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This class comprises the action of an E39 Actor adopting propositions taken from an interpretation of the intended meaning of an instance of E73 Information Object as being true, or in some way likely to be true. The adopted propositions constitute the conclusion of the action in the form of a new instance of I12 Adopted belief of the actor adopting it.

The basis of I7 Belief Adoption is the justification of trust in the source of the adopted propositions, rather than the application of rules for inferring the respective propositions from logical remises.

Typical examples are the citation of academic papers or the reuse of datasets.

Where an instance of I7 Belief Adoption is based on personal communication (marked as pers.comm. in the studied text), this should be represented by using P2 has type: “Pers.Comm.”, directly from the instance of I7 Belief Adoption.

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