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E8 AcquisitionBelongs to:Subclass of:Scope note:Period TypeActivityThis entity describes the transfer of the legal ownership from one legal person to another.Either one of the actors may be omitted, unknown or not existing. The entity describes thebeginning, the end or the transfer of an ownership, acquisition from unknown source or loss oftitle, depending on the circumstances. It takes a neutral position with respect to the actorsinvolved. The museum notion of "accession" seems to differ between institutions. Wepreferred therefore to model the notions of legal ownership and physical custody instead,which are well defined in international business. Institutions can choose to model their specificnotions as combinations of these.Annexation, donation, purchase, field collection - where legal title is appropriated by thecollector, are types of acquisition. Examples: a fish collected in international waters, a paintingbequeathed to a museum.Properties:identificationsis identified by (identifies): Appellationclassificationshas type (is type of): Typeactive participantstransferred title to (acquired title of): Actorproperty note: this is the subproperty of “carried out by”transferred title from (surrendered title of): Actorproperty note: this is the subproperty of “carried out by”had participants (participated in): Actorcarried out by (performed): Actor(in the role of : Type)passive participantstransferred title of (changed ownership by): Physical Objectproperty note: this is the subproperty of “occurred in the presence of”took into account (was taken into account by): Conceptual Objectoccurred in the presence of (was present at): Stuffused object (was used for): Physical Object(mode of use: String)motivationswas motivation for (motivated): Conceptual Objectmotivated the creation of (was created for): Conceptual Objectwas intended use of (was made for): Man-Made Stuff(mode of use : String)had specific purpose (was purpose of): Activityhad as general purpose (was purpose of): Typespatial definitionstook place at (witnessed): Placespatial definitions, short cuttook place on or within (witnessed): Physical Objecttemporal definitionshas time-span (is time-span of): Time-Spanstructuresconsists of (forms part of): Periodfalls within (contains): Periodother descriptionshas note: String(has type : Type)Definition of the CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model 10