Subclass of:

• aaao:ZE1 Institutional Fact

Superclass of:

• aaao:ZE5 Function Status
• aaao:ZE6 Social Status

Scope note:

An instance of classificatory status is the collective ascription of a type to an object by a community. The substance of the classificatory status is the communal commitment to the classification of the object in question according to the designated type.

Instances of classificatory status are recognizable through evidence of community members adopting the intentional stance of so-classifying the object in question, as observable from direct witnesses, through the reports of competent observers or through evidence of a declarative act [e.g.: E17 Type Assignment] initiating this status.

Instances of classificatory status may come to be through a formal process such as a declarative act of classification [E17 Type Assignment], or may have arisen through habit, fiat or be of unknown origin. Instances of classificatory status may end either though a formal process, such as a new declarative act of classification, be officially declassified, or may simply fade out of use, be eliminated by fiat or be of unknown reason. 

Examples:

• The classificatory status of the assemblage of apatosaurus and camarasaurus remains (E19) as ‘has type’ Brontosaurus excelsus (E55) 1905 - Present holds for American Museum of Natural History (E74). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brontosaurus)
• The classificatory status of the "French baguette" (E55) as 'has type' Intangible Cultural Heritage (E55) 2022 - Present holds for UNESCO (E74) (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63800674)

In First Order Logic:

• ZE4(x) ⇒ ZE1(x)

Outgoing properties:

• aaao:ZP11 has classificatory subject (is classificatory subject of) → crm:E1 CRM Entity
• aaao:ZP12 ascribes classification (is classification ascribed by) → crm:E55 Type
• aaao:ZP13 ascribes classification relation (is classification relations ascribed by) → crm:E55 Type