updated entity to include abstract nouns #1269
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jandrieu
requested review from
msporny,
OR13,
selfissued,
decentralgabe and
awoie
as code owners
Thanks, TallTEd Co-authored-by: Ted Thibodeau Jr <tthibodeau@openlinksw.com>
Co-authored-by: Ted Thibodeau Jr <tthibodeau@openlinksw.com>
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The issue was discussed in a meeting on 2023-09-14
View the transcript1.3. updated entity to include abstract nouns (pr vc-data-model#1269)See github pull request vc-data-model#1269. Brent Zundel: Raised by JoeAndrieu, suggesting changes to terminology. Ted Thibodeau Jr.: If changes are done, I'm ok merging. Brent Zundel: not merging yet, close to being merged. We'll move on. |
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the vocabulary still uses the word |
| A thing with distinct and independent existence, such as a person, | ||
| organization, or device that performs one or more roles in the ecosystem. | ||
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| Anything that can be referenced in statements as an abstract or concrete noun. |
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This seems more correct to me, but no objection if we move forward with "as":
| Anything that can be referenced in statements as an abstract or concrete noun. | |
| Anything that can be referenced in statements by an abstract or concrete noun. |
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I think either can be used. Alternatively --
| Anything that can be referenced in statements as an abstract or concrete noun. | |
| Anything that an abstract or concrete noun in a statement can reference. |
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I have to merge this given the time window for merge has long since passed with no objections. I'm going with the original as it feels more clear to me.
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| Anything that can be referenced in statements as an abstract or concrete noun. | ||
| Entities include but are not limited to people, organizations, physical things, documents, | ||
| abstract concepts, numbers, and strings. Any entity may perform roles |
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| abstract concepts, numbers, and strings. Any entity may perform roles | |
| abstract concepts, numbers, and strings. Any entity might perform roles |
| Entities include but are not limited to people, organizations, physical things, documents, | ||
| abstract concepts, numbers, and strings. Any entity may perform roles | ||
| in the ecosystem, if it is capable of doing so. Note that some | ||
| entities fundamentally cannot take actions, e.g., the string "abc" |
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| entities fundamentally cannot take actions, e.g., the string "abc" | |
| entities fundamentally cannot take actions; for example, the string "abc" |
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Editorial, multiple reviews, changes requested and made, no objections, merging. |
Address issue #1235