"no stability of form is required" would exclude some types of samples, e.g. kubiena tin samples taken for microstratigraphy, palynology, or paleomagnetism. I would advise excising this phrase. Martijn
On Fri, Mar 30, 2018, 21:19 Martin Doerr <mar...@ics.forth.gr> wrote: > Dear All, > > Here my proposal for a better scope note: > > S11 Amount of Matter[1] > > > > Subclass of: S10 > <#m_2886038186972212311__S10_Material_Substantial> Material Substantial > > Superclass of: S12 <#m_2886038186972212311__S12_Amount_of> Amount of > Fluid > > S13 <#m_2886038186972212311__S13_Sample> Sample > > > > Scope note: This class comprises fixed amounts of matter > specified as some air, some water, some soil, etc., defined by the total > and integrity of their material content. In order to be able to identify > and recognize in practice one instance of S11 Amount of Matter, some sort > of confinement is needed that serves as a constraint for the enclosed > matter and the integrity of the content, such as a bottle. In contrast to > instances of E18 Physical Thing, no stability of form is required. The > content may be put into another bottle without loosing its identity. > Subclasses may define very different identity conditions for the integrity > of the content, such as chemical composition, or the sequence of layers of > a bore core. Whereas an instance of E18 Physical Thing may gradually change > form and chemical composition preserving its identity, such as living > beings, an instance of S11 Amount of Matter may loose its identifying > features by such processes. What matters for the identity of an instance of > S1 Amount of Matter is the preservation of a relevant composition from the > initial state of definition on. > ------------------------------ > > > > -- > -------------------------------------------------------------- > Dr. Martin Doerr | Vox:+30(2810)391625 | > Research Director | Fax:+30(2810)391638 | > | Email: mar...@ics.forth.gr | > | > Center for Cultural Informatics | > Information Systems Laboratory | > Institute of Computer Science | > Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH) | > | > N.Plastira 100, Vassilika Vouton, | > GR70013 Heraklion,Crete,Greece | > | > Web-site: http://www.ics.forth.gr/isl | > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > Crm-sig mailing list > Crm-sig@ics.forth.gr > http://lists.ics.forth.gr/mailman/listinfo/crm-sig >
