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Abstraction

A message term for doi:kernelMetadata.

A Creation which exists as a concept and is recognised only through one more more physical, digital or spatio-temporal Manifestations.

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An abstraction (sometimes known as a 'work' or 'abstract work') represents the content of a creation, regardless of the carrier or media in which it is expressed. For example, the play 'Hamlet' is an abstraction which has been expressed in many performances, printed books, films, broadcasts and more recently in digital media.

Relationships
Parents	Creation	A Resource made, directly or indirectly, by one or more human beings.
Children	AudioVisualWork	An AudioVisual Abstraction.
Belongs to AVS	doiavs:creationStructuralType	Allowed values for a structuralType of a Creation.

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