PCS Ontology v1.5.9, 2007-12-19

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Event

A Context in which some act happens: for example, a person is born, a Work is Performed, a Product is released, a File is Downloaded. In an Event, some attribute is changed. In PCS the terms "Act" and "Event" are treated as synonymous (even though they are typically represented in everyday language respectively by a verb and a noun). For example, the act "Adapt" or "Adapting" is the verb of which a particular "AdaptingEvent" is an instance, and these terms are treated as interchangeable in PCS. So, for example, a permission to "Adapt" or for "Adapting" is synonymous with a permission to be the Agent in an "AdaptingEvent". Differences in tense and plurality are similarly ignored at the global level: for example, "Create", "Creates", "Created" and "Creating" are all treated as the same term whose particular tense or plurality can be determined unambiguously from its specific context.

Synonym(s) Action Act

Meaning Type Derived

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Parents	Context	An intersection of Time and Place in which something may happen (an Event) or exist (a State). Example: releasing a Product in France on May 5th 2005 is an Event; a Product being available for sale in France from May 5th 2005 until December 25th 2005 is a State.
Children	Agreement	An Event in which two or more Parties agree that something is true. Agreements include all forms of License. In PCS an Agreement is an Event, not a Document, though its terms will normally be captured in a physical or digital Document such as a contract.
	Claim	An Assertion of control of a Right in a Resource.
	Creating	An Event in which a Creation is made.
	Service	An Event in which a Party offers to do or provide something to another Party.
	Usage	An Event in which a MusicalWork or DigitalResource is interacted with.

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