RiC Entity Mechanism

Functions
RiC Third Level Entity
Alternative Names
  • RiC-E13 (RiC-CM Consultation Draft v0.2 December 2019)

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The Records in Context - Conceptual Model v. 0.2 (preview) Dezember 2019 defines and describes a Delegate Agent as follows:
Definition
A process or system created by a Person or Group that performs an Activity..

Scope Note
Mechanism is a kind of Agent (RiC-E07).
A Mechanism may have both mechanical and software components, or may be exclusively software. A Mechanism acts in the world producing physical or social effects, and
frequently generates or modifies Records

Examples
Cassini-Huygens; Googlebot (Google´s Webcrawler); soccer.bot (Chatbot that provides stats for soccer games)

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Gavan McCarthy

Created: 16 April 2016, Last modified: 22 January 2020