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Note that multiple <samp>activities</samp> may <em>use</em> the same <samp>entity</samp>, and each activity may use multiple <samp>entities</samp>. Finally, entities can be derived from other entities, and this is specified using the <a title="derivation record">wasDerivedFrom</a> relation.</li>
<li>An <a title="agent record">Agent Record</a> represent a particular <samp>entity</samp> that can be associated to activities, meaning that it can be assigned some degree of responsibility for an <samp>activity</samp> taking place.
- Agents have a rather generic connotation: their association with an activity is represented by the <a title="activity association record">wasAssociatedWith</a> relationship, which can take up various meanings (attribution, responsibility, supervision, management, etc.), which are not individually specified in the model. Relations <a title="start record">wasStartedBy</a> and <a title="end record">wasEndedBy</a> are specializations of <a title="activity association record">wasAssociatedWith</a> that can optionally be used to carry additional meaning.
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+ Agents have a rather generic connotation: their association with an activity is represented by the <a title="activity association record">wasAssociatedWith</a> relationship, which can take up various meanings (attribution, responsibility, supervision, management, etc.), which are not individually specified in the model. Relations <a title="start record">wasStartedBy</a> and <a title="end record">wasEndedBy</a> are specializations of <a title="activity association record">wasAssociatedWith</a> that can optionally be used to carry additional meaning. Furthermore, it is recognized that agents can act on behalf of others: hence, the relation <a title="responsibility record">actedOnBehalfOf</a> allows for chains of responsibility to be stated.
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