Thank you all for your comments and contributions.
None of the solutions proposed so far convinces me.
Intangible heritage (Tango, for instance) is not the cumulation of many/all
related activities/actors (Tango performances, Tango dancers, etc), which
instead are related because they are
It is as I wrote, an interesting question. The idea behind the development of
the CRM is that it should be based on documented practice in the various
disciplines and a be a formalization of this documented practice. It is not
meant to be a general formal description of everything going on in
Dear All,
I suggest to make a case study with Rebetiko. It is a relatively
confined tradition and living. We have access to a lot of material here
in Greece. By the way, we met a young lady from India who came to Greece
and has learned to play Rebetiko.
I think we should look at phenomena
Dear All,
I think this is quite overstretching what an activity is. Of course we
can make quick and dirty use of any class. I cannot imagine, how an "All
Tango Performances" could be associated with a clear identity, unity and
distinction from others. This would mean that any type of activity
It is a good question. Also note that documentation of intangible cultural
heritage is in most cases ttangible. According to UNESCO intangible cultural
heritage is defined as
Article 2 – Definitions
For the purposes of this Convention,
1. The “intangible cultural heritage” means the practices,
In the UNESCO List of World Intangible Heritage many items (= E28 Conceptual
Object) are referred to specific gatherings of people - commonly named
“communities” in everyday's language - such as:
Tango -> Argentina & Uruguay
Rebetiko -> Greece
Opera dei pupi (puppet theatre) -> Italy (Sicily)
I'd use the term 'forms of life' instead of 'intangible heritage'. Then the
likely closest CRM concept is E5 Event, at least if you want to be able to
associate to actors in any direct way.
E5 Event "Tango" p11 had participant E74 Group.
Probably to be more expressive one would need an extension
I'm posting the following response text from Steve because the mailing list
software tosses his messages out:
Just a quick thought.
As you mention a set of individual performances (E7 Activities) you could
say that the individual performances (E7 Activity: performance of Tango on
particular