A specialization of InformationTransferEvent and of Action. Each instance of IBTGeneration is an event which creates some InformationBearingThing. The InformationBearingThing created may be either a transient wave phenomenon (e.g. sound, light, or radio waves), or it may be a relatively long-lasting instance of InformationBearingObject (cf. the important specialization of IBTGeneration -- IBOCreation). Humans frequently generate such IBTs as spoken language, gestures, and handwritten notes. It is irrelevant for instances of IBTGeneration whether there is another agent who accesses the resulting IBT. Note that every communication act starts with an instance of IBTGeneration. (Thus, see also Communicating and its specializations, especially CommunicationAct_Single.) For an analogous collection regarding instances of ConceptualWork, see CWCreation. Two important specializations of this collection are IBTGeneration_Original and IBTGeneration_Replication. See also the predicate ibtGenerated.