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package org.gcube.parthenosentities.model.reference.entity.resource.cidoc ;
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import org.gcube.informationsystem.types.reference.Change ;
import org.gcube.informationsystem.types.reference.TypeMetadata ;
import org.gcube.informationsystem.utils.Version ;
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/ * *
* @author Luca Frosini ( ISTI - CNR )
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*
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* Scope note : This class comprises items that have a persistent identity , sometimes known as “ endurants ” in
* philosophy .
*
* They can be repeatedly recognized within the duration of their existence by identity criteria rather than
* by continuity or observation . Persistent Items can be either physical entities , such as people , animals or
* things , or conceptual entities such as ideas , concepts , products of the imagination or common names .
* The criteria that determine the identity of an item are often difficult to establish - ; the decision depends
* largely on the judgement of the observer . For example , a building is regarded as no longer existing if it
* is dismantled and the materials reused in a different configuration . On the other hand , human beings go
* through radical and profound changes during their life - span , affecting both material composition and
* form , yet preserve their identity by other criteria . Similarly , inanimate objects may be subject to
* exchange of parts and matter . The class E77 Persistent Item does not take any position about the nature
* of the applicable identity criteria and if actual knowledge about identity of an instance of this class
* exists . There may be cases , where the identity of an E77 Persistent Item is not decidable by a certain
* state of knowledge .
*
* The main classes of objects that fall outside the scope the E77 Persistent Item class are temporal
* objects such as periods , events and acts , and descriptive properties .
*
* Examples :
* - Leonard da Vinci
* - Stonehenge
* - the hole in the ozone layer
* - the First Law of Thermodynamics
* - the Bermuda Triangle
*
* In First Order Logic :
* E77 ( x ) ⊃ E1 ( x )
* /
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@TypeMetadata ( name = E77_Persistent_Item . NAME , description = " This class comprises items that have a persistent identity, sometimes known as “endurants” in philosophy " , version = Version . MINIMAL_VERSION_STRING )
@Change ( version = Version . MINIMAL_VERSION_STRING , description = Version . MINIMAL_VERSION_DESCRIPTION )
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public interface E77_Persistent_Item extends E1_CRM_Entity {
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public static final String NAME = " E77_Persistent_Item " ; // E77_Persistent_Item.class.getSimpleName();
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}