Entity¶
An entity is a physical, digital, conceptual, or other kind of thing with some fixed aspects; entities may be real or imaginary.
Diagram¶
Specializations of Entity¶
| Class | Description |
|---|---|
| Bundle | A bundle is a named set of provenance descriptions, and is itself an Entity, so allowing provenance of provenance to be expressed. |
| Collection | A collection is an entity that provides a structure to some constituents, which are themselves entities. These constituents are said to be member of the collections. |
| Empty Dictionary | An empty dictionary (i.e. has no members). |
| Empty Collection | An empty collection is a collection without members. |
| Plan | A plan is an entity that represents a set of actions or steps intended by one or more agents to achieve some goals. |
Formalization for Entity¶
| Property | Constraint |
|---|---|
| disjointWith | InstantaneousEvent |
Other annotations¶
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| category | starting-point |
| component | entities-activities |
| constraints | http://www.w3.org/TR/2013/REC-prov-constraints-20130430/#prov-dm-constraints-fig |
| definition | An entity is a physical, digital, conceptual, or other kind of thing with some fixed aspects; entities may be real or imaginary. |
| dm | http://www.w3.org/TR/2013/REC-prov-dm-20130430/#term-entity |
| n | http://www.w3.org/TR/2013/REC-prov-n-20130430/#expression-Entity |