E55 Type

This property associates an instance of E1 CRM Entity with an instance of E55 Type for which it has been declared to be a particularly characteristic example.

This property identifies the instance of E55 Type, which is created in an instance of E83 Type Creation activity.

This property associates an instance of E55 Type with another instance of E55 Type that has a broader meaning.

It allows instances of E55 Types to be organised into hierarchies. This is the sense of broader term generic (BTG) as defined in ISO 25964-2:2013 (International Organization for Standardization 2013).

This property is transitive.

This property associates an instance of E7 Activity to an instance of E55 Type, which classifies an instance of E70 Thing used in an instance of E7 Activity, when the specific instance is either unknown or not of interest, such as use of a hammer.

This property links an instance of E71 Human-Made Thing to an instance of E55 Type describing its intended usage.

This property associates an instance of E70 Thing with an instance of E55 Type that describes the type of use that it was actually employed for.

This property records the type that was assigned to an entity by an E17 Type Assignment activity.

Type assignment events allow a more detailed path from E1 CRM Entity through P41i was classified by, E17 Type Assignment, P42 assigned, to E55 Type for assigning types to objects compared to the shortcut offered by P2 has type (is type of).

This property identifies the technique or method, modelled as an instance of E55 Type, that was employed in an instance of E7 Activity.

This property describes an intentional relationship between an instance of E7 Activity and some general goal or purpose, described as an instance of E55 Type.

This property allows sub typing of CIDOC CRM entities –a form of specialisation – through the use of a terminological hierarchy, or thesaurus.