PCS Ontology v1.5.9, 2007-12-19

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Fixation

A Manifestation that is fixed in a persistent form. Examples include a DVD, a Photograph, DigitalResource or a printed book.

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Parents	Manifestation	A Creation that is directly perceivable, and which may be an expression of an identified Abstraction. Example: a Performance of a piece of music is a Manifestation of a Composition.
Children	Carrier	A physical format capable of carrying one or more Fixations, such as a CD, DVD or AudioCassette. A specific instance of a Carrier may or may not have Content. Example: both a blank and a recorded CD may be described as a Carrier.
	DigitalResource	A digital Fixation of an expression of an AbstractWork. Examples include a digital Fixation of a SoundRecording, a musical AudioVisualRecording, a Photograph, Software, a GraphicImage or a passage of Text.
	Recording	A Fixation of a Performance.

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