Feature #2634
Updated by Alexander Watzinger 3 months ago
Currently there are *7 different classes* for events which was the source of confusion and inconsistent data entry. After some consideration we decided to remove the classes *Event* (E5) and *Creation* (E64). The remaining event classes being *Activity* (E7), *Acquisition* (E8), *Modification* (E11), *Move* (E9), *Production* (E12) h3. Event *Event* (E5) classes will be transformed to *Activity* (E7). Initially we introduced *Event* (E5) to enter events without actors (e.g. a natural disaster). But beside the difference being more superficial it was also a little awkward to use this class which is the super class of the other event classes, classes uses, e.g. *Events* Events can't be chained with *continued* (P134) like the other ones. h3. Creation *Creation* (E64) classes will be transformed to *Production* (E12). After analyzing existing data we noticed that in most cases, the *Creation* event was not used in the indented way, but used for the *Production* of an artifact, e.g. the writing of a document (Source), which the *Production* event is for. Only drawback of the transformation will be that *has created* (P94) will be removed. It was meant to track creators of a *Document* (E31) but this can also be done while adding creators to a *Document* (called *File* in OpenAtlas, e.g. a scan or a photograph) directly in the UI. We might add *Creation* again when implementing a more user-friendly version of authorship (#2570).