The UMDL Work Hierarchy

Models the creation of work:

Concept Definition Example

CONCEPTION A concept, plan, or An idea for a story.

design for work

EXPRESSION A conception with A manuscript for a

specified content. novel.

MANIFESTATION An expression A published  packaged in a edition of the

publishing format. novel.

MATERIALIZA- A manifestation The novel in

TION embodied in a SGML.

/ DIGITIZATION physical format.

INSTANCE A particular copy of The file on your a digitization. disk.

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