Entities (19)

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ID Name Definition
RiC-E01 Thing
Any idea, material thing, or event within the realm of human experience.
Any idea, material thing, or event within the realm of human experience.
RiC-E02 Record Resource
Information produced or acquired and retained by an Agent in the course of life or work activity.
Information produced or acquired and retained by an Agent in the course of life or work activity.
RiC-E03 Record Set
One or more records that are grouped together by an Agent based on the records sharing one or more attributes o...
One or more records that are grouped together by an Agent based on the records sharing one or more attributes or relations.
RiC-E04 Record
Discrete information content formed and inscribed, at least once, by any method on any carrier in any persisten...
Discrete information content formed and inscribed, at least once, by any method on any carrier in any persistent, recoverable form...
RiC-E05 Record Part
Component of a Record with independent information content that contributes to the intellectual completeness of...
Component of a Record with independent information content that contributes to the intellectual completeness of the Record.
RiC-E06 Instantiation
The inscription of information made by an Agent on a physical carrier in any persistent, recoverable form as a...
The inscription of information made by an Agent on a physical carrier in any persistent, recoverable form as a means of communicati...
RiC-E07 Agent
A Person, or Group, or an entity created by a Person or Group (Mechanism), or a Position, that acts in the worl...
A Person, or Group, or an entity created by a Person or Group (Mechanism), or a Position, that acts in the world.
RiC-E08 Person
An individual human being.
An individual human being.
RiC-E09 Group
Two or more Agents that act together as an Agent.
Two or more Agents that act together as an Agent.
RiC-E10 Family
Two or more persons related by birth, or through marriage, adoption, civil union, or other social conventions t...
Two or more persons related by birth, or through marriage, adoption, civil union, or other social conventions that bind them togeth...
RiC-E11 Corporate Body
An organized group of persons that act together as an Agent, and that has a recognized legal or social status.
An organized group of persons that act together as an Agent, and that has a recognized legal or social status.
RiC-E12 Position
The functional role of a Person within a Group.
The functional role of a Person within a Group.
RiC-E13 Mechanism
A process or system created by a Person or Group that performs an Activity.
A process or system created by a Person or Group that performs an Activity.
RiC-E14 Event
Something that happens or occurs in time and space.
Something that happens or occurs in time and space.
RiC-E15 Activity
The doing of something for some human purpose.
The doing of something for some human purpose.
RiC-E16 Rule
Conditions that govern the existence, responsibility, or authority of an Agent; or the performance of an Activi...
Conditions that govern the existence, responsibility, or authority of an Agent; or the performance of an Activity by an Agent; or t...
RiC-E17 Mandate
Delegation of responsibility or authority by an Agent to another Agent to perform an Activity.
Delegation of responsibility or authority by an Agent to another Agent to perform an Activity.
RiC-E18 Date
Chronological information associated with an entity that contributes to its identification and contextualizatio...
Chronological information associated with an entity that contributes to its identification and contextualization.
RiC-E22 Place
Bounded, named geographic area or region.
Bounded, named geographic area or region.

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