E90 Symbolic Object in Version 6.1

Subclass of :

E28 Conceptual Object, E72 Legal Object

Superclass of:

E41 Appellation, E73 Information Object

Scope Note:

This class comprises identifiable symbols and any aggregation of symbols, such as characters, identifiers, traffic signs, emblems, texts, data sets, images, musical scores, multimedia objects, computer program code or mathematical formulae that have an objectively recognizable structure and that are documented as single units.

It includes sets of signs of any nature, which may serve to designate something, or to communicate some propositional content.

An instance of E90 Symbolic Object does not depend on a specific physical carrier, which can include human memory, and it can exist on one or more carriers simultaneously. An instance of E90 Symbolic Object may or may not have a specific meaning, for example an arbitrary character string.

In some cases, the content of an instance of E90 Symbolic Object may completely be represented by a serialized digital content model, such as a sequence of ASCII-encoded characters, an XML or HTML document, or a TIFF image. The property P3 has note allows for the description of this content model. In order to disambiguate which symbolic level is the carrier of the meaning, the property P3.1 has type can be used to specify the encoding (e.g. "bit", "Latin character", RGB pixel).

Examples:

‘ecognizabl’
The “no-smoking” sign (E36)
“BM000038850.JPG” (E75)
image BM000038850.JPG from the Clayton Herbarium in London (E38)
The distribution of form, tone and colour found on Leonardo da Vinci’s painting named “Mona Lisa” in daylight (E38)
The Italian text of Dante’s “Divina Commedia” as found in the authoritative critical edition La Commedia secondo l’antica vulgata a cura di Giorgio Petrocchi, Milano: Mondadori, 1966-67 (= Le Opere di Dante Alighieri, Edizione Nazionale a cura della Società Dantesca Italiana, VII, 1-4) (E33)

In First Order Logic:

E90(x) ⊃ E28(x), E90(x) ⊃ E72(x)

Outgoing Direct Properties:

E90 Symbolic Object. P106 is composed of (forms part of) : E90 Symbolic Object

Incoming Direct Properties:

E90 Symbolic Object. P106 is composed of (forms part of) : E90 Symbolic Object,

E18 Physical Thing. P128 carries (is carried by) : E90 Symbolic Object,

E15 Identifier Assignment. P142 used constituent (was used in) : E90 Symbolic Object,

E73 Information Object. P165 incorporates (is incorporated in) : E90 Symbolic Object

Inherited properties:

List of properties

E1 CRM Entity. P1 is identified by (identifies) : E41 Appellation

E1 CRM Entity. P2 has type (is type of) : E55 Type

E1 CRM Entity. P3 has note : E62 String

E70 Thing. P43 has dimension ( is dimension of) : E54 Dimension

E1 CRM Entity. P48 has preferred identifier ( is preferred identifier of) : E42 Identifier

E70 Thing. P101 had as general use (was use of) : E55 Type

E71 Man-Made Thing. P102 has title (is title of) : E35 Title

E71 Man-Made Thing. P103 was intended for (was intention of) : E55 Type

E72 Legal Object. P104 is subject to (applies to) : E30 Right

E72 Legal Object. P105 right held by (has right on) : E39 Actor

E70 Thing. P130 shows features of (features are also found on) : E70 Thing

E1 CRM Entity. P137 exemplifies (is exemplified by) : E55 Type

E28 Conceptual Object. P149 is identified by (identifies) : E75 Conceptual Object Appellation

Inherited references:

List of references

E5 Event. P12 occurred in the presence of (was present at) : E77 Persistent Item

E7 Activity. P15 was influenced by (influenced) : E1 CRM Entity

E7 Activity. P16 used specific object (was used for) : E70 Thing

E7 Activity. P17 was motivated by (motivated) : E1 CRM Entity

E7 Activity. P19 was intended use of (was made for) : E71 Man-Made Thing

E16 Measurement. P39 measured (was measured by) : E1 CRM Entity

E17 Type Assignment. P41 classified ( was classified by) : E1 CRM Entity

E24 Physical Man-Made Thing. P62 depicts (is depicted by) : E1 CRM Entity

E89 Propositional Object. P67 refers to (is referred to by) : E1 CRM Entity

E31 Document. P70 documents (is documented in) : E1 CRM Entity

E32 Authority Document. P71 lists (is listed in) : E1 CRM Entity

E63 Beginning of Existence. P92 brought into existence (was brought into existence by) : E77 Persistent Item

E64 End of Existence. P93 took out of existence (was taken out of existence by) : E77 Persistent Item

E65 Creation. P94 has created (was created by) : E28 Conceptual Object

E81 Transformation. P123 resulted in (resulted from) : E77 Persistent Item

E81 Transformation. P124 transformed (was transformed by) : E77 Persistent Item

E89 Propositional Object. P129 is about (is subject of) : E1 CRM Entity

E70 Thing. P130 shows features of (features are also found on) : E70 Thing

E83 Type Creation. P136 was based on (supported type creation) : E1 CRM Entity

E36 Visual Item. P138 represents (has representation) : E1 CRM Entity

E13 Attribute Assignment. P140 assigned attribute to (was attributed by) : E1 CRM Entity

E13 Attribute Assignment. P141 assigned (was assigned by) : E1 CRM Entity