Agent
Trial Use
May change in future releases. See Maturity Model.
Computational Definition
An autonomous actor (person, organization, or software agent) that bears some form of responsibility for an activity taking place, for the existence of an entity, or for another agent’s activity.
Information Model
Some Agent attributes are inherited from Entity.
Field |
Flags |
Type |
Limits |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
id |
string |
0..1 |
The ‘logical’ identifier of the Entity in the system of record, e.g. a UUID. This ‘id’ is unique within a given system, but may or may not be globally unique outside the system. It is used within a system to reference an object from another. |
|
type |
string |
1..1 |
MUST be “Agent”. |
|
name |
string |
0..1 |
The given name of the Agent. |
|
description |
string |
0..1 |
A free-text description of the Entity. |
|
aliases |
⋮ | string |
0..m |
Alternative name(s) for the Entity. |
extensions |
⋮ | 0..m |
A list of extensions to the Entity, that allow for capture of information not directly supported by elements defined in the model. |
|
agentType |
string |
0..1 |
A specific type of agent the Agent object represents. Recommended subtypes include codes for person, organization, or software. |
Inherits: Entity
Used in: Contribution