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The first group is reserved for defining the conceptual vocabulary we need in
order to identify and describe
basic temporal objects
with or without durations such
as, for example,
instants
and (temporal)
periods
or, in more concrete terms,
temporalunits
such as
days
,
months
,
years
,
decades
and
centuries
.
Figure13.26.
Thetaxonomicdomainscurrentlyidentifiedwhichspecify
theconceptualterm[Object“Temporalregion”]
The second group is reserved for describing
events
: events which punctuate
biological or social life (birth, moments of passage, death), historical evolution,
personal or collective identity or indeed reverence of and union with a transcendent
being.
