OntoME

Subclass of:

• E2 Temporal Entity

Superclass of:

• C5 Membership
• C16 Group existence
• C19 Social Object Characterization (Temporal Entity)
• C20 Right Holding
• C6 Social Event

Scope note:

This class models time-related phenomena that exists in collective intentionality and are defined in a specific social context, i.e. persons sharing the same point of view or conceptualization. These do not necessarily act together, and are therefore not a group, but they share the same social representations stemming from education, media, professional engagement, etc. A social situation has no direct reference to geographical space in the sense of happening somewhere on the Earth (it is just present in the minds of the persons belonging to the group), but can apply to persons, physical objects, etc. situated in space, and also to geographical places as such (e.g. considering that this district is under the jurisdiction of this authority). A social situation is initiated and ended by social events, and has limited duration in time, being related to the existence of the social context that carries it in the collective intentionality of its members. One can know it existed in earlier times but the phenomenon as such does not exist beyond the existence of the social context.

Examples:

No example yet.

In First Order Logic:

• C2(x) ⊃ E2(x)

Outgoing properties:

• P33 exists in (is context of) → C25 Social context

Incoming properties:

• C6 Social Event → P3 effects (is the result of)
• C6 Social Event → P4 ends (is ended by)