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