Entity Record

An entity record is a concept record that is an entity referencer (to a referenced entity).

• Context:
  • It can have an Identifier (an entity record identifier).
  • It can have a Name (a Named Entity Record).
  • It can have an Entity Type.
  • It can (typically) be a member of an Entity Database.
  • it can be management by an Entity Record Management System.
  • It can be mapped to another Entity Reference Record with the same implicit Entity Referent, via an Entity Reference Record Deduplication Task.
  • It can range from being an Explicit Entity Reference to being an Implicit Entity Reference.
  • It can range from being a Physical Entity Record (to represent a physical entity) to being an Abstract Entity Record (to represents an abstract entity)
  • It can be a Deidentified Data Record (to protect Privacy or avoid Experimental Bias).
  • It can be a Canonical Entity Record.
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• Example(s):
  • a Physical Entity Record, such as:
    • a Person Record, such as: [Type="Person", Name.First="Michael", Name.Last="Jackson", BirthDate="August 29, 1958", Birth.City="Gary", Birth.State="Indiana", Birth.Country="USA"]
    • a Toponym Record, such as: [TYPE=city; NAME=London; COUNTRY=Canada; REGION=Ontario; LAT=42° 59' 00" N; LONG=081° 15' 00" W; DMS_LAT=42.983333; DMS_LONG=-81.25;], an NGA GNS.
    • a Protein Record or a Subcellular Protein Localization Event Record.
    • an Organization Record.
    • a Product Record.
  • an Abstract Entity Record, such as:
    • a Lexical Record from a Wordnet Database, such as: <SYNSET><ID>ENG20-00001740-n</ID><POS>n</POS><SYNONYM><LITERAL>entity<SENSE>1</SENSE></LITERAL></SYNONYM><DEF>that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)</DEF><BCS>2</BCS><DOMAIN>factotum</DOMAIN><SUMO>Physical<TYPE>=</TYPE></SUMO></SYNSET>.
    • a Definition Record.
  • a Citation Record, such as: [Type="Citation", Title="Advanced Calculus"].
  • an eMail Record.
• Counter-Example(s):
  • Relation Record, such as: a representation of the move or touch actions (Verb.
  • Entity Mention.
• See: Concept Record.

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