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 <u>name</u> 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.<br>
<br>-Ed<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 18, 2008 2:19 PM, Kirrily Robert <<a href="mailto:kirrily@metaweb.com">kirrily@metaweb.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
OK, so the gist I'm getting here is that people feel that the following properties of events have some relevance:<br><br>* start/end date/time<br>* location<br>* includes/included by<br><br>Nobody has yet said they feel that "people involved" is fundamentally relevant.<br>
<br>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.<br>
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