agent

distinct and identifiable entity with agency, capable of performing actions
Thing type_of_object Q24229398
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Summary

agent is a type of object[1]. agent is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: independent continuant[3], subject[4], object[5], Q141159271[6]
  • Part of: group of beings[7]
  • Has use: Resource Description and Access[8], IFLA Library Reference Model[9]
  • Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[10], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11]
  • Partially coincident with: subject[12], agent[13], Q141439547[14]
  • Used by: library science[15], cataloging[16]
  • Has characteristic: agency[17], capability[18], concreteness[19], Q140522668[20], class of being[21]
  • Equivalent class: http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Agent[22], http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe/Agent[23], http://www.ebu.ch/metadata/ontologies/ebucore/ebucore#Agent[24], http://www.cidoc-crm.org/cidoc-crm/E39_Actor[25], http://bibliograph.net/Agent[26], http://purl.org/dc/terms/Agent[27], http://rdaregistry.info/Elements/c/C10002[28], http://iflastandards.info/ns/lrm/lrmer/E6[29], http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/ont/dul/DUL.owl#Agent[30], http://www.loa-cnr.it/ontologies/ExtendedDnS.owl#agent[31], https://www.webkb.org/doc/RDF/phOntology.rdfs#CausalEntity[32], http://onto.fel.cvut.cz/ontologies/ufo/agent[33]
  • Different from: agent[34], being[35], Q141248991[36]
  • Union of: list of values as qualifiers[37]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . DOLCE+DnS Ultralite. Retrieved . ontologydesignpatterns.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Q141438643. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Q138362428. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . BIBFRAME. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . EBUCore. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . FOAF. Retrieved . xmlns.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . DBpedia. Retrieved . mappings.dbpedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . Q141163319. wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . Q141624432. wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . Unified Foundational Ontology. wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Agent, http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe/Agent, http://www.ebu.ch/metadata/ontologies/ebucore/ebucore#Agent +9
    Subclass of → independent continuant, subject, object +1
    Opposite of → —
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Equivalent class: http://onto.fel.cvut.cz/ontologies/ufo/agent"
  2. 13d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 1
    Opposite of → —
    Wikipedia languages → ['no']
    Equivalent class → http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Agent, http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe/Agent, http://www.ebu.ch/metadata/ontologies/ebucore/ebucore#Agent +9
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Equivalent class: https://www.webkb.org/doc/RDF/phOntology.rdfs#CausalEntity"
  3. 21d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Agent, http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe/Agent, http://www.ebu.ch/metadata/ontologies/ebucore/ebucore#Agent +9
    Different from → agent, being, being +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Equivalent class: http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Agent"
  4. 25d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Agent, http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe/Agent, http://www.ebu.ch/metadata/ontologies/ebucore/ebucore#Agent +9
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Equivalent class: https://blackcatinformatics.ca/gmeow/Agent"
  5. 4w ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Agent, http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe/Agent, http://www.ebu.ch/metadata/ontologies/ebucore/ebucore#Agent +9
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Equivalent class: https://sigma.ontologyportal.org/sigma/OWL.jsp?kb=SUMO&flang=OWL&term=AutonomousAgent"
  6. 4w ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → independent continuant, subject, object +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Subclass of: Q141445610"
  7. 4w ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Partially coincident with → subject, agent, Q141439547
    Equivalent class → http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Agent, http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe/Agent, http://www.ebu.ch/metadata/ontologies/ebucore/ebucore#Agent +9
    Subclass of → independent continuant, subject, object +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|2 */ Equivalent class: https://w3id.org/xwkont/core#MindConsciousBeingAgent"
  8. 4w ago · Peter F. Patel-Schneider · 2026-09-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → independent continuant, subject, object +1
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Subclass of: concept"
  9. 5w ago · Jerimee · 2026-09-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → independent continuant, subject, object +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Subclass of: concept"
  10. 6w ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Agent, http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe/Agent, http://www.ebu.ch/metadata/ontologies/ebucore/ebucore#Agent +9
    Union of → list of values as qualifiers
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Equivalent class: http://www.loa-cnr.it/ontologies/ExtendedDnS.owl#agent"
  11. 7w ago · Kinsio · 2026-08-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Agent, http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe/Agent, http://www.ebu.ch/metadata/ontologies/ebucore/ebucore#Agent +9
    Subclass of → independent continuant, subject, object +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Equivalent class: http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/ont/dul/DUL.owl#Agent"
  12. 7w ago · عُثمان · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → independent continuant, subject, object +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Subclass of: immaterial entity"
  13. 11w ago · AHIOH · 2026-07-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic → agency, capability, concreteness +2
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Has characteristic: class of being"
  14. 13w ago · AHIOH · 2026-07-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic → agency, capability, concreteness +2
    Instance of → type of object, type of object, type of object +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Has characteristic: Q140522668"
  15. 14w ago · AHIOH · 2026-07-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → independent continuant, subject, object +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Subclass of: object"
  16. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Museum-digital tag id → 95587
    Imported from → —
    Partially coincident with → subject, agent, Q141439547
    Factgrid item id → FK ŠKP Inter Dúbravka Bratislava
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ Yso id: 26023, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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