Modelling Exercise 2

Recognize the difference between Place and Presence

Place or Presence?

When is it appropriate to use an E53 Place and when an E93 Presence?

A place is an extent in space without a temporal dimension.

A presence has both a spatial and temporal dimension. It can be projected onto a spatial extent (place) and a temporal extent (time span).

Quiz

Are these places or presences?

  • The tip of Mount Everest

  • The current city centre of Ottawa, Canada

  • The track followed by a runner in the 2026 Rotterdam Marathon

  • The island of Sicily

  • The location of a farm in Halifax County in 1882–1885

  • Northumberland National Park in England

  • The trajectory of HMS Titanic from 10 April to 15 April 1912