entity
anything that can be considered, discussed, or observed
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Summary
entity is a variable-order class[1]. entity draws 4,144 Wikipedia views per month (variable order class category, ranking #1 of 6).[2]
Key Facts
- Said to be the same as: object[3]
- Opposite of: non-existent entity[4]
- Topic's main category: Category:Entities[5]
- Facet of: ontology[6]
- Described by source: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[7]
- Has characteristic: existence[8]
- Equivalent class: https://schema.org/Thing[9], http://www.cidoc-crm.org/cidoc-crm/E1_CRM_Entity[10], http://iflastandards.info/ns/lrm/lrmer/E1[11], https://www.loa.istc.cnr.it/old/medicine/frame-ontology/class1.html[12], https://w3id.org/gfo/base/Entity[13], https://github.com/senzing-garage/sz-semantics/wiki/ns#Entity[14], https://w3id.org/xwkont/core#Entity[15], http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Thing[16], http://gov.genealogy.net/ontology.owl#GovItem[17], https://niem.github.io/model/5.0/nc/Entity/[18]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C51070[19]
- Different from: essence[20], Wikidata entity[21], entity[22], particular[23]
- Wikidata usage instructions: Every entity in Wikidata is implicitly an instance of (P31) entity (Q35120). These implicit instance of (P31) statements are not all observable in Wikidata. In general no item should explicitly be an instance of (P31) entity (Q35120). Only a small predefined set of items should be subclasses of (P279) of entity. For any regular entity the implicit relationship suffices even if there is no other class that can be found for the entity to be an instance of (P31).[24]
- Union of: list of values as qualifiers[25]
- Disjoint union of: list of values as qualifiers[26]
- Subject has role: counting unit[27]
- Exact match: http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Thing[28]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Ontology[29]
- P14439: 000000[30]
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Influence
Things named for entity include thing-in-itself[31], a philosophical concept[32].
Why It Matters
entity has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] entity is known by 92 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]
Entities named for entity include thing-in-itself[31], a philosophical concept[32].