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  ContentBearingPhysical

Sigma KEE - ContentBearingPhysical
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ContentBearingPhysical
Any Object or Process that expresses content. This covers Objects that contain a Proposition, such as a book, as well as ManualSignLanguage, which may similarly contain a Proposition.
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Parents Physical An entity that has a location in space-time. Note that locations are themselves understood to have a location in space-time.
Children BrandBrand refers to a unique design, sign, symbol, name or a combination of these that is employed in creating an image that identifies a product that differentiates it from its competitors (BusinessDictionary.com)
 ContentBearingObjectAny SelfConnectedObject that expresses content. This content may be a Proposition, e.g. when the ContentBearingObject is a Sentence or Text, or it may be a representation of an abstract or physical object, as with an Icon, a Word or a Phrase.
 ContentBearingProcessAny Process, for example ManualHumanLanguage, which may contain a Proposition.
 IconThis is the subclass of ContentBearingPhysical which are not part of a Language and which have some sort of similarity with the Objects that they represent. This Class would include symbolic roadway signs, representational art works, photographs, etc.
 LinguisticExpressionThis is the subclass of ContentBearingPhysical which are language-related. Note that this Class encompasses both Language and the the elements of Languages, e.g. Words.
 SymbolicStringThe Class of alphanumeric sequences.
 VisualContentBearingPhysicalInstances of VisualContentBearingPhysical are ContentBearingPhysicals that are intended to convey meaning as the result of being seen.


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