Agent
Ορισμός:
A person or group, or an entity created by a person or group, that is responsible for actions taken and their effects.
Σκοπός:
An Agent is known by one or more identities; an identity is a constellation of properties or relations that together “identify” the Agent. Persons or groups commonly have one identity, though they also may have one or more assumed or fictitious identities. Such assumed identities may be shared by more than one person or group. Assumed identities include but are not limited to pseudonyms, heteronyms, DBA (Doing Business As), and trade identities.
An assumed identity should not be confused with Positions in corporate bodies, for example, presidents, prime ministers, governors, popes, royalty, or bishops. Nor should an assumed identity be confused with a variant 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 such Delegate-Agents are software agents, robots, and space and underwater probes that generate data (records) in fulfilment of the function assigned to and the instructions given to them by the creating person or group.
Typically archivists will want to attribute responsibility for acting to the person or persons, or group or groups ‘behind’ the assumed identity, but documentation of assumed identities and relating them to the persons or groups whom they represent is important for several reasons: an assumed identity may be the only one known by a user, and thus documentation of an assumed identity and relating it to the person or group identity represented by it facilitates access; an assumed identity may be a significant component of the history of the person or group it represents; an assumed identity may be the subject of records; and, an assumed identity may elide the given identity of the person or group it represents, thus effectively eclipsing or replacing the given identity.
Σχολιασμός:
1) Στο πρότυπο υιοθετείται τελικά ο όρος agent, αντί άλλων που έχουν κατά καιρούς προταθεί ή/και χρησιμοποιηθεί, κυρίως το actor (χρησιμοποιείται και στο ICA-ATOM) αλλά και το doer (το τελευταίο έχει προταθεί από τον Chris Hurley).
2) Τονίζεται ιδιαίτερα η έννοια: assumed identity, αλλά παραμένει ασαφής αναφορικά με τα όριά της.
3) Εισάγεται πλέον ρητά η τεχνολογική διάσταση (delegate agent): ως Agent μπορεί να λειτουργούν προγράμματα υπολογιστών ή ρομπότ κλπ
Παραδείγματα:Australian Hearing Services; Gilbert and George; Library and Archives Canada; Nelson Mandela; Noel family, Viscounts Campden; The Who; Faculty of Science, University of Strathclyde; France, Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication, direction générale des patrimoines
Properties: Agent Specific
Common | Shared (all Types) | Property specific to Type = ‘person' | Properties specific to Type = ‘corporate body' |
Globally Persistent Id and other ‘local' ids | Type | Gender | Services to the Public |
Name | Identity Type | Contact Information | |
General Note | Language Information | Operating Hours | |
History | Facilities |