Entity (Dictionary Entry)

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Last updated: 28-13-2021 by David Doret (Open Measure)
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Contexts

IAM

Term

Entity

Alternative Forms

Subject

Definitions

An active agent capable of initiating operations on the information system.

An entity may be external to the information system or a component of the information system.

An entity may initiate operations on other entities. (e.g. a person modifying the configuration of a batch process).

Samples:

  • a person (user)

  • an object (IoT)

  • a running software (service, batch, daemon, process, thread)

  • a network device

  • a system or application

Related Terms

Conceptual Diagram

Quotes

An entity is a generic term that refers to an active agent capable of initiating or performing a computation of some sort (for example, an end user invoking a command or a program, a programming agent acting on behalf of a user, a running daemon process, a thread of execution, a hosting system, or a networking device).

(Benantar, 2006, p. 21)

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