Agent

Note

This data class is at a trial use maturity level and may change in future releases. Maturity levels are described in the 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.

description

string

0..1

A free-text description of the Entity.

aliases

string

0..m

Alternative name(s) for the Entity.

extensions

Extension

0..m

A list of extensions to the Entity, that allow for capture of information not directly supported by elements defined in the model.

type

string

1..1

MUST be “Agent”.

name

string

0..1

The given name of the Agent.

agentType

string

0..1

A specific type of agent the Agent object represents. Recommended subtypes include codes for person, organization, or software.