Subclass of:

• aaao:ZE13 Speech Act
• crm:E66 Formation

Scope note:

Instances of this class comprise official group formation events undertaken following formal procedures within a social grouping leading to the formal existence of the group relative to the participating parties, whether subgroups or individual persons. The substance of declarative group formation is an intentional, social act. 

Instances of ZE33 Declarative Formation come about when the specific social procedure required is intentionally and successfully enacted according to the prevalent rules. They end with the successful termination of the act or because of its premature termination.

A successful act of ZE33 Declarative Formation leads to the generation of an instance of ZE11 Membership Status, the institutional fact that thereafter mediates the social relation between the group and actor in question until it has been abrogated.

Examples:

• The signing of the Vienna Circle Manifesto by R. Carnap (E21), O. Neurath (E21), F. Waismann (E21), inter alia, in 1929. (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/vienna-circle/)
• The founding of the Black Panther Party by Bobby Seale (E21) and Huey P. Newton (E21) on 15 Ocober 1966. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Panther_Party)

In First Order Logic:

• ZE33(x) ⇒ ZE13(x)
• ZE33(x) ⇒ E66(x)