Collections Digitization Glossary

A defined term set in the domain of museum collections digitization

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An agent is something that bears some form of responsibility for an activity taking place, for the existence of an entity, or for another agent's activity.

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A derivation is a transformation of an entity into another, an update of an entity resulting in a new one, or the construction of a new entity based on a pre-existing entity.

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An entity is a physical, digital, conceptual, or other kind of thing with some fixed aspects; entities may be real or imaginary.

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A standard operating procedure (SOP) that is a collection of activities and the rules that describe when each activity is performed to achieve a specific purpose or objective(s).

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The function of an entity or agent with respect to an activity, in the context of a usage, generation, invalidation, association, start, and end.