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The characteristics contain the sub – sets [[ attributes – properties ]– qualities ]. The attributes and the properties are recognized by mere agreement , as objective characteristics existent in the real world . The qualities instead are assigned to the object by the subject who observes57 , they are which permit the creation of sense . The properties constitute the syntagms , which acquire sense in the context , – the contents of the text – such context is provided by the groups of significance in which the object is observed .
The properties correspond to a series of characteristic that – although have also been assigned in an arbitrary manner – have been constituted in commonly accepted patterns . The properties , or which is proper of the observed object are a product object ’ s materiality , of the corporification process to which have been submitted during the design process .
The attributes are that what is attributed to the object , which is said is capable of doing . The uses or functions which are recognized in the object . The function , the teleological contents of the object always underlay , it is given for granted , otherwise , the object can only acquire the sense of useless . The function is not willful . The function is imposed by the structure ; it is fixed and determined by the designer .
Another category corresponds to those subjective characteristics , meaning to say , which depend on the opinion of the subject who observes them . For them there are not precise agreements defined , and only is possible to mention them by meaning of qualifying adjectives with no specific value . They are merely qualifying characteristics . Examples of them are pretty , ugly , red and generally , the values assigned to them are very , little , much , etc . Those characteristics are qualities .
56 Barthes , Roland . Semantics of the Object . The Semiologic Adventure 57 Rodriguez , Alberto . Properties . Ref