Scope note:

This class comprises distinct intellectual ideas conveyed in artistic and intellectual creations,
such a poems, stories or musical compositions.
A Work is the outcome of an intellectual process of one or more persons. Inherent to the notion
of work is the existence of recognisable realizations of the work in the form of one or more
expressions. Works are often regarded as finished and discrete e.g. when declared as such by the
creator of the work or based on the elaboration or logical coherence of its content. However,
works may be recognized as existing but unfinished e.g. if the creators deliberately or
accidentally never explicitly finished a particular Expression but have left behind partial
expressions.
In the absence of explicit information about the initial conception, which is rarely available, the
first expression created constitutes witness of the beginning of existence of a Work.
A Work can evolve over time, such as through revised editions. A Work may be elaborated by
one or more Actors simultaneously, in parallel, or over time. Additional expressions of a Work
can continue to be created over time.
The boundaries of a Work have nothing to do with the value of the intellectual achievement but
only with the dominance of a concept.
The main purpose of this class is to enable bringing together intellectually equivalent
Expressions in order to display to a user all available alternatives of the same intellectual or
artistic content.

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