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Manifestation

A supporting term for the messages.

A perceivable Creation which represents a Concept.

Comments

Example: A Performance of a piece of music is a Manifestation of a MusicalWork.

Scope: A Manifestation is a Perceivable Creation. All perceivable Creations may be Abstracted to some Concept (for example, all nails can belong to various AbstractClasses such as Nail, 3InchNail, RoundHeadedNail etc), and so all are Manifestations of that Concept. It is common, but not necessary, for the Concept to be pre-Named or pre-Existent. For example, the first Manifestation of a poem may be thought to be a Manifestation of an unnamed Concept (that is, the Manifestation of a pre-existing idea of the poem in the poet's head), or it may be thought that the idea did not pre-exist the Manifestation but came into being in the act of its Expression (as in an improvisation). Because unnamed Concepts are by definition unnamed and are inaccessible to anyone other than the Conceiver until they are Expressed, the argument is normally not of consequence; and if it is important to differentiate between pre-conceived and other Manifestations in some domain, this can be done through with specializations of the verb Express.

Relationships
Parents	Creation	An Output made, directly or indirectly, by human beings.
Children	DigitalManifestation	A digital Manifestation.
	LexicalManifestation	A Manifestation comprised of words.
	MusicalManifestation	A Manifestation comprised of music.
	Performance	A Manifestation that exists only during its creation. Note: Performances do not necessarily need to take place in front of an audience but can include, e.g., studio or location events.
	PersistentManifestation	A persistent Manifestation.
	Product	A Manifestation of a Release (or another Resource) which is made available to Consumers, by sale, loan or other means. The attributes of a Release in its digital manifestation as a Product may be technical (e.g., the codec or bit rate); a mode of distribution (e.g., downloading or streaming); or a commercial term (e.g., price).
	TouchableManifestation	A touchable Manifestation.

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