Entity

Overview#

Entity is a thing with distinct and independent existence such as a Natural Person, Organization, concept, or device.

You will undoubtedly find many definitions for Entity. LDAPWiki has tried to put some we have discovered and are appropriate for our context

Entity may also have a Digital Identity, Application, data, etc.

Entity is a resource of any kind that can be uniquely and independently identified.

Entity is something that exists as itself, as a subject or as an object, actually or potentially, concretely or abstractly, physically or not. An Entity need not be of material existence. In particular, abstractions and Legal Fictions are usually regarded as entities. In general, there is also no presumption that an Entity is animate, or present.[1]

Entity will have some type of Identifier

The National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC) defines some terms similar to those defined here:

Some examples:

Entity is defined in ISO 29115 as "Something that has separate and distinct existence and that can be identified in a Context"

Domain-Driven Design#

Entity is an object that is not defined by its attributes, but rather by a thread of continuity and its identity.

Domain-Driven Design Entity Example:

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