Mechanism `RiC-E13`

Ancestors: Thing › Agent › Mechanism

Definition

A process or system created by a Person or Group that performs an Activity.

Scope notes

Mechanism is a kind of Agent. A mechanism may have both mechanical and software components or may be exclusively software. A mechanism acts in the world producing physical or social effects and may generate or modify records. A mechanism performs activities based on rules determined by the agent that designed and created it. A mechanism has an essential, derivative relation with the designing and creating agent.

Declared attributes 1

ID	Name	Definition
`RiC-A41`	technical characteristics	Describes any relevant physical or software feature of any device involved in the creation or management of a Record Resource.

Declared relations 0

No relations declared directly on this entity.

Inherited attributes 3

ID	Name	Inherited from
`RiC-A22`	identifier	from Thing
`RiC-A28`	name	from Thing
`RiC-A43`	general description	from Thing

Inherited relations 44

ID	Name	Range	Inherited from
`RiC-R001`	is related to	`RiC-E01`	from Thing
`RiC-R002`	has or had part	`RiC-E01`	from Thing
`RiC-R002i`	is or was part of	`RiC-E01`	from Thing
`RiC-R008`	precedes or preceded	`RiC-E01`	from Thing
`RiC-R008i`	follows or followed	`RiC-E01`	from Thing
`RiC-R009`	precedes in time	`RiC-E01`	from Thing
`RiC-R009i`	follows in time	`RiC-E01`	from Thing
`RiC-R016i`	is successor of	`RiC-E07`	from Agent
`RiC-R020i`	is or was main subject of	`RiC-E02`	from Thing
`RiC-R021i`	is or was described by	`RiC-E02`	from Thing
`RiC-R026i`	is organic provenance of		from Agent
`RiC-R027i`	is creator of		from Agent
`RiC-R028i`	is accumulator of		from Agent
`RiC-R029i`	is receiver of		from Agent
`RiC-R030i`	is collector of		from Agent
`RiC-R031i`	is sender of		from Agent
`RiC-R036`	has or had authority over	`RiC-E01`	from Agent
`RiC-R036i`	is or was under authority of	`RiC-E07`	from Thing
`RiC-R037i`	has or had owner		from Thing
`RiC-R038`	is or was manager of		from Agent
`RiC-R039`	is or was holder of		from Agent
`RiC-R041`	is or was controller of	`RiC-E07`	from Agent
`RiC-R041i`	has or had controller	`RiC-E07`	from Agent
`RiC-R044`	is agent associated with agent	`RiC-E07`	from Agent
`RiC-R045`	has or had subordinate	`RiC-E07`	from Agent
`RiC-R045i`	is or was subordinate to	`RiC-E07`	from Agent
`RiC-R046`	has or had work relation with	`RiC-E07`	from Agent
`RiC-R057i`	is associated with event	`RiC-E14`	from Thing
`RiC-R058i`	is or was participant in	`RiC-E14`	from Thing
`RiC-R059i`	is or was affected by	`RiC-E14`	from Thing
`RiC-R060i`	performs or performed	`RiC-E15`	from Agent
`RiC-R061i`	results or resulted from	`RiC-E14`	from Thing
`RiC-R062i`	is associated with rule	`RiC-E16`	from Thing
`RiC-R063i`	is or was regulated by	`RiC-E16`	from Thing
`RiC-R065i`	is responsible for issuing	`RiC-E16`	from Agent
`RiC-R066i`	is or was responsible for enforcing	`RiC-E16`	from Agent
`RiC-R067i`	authorized by	`RiC-E17`	from Agent
`RiC-R068i`	is associated with date	`RiC-E18`	from Thing
`RiC-R069i`	has beginning date	`RiC-E18`	from Thing
`RiC-R071i`	has end date	`RiC-E18`	from Thing
`RiC-R073i`	has modification date	`RiC-E18`	from Thing
`RiC-R074i`	is associated with place	`RiC-E22`	from Thing
`RiC-R075i`	has or had location	`RiC-E22`	from Thing
`RiC-R076i`	has or had jurisdiction	`RiC-E22`	from Agent

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Mechanism RiC-E13