Activity

An Activity is an event that involves action or change over activity time period.

• AKA: Action, Process Activity, Behavioral Activity, Dynamic Occurrence.
• Context:
  • It can typically involve Activity Agent performing activity actions.
  • It can typically consume Activity Resources through activity utilization.
  • It can typically produce Activity Outcomes via activity transformations.
  • It can typically occur within Activity Contexts during activity timeframes.
  • It can typically demonstrate Activity State Changes through activity progressions.
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  • It can often require Activity Energy for activity execution.
  • It can often follow Activity Patterns across activity instances.
  • It can often exhibit Activity Measurable Propertys via activity metrics.
  • It can often interact with Activity Environments through activity interfaces.
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  • It can range from being a Simple Activity to being a Complex Activity, depending on its activity component count.
  • It can range from being a Brief Activity to being an Extended Activity, depending on its activity duration.
  • It can range from being a Passive Activity to being an Active Activity, depending on its activity energy level.
  • It can range from being an Individual Activity to being a Collective Activity, depending on its activity participant scope.
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  • It can enable Activity Observation through activity manifestations.
  • It can support Activity Analysis via activity data collections.
  • It can inform Activity Planning through activity pattern recognitions.
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• Examples:
  • Activity Domain Types, such as:
    • Human Activitys, such as:
      • Work Activity for activity economic production.
      • Recreational Activity for activity entertainment purpose.
      • Learning Activity for activity knowledge acquisition.
      • Malicious Activity for activity harmful intent.
    • System Activitys, such as:
      • Database Activity for activity data operation.
      • Process Activity for activity computational execution.
      • Network Activity for activity communication flow.
    • Natural Activitys, such as:
      • Biological Activity for activity organic process.
      • Chemical Activity for activity molecular reaction.
      • Physical Activity for activity matter interaction.
  • Activity Structure Types, such as:
    • Task-based Activities for activity goal achievement.
    • Process-based Activities for activity systematic execution.
    • Session-based Activities for activity bounded interaction.
  • Activity Purpose Categorys, such as:
    • Discovery Activitys for activity knowledge creation.
    • Testing Phase Activities for activity validation purpose.
    • Mapping Activitys for activity relationship establishment.
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• Counter-Examples:
  • Static State, which maintains static state unchanging conditions without activity dynamic change.
  • Potential, which represents potential unrealized capabilitys rather than activity actual occurrences.
  • Object, which exists as object physical entitys without activity temporal processes.
  • Property, which describes property static characteristics rather than activity dynamic behaviors.
• See: Occurrence, Process, Task, Event, Action, Behavior, State Change.

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References

2009

• http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Activity
  • 1. The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human activities. Pit row was abuzz with activity.
  • 2. something done as an action or a movement. The activity for the morning was a walk to the store.
  • 3. something done for pleasure or entertainment, especially one involving movement or an excursion. Quilting can be a fun activity.
  • 4. Use (of internet, playstation, bank account etc.)
• (WordNet, 2009) ⇒ http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=activity
  • S: (n) activity (any specific behavior) "they avoided all recreational activity"
  • S: (n) action, activity, activeness (the state of being active) "his sphere of activity"; "he is out of action"
  • S: (n) bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity (an organic process that takes place in the body) "respiratory activity"
  • S: (n) activity ((chemistry) the capacity of a substance to take part in a chemical reaction) "catalytic activity"
  • S: (n) natural process, natural action, action, activity (a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)) "the action of natural forces"; "volcanic activity"
  • S: (n) activeness, activity (the trait of being active; moving or acting rapidly and energetically) "the level of activity declines with age"

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