In my experience from data modeling in the Smithsonian, recurrent
environmental events - seasons, times of day, etc. were important in
discovery. Equally important were events in the life of objects such as
states of decay, cycles of hormones, stages of growth. Both tended to be
more relevant to natural science resources. Not surprisingly, cultural
objects were more significantly related to social events in which objects
participate that have been part of the examples - exhibits, performances,
publication, etc.
Probably all three sorts of events are covered by the CIDOC data model,
both in its relational form and in the new OO form
(http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/cidoc/oomodel/)
David
At 10:56 AM 9/18/98 -0400, John A. Kunze wrote:
>> Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 10:31:23 +0800
>> From: Simon Cox <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: Re: "event" DC.Type - draft description
>> ...
>> event
>> non-persistent, time-based occurence. Metadata for an event
>
>"Non-persistent" -- does that exclude regularly occurring event "globs"
>that we might still refer to in the singular, such as
>
> EVENT GLOB WHEN
> ------------- -----------
> algebra class Mondays and Wednesdays, 10:00-11:00
> breakfast 7:00-9:00 weekdays and 8:00-10:00 weekends
> sunrise 09-16 6:10, 09-17 6:11, 09-18 6:12, ...
> high tide 09-16 6:10, 09-17 6:11, 09-18 6:12, ...
> happy hour Thursdays 16:00-17:00
>
>-John
>
>> provides descriptive information that is the basis for discovery
>> of the purpose, location, duration, responsible agents, and
>> links to related events and resources. Event metadata may not
>> identify a retrievable resource if the described instantiation
>> has expired or is yet to occur. Examples - exhibition, web-cast,
>> conference, workshop, open-day, performance, battle, trial,
>> wedding, tea-party, conflagration.
>> ...
>
>
David Bearman
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