Abstract individual – C32
Validation status: Validated
C32 Abstract individual
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Scope note:
This class models individual concepts that are not used to classify or characterize other entities, like instances of crm:E55 Type, but are defined by propositional objects (descriptions in the sense of the Descriptions and Situations ontology) and exist in individual or collective states of mind, or in texts and other information objects. These individuals do not exist in physical reality but just in the intentionality of a person or an intentional collective. For example a character in a novel, such as Jean Valjean in Les Misérables by Victor Hugo, or your bank account, are abstract individuals.
Abstract individuals are created as any other conceptual object by actors in events of type crm:E65 Creation. They are integrated into social representations through sdh-so:C30 Social Connotation, i.e. adoption and integration of these individuals by a collective of humans into their own understanding of reality or into their fictional world.
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In First Order Logic:
- C32(x) ⇒ E28(x)
Scope notes
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| This class models individual concepts that are not used to classify or characterize other entities, like instances of crm:E55 Type, but are defined by propositional objects (descriptions in the sense of the Descriptions and Situations ontology) and exist in individual or collective states of mind, or in texts and other information objects. These individuals do not exist in physical reality but just in the intentionality of a person or an intentional collective. For example a character in a novel, such as Jean Valjean in Les Misérables by Victor Hugo, or your bank account, are abstract individuals. Abstract individuals are created as any other conceptual object by actors in events of type crm:E65 Creation. They are integrated into social representations through sdh-so:C30 Social Connotation, i.e. adoption and integration of these individuals by a collective of humans into their own understanding of reality or into their fictional world. | en | SDHSS Core ongoing | 0 | Validated |
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Identifier: C32
Official URI: https://sdhss.org/ontology/core/1.2/C32
OntoME URI: https://ontome.net/ontology/c786
Labels
| Label | Language | Last updated | View details | Comments | Validation |
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| Abstract individual * | en | 2023-01-23 | 0 | Validated |
* : Standard label for this language
Namespace
| Namespace | Last updated |
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| SDHSS Core v1.2 | 2025-06-20 |
| SDHSS Core v1.1 | 2025-06-20 |
| SDHSS Core v1.0 | 2025-06-19 |
| SDHSS Core ongoing | 2021-04-21 |
Parent classes
| Class | Class namespace | Relation defined in | Justification | View details | Edit | Delete | Comments | Validation |
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| E28 Conceptual Object | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | SDHSS Core ongoing |
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0 | Validated |
Ancestor classes
| Class | Depth | Class namespace | Via |
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| E1 CRM Entity | 5 | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | E28 - E71 - E70 - E77 |
| E70 Thing | 3 | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | E28 - E71 |
| E71 Human-Made Thing | 2 | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | E28 |
| E77 Persistent Item | 4 | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | E28 - E71 - E70 |
| Thing | 6 | OntoME internal model - active version | E28 - E71 - E70 - E77 - E1 |
Child and descendant classes
| Class | Depth | Class namespace | Via |
|---|---|---|---|
| E74 Group | 2 | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | C40 |
| E78 Curated Holding | 3 | CIDOC CRM version 7.1.3 | C40 - C54 |
| C17 Custom or Law | 4 | SDHSS Social Life ongoing | C40 - C26 - C36 |
| C26 Representations | 2 | SDHSS Core ongoing | C40 |
| C29 Know-How | 4 | SDHSS Core ongoing | C40 - C26 - C36 |
| C25 Political or Administrative Entity | 2 | SDHSS Social Life ongoing | C40 |
| C36 Plan | 3 | SDHSS Core ongoing | C40 - C26 |
| C40 Intentional Set | 1 | SDHSS Core ongoing | |
| C34 Activity Domain | 2 | SDHSS Social Life ongoing | C40 |
| F11 Corporate Body | 4 | LRMoo 1.0 | C40 - E74 - F55 |
| F55 Collective Agent | 3 | LRMoo 1.0 | C40 - E74 |
| F39 Family | 4 | LRMoo 1.0 | C40 - E74 - F55 |
| C54 Intentional Collection of Physical Things | 2 | SDHSS Core ongoing | C40 |
| C19 Item Collection | 4 | SDHSS for Sources Information and Metadata ongoing | C40 - C54 - C78 |
| C78 Serial Product Set | 3 | SDHSS Core ongoing | C40 - C54 |
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Profiles using this class
| Label | Version | Status | Last updated |
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| Inscriptions and Visual Items ongoing | 1 | Ongoing | 2023-10-25 |
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Comments
Vincent Alamercery
Please read "frbroo:F38 Character" instead of "F28" in the previous comments. Cf. also this note in LRMoo 0.7 for F38: "Editor’s note: Transfer this class, along with its properties R57 and R58, to CRMsoc once that model has a stable draft."
on April 20, 2022 17:01Vincent Alamercery
Shouldn't frbroo:F28 be a subclass of Abstract Individual?
on April 20, 2022 12:09