Entity

Whenever you know that somethings exists, be it another person, yourself, some computer, an extinct animal, a thought, an idea, a JSON-object, ..., anything you can think of, is what the term Entity refers to.

Purpose

This term enables us to refer to anything, or to postulate the existence of something, without further specifying what it is, or how it might be named.

Criterion

Something, anything, that some party knows to exist.

Example

One can make assertions about entities,

Related Concepts

• a legal entity an entity that is known to exist by a party that operates the legal system of a jurisdiction. (Details are in the eSSIF-Lab Jurisdictions pattern)