 
> In First Order Logic: 
> E10(x) ⊃ E7(x) 
> 
> Properties: 
> P28 custody surrendered by (surrendered custody through): E39 Actor 
> P29 custody received by (received custody through): E39 Actor 
> P30 transferred custody of (custody transferred through): E18 Physical Thing
> 
> NEW scope note
> E10 Transfer of Custody 
> Subclass of:  E7 Activity 
> 
> Scope note:   This class comprises transfers of the physical custody, or the 
> legal responsibility for the physical custody, of objects. The recording of 
> the donor or recipient is optional. It is possible that in an instance of E10 
> Transfer of Custody there is either no donor or no recipient. Depending on 
> the circumstances it may describe: 
> 
> 1. the beginning of custody (there is no previous custodian)
> 2. the end of custody (there is no subsequent custodian)
> 3. the transfer of custody (transfer from one custodian to the next)
> 4. the receipt of custody from an unknown source (the previous custodian is 
> unknown)
> 5. the declared loss of an object (the current or subsequent custodian is 
> unknown)
> 
> In the event that only a single kind of transfer of custody, either the legal 
> responsibility for the custody or the actual physical possession of the 
> object but not both, this difference should be expressed using the property 
> P2 has type (is type of).  A specific case of transfer of custody is theft. 
> The sense of physical possession requires that the object of custody is in 
> the hands of the keeper at least with a part representative for the whole. 
> The way, in which a representative part is defined, should ensure that it is 
> unambiguous who keeps a part and who the whole and should be consistent with 
> the identity criteria of the kept instance of E18 Physical Thing. For 
> instance, in the case of a set of cutlery we may require the majority of 
> pieces having been in the hands of the actor regardless which individual 
> pieces are kept over time. 
> 
> The interpretation of the museum notion of "accession" differs between 
> institutions. The CIDOC CRM therefore models legal ownership and physical 
> custody separately. Institutions will then model their specific notions of 
> accession and deaccession as combinations of these. 
> 
> Examples:  
> the delivery of the paintings by Secure Deliveries Inc. to the National 
> Gallery the return of Picasso’s “Guernica” to Madrid’s Prado in 1981 (Chipp, 
> 1988) 
> In First Order Logic: 
> E10(x) ⇒ E7(x) 
> 
> Properties: 
> P28 custody surrendered by (surrendered custody through): E39 Actor 
> P29 custody received by (received custody through): E39 Actor 
> P30 transferred custody of (custody transferred through): E18 Physical Thing
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> George Bruseker
> Vice-Chair CIDOC CRM SIG
> 
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