[Data-modeling] Events

[Ed Laurent]

Keep in mind that "place" is different than "location". In other words, a
point, line or area in space is not the same thing as the *name* someone
gives that point, line or area at a specified point or period in time, which
may differ and not necessarily completely overlap with the name someone else
gives that point, line or area at the same or different point or period in
time. In addition to the difference between "location" and "place", Einstein
showed us that both space and time are relative and that the physical theory
of relativity can be extended into the psychological realm of perception. I
think these are the issues that most people have been circling in this
discussion.

-Ed

On Feb 18, 2008 2:19 PM, Kirrily Robert <kirrily at metaweb.com> wrote:

> OK, so the gist I'm getting here is that people feel that the following
> properties of events have some relevance:
>
> * start/end date/time
> * location
> * includes/included by
>
> Nobody has yet said they feel that "people involved" is fundamentally
> relevant.
>
> How about "historical periods"?  Do we more or less agree that that kind
> of long-running event is still just an event?  If so, can I propose the
> refactoring of all the historical periods currently listed in
> /time/historic_period into plain old /time/events?  That would also make
> "historic events" into ordinary events.  I think I'm OK with that; the
> distinction between a "historic" event and a not-historic one is kind of
> meaningless anyway.
>
> K.
>
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