Editing Philosophical Research:Data model (section)

=== Z0 Physical Patterns ===

Z0 Patterns represent generic versions of Z Items which one can expect to be instantiated as some kind of spacetime-unique object or identifiable instance. For example, one Z0 Item could conceivably be "cat of species <i>Felis catus</i>", and its corresponding Z/Z1 Item could be a highly notable individual cat, while at the same time, Items in the S dimension mirror this Z0-to-Z1 relationship with the S0 Item "fictional cat" and the S1 Item "Graystripe". Equally, a Z Item could be used to mark a real-world phenomenon which seemingly cannot be generalized despite recurring often, such as a Z Item for "quantum mechanics (study)". Despite there being many papers about quantum mechanics, there is not necessarily any such thing as a drop-in replacement through the study of some different kind of physics. Even so, there could still conceivably be a Z0 Pattern for "academic study of physics" which instantiates itself as "quantum mechanics (study)" and "thermodynamics (study)".