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Simon, et al.: I have read David's elucidations (thank you David) but still resist the notion of "tranformative" as a definitional term related to event. I appreciate the difficulty of creating definitions, and I appreciate it all the more as I have received feedback from a growing number of students of the Dublin Core who express difficulties with the definitions of the basic 15 elements. I think we can describe events as "occurrences" and leave off the notion of "transformational." Now, if you want to give examples--separate from the definition--then some of them may illustrate "transformational" events. To say that, because a museum object participated in an exhibition, it has been transformed by the event does not sit well with my simple, common, everyday understanding of language. Any thoughts from others? --Erik The clearer and less ambiguous the definition, the more difficult it is to create. Toward these ends, however, I urge > See discussions by David Bearman ... > -- > __________________________________________________ > Dr Simon Cox - Australian Geodynamics Cooperative Research Centre > CSIRO Exploration & Mining, PO Box 437, Nedlands, WA 6009 Australia > T: +61 8 9389 8421 F: +61 8 9389 1906 [log in to unmask] > http://www.ned.dem.csiro.au/SimonCox/