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Thing variable_order_class Q35120
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entity

Summary

entity is a variable-order class[1]. entity draws 425 Wikipedia views per month (variable_order_class category, ranking #1 of 6).[2]

Key Facts

  • entity's instance of is recorded as variable-order class[3].
  • entity's said to be the same as is recorded as object[4].
  • entity is the opposite of non-existent entity[5].
  • entity's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Entities[6].
  • entity's facet of is recorded as ontology[7].
  • entity's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[8].
  • entity's has characteristic is recorded as existence[9].
  • entity's equivalent class is recorded as https://schema.org/Thing[10].
  • entity's equivalent class is recorded as http://www.cidoc-crm.org/cidoc-crm/E1_CRM_Entity[11].
  • entity's equivalent class is recorded as http://iflastandards.info/ns/lrm/lrmer/E1[12].
  • entity's equivalent class is recorded as https://www.loa.istc.cnr.it/old/medicine/frame-ontology/class1.html[13].
  • entity's equivalent class is recorded as http://www.onto-med.de/ontologies/gfo.owl#Entity[14].
  • entity's equivalent class is recorded as https://github.com/senzing-garage/sz-semantics/wiki/ns#Entity[15].
  • entity's equivalent class is recorded as https://w3id.org/xwkont/core#Entity[16].
  • entity's equivalent class is recorded as http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Thing[17].
  • entity's equivalent class is recorded as http://gov.genealogy.net/ontology.owl#GovItem[18].
  • entity's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C51070[19].
  • entity's different from is recorded as essence[20].
  • entity's different from is recorded as Wikidata entity[21].
  • entity's different from is recorded as entity[22].
  • entity's different from is recorded as entity[23].
  • entity's different from is recorded as particular[24].
  • entity's Wikidata usage instructions is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': '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).'}[25].
  • entity's union of is recorded as list of values as qualifiers[26].
  • entity's disjoint union of is recorded as list of values as qualifiers[27].

Body

Definition and Type

entity's instance of is recorded as variable-order class[3]. entity is the opposite of non-existent entity[5].

Influence

Things named for entity include thing-in-itself[28], a philosophical concept[29].

Why It Matters

entity draws 425 Wikipedia views per month (variable_order_class category, ranking #1 of 6).[2] entity has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] entity is known by 92 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Entities named for entity include thing-in-itself[28], a philosophical concept[29].

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Instances of Instances Modeled via Higher-Order Classes. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . ahdictionary.com. ahdictionary.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Schema.org. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Q141632607. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Q141182185. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . General formal ontology. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Q141438643. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . w3.org. w3.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Q141592110. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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. 5h ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 60
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ast', 'az', 'bew', 'bn', 'ca', 'ckb', 'cv', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es'
    Equivalent class → https://schema.org/Thing, http://www.cidoc-crm.org/cidoc-crm/E1_CRM_Entity, http://iflastandards.info/ns/lrm/lrmer/E1 +6
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ [[Property:P1709]]: http://iflastandards.info/ns/lrm/lrmer/E1"
  2. 14d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → https://schema.org/Thing, http://www.cidoc-crm.org/cidoc-crm/E1_CRM_Entity, http://iflastandards.info/ns/lrm/lrmer/E1 +6
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1709]]: http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/ont/dul/DUL.owl#Entity, Moving to [[Q6502323]]"
  3. 17d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → https://schema.org/Thing, http://www.cidoc-crm.org/cidoc-crm/E1_CRM_Entity, http://iflastandards.info/ns/lrm/lrmer/E1 +6
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1709]]: https://w3id.org/gso/1.0/common/Particular, Moving to [[Q6502323]]"
  4. 19d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → https://schema.org/Thing, http://www.cidoc-crm.org/cidoc-crm/E1_CRM_Entity, http://iflastandards.info/ns/lrm/lrmer/E1 +6
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1709]]: http://www.ontospace.uni-bremen.de/ontology/stable/GUM-3.owl#GUMThing, Moving to [[Q6502323]]"
  5. 20d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → https://schema.org/Thing, http://www.cidoc-crm.org/cidoc-crm/E1_CRM_Entity, http://iflastandards.info/ns/lrm/lrmer/E1 +6
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P1709]]: https://sigma.ontologyportal.org/sigma/OWL.jsp?kb=SUMO&flang=OWL&term=Entity"
  6. 20d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → essence, Wikidata entity, entity +2
    Equivalent class → https://schema.org/Thing, http://www.cidoc-crm.org/cidoc-crm/E1_CRM_Entity, http://iflastandards.info/ns/lrm/lrmer/E1 +6
    Entry in abbreviations table → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1709]]: http://www.ontospace.uni-bremen.de/ontology/stable/GUM-3.owl#GUMThing"
  7. 21d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → https://schema.org/Thing, http://www.cidoc-crm.org/cidoc-crm/E1_CRM_Entity, http://iflastandards.info/ns/lrm/lrmer/E1 +6
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1709]]: https://w3id.org/xwkont/core#Entity"
  8. 29d ago · Profesorul Blazat · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → https://schema.org/Thing, http://www.cidoc-crm.org/cidoc-crm/E1_CRM_Entity, http://iflastandards.info/ns/lrm/lrmer/E1 +6
    Opposite of → non-existent entity
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P461]]: [[Q64728693]]"
  9. 4w ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → https://schema.org/Thing, http://www.cidoc-crm.org/cidoc-crm/E1_CRM_Entity, http://iflastandards.info/ns/lrm/lrmer/E1 +6
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P1709]]: https://w3id.org/gso/1.0/common/Particular, Moving from [[Q6502323]]"
  10. 4w ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → https://schema.org/Thing, http://www.cidoc-crm.org/cidoc-crm/E1_CRM_Entity, http://iflastandards.info/ns/lrm/lrmer/E1 +6
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1709]]: https://w3id.org/gso/1.0/common/Particular, Moving to [[Q6502323]]"
  11. 4w ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → https://schema.org/Thing, http://www.cidoc-crm.org/cidoc-crm/E1_CRM_Entity, http://iflastandards.info/ns/lrm/lrmer/E1 +6
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1709]]: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#Entity"
  12. 4w ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → https://schema.org/Thing, http://www.cidoc-crm.org/cidoc-crm/E1_CRM_Entity, http://iflastandards.info/ns/lrm/lrmer/E1 +6
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1709]]: https://github.com/senzing-garage/sz-semantics/wiki/ns#Entity"
  13. 4w ago · عُثمان · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → https://schema.org/Thing, http://www.cidoc-crm.org/cidoc-crm/E1_CRM_Entity, http://iflastandards.info/ns/lrm/lrmer/E1 +6
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1709]]: https://w3id.org/gso/common/Particular"
  14. 5w ago · عُثمان · 2026-08-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → essence, Wikidata entity, entity +2
    Nci thesaurus id → C51070
    Umls cui → CL414978
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ [[Property:P8703]]: PT"
  15. 5w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-08-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pronunciation audio → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P443]]: De-Entität.ogg, Moving to [[Lexeme:L495812#F1]]"
  16. 5w ago · عُثمان · 2026-08-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → https://schema.org/Thing, http://www.cidoc-crm.org/cidoc-crm/E1_CRM_Entity, http://iflastandards.info/ns/lrm/lrmer/E1 +6
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1709]]: http://www.hozo.jp/owl/YAMATO20210808.miz.owl#particular"
  17. 5w ago · عُثمان · 2026-08-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → https://schema.org/Thing, http://www.cidoc-crm.org/cidoc-crm/E1_CRM_Entity, http://iflastandards.info/ns/lrm/lrmer/E1 +6
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1709]]: https://www.loa.istc.cnr.it/old/medicine/top-level/class12.html"
  18. 5w ago · عُثمان · 2026-08-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → https://schema.org/Thing, http://www.cidoc-crm.org/cidoc-crm/E1_CRM_Entity, http://iflastandards.info/ns/lrm/lrmer/E1 +6
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ [[Property:P14439]]: 000000"
  19. 5w ago · عُثمان · 2026-08-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Entry in abbreviations table → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P8703]]: PT"
  20. 5w ago · عُثمان · 2026-08-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → https://schema.org/Thing, http://www.cidoc-crm.org/cidoc-crm/E1_CRM_Entity, http://iflastandards.info/ns/lrm/lrmer/E1 +6
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1709]]: http://www.loa-cnr.it/ontologies/DOLCE-Lite.owl#particular"
  21. 7w ago · عُثمان · 2026-08-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14439 → 000000
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P14439]]: 000000"
  22. 8w ago · عُثمان · 2026-08-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → https://schema.org/Thing, http://www.cidoc-crm.org/cidoc-crm/E1_CRM_Entity, http://iflastandards.info/ns/lrm/lrmer/E1 +6
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P1709]]: http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/ont/dul/DUL.owl#Entity, Moving from [[Q136433660]]"
  23. 11w ago · AHIOH · 2026-07-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Arabic ontology lexical concept id → 151000001
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|2 */ [[Property:P2738]]: [[Q23766486]]"
  24. 15w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-06-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Interlingual index id → i35545
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P5063]]: i35545"
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