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TYPOS IN FOL

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2025-10-07
1 - Editorial changes
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Post by Eleni Tsouloucha (7 October 2025)

 

Dear all,
 

 
Christian-Emil has identified some typos in the FOL of CIDOC CRM v7.3.1. 
These are purely editorial, but for better issue tracking and management, they will be handled through a designated issue (in fact they have already been handled for the most part). 
 
see below: 
 


 

P106 is composed of (forms part of)
P106(x,y) ¬P106(y,x)
 

  • missing implication should be: P106(x,y) ⇒¬P106(y,x)


P132 spatiotemporally overlaps with
P132(x,y) ⇒ E92(x)
P132(x,y) ⇒ E92(y)
P132(x,y) ⇒ P132(y,x)
P132(x,y) ⇒ P132 (x,y)
P132(x,x)
Marked in yellow is a tautology and can be deleted

P133 is spatiotemporally separated from
P133(x,y) ⇒ E92(x)
P133(x,y) ⇒ E92(y)
P133(x,y) ⇒ P133(y,x)
P133(x,y) ⇒ P133(x,y)
¬P133(x,x)

Marked in yellow is a tautology and can be deleted

P200 has complete copy (is complete copy of)
P200(y,x) ⇒ E25(y)

should be P200(x,y) ⇒ E25(y)

P197 covered parts of (was partially covered by)
The full path is not expressed in the FOL

 
best, 

Christian-Emil Ore (p.c.) 

Full path:
E93 Presence. P161 has spatial projection (is spatial projection of): E53 Place. P121 overlaps with: E53 Place

This says that 
(1) for all x,y,z if P161(x,z) and  P121(z,y) then we have P197(x,y)

or if we move the implicit universal quantifier for z inside, then it will become existential quantifier   since ∀x( A(x) ⇒ B) is equivalent to (∃xA(x)) ⇒ B.

(2) for all x,y if there exists at least one z such that P161(x,z) and P(121(z,y) then P197(x,y)


 If we want to make things clear and readable, we add the E93(x), E53(z) , E53(y) although this is implied by P161(x,z) and P121(z,y)  and P197(x,z).

The universal quantifier for z:E53 can be moved outside the implication in (1) since z does not occur (unbound) in P197(x,y) 
so
[P197(x,y) ⇐ P161(x,z) ∧ P121(z,y)]  ∧ (E53(y) ∧ E53(z) ∧E93(x)

There are implicit universal quantifiers x,y,z, and as I said above the for all z can be moved inside the implication and we get 
[P197(x,y) ⇐ ∃x [(E53(z) ∧ (P161(x,z) ∧ P121(z,y)]]  ∧ (E53(y) ∧E93(x)

or simplified in analogy with P8: P8(x,y) ⇐ (∃z) [E53(z) ∧ P7(x,z) ∧ P156i(z,y)]

P197(x,y) ⇐ ∃x [(E53(z) ∧ (P161(x,z) ∧ P121(z,y)]


Chr-Emil

The FOL for the relation between P197 and the long path it shortcuts over; namely, P197(x,y) ⇐ ∃x [(E53(z) ∧ (P161(x,z) ∧ P121(z,y)],  has been accepted by editorial decision. It features in CIDOC CRM v7.4. 

This was the only point for this issue that hadn't been addressed. 

 

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