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has been made in various ways (e.g., rock breaks window*; Olson 2002). The
presentation in this book applies the logic of EMMI as the harbinger of interaction that is enacted by or through objects and their mechanisms (processes). That the whole of objects does not satisfy various conditions for a
system does not detract from either the concept of the whole or from the
parts (which are objects in themselves). As a whole, there are various conditions to retain the properties and traits of the whole (i.e., remain as a
stable system).
Nature of Intellectual Objects
That objects are physical is only part of the whole. The objective whole for
products and services is also comprised of intellectual parts. We must realize
that building a product involves both the end result (i.e., the product or service) and the processes employed to produce the product or service. To that
end, objects that represent physical objects are also to be considered as
objects—the type referred to as intellectual. Intellectual objects means
anything that is embodied in a physical object, such as an idea that is
expressed on paper or in some tangible form; trademarks that represent a
physical object(s); service marks that represent a service that is enabled by a
physical object(s); copyrights (by written or other corporeal manifestations)
that confer ownership or legal rights in chattel, real property; inventions,
methods, techniques, approaches, specifications, know-how, algorithms,
data, and software program techniques that are reduced to tangible form
whether embodied in design, drawings, or sketches; discoveries that are created, conceived, or reduced to practice and documented; or netlists and
source documentation, and tables and figures. The determination of intellectual property as objects is that it is both perceived and performed by the
intellect and reduced to a tangible form. Intellectual property as objects only
becomes a member of the type of objects when the physical manifestation of
the intellectual content is reduced to something physical. Telling someone
(object-to-object interaction) something that is wholly cerebral and not
reduced to a physical entity retains the intellectual nature but not the
aspect of property. Intellectual thought may be recognizable, desirable,
credible (or not), but unless that thinking (or communication of that thinking)
is conveyed in or reduced to a tangible form, the intellectual content is not
* The underlying topology of human near rock; human near window; human juxtaposed,
picks up rock; throws rock; rock intersects spatial domain of window; rock breaks window
can be described mereologically as object (human) performs acts and activities (process) to
pick up rock (object); human (object) throws (process) rock (object) (rock is matter (EMMI)
that is expelled from human by human mechanisms); trajectory of rock (object) collides with
and imparts energy (EMMI) to glass window (object). Energy absorption mechanism of
window (object) is insufficient to maintain stability of glass (process); and glass shatters
(process), sending glass flying (objects). The topology of the configuration is altered, one
piece of glass becoming many.
Foundations in Systems Integration
has been made in various ways (e.g., rock breaks window*; Olson 2002). The
presentation in this book applies the logic of EMMI as the harbinger of interaction that is enacted by or through objects and their mechanisms (processes). That the whole of objects does not satisfy various conditions for a
system does not detract from either the concept of the whole or from the
parts (which are objects in themselves). As a whole, there are various conditions to retain the properties and traits of the whole (i.e., remain as a
stable system).
Nature of Intellectual Objects
That objects are physical is only part of the whole. The objective whole for
products and services is also comprised of intellectual parts. We must realize
that building a product involves both the end result (i.e., the product or service) and the processes employed to produce the product or service. To that
end, objects that represent physical objects are also to be considered as
objects—the type referred to as intellectual. Intellectual objects means
anything that is embodied in a physical object, such as an idea that is
expressed on paper or in some tangible form; trademarks that represent a
physical object(s); service marks that represent a service that is enabled by a
physical object(s); copyrights (by written or other corporeal manifestations)
that confer ownership or legal rights in chattel, real property; inventions,
methods, techniques, approaches, specifications, know-how, algorithms,
data, and software program techniques that are reduced to tangible form
whether embodied in design, drawings, or sketches; discoveries that are created, conceived, or reduced to practice and documented; or netlists and
source documentation, and tables and figures. The determination of intellectual property as objects is that it is both perceived and performed by the
intellect and reduced to a tangible form. Intellectual property as objects only
becomes a member of the type of objects when the physical manifestation of
the intellectual content is reduced to something physical. Telling someone
(object-to-object interaction) something that is wholly cerebral and not
reduced to a physical entity retains the intellectual nature but not the
aspect of property. Intellectual thought may be recognizable, desirable,
credible (or not), but unless that thinking (or communication of that thinking)
is conveyed in or reduced to a tangible form, the intellectual content is not
* The underlying topology of human near rock; human near window; human juxtaposed,
picks up rock; throws rock; rock intersects spatial domain of window; rock breaks window
can be described mereologically as object (human) performs acts and activities (process) to
pick up rock (object); human (object) throws (process) rock (object) (rock is matter (EMMI)
that is expelled from human by human mechanisms); trajectory of rock (object) collides with
and imparts energy (EMMI) to glass window (object). Energy absorption mechanism of
window (object) is insufficient to maintain stability of glass (process); and glass shatters
(process), sending glass flying (objects). The topology of the configuration is altered, one
piece of glass becoming many.