skos:scopeNote
| - An Agent may have one or more identities; an identity is a
constellation of properties or relations that together “identify” the Agent. A Person or
Group commonly has one identity, though each also may have one or more alternative
identities. Such alternative identities may be shared by more than one Person or Group.
Alternative identities include but are not limited to pseudonyms, heteronyms, DBA (Doing
Business As), and trade identities. An alternative identity should not be confused with
a Position in a Group, for example, presidents, prime ministers, governors, popes,
royalty, or bishops. Nor should an alternative identity be confused with a variant name
or identifier of the same identity. Agent also includes entities created by a Person or
Group that act on behalf of the creating Agent in an autonomous or semi-autonomous
manner. Examples of a Mechanism include software agents, robots, and space and
underwater probes that generate data (records) in the course of Activity assigned to and
in conformance with the instructions given to them by the creating Person or
Group.
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