entity

Summary

entity is a variable-order class^[1]. entity has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[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's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Entities^[5].
• entity's facet of is recorded as ontology^[6].
• entity's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[7].
• entity's equivalent class is recorded as https://schema.org/Thing^[8].
• entity's equivalent class is recorded as http://www.cidoc-crm.org/Entity/e1-crm-entity/version-6.2^[9].
• entity's equivalent class is recorded as http://iflastandards.info/ns/lrm/lrmer/E1^[10].
• entity's different from is recorded as essence^[11].
• entity's different from is recorded as Wikidata entity^[12].
• entity's different from is recorded as entity^[13].
• 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).'}^[14].
• entity's union of is recorded as list of values as qualifiers^[15].
• entity's disjoint union of is recorded as list of values as qualifiers^[16].
• entity's disjoint union of is recorded as list of values as qualifiers^[17].
• entity's disjoint union of is recorded as list of values as qualifiers^[18].
• entity's disjoint union of is recorded as list of values as qualifiers^[19].
• entity's subject has role is recorded as counting unit^[20].
• entity's exact match is recorded as http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Thing^[21].
• entity's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Ontology^[22].

Body

Definition and Type

entity's instance of is recorded as variable-order class^[3].

Influence

Things named for entity include thing-in-itself^[23], a philosophical concept^[24].

Why It Matters

entity has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] entity is known by 63 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[25]

Entities named for entity include thing-in-itself^[23], a philosophical concept^[24].