Entity Referencer

An entity referencer is a concept referencer in an entity reference relation with an entity (the referenced entity).

• AKA: Entity Reference, Reference to an Entity.
• Context:
  • It can range from being an Implicit Entity Referencer to being an Explicit Entity Referencer.
  • It can range from being a Textual Entity Referencer to being a Structured Entity Referencer.
  • It can have a Reference Certainty Estimate, that estimates the likelihood that the relation actually exists (at some point in time).
  • It can range from being an Electronic Entity Referencer (such as an Entity Record or Annotated Entity Mention) to being a Non-Electronic Entity Referencer (such as an Entity Memory, or a Physical Representation such as a portrait).
  • It can range from being an Ambiguous Entity Reference Relation to being an Unambiguous Entity Reference Relation (with the Referent Entity).
• Example(s):
  • A URL such as http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reference. (an Explicit Reference).
  • an Entity Mention of “Michael Jackson”.
  • an Entity Record.
  • A Person Referencer, such as a Person Reference Record of: Type="Person", Name.First="Michael", Name.Last="Jackson", BirthDate="August 29, 1958".
  • A Publication Referencer, such as Type="Citation", Title="...", Authors="....", Year="..." (which is a Citation Record).
  • An Organization Referencer.
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • a Relation Referencer.
• See: Denote, Concept Reference, Entity Concept.

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References

2009

• WordNet.
  • reference : mention: a remark that calls attention to something or someone; "she made frequent mention of her promotion"; "there was no mention of it"; "the ...
  • reference : citation: a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; "the student's essay failed to list several important citations"; "the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book"; "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases"
• (Wikipedia, 2009) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reference_(computer_science)
  • In computer science, a reference is an object containing information which refers to data stored elsewhere, as opposed to containing the data itself. Accessing the value referred to by a reference is called dereferencing it. ...
• (Wikipedia, 2009) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reference
  • In general, a reference is a relation between objects in which one object designates by linking to another object. …

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