Dear all,

I am struggling with the E13 scope note:

> This class comprises the actions of making assertions about one property of 
> an object or any single relation between two items or concepts. The type of 
> the property asserted to hold between two items or concepts can be described 
> by the property P177 assigned property [of] type: E55 Type.

It seems that the word "property" is used here in the sense of "any property 
one can think of", as in "The condition assessment of the endband cores of MS 
Sinai Greek 418 (E14) assigned property of type damage (E55)", as well as in 
the sense of "a CRM property", is that right?

And I found the last paragraph particularly difficult to understand:

> All cases of properties in this model that are also described indirectly 
> through a subclass of E13 Attribute Assignment are characterised as "short 
> cuts" of a path via this subclass. This redundant modelling of two 
> alternative views is preferred because many implementations may have good 
> reasons to model either the action of assertion or the short cut, and the 
> relation between both alternatives can be captured by simple rules.

* What does "this model" refer to? The CRM?

* What does the "two alternative views" refer to? When I model a Property 
directly or via E13?

* What are the "simple rules"? Does this mean a transformation like this?
Ex Py Ez
Ex P140i was attributed by E13 Attribute Assignment (P177 assigned property of 
type "Py") P141 assigned Ez

* Should "short cut" be "shortcut" (and possibly without " ")?
(Yes, there is a place for small edits, but I am really not sure about this.)

* Do the "any CRM property" paths (via E13) that can reify any CRM property 
have any relationship with the paths of "explicit" shortcuts (not via E13) at 
all? For example:

shortcut: E72 Legal Object P105 right held by E39 Actor
explicit path: E72 Legal Object P104 is subject to E30 Right P75i is possessed 
by E39 Actor
via E13: E72 Legal Object P140i was attributed by E13 Attribute Assignment 
(P177 assigned property of type "P105 right held by") P141 assigned E39 Actor 

shortcut: E1 CRM Entity P1 is identified by E42 Identifier
explicit path: E1 CRM Entity P140i was attributed by E15 Identifier Assignment 
P37 assigned E42 Identifier
via E13: E1 CRM Entity P140i was attributed by E13 Attribute Assignment (P177 
assigned property of type "P1 is identified by") P141 assigned E42 Identifier 

* Or is this paragraph no longer about E13 but explicitly about the subclasses 
of E13, as the first sentence seems to suggest? If yes, is this sentence 
talking about "any CRM property" paths or the long forms of explicit shortcuts 
for the Properties from the following list?

E14 Condition Assessment: P44 has condition
E15 Identifier Assignment: P48 has preferred identifier, or P1 is identified by 
(if the E41 Appellation is also an E42 Identifier)
E16 Measurement: P43 has dimension (if the E70 Thing is also a E18 Physical 
Thing and thus can be measured)
E17 Type Assignment: P2 has type

In other words: No "explicit" shortcuts are mentioned for E13. Do the 
subclasses E14, E15, E16, E17 somehow inherit the ability to create "any CRM 
property" paths, or are they only used in the long forms of "explicit" 
shortcuts of the following properties?

* P38 "deassigned" is only for Identifiers. How would one express the general 
situation when an attribute gets deassigned? 
(Both P37 "assigned" and P38 "deassigned" are in fact subproperties of P141 
"assigned". On the other hand, according to its scope note P1 is a shortcut for 
"P140i was attributed by E15 Identifier Assignment P37 assigned" but the 
counterpart "P140i was attributed by E15 Identifier Assignment P38 deassigned" 
is not mentioned.)

* Both E15 and E17 can be applied to any E1 CMR Entity. Why is there a 
subproperty P41 "classified (was classified by)" of P140 "assigned attribute to 
(was attributed by)" for E17 Type Assignment, but no subproperty of P140 for 
E15 Identifier Assignment?

Best,
Wolfgang


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