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Entity

Definition

Entity is a term that originates out of the Drupal context and refers to an internal datastructure with Fields. A WissKI the term Entity usually refers to a concrete digital representation of something from the real world (e.g. The Mona Lisa, Eiffel-Tower, Albrecht Dürer, ...). These Entities can be grouped together by their properties to form Groups (e.g. artworks, buildings, people). The Group defines the Fields that can be used to describe the specific properties of an Entity in various levels of detail (e.g. involved artist, location, birthdate, ...).

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