Subclass of:

• ontomeint:Thing

Superclass of:

• crmsci:S15 Observable Entity
• sdh:C5 Region
• crm:E2 Temporal Entity
• crm:E52 Time-Span
• crm:E53 Place
• crm:E54 Dimension
• crm:E59 Primitive Value
• crm:E77 Persistent Item
• crm:E92 Spacetime Volume

Scope note:

This class comprises all things in the universe of discourse of the CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model.

It is an abstract concept providing for three general properties:

• Identification by name or appellation, and in particular by a preferred identifier
• Classification by type, allowing further refinement of the specific subclass an instance belongs to
• Attachment of free text and other unstructured data for the expression of anything not captured by formal properties

All other classes within the CIDOC CRM are directly or indirectly specialisations of E1 CRM Entity.

Examples:

the earthquake in Lisbon 1755 (E5) (Chester, 2001)

In First Order Logic:

• E1(x) ⇒ Thing(x)

Outgoing properties:

• crm:P1 is identified by (identifies) → crm:E41 Appellation
• crm:P2 has type (is type of) → crm:E55 Type
• crm:P3 has note → crm:E62 String
• crm:P48 has preferred identifier (is preferred identifier of) → crm:E42 Identifier
• crm:P137 exemplifies (is exemplified by) → crm:E55 Type

Incoming properties:

• crm:E7 Activity → crm:P15 was influenced by (influenced)
• crm:E7 Activity → crm:P17 was motivated by (motivated)
• crm:E17 Type Assignment → crm:P41 classified (was classified by)
• crm:E24 Physical Human-Made Thing → crm:P62 depicts (is depicted by)
• crm:E89 Propositional Object → crm:P67 refers to (is referred to by)
• crm:E31 Document → crm:P70 documents (is documented in)
• crm:E32 Authority Document → crm:P71 lists (is listed in)
• crm:E89 Propositional Object → crm:P129 is about (is subject of)
• crm:E83 Type Creation → crm:P136 was based on (supported type creation)
• crm:E36 Visual Item → crm:P138 represents (has representation)
• crm:E13 Attribute Assignment → crm:P140 assigned attribute to (was attributed by)
• crm:E13 Attribute Assignment → crm:P141 assigned (was assigned by)