Subclass of:

• crm:E2 Temporal Entity

Scope note:

This class comprises the mental states of individual instances of E39 Actor that intend to or want to apply a particular instance of Activity Plan. This can be understood as the period of time when an individual or group holds a particular will. It binds the activity plan to the actor. The ‘intention to apply’ may be abandoned before the realization of the plan. When the plan is actually realized, the ‘intention to apply’ must necessarily still exist. Characteristically, the passing of a law initiates the intention of a parliament to apply the law. In many cases, the creation of the plan initiates the intention to apply it, and in the case of “active plans” the completed realization of the plan ends the intention. Often, the existence of the ‘intention to apply’ cannot be determined other than by the realization of the plan.

Examples:

the intention of the German governments, from the Empire to the Federal Republic to apply paragraph 175, making homosexuality a punishable offence, from 1872 to 1991

the intention of Nicholas Pickwoad to undertake conservation work on MS Greek 418 at the Saint Catherine's Library

In First Order Logic:

• actE3(x) ⇒ E2(x)

Outgoing properties:

• crmact:actP10 was intention of (had intention) → crm:E39 Actor
• crmact:actP11 is expressed in (expresses) → crm:E31 Document
• crmact:actP12 was intended to apply within/from → crm:E61 Time Primitive
• crmact:actP13 was initiated by (initiated) → crm:E5 Event
• crmact:actP14 was ended by (ended) → crm:E5 Event
• crmact:actP16 intended to apply (was intended by) → crmact:actE2 Activity Plan