Action

An action performed by a direct agent and indirect participants upon a direct object. Optionally happens at a location with the help of an inanimate instrument. The execution of the action may produce a result. Specific action sub-type documentation specifies the exact expectation of each argument/role.\n\nSee also blog post and Actions overview document.

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Specializations of Action

Class	Description
Accept Action	The act of committing to/adopting an object.\n\nRelated actions:\n\n* [[RejectAction]]: The antonym of AcceptAction.
Achieve Action	The act of accomplishing something via previous efforts. It is an instantaneous action rather than an ongoing process.
Activate Action	The act of starting or activating a device or application (e.g. starting a timer or turning on a flashlight).
Add Action	The act of editing by adding an object to a collection.
Agree Action	The act of expressing a consistency of opinion with the object. An agent agrees to/about an object (a proposition, topic or theme) with participants.
Allocate Action	The act of organizing tasks/objects/events by associating resources to it.
Append Action	The act of inserting at the end if an ordered collection.
Apply Action	The act of registering to an organization/service without the guarantee to receive it.\n\nRelated actions:\n\n* [[RegisterAction]]: Unlike RegisterAction, ApplyAction has no guarantees that the application will be accepted.
Arrive Action	The act of arriving at a place. An agent arrives at a destination from a fromLocation, optionally with participants.
Ask Action	The act of posing a question / favor to someone.\n\nRelated actions:\n\n* [[ReplyAction]]: Appears generally as a response to AskAction.
Assess Action	The act of forming one's opinion, reaction or sentiment.
Assign Action	The act of allocating an action/event/task to some destination (someone or something).
Authenticate Action	The action of authenticating into a device or application.
Authorize Action	The act of granting permission to an object.
Befriend Action	The act of forming a personal connection with someone (object) mutually/bidirectionally/symmetrically.\n\nRelated actions:\n\n* [[FollowAction]]: Unlike FollowAction, BefriendAction implies that the connection is reciprocal.
Bookmark Action	An agent bookmarks/flags/labels/tags/marks an object.
Borrow Action	The act of obtaining an object under an agreement to return it at a later date. Reciprocal of LendAction.\n\nRelated actions:\n\n* [[LendAction]]: Reciprocal of BorrowAction.
Buy Action	The act of giving money to a seller in exchange for goods or services rendered. An agent buys an object, product, or service from a seller for a price. Reciprocal of SellAction.
Cancel Action	The act of asserting that a future event/action is no longer going to happen.\n\nRelated actions:\n\n* [[ConfirmAction]]: The antonym of CancelAction.
Check Action	An agent inspects, determines, investigates, inquires, or examines an object's accuracy, quality, condition, or state.
Check In Action	The act of an agent communicating (service provider, social media, etc) their arrival by registering/confirming for a previously reserved service (e.g. flight check-in) or at a place (e.g. hotel), possibly resulting in a result (boarding pass, etc).\n\nRelated actions:\n\n [[CheckOutAction]]: The antonym of CheckInAction.\n [[ArriveAction]]: Unlike ArriveAction, CheckInAction implies that the agent is informing/confirming the start of a previously reserved service.\n [[ConfirmAction]]: Unlike ConfirmAction, CheckInAction implies that the agent is informing/confirming the start* of a previously reserved service rather than its validity/existence.
Check Out Action	The act of an agent communicating (service provider, social media, etc) their departure of a previously reserved service (e.g. flight check-in) or place (e.g. hotel).\n\nRelated actions:\n\n [[CheckInAction]]: The antonym of CheckOutAction.\n [[DepartAction]]: Unlike DepartAction, CheckOutAction implies that the agent is informing/confirming the end of a previously reserved service.\n* [[CancelAction]]: Unlike CancelAction, CheckOutAction implies that the agent is informing/confirming the end of a previously reserved service.
Choose Action	The act of expressing a preference from a set of options or a large or unbounded set of choices/options.
Comment Action	The act of generating a comment about a subject.
Communicate Action	The act of conveying information to another person via a communication medium (instrument) such as speech, email, or telephone conversation.
Confirm Action	The act of notifying someone that a future event/action is going to happen as expected.\n\nRelated actions:\n\n* [[CancelAction]]: The antonym of ConfirmAction.
Consume Action	The act of ingesting information/resources/food.
Control Action	An agent controls a device or application.
Cook Action	The act of producing/preparing food.
Create Action	The act of deliberately creating/producing/generating/building a result out of the agent.
Deactivate Action	The act of stopping or deactivating a device or application (e.g. stopping a timer or turning off a flashlight).
Delete Action	The act of editing a recipient by removing one of its objects.
Depart Action	The act of departing from a place. An agent departs from a fromLocation for a destination, optionally with participants.
Disagree Action	The act of expressing a difference of opinion with the object. An agent disagrees to/about an object (a proposition, topic or theme) with participants.
Discover Action	The act of discovering/finding an object.
Dislike Action	The act of expressing a negative sentiment about the object. An agent dislikes an object (a proposition, topic or theme) with participants.
Donate Action	The act of providing goods, services, or money without compensation, often for philanthropic reasons.
Download Action	The act of downloading an object.
Draw Action	The act of producing a visual/graphical representation of an object, typically with a pen/pencil and paper as instruments.
Drink Action	The act of swallowing liquids.
Eat Action	The act of swallowing solid objects.
Endorse Action	An agent approves/certifies/likes/supports/sanctions an object.
Exercise Action	The act of participating in exertive activity for the purposes of improving health and fitness.
Film Action	The act of capturing sound and moving images on film, video, or digitally.
Find Action	The act of finding an object.\n\nRelated actions:\n\n* [[SearchAction]]: FindAction is generally lead by a SearchAction, but not necessarily.
Follow Action	The act of forming a personal connection with someone/something (object) unidirectionally/asymmetrically to get updates polled from.\n\nRelated actions:\n\n [[BefriendAction]]: Unlike BefriendAction, FollowAction implies that the connection is not necessarily reciprocal.\n [[SubscribeAction]]: Unlike SubscribeAction, FollowAction implies that the follower acts as an active agent constantly/actively polling for updates.\n [[RegisterAction]]: Unlike RegisterAction, FollowAction implies that the agent is interested in continuing receiving updates from the object.\n [[JoinAction]]: Unlike JoinAction, FollowAction implies that the agent is interested in getting updates from the object.\n* [[TrackAction]]: Unlike TrackAction, FollowAction refers to the polling of updates of all aspects of animate objects rather than the location of inanimate objects (e.g. you track a package, but you don't follow it).
Give Action	The act of transferring ownership of an object to a destination. Reciprocal of TakeAction.\n\nRelated actions:\n\n [[TakeAction]]: Reciprocal of GiveAction.\n [[SendAction]]: Unlike SendAction, GiveAction implies that ownership is being transferred (e.g. I may send my laptop to you, but that doesn't mean I'm giving it to you).
Ignore Action	The act of intentionally disregarding the object. An agent ignores an object.
Inform Action	The act of notifying someone of information pertinent to them, with no expectation of a response.
Insert Action	The act of adding at a specific location in an ordered collection.
Install Action	The act of installing an application.
Interact Action	The act of interacting with another person or organization.
Invite Action	The act of asking someone to attend an event. Reciprocal of RsvpAction.
Join Action	An agent joins an event/group with participants/friends at a location.\n\nRelated actions:\n\n [[RegisterAction]]: Unlike RegisterAction, JoinAction refers to joining a group/team of people.\n [[SubscribeAction]]: Unlike SubscribeAction, JoinAction does not imply that you'll be receiving updates.\n* [[FollowAction]]: Unlike FollowAction, JoinAction does not imply that you'll be polling for updates.
Leave Action	An agent leaves an event / group with participants/friends at a location.\n\nRelated actions:\n\n [[JoinAction]]: The antonym of LeaveAction.\n [[UnRegisterAction]]: Unlike UnRegisterAction, LeaveAction implies leaving a group/team of people rather than a service.
Lend Action	The act of providing an object under an agreement that it will be returned at a later date. Reciprocal of BorrowAction.\n\nRelated actions:\n\n* [[BorrowAction]]: Reciprocal of LendAction.
Like Action	The act of expressing a positive sentiment about the object. An agent likes an object (a proposition, topic or theme) with participants.
Listen Action	The act of consuming audio content.
Login Action	The action of logging into a device or application.
Lose Action	The act of being defeated in a competitive activity.
Marry Action	The act of marrying a person.
Money Transfer	The act of transferring money from one place to another place. This may occur electronically or physically.
Move Action	The act of an agent relocating to a place.\n\nRelated actions:\n\n* [[TransferAction]]: Unlike TransferAction, the subject of the move is a living Person or Organization rather than an inanimate object.
Order Action	An agent orders an object/product/service to be delivered/sent.
Organize Action	The act of manipulating/administering/supervising/controlling one or more objects.
Paint Action	The act of producing a painting, typically with paint and canvas as instruments.
Pay Action	An agent pays a price to a participant.
Perform Action	The act of participating in performance arts.
Photograph Action	The act of capturing still images of objects using a camera.
Plan Action	The act of planning the execution of an event/task/action/reservation/plan to a future date.
Play Action	The act of playing/exercising/training/performing for enjoyment, leisure, recreation, competition or exercise.\n\nRelated actions:\n\n [[ListenAction]]: Unlike ListenAction (which is under ConsumeAction), PlayAction refers to performing for an audience or at an event, rather than consuming music.\n [[WatchAction]]: Unlike WatchAction (which is under ConsumeAction), PlayAction refers to showing/displaying for an audience or at an event, rather than consuming visual content.
Play Game Action	The act of playing a video game.
Pre Order Action	An agent orders a (not yet released) object/product/service to be delivered/sent.
Prepend Action	The act of inserting at the beginning if an ordered collection.
Quote Action	An agent quotes/estimates/appraises an object/product/service with a price at a location/store.
React Action	The act of responding instinctively and emotionally to an object, expressing a sentiment.
Read Action	The act of consuming written content.
Receive Action	The act of physically/electronically taking delivery of an object that has been transferred from an origin to a destination. Reciprocal of SendAction.\n\nRelated actions:\n\n [[SendAction]]: The reciprocal of ReceiveAction.\n [[TakeAction]]: Unlike TakeAction, ReceiveAction does not imply that the ownership has been transferred (e.g. I can receive a package, but it does not mean the package is now mine).
Register Action	The act of registering to be a user of a service, product or web page.\n\nRelated actions:\n\n [[JoinAction]]: Unlike JoinAction, RegisterAction implies you are registering to be a user of a service, not a group/team of people.\n [[FollowAction]]: Unlike FollowAction, RegisterAction doesn't imply that the agent is expecting to poll for updates from the object.\n* [[SubscribeAction]]: Unlike SubscribeAction, RegisterAction doesn't imply that the agent is expecting updates from the object.
Reject Action	The act of rejecting to/adopting an object.\n\nRelated actions:\n\n* [[AcceptAction]]: The antonym of RejectAction.
Rent Action	The act of giving money in return for temporary use, but not ownership, of an object such as a vehicle or property. For example, an agent rents a property from a landlord in exchange for a periodic payment.
Replace Action	The act of editing a recipient by replacing an old object with a new object.
Reply Action	The act of responding to a question/message asked/sent by the object. Related to [[AskAction]].\n\nRelated actions:\n\n* [[AskAction]]: Appears generally as an origin of a ReplyAction.
Reserve Action	Reserving a concrete object.\n\nRelated actions:\n\n* [[ScheduleAction]]: Unlike ScheduleAction, ReserveAction reserves concrete objects (e.g. a table, a hotel) towards a time slot / spatial allocation.
Reset Password Action	The action of resetting the password of a device or application.
Resume Action	The act of resuming a device or application which was formerly paused (e.g. resume music playback or resume a timer).
Return Action	The act of returning to the origin that which was previously received (concrete objects) or taken (ownership).
Review Action	The act of producing a balanced opinion about the object for an audience. An agent reviews an object with participants resulting in a review.
Rsvp Action	The act of notifying an event organizer as to whether you expect to attend the event.
Schedule Action	Scheduling future actions, events, or tasks.\n\nRelated actions:\n\n* [[ReserveAction]]: Unlike ReserveAction, ScheduleAction allocates future actions (e.g. an event, a task, etc) towards a time slot / spatial allocation.
Search Action	The act of searching for an object.\n\nRelated actions:\n\n* [[FindAction]]: SearchAction generally leads to a FindAction, but not necessarily.
Seek To Action	This is the [[Action]] of navigating to a specific [[startOffset]] timestamp within a [[VideoObject]], typically represented with a URL template structure.
Sell Action	The act of taking money from a buyer in exchange for goods or services rendered. An agent sells an object, product, or service to a buyer for a price. Reciprocal of BuyAction.
Send Action	The act of physically/electronically dispatching an object for transfer from an origin to a destination. Related actions:\n\n [[ReceiveAction]]: The reciprocal of SendAction.\n [[GiveAction]]: Unlike GiveAction, SendAction does not imply the transfer of ownership (e.g. I can send you my laptop, but I'm not necessarily giving it to you).
Share Action	The act of distributing content to people for their amusement or edification.
Solve Math Action	The action that takes in a math expression and directs users to a page potentially capable of solving/simplifying that expression.
Subscribe Action	The act of forming a personal connection with someone/something (object) unidirectionally/asymmetrically to get updates pushed to.\n\nRelated actions:\n\n [[FollowAction]]: Unlike FollowAction, SubscribeAction implies that the subscriber acts as a passive agent being constantly/actively pushed for updates.\n [[RegisterAction]]: Unlike RegisterAction, SubscribeAction implies that the agent is interested in continuing receiving updates from the object.\n* [[JoinAction]]: Unlike JoinAction, SubscribeAction implies that the agent is interested in continuing receiving updates from the object.
Suspend Action	The act of momentarily pausing a device or application (e.g. pause music playback or pause a timer).
Take Action	The act of gaining ownership of an object from an origin. Reciprocal of GiveAction.\n\nRelated actions:\n\n [[GiveAction]]: The reciprocal of TakeAction.\n [[ReceiveAction]]: Unlike ReceiveAction, TakeAction implies that ownership has been transferred.
Tie Action	The act of reaching a draw in a competitive activity.
Tip Action	The act of giving money voluntarily to a beneficiary in recognition of services rendered.
Track Action	An agent tracks an object for updates.\n\nRelated actions:\n\n [[FollowAction]]: Unlike FollowAction, TrackAction refers to the interest on the location of innanimates objects.\n [[SubscribeAction]]: Unlike SubscribeAction, TrackAction refers to the interest on the location of innanimate objects.
Trade Action	The act of participating in an exchange of goods and services for monetary compensation. An agent trades an object, product or service with a participant in exchange for a one time or periodic payment.
Transfer Action	The act of transferring/moving (abstract or concrete) animate or inanimate objects from one place to another.
Travel Action	The act of traveling from a fromLocation to a destination by a specified mode of transport, optionally with participants.
Un Register Action	The act of un-registering from a service.\n\nRelated actions:\n\n [[RegisterAction]]: antonym of UnRegisterAction.\n [[LeaveAction]]: Unlike LeaveAction, UnRegisterAction implies that you are unregistering from a service you were previously registered, rather than leaving a team/group of people.
Update Action	The act of managing by changing/editing the state of the object.
Use Action	The act of applying an object to its intended purpose.
View Action	The act of consuming static visual content.
Vote Action	The act of expressing a preference from a fixed/finite/structured set of choices/options.
Want Action	The act of expressing a desire about the object. An agent wants an object.
Watch Action	The act of consuming dynamic/moving visual content.
Wear Action	The act of dressing oneself in clothing.
Win Action	The act of achieving victory in a competitive activity.
Write Action	The act of authoring written creative content.

Formalization for Action

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subClassOf	Thing