Dear CRM-SIG I would like to suggest the following revision to the scope note for E73 Information Object. Its intention is to specifically mention named graphs as being instances of E73 Information Object. As we look at implementation of the CRM it is becoming increasingly obvious that named graphs are going to be a particularly useful tool, it would therefore seem handy if we explicitly mentioned that they live in E73!
Best regards SdS Current Scope Note E73 Information Object Subclass of: E89 <> Propositional Object E90 <> Symbolic Object Superclass of: E29 <> Design or Procedure E31 <> Document E33 <> Linguistic Object E36 <> Visual Item Scope note: This class comprises identifiable immaterial items, such as a poems, jokes, data sets, images, texts, multimedia objects, procedural prescriptions, computer program code, algorithm or mathematical formulae, that have an objectively recognizable structure and are documented as single units. An E73 Information Object does not depend on a specific physical carrier, which can include human memory, and it can exist on one or more carriers simultaneously. Instances of E73 Information Object of a linguistic nature should be declared as instances of the E33 Linguistic Object subclass. Instances of E73 Information Object of a documentary nature should be declared as instances of the E31 Document subclass. Conceptual items such as types and classes are not instances of E73 Information Object, nor are ideas without a reproducible expression. Examples: § image BM000038850.JPG from the Clayton Herbarium in London § E. A. Poe's "The Raven" § the movie "The Seven Samurai" by Akira Kurosawa § the Maxwell Equations Properties: Revised Scope Note E73 Information Object Subclass of: E89 <> Propositional Object E90 <> Symbolic Object Superclass of: E29 <> Design or Procedure E31 <> Document E33 <> Linguistic Object E36 <> Visual Item Scope note: This class comprises identifiable immaterial items, such as a poems, jokes, data sets, images, texts, multimedia objects, procedural prescriptions, computer program code, algorithm or mathematical formulae, that have an objectively recognizable structure and are documented as single units. The encoding structure known as a named graph also falls under this class, so that each named graph is an instance of an E73 Information Object. An E73 Information Object does not depend on a specific physical carrier, which can include human memory, and it can exist on one or more carriers simultaneously. Instances of E73 Information Object of a linguistic nature should be declared as instances of the E33 Linguistic Object subclass. Instances of E73 Information Object of a documentary nature should be declared as instances of the E31 Document subclass. Conceptual items such as types and classes are not instances of E73 Information Object, nor are ideas without a reproducible expression. Examples: § image BM000038850.JPG from the Clayton Herbarium in London § E. A. Poe's "The Raven" § the movie "The Seven Samurai" by Akira Kurosawa § the Maxwell Equations Properties: Stephen Stead Director Paveprime Ltd 35 Downs Court Rd Purley, Surrey UK, CR8 1BF Tel +44 20 8668 3075 Fax +44 20 8763 1739 Mob +44 7802 755 013 E-mail <mailto:ste...@paveprime.com> ste...@paveprime.com LinkedIn Profile <http://uk.linkedin.com/in/steads> http://uk.linkedin.com/in/steads
