Dear all,
Here the missing references:
The "Taxil Hoax", a farce about the freemasons not intended to be taken
seriously, but getting "viral" as being real despite of his confirmation
that it was a hoax.
- Wikipedia https://share.google/2E2q3ooy4ckLh5N74
and Mika Waltari, "Sinuhe the Egyptian", 1945. This is a particularly
nice example, because it creates a long story around a very small
Egyptian text.
On 8/19/2025 5:29 PM, Martin Doerr via Crm-sig wrote:
Dear All,
I propose the below refinement of the scope note of E31 Document. In
the past. there had been competing and contradictory interpretations
about a supposed implied truthfulness of the content of an E31
Document, also with implications for CRMdig, CRMsci and CRMpem.
Therefore here my attempt of a more elaborate clarification, which
follows in principle the well-known and well received concept of
"non-fiction" in library science.
To be discussed.
Martin
E31 Document
Subclass of:
E73 <#_toc8484> Information Object
Superclass of:
E32 <#_toc7921> Authority Document
Scope note:
This class comprises identifiable immaterial items that make
propositions about reality, often called non-fiction.In general, it is
the implicit or explicitly expressed intention in the creation of the
item that justifies the classification as an instance of E31 Document,
which distinguishes it from other kinds, such as fiction or software,
and not its claimed truthfulness with respect to reality.
These propositions may be expressed in text, graphics, images,
audiograms, videograms or by other similar means. This class should
not be confused with the concept “document” in Information Technology,
which is compatible with E73 Information Object.
Typical examples are scientific records and studies, observational
data, realistic portraits, depictions of landscapes or buildings, log
books of ships and many others. Documentation databases are regarded
as instances of E31 Document.
Deviations with respect to reality are typically unintended errors or
poorly supported assumptions, but also different cases of bias
discussed in the scientific discourse. It is the task of scientists
and scholars to assess respective qualities of instances of E31
Document. Only if the overall seriousness appears not to be given,
such as the article by XXX about the Free Masons, the documentalist
should decide not to classify an item as instance of E31 Document.
Also, narratives inspired by historical or scientific records, such as
“Sinuhe the Egyptian” by XXX, are not regarded as instances of E31
Document, even though they contain some historical knowledge. It is
recommended to consult the internationally adopted criteria of library
science to distinguish non-fiction from other genre.
Examples:
the Encyclopaedia Britannica (E32) (Kogan, 1958)
the image content of the photo of the Allied Leaders at Yalta
published by UPI, 1945 (E36)
Domesday Book [a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of
England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William
the Conqueror] (Hallam 1986)
In first-order logic:
E31(x) ⇒E73(x)
Properties:
P70 <#_toc10034> documents (is documented in): E1 <#_toc7281> CRM Entity
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Institute of Computer Science
Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH)
N.Plastira 100, Vassilika Vouton,
GR70013 Heraklion,Crete,Greece
Email:mar...@ics.forth.gr
Web-site:http://www.ics.forth.gr/isl
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