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This class comprises processes of interpreting the intended meaning of parts or the whole of the content of an instance of E73 Information Object as propositions. Such  interpretations may include the disambiguation of the meaning of words and expressions, expanding abbreviations, resolving named entities, references and co-references, and complementing missing text parts, without however arguing about the actual truth of the information.

In principle, any use of an information object pertaining to its meaning implies an instance of Ix1 Meaning Comprehension. However, in practical applications, texts in natural language are often clear enough so that no explicit explanation of the interpretation is needed for the user. In such cases, there is no need to create explicit instances of Ix1 Meaning Comprehension, but the adopted belief may directly be linked via Jxx2 adopted interpretation of (has adopted interpretation), or the instance of Ix1 Meaning Comprehension may be made implicit to an instance of I7 Belief Adoption by multiple instantiation.

Explicit documentation of instances of Ix1 Meaning Comprehension are useful, if the interpretations are not obvious and if competing arguments about them exist.

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