E1 CRM Entity in version 7.1.1

Superclass of:

E2 Temporal Entity, E52 Time-Span, E53 Place, E54 Dimension, E59 Primitive Value, E77 Persistent Item, E92 Spacetime Volume

Scope Note:

This class comprises all things in the universe of discourse of the CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model.

It is an abstract concept providing for three general properties:

Identification by name or appellation, and in particular by a preferred identifier

Classification by type, allowing further refinement of the specific subclass an instance belongs to

Attachment of free text and other unstructured data for the expression of anything not captured by formal properties

All other classes within the CIDOC CRM are directly or indirectly specialisations of E1 CRM Entity.

Examples:

the earthquake in Lisbon 1755 (E5) (Chester, 2001)

In First Order Logic:

E1(x)

Outgoing Direct Properties:

E1 CRM Entity. P1 is identified by (identifies) : E41 Appellation,

E1 CRM Entity. P2 has type (is type of) : E55 Type,

E1 CRM Entity. P3 has note : E62 String,

E1 CRM Entity. P48 has preferred identifier (is preferred identifier of) : E42 Identifier,

E1 CRM Entity. P137 exemplifies (is exemplified by) : E55 Type

Incoming Direct Properties:

E7 Activity. P15 was influenced by (influenced) : E1 CRM Entity,

E7 Activity. P17 was motivated by (motivated) : E1 CRM Entity,

E17 Type Assignment. P41 classified (was classified by) : E1 CRM Entity,

E24 Physical Human-Made Thing. P62 depicts (is depicted by) : E1 CRM Entity,

E89 Propositional Object. P67 refers to (is referred to by) : E1 CRM Entity,

E31 Document. P70 documents (is documented in) : E1 CRM Entity,

E32 Authority Document. P71 lists (is listed in) : E1 CRM Entity,

E89 Propositional Object. P129 is about (is subject of) : E1 CRM Entity,

E83 Type Creation. P136 was based on (supported type creation) : E1 CRM Entity,

E36 Visual Item. P138 represents (has representation) : E1 CRM Entity,

E13 Attribute Assignment. P140 assigned attribute to (was attributed by) : E1 CRM Entity,

E13 Attribute Assignment. P141 assigned (was assigned by) : E1 CRM Entity

Inherited properties:

List of properties

No inherited properties

Inherited references:

List of references

No inherited references