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Examples:
They cannot be destroyed. They exist as long as they can be found on at least one carrier or in
at least one human memory. Their existence ends when the last carrier and the last memory are
lost.
• Beethoven’s “Ode an die Freude” (Ode to Joy) (E73)
• the definition of “ontology” in the Oxford English Dictionary
• the knowledge about the victory at Marathon carried by the famous runner
Properties:
E29 Design or Procedure
Subclass of: E73 Information Object
Scope note:
This class comprises documented plans for the execution of actions in order to achieve a result
of a specific quality, form or contents. In particular it comprises plans for deliberate human
activities that may result in the modification or production of instances of E24 Physical Thing.
Instances of E29 Design or Procedure can be structured in parts and sequences or depend on
others. This is modelled using P69 is associated with.
Designs or procedures can be seen as one of the following:
1. A schema for the activities it describes
2. A schema of the products that result from their application.
3. An independent intellectual product that may have never been applied, such as Leonardo
da Vinci’s famous plans for flying machines.
Examples:
Properties:
E30 Right
Subclass of:
Scope Note:
Because designs or procedures may never be applied or only partially executed, the CRM
models a loose relationship between the plan and the respective product.
• the ISO standardisation procedure
• the musical notation for Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy”
• the architectural drawings for the Kölner Dom in Cologne, Germany
• The drawing on the folio 860 of the Codex Atlanticus from Leonardo da Vinci, 1486-
1490, kept in the Biblioteca Ambrosiana in Milan
P68 foresees use of (use foreseen by): E57 Material
P69 is associated with: E29 Design or Procedure
E89 Propositional Object
This class comprises legal privileges concerning material and immaterial things or their
derivatives.
These include reproduction and property rights.
Examples:
• copyright held by ISO on ISO/CD 21127
• ownership of the “Mona Lisa” by the Louvre
E31 Document
Subclass of: E73 Information Object
Superclass of: E32 Authority Document
Scope note:
This class comprises identifiable immaterial items that make propositions about reality.
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