material entity in information science
Annotations
A term from the Darwin Core standard where it is referred to as MaterialEntity and defined as
an entity that can be identified, exists for some period of time, and consists in whole or in part of physical matter while it exists.
Definition
A material entity in information science is an independent continuant in the information science domain that always has some portion of matter as a continuant part.
References
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Wieczorek J., Bloom D., Guralnick R., Blum S., Döring M., Giovanni R. et al. 2012 Darwin Core: An Evolving Community-Developed Biodiversity Data Standard. PLOS ONE. Vol. 7, (1) p. e29715. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029715
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Anonymous Basic Formal Ontology (BFO) | Home. [2025-11-24] basic-formal-ontology.org
Creator: Michael Rubinigg
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Properties
Label
material entity in information science
EUPH Code (UID)
[7573]
EUPH IRI
http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/MaterialEntity
Descriptor
Created
2025-01-20
Updated
2026-01-27
Contributors
Class
Author: Michael Rubinigg
Definition
Author: Michael Rubinigg
Translation
Authors: Michael Rubinigg
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