Temporal Entity – E2
E2 Temporal Entity
Subclass of:
Superclass of:
Scope note:
This class comprises all phenomena, such as the instances of E4 Periods and E5 Events, which happen over a limited extent in time. This extent in time must be contiguous, i.e., without gaps. In case the defining kinds of phenomena for an instance of E2 Temporal Entity cease to happen, and occur later again at another time, we regard that the former instance of E2 Temporal Entity has ended and a new instance has come into existence. In more intuitive terms, the same event cannot happen twice.
In some contexts, such phenomena are also called perdurants. This class is disjoint from E77 Persistent Item and is an abstract class that typically has no direct instances. E2 Temporal Entity is specialized into E4 Period, which applies to a particular geographic area (defined with a greater or lesser degree of precision), and E3 Condition State, which applies to instances of E18 Physical Thing.
Examples:
Bronze Age (E4) (Childe, 1963)
the earthquake in Lisbon 1755 (E5) (Chester, 2001)
the Peterhof Palace near Saint Petersburg being in ruins from 1944 – 1946 (E3) (Maddox, 2015)
In First Order Logic:
- E2(x) ⇒ E1(x)
Outgoing properties:
- crm:P4 has time-span (is time-span of) (0,n:1,1) → crm:E52 Time-Span
- crm:P173 starts before or with the end of (ends after or with the start of) (0,n:0,n) → crm:E2 Temporal Entity
- crm:P174 starts before the end of (ends after the start of) (0,n:0,n) → crm:E2 Temporal Entity
- crm:P175 starts before or with the start of (starts after or with the start of) (0,n:0,n) → crm:E2 Temporal Entity
- crm:P176 starts before the start of (starts after the start of) (0,n:0,n) → crm:E2 Temporal Entity
- crm:P182 ends before or with the start of (starts after or with the end of) (0,n:0,n) → crm:E2 Temporal Entity
- crm:P183 ends before the start of (starts after the end of) (0,n:0,n) → crm:E2 Temporal Entity
- crm:P184 ends before or with the end of (ends with or after the end of) (0,n:0,n) → crm:E2 Temporal Entity
- crm:P185 ends before the end of (ends after the end of) (0,n:0,n) → crm:E2 Temporal Entity
- sdh:P1 involves (is involved in) (0,n:0,n) → crm:E1 CRM Entity
- sdh:P5 is part of (has part) (0,n:0,n) → crm:E2 Temporal Entity
Incoming properties:
- crm:E2 Temporal Entity → crm:P173 starts before or with the end of (ends after or with the start of) (0,n:0,n)
- crm:E2 Temporal Entity → crm:P174 starts before the end of (ends after the start of) (0,n:0,n)
- crm:E2 Temporal Entity → crm:P175 starts before or with the start of (starts after or with the start of) (0,n:0,n)
- crm:E2 Temporal Entity → crm:P176 starts before the start of (starts after the start of) (0,n:0,n)
- crm:E2 Temporal Entity → crm:P182 ends before or with the start of (starts after or with the end of) (0,n:0,n)
- crm:E2 Temporal Entity → crm:P183 ends before the start of (starts after the end of) (0,n:0,n)
- crm:E2 Temporal Entity → crm:P184 ends before or with the end of (ends with or after the end of) (0,n:0,n)
- crm:E2 Temporal Entity → crm:P185 ends before the end of (ends after the end of) (0,n:0,n)
- crm:E2 Temporal Entity → sdh:P5 is part of (has part) (0,n:0,n)
Scope notes
| Show | Scope note | Language | Namespace | View details | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This class comprises all phenomena, such as the instances of E4 Periods and E5 Events, which happen over a limited extent in time. This extent in time must be contiguous, i.e., without gaps. In case the defining kinds of phenomena for an instance of E2 Temporal Entity cease to happen, and occur later again at another time, we regard that the former instance of E2 Temporal Entity has ended and a new instance has come into existence. In more intuitive terms, the same event cannot happen twice.In some contexts, such phenomena are also called perdurants. This class is disjoint from E77 Persistent Item and is an abstract class that typically has no direct instances. E2 Temporal Entity is specialized into E4 Period, which applies to a particular geographic area (defined with a greater or lesser degree of precision), and E3 Condition State, which applies to instances of E18 Physical Thing. | en | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | 0 | ||
| Cette classe comprend tous les phénomènes, tels que les instances de E4_Période et de E5_Évènement, qui se produisent sur une étendue de temps limitée. Cette étendue de temps doit être continue, c.-à-d. sans interruption. Dans le cas où les types de phénomènes qui définissent une instance de E2_Entité_temporelle cessent de se produire, puis se produisent de nouveau à un autre moment, il est considéré que l'instance initiale de E2_Entité_temporelle est terminée et qu'une nouvelle instance a vu le jour. En des termes plus intuitifs, le même évènement ne peut se produire deux fois. Dans certains contextes, de tels phénomènes sont aussi appelés « perdurants » [n.d.t. en philosophie].Cette classe est disjointe de la classe E77_Entité_persistante et elle est une classe abstraite qui, typiquement, ne contient pas d'instances directes. La classe E2_Entité_temporelle est précisée dans les classes :E4_Période, qui s'applique à une zone géographique spécifique (définie avec un degré de précision plus ou moins grand);E3_État_matériel, qui s'applique aux instances de E18_Chose_matérielle. | fr | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | 0 |
Examples
| Show | Example | Language | Namespace | View details | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bronze Age (E4) (Childe, 1963) | en | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | 0 | ||
| the earthquake in Lisbon 1755 (E5) (Chester, 2001) | en | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | 0 | ||
| the Peterhof Palace near Saint Petersburg being in ruins from 1944 – 1946 (E3) (Maddox, 2015) | en | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | 0 | ||
| L'Âge du bronze (E4_Période) (Childe, 1963) | fr | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | 0 | ||
| Le tremblement de terre de 1755 à Lisbonne (E5_Évènement) (Chester, 2001) | fr | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | 0 | ||
| Le Palais de Peterhof près de Saint-Pétersbourg, en ruines de 1944 à 1946 (E3_État_matériel) (Maddox, 2015) | fr | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | 0 |
Additional notes
| Show | Notes | Type | Language | Namespace | View details | Comments |
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Identifier: E2
Official URI: http://www.cidoc-crm.org/cidoc-crm/E2_Temporal_Entity
OntoME URI: https://ontome.net/ontology/c2
Labels
| Label | Language | Last updated | View details | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geschehendes | de | 2024-03-14 | 0 | |
| Έγχρονη Οντότητα | el | 2024-03-14 | 0 | |
| Temporal Entity * | en | 2022-06-13 | 0 | |
| Entité temporelle * | fr | 2024-03-21 | 0 | |
| Entidade Temporal | pt | 2024-03-14 | 0 | |
| Временная Сущность | ru | 2024-03-14 | 0 | |
| 时序实体 | zh | 2024-03-14 | 0 |
* : Standard label for this language
Namespace
| Namespace | Last updated |
|---|---|
| CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | 2022-06-13 |
| CIDOC CRM version 5.0.4 | 2022-06-13 |
| CIDOC CRM version 6.2 | 2021-06-10 |
Parent classes
| Class | Class namespace | Relation defined in | Justification | View details | Edit | Delete | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E1 CRM Entity | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | 0 |
Ancestor classes
| Class | Depth | Class namespace | Via |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thing | 2 | OntoME internal model - active version | E1 |
Child and descendant classes
| Class | Depth | Class namespace | Via |
|---|---|---|---|
| E3 Condition State | 1 | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | |
| E3 Condition State | 4 | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | C1 - C28 - C44 |
| E4 Period | 1 | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | |
| E5 Event | 2 | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | E4 |
| E6 Destruction | 4 | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | E4 - E5 - E64 |
| E7 Activity | 3 | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | E4 - E5 |
| E8 Acquisition | 4 | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | E4 - E5 - E7 |
| E8 Acquisition | 6 | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | C1 - C4 - C10 - C46 - C37 |
| E8 Acquisition | 6 | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | E4 - E5 - E7 - C46 - C37 |
| E9 Move | 4 | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | E4 - E5 - C45 |
| E9 Move | 4 | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | E4 - E5 - E7 |
| E10 Transfer of Custody | 4 | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | E4 - E5 - E7 |
| E11 Modification | 4 | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | E4 - E5 - E7 |
| E12 Production | 4 | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | E4 - E5 - E63 |
| E12 Production | 5 | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | E4 - E5 - E7 - E11 |
| E13 Attribute Assignment | 4 | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | E4 - E5 - E7 |
| E13 Attribute Assignment | 5 | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | C1 - C4 - C10 - C46 |
| E13 Attribute Assignment | 5 | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | E4 - E5 - E7 - C46 |
| E14 Condition Assessment | 5 | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | E4 - E5 - E7 - E13 |
| E14 Condition Assessment | 6 | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | C1 - C4 - C10 - C46 - E13 |
| E14 Condition Assessment | 6 | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | E4 - E5 - E7 - C46 - E13 |
| E15 Identifier Assignment | 5 | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | E4 - E5 - E7 - E13 |
| E15 Identifier Assignment | 6 | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | C1 - C4 - C10 - C46 - E13 |
| E15 Identifier Assignment | 6 | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | E4 - E5 - E7 - C46 - E13 |
| E16 Measurement | 5 | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | E4 - E5 - E7 - E13 |
| E16 Measurement | 6 | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | C1 - C4 - C10 - C46 - E13 |
| E16 Measurement | 6 | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | E4 - E5 - E7 - C46 - E13 |
| E17 Type Assignment | 5 | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | E4 - E5 - E7 - E13 |
| E17 Type Assignment | 6 | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | C1 - C4 - C10 - C46 - E13 |
| E17 Type Assignment | 6 | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | E4 - E5 - E7 - C46 - E13 |
| E63 Beginning of Existence | 3 | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | E4 - E5 |
| E64 End of Existence | 3 | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | E4 - E5 |
| E65 Creation | 4 | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | C1 - C4 - C10 |
| E65 Creation | 4 | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | E4 - E5 - E63 |
| E65 Creation | 4 | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | E4 - E5 - E7 |
| E66 Formation | 4 | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | C1 - C4 - C10 |
| E66 Formation | 4 | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | E4 - E5 - E63 |
| E66 Formation | 4 | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | E4 - E5 - E7 |
| E67 Birth | 4 | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | E4 - E5 - E63 |
| E68 Dissolution | 4 | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | E4 - E5 - E64 |
| E69 Death | 4 | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | E4 - E5 - E64 |
| E79 Part Addition | 5 | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | E4 - E5 - E7 - E11 |
| E80 Part Removal | 5 | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | E4 - E5 - E7 - E11 |
| E81 Transformation | 4 | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | E4 - E5 - E63 |
| E81 Transformation | 4 | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | E4 - E5 - E64 |
| E83 Type Creation | 5 | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | C1 - C4 - C10 - E65 |
| E83 Type Creation | 5 | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | E4 - E5 - E63 - E65 |
| E83 Type Creation | 5 | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | E4 - E5 - E7 - E65 |
| E85 Joining | 4 | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | C1 - C4 - C10 |
| E85 Joining | 4 | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | E4 - E5 - E7 |
| E86 Leaving | 4 | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | C1 - C4 - C10 |
| E86 Leaving | 4 | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | E4 - E5 - E7 |
| E87 Curation Activity | 4 | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | E4 - E5 - E7 |
| C1 Entity Quality | 1 | SDHSS Core ongoing | |
| C15 Epistemic Location of a Physical Thing | 3 | SDHSS Core ongoing | C3 - C77 |
| C1 Social Perception of an Actor | 5 | SDHSS Social Life ongoing | C1 - C4 - C7 - C30 |
| C3 Social Relationship | 4 | SDHSS Social Life ongoing | C1 - C4 - C7 |
| C19 Physical Thing Life | 3 | SDHSS Core ongoing | E4 - E5 |
| C11 Appellation in a Language | 4 | SDHSS Core ongoing | C1 - C4 - C7 |
| C5 Membership | 5 | SDHSS Social Life ongoing | C1 - C4 - C7 - C8 |
| C15 Participation | 3 | SDHSS Social Life ongoing | E4 - E5 |
| C9 Relationship | 4 | SDHSS Social Life ongoing | E4 - E5 - C18 |
| C8 Occupation (Temporal entity) | 3 | SDHSS Social Life ongoing | E4 - E5 |
| C1 Expression Publication Event | 4 | SDHSS for Sources Information and Metadata ongoing | E4 - E5 - E7 |
| C77 Epistemic Phase of a Physical Thing | 2 | SDHSS Core ongoing | C3 |
| C14 Holding of a Right or Obligation | 6 | SDHSS Social Life ongoing | C1 - C4 - C7 - C30 - C27 |
| C3 Epistemic Situation | 1 | SDHSS Core ongoing | |
| C13 Social Role Embodiment | 6 | SDHSS Social Life ongoing | C1 - C4 - C7 - C30 - C27 |
| C7 Intentional State | 3 | SDHSS Core ongoing | C1 - C4 |
| C18 Persons' Interaction | 3 | SDHSS Social Life ongoing | E4 - E5 |
| C19 Legal Integration | 5 | SDHSS Social Life ongoing | C1 - C4 - C7 - C8 |
| C20 Being in Force | 5 | SDHSS Social Life ongoing | C1 - C4 - C7 - C37 |
| C21 Skill | 2 | SDHSS Core ongoing | C1 |
| C22 Physical Component | 4 | SDHSS Core ongoing | C1 - C28 - C44 |
| C23 Use | 2 | SDHSS Core ongoing | C3 |
| C4 Intention | 2 | SDHSS Core ongoing | C1 |
| C23 Religious Identity | 6 | SDHSS Social Life ongoing | C1 - C4 - C7 - C30 - C1 |
| C28 Quantifiable Quality | 2 | SDHSS Core ongoing | C1 |
| C30 Connotation | 4 | SDHSS Core ongoing | C1 - C4 - C7 |
| C27 Legal Fact | 5 | SDHSS Social Life ongoing | C1 - C4 - C7 - C30 |
| C28 Legal Location of an Actor | 6 | SDHSS Social Life ongoing | C1 - C4 - C7 - C30 - C27 |
| C76 Identification | 4 | SDHSS Core ongoing | C1 - C4 - C7 |
| C29 Legal Quality Acquisition | 5 | SDHSS Social Life ongoing | C1 - C4 - C10 - C46 |
| C29 Legal Quality Acquisition | 5 | SDHSS Social Life ongoing | E4 - E5 - E7 - C46 |
| C37 Having a Plan | 4 | SDHSS Core ongoing | C1 - C4 - C7 |
| C38 Person Appellation in a Language | 5 | SDHSS Core ongoing | C1 - C4 - C7 - C11 |
| C27 Belonging to a Physical Collection | 5 | SDHSS Core ongoing | C1 - C4 - C7 - C8 |
| C8 Intentional Composition | 4 | SDHSS Core ongoing | C1 - C4 - C7 |
| C10 Intentional Event | 3 | SDHSS Core ongoing | C1 - C4 |
| C35 Actor's Quality in Relation to an Event | 5 | SDHSS Social Life ongoing | C1 - C4 - C7 - C30 |
| E96 Purchase | 5 | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | E4 - E5 - E7 - E8 |
| E96 Purchase | 7 | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | C1 - C4 - C10 - C46 - C37 - E8 |
| E96 Purchase | 7 | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | E4 - E5 - E7 - C46 - C37 - E8 |
| C41 Relative Location of a Physical Thing | 4 | SDHSS Core ongoing | C1 - C28 - C44 |
| C42 Shape | 4 | SDHSS Core ongoing | C1 - C28 - C44 |
| C44 Physical Thing Quality | 3 | SDHSS Core ongoing | C1 - C28 |
| C45 Physical Displacement | 3 | SDHSS Core ongoing | E4 - E5 |
| C46 Intentional Expression | 4 | SDHSS Core ongoing | C1 - C4 - C10 |
| C46 Intentional Expression | 4 | SDHSS Core ongoing | E4 - E5 - E7 |
| C48 Geographical Place Classification | 5 | SDHSS Core ongoing | C1 - C4 - C7 - C30 |
| F27 Work Creation | 5 | LRMoo 1.0 | C1 - C4 - C10 - E65 |
| F27 Work Creation | 5 | LRMoo 1.0 | E4 - E5 - E63 - E65 |
| F27 Work Creation | 5 | LRMoo 1.0 | E4 - E5 - E7 - E65 |
| F28 Expression Creation | 5 | LRMoo 1.0 | C1 - C4 - C10 - C46 |
| F28 Expression Creation | 5 | LRMoo 1.0 | C1 - C4 - C10 - E65 |
| F28 Expression Creation | 5 | LRMoo 1.0 | E4 - E5 - E63 - E12 |
| F28 Expression Creation | 5 | LRMoo 1.0 | E4 - E5 - E63 - E65 |
| F28 Expression Creation | 5 | LRMoo 1.0 | E4 - E5 - E7 - C46 |
| F28 Expression Creation | 5 | LRMoo 1.0 | E4 - E5 - E7 - E65 |
| F28 Expression Creation | 6 | LRMoo 1.0 | E4 - E5 - E7 - E11 - E12 |
| F30 Manifestation Creation | 5 | LRMoo 1.0 | C1 - C4 - C10 - E65 |
| F30 Manifestation Creation | 5 | LRMoo 1.0 | E4 - E5 - E63 - E12 |
| F30 Manifestation Creation | 5 | LRMoo 1.0 | E4 - E5 - E63 - E65 |
| F30 Manifestation Creation | 5 | LRMoo 1.0 | E4 - E5 - E7 - E65 |
| F30 Manifestation Creation | 6 | LRMoo 1.0 | E4 - E5 - E7 - E11 - E12 |
| F32 Item Production Event | 5 | LRMoo 1.0 | E4 - E5 - E63 - E12 |
| F32 Item Production Event | 6 | LRMoo 1.0 | E4 - E5 - E7 - E11 - E12 |
| F33 Reproduction Event | 5 | LRMoo 1.0 | E4 - E5 - E63 - E12 |
| F33 Reproduction Event | 6 | LRMoo 1.0 | C1 - C4 - C10 - E65 - F30 |
| F33 Reproduction Event | 6 | LRMoo 1.0 | E4 - E5 - E63 - E12 - F30 |
| F33 Reproduction Event | 6 | LRMoo 1.0 | E4 - E5 - E63 - E65 - F30 |
| F33 Reproduction Event | 6 | LRMoo 1.0 | E4 - E5 - E7 - E11 - E12 |
| F33 Reproduction Event | 6 | LRMoo 1.0 | E4 - E5 - E7 - E65 - F30 |
| F33 Reproduction Event | 7 | LRMoo 1.0 | E4 - E5 - E7 - E11 - E12 - F30 |
| F31 Performance | 4 | LRMoo 1.0 | E4 - E5 - E7 |
| C37 Economic Transaction | 5 | SDHSS Social Life ongoing | C1 - C4 - C10 - C46 |
| C37 Economic Transaction | 5 | SDHSS Social Life ongoing | E4 - E5 - E7 - C46 |
| C38 Presence of a Thing | 3 | SDHSS Social Life ongoing | E4 - E5 |
| C55 Physical Human-Made Thing Classification | 5 | SDHSS Core ongoing | C1 - C4 - C7 - C30 |
| C57 Quantifiable Quality of a Spatio-Temporal Phenomenon | 3 | SDHSS Core ongoing | C1 - C28 |
| C58 Spatio-Temporal Stable Phenomena | 2 | SDHSS Core ongoing | E4 |
| C59 Quantifiable Quality of an Epistemic Situation | 3 | SDHSS Core ongoing | C1 - C28 |
| C60 Thing Involved in an Epistemic Situation | 2 | SDHSS Core ongoing | C3 |
| C62 Link | 3 | SDHSS Core ongoing | E4 - C58 |
| C64 Event Classification | 5 | SDHSS Core ongoing | C1 - C4 - C7 - C30 |
| C39 Participation Relation | 4 | SDHSS Social Life ongoing | C1 - C4 - C7 |
| C11 Expression Portion Classification | 5 | SDHSS for Sources Information and Metadata ongoing | C1 - C4 - C7 - C30 |
| C70 Group Classification | 5 | SDHSS Core ongoing | C1 - C4 - C7 - C30 |
| C71 Quantifiable Quality of an Intentional Event | 3 | SDHSS Core ongoing | C1 - C28 |
| C73 Epistemic Situation of a Group | 2 | SDHSS Core ongoing | C3 |
| C75 Person Classification | 5 | SDHSS Core ongoing | C1 - C4 - C7 - C30 |
| C46 Legal Agreement | 5 | SDHSS Social Life ongoing | C1 - C4 - C10 - C46 |
| C46 Legal Agreement | 5 | SDHSS Social Life ongoing | E4 - E5 - E7 - C46 |
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| test ongoing | 1 | Ongoing | 2025-10-06 |
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