I stand corrected! On Tue, Apr 10, 2018, 15:19 Martin Doerr <mar...@ics.forth.gr> wrote:
> Dear All, > > By the way, an interesting aspect of samples is that they can be split > without loosing their identity. Obviously, there is > some complexity in the object-ness of the sample versus its substance. > Tracing split samples is a practical issue in labs. > > Any thoughts? > > Best, > > martin > > On 4/10/2018 1:16 PM, Martin Doerr wrote: > > Dear Martijn, > > A better formulation is always welcome! > > Logically, it is correct: "no stability of form is required" does NOT > exclude stability of form. I give explicitly the example "the sequence of > layers of a bore core". The point is, that we take a sample for a > particular feature it will be a witness for. The identity of the sample and > its duration of existence as a sample depends on the kind of feature that > needs to be preserved, be it a stratigraphy, a chemical composition or > whatever. Consequently, it can be diminished quite substanstially without > loosing this identity, whereas other impacts may not change its > discreteness as a stable piece of matter, but destroy the relevant > composition. > > Proposals welcome. > > Best, > > Martin > > On 4/9/2018 11:15 PM, P.M. van Leusen wrote: > > "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_-4500053899348536980_m_2886038186972212311__S10_Material_Substantial> >> Material >> Substantial >> >> Superclass of: S12 >> <#m_-4500053899348536980_m_2886038186972212311__S12_Amount_of> Amount of >> Fluid >> >> S13 >> <#m_-4500053899348536980_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 >> > > -- > -------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > listCrm-sig@ics.forth.grhttp://lists.ics.forth.gr/mailman/listinfo/crm-sig > > > -- > -------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 >
