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Title:            Decision on proposal for new term "PhysicalObject"
Shepherd:         Rebecca Guenther
Identifier:       http://dublincore.org/usage/decisions/2002/2002-02.PhysicalObject.shtml
Date:             2002-07-13
Description:      The decision documented here refers to a proposal
                  considered at the Usage Board meeting of May 2002
                  in Bath.  This document is pointed to from
                  the official list of Usage Board Decisions [1].

Text of proposal: http://dublincore.org/usage/meetings/2002/05/type-physobj.html
Discussion: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0204&L=dc-usage&O=A&P=10679

Decision: Accept with status "recommended" (with modified definition)

Reason: It was unclear to the Usage Board whether 'wheat'
is a physical object or a concept, and also unclear whether
live animals were meant to be included or not.  The Board
removed ', wheat' from the definition as proposed, and changed
'non-human' to 'inanimate' -- i.e., trees and lions are out
of scope, while mummies and stuffed animals are in.

Approved text - beginning
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    VMS-ID:        PhysicalObject-001
    Name:          Physical Object
    URI:           http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/PhysicalObject
    isDefinedBy:   http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/
    Label:         PhysicalObject
    Definition:    An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance.  
                   For example -- a computer, the great pyramid, a 
                   sculpture.  Note that digital representations 
                   of, or surrogates for, these things should use Image, 
                   Text or one of the other types.
    seeAlso:       http://dublincore.org/usage/decisions/#Decision-2002-02
    Date issued:   2002-06-30
    Status: http://dublincore.org/usage/documents/process/#recommended
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Approved text - end

[1] http://dublincore.org/usage/decisions/#Decision-2002-02