Information Entity
Trial Use
May change in future releases. See Maturity Model.
Abstract Class — not instantiated directly; concrete subclasses inherit its attributes.
Computational Definition
An abstract (non-physical) entity that represents ‘information content’ carried by physical or digital information artifacts such as books, web pages, data sets, or images.
Information Model
Some InformationEntity 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 |
The name of the class that is instantiated by a data object representing the Entity. |
|
name |
string |
0..1 |
A primary name for the entity. |
|
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. |
|
specifiedBy |
0..1 |
A specification that describes all or part of the process that led to creation of the Information Entity |
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contributions |
↓ | 0..m |
Specific actions taken by an Agent toward the creation, modification, validation, or deprecation of an Information Entity. |
|
reportedIn |
⋮ | 0..m |
A document in which the the Information Entity is reported. |
Inherits: Entity
Subclasses: Data Item, Evidence Line, Statement, Study Result
Used in: Evidence Line, Statement