Semantic Units of the PREMIS Data Dictionary

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in the OWL Ontology ver. 1 is defined as:
ObjectProperty hasEnvironmentPurpose

Semantic unit	1.13.5 relatedEnvironmentPurpose
Definition	The use(s) supported by the related environment.
Applicability	Representation, Bitstream, File
Obligation	Optional
Repeatability	Repeatable
Rationale	Different environments can support different uses of objects. For example, the environment needed to edit and modify a file can be quite different from the environment needed to render it.
Data constraint	Values should be taken from a controlled  vocabulary.  A controlled vocabulary is available at:
Controlled vocabulary	http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/environmentPurpose.html
Creation / Maintenance notes	This value would have to be supplied by the Agent that provided the hardware andor software environment information, which might be the submitter, the repository, or an environment registry.
Usage notes	Other values might indicate the ability to transform, print, and manipulate by program.
Examples	render edit create render edit create render edit create