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Concept: Copy

System documentation


Superconcept: Create

Definition: Copy some object, thereby creating a new object with some resemblance to the original.

Required Relationships:

object: The thing that's copied, i.e. the "original"
result: The thing that's created, i.e. the "copy". The resemblance between the object and the result is described with extra slots. For example, the shapeof the result = the shapeof the object.

Other Common Relationships:

agent: the entity that caused the copy.
instrument: the tool or aid that was used.
by-means-of: the event that caused the copy to occur.

Examples:

  1. John copied the painting, producing a forgery with identical color.
    agent: John
    object: the painting
    result: a forgery with color = the colorof object
  2. Sam copied the answer from Mary's test.
    object: Mary's test
    result: the answer
    agent: Sam
  3. Using an advanced lithography process, Julie copied the text.
    object: the text
    agent: Julie
    by-means-of: an advanced lithography process
  4. Comment: The result of this copy process is left unstated. Implicitly it is "a copy of the text".

Neighboring Concepts:

Similar to...But different because...
Create Create is more general than Copy. It involves something coming into existence, but does not specify a particular process by which this is accomplished.
Produce Produce involves converting raw materials to order to create the result.