Party (18-11-19)

DDEX Data Dictionary, 18-11-19

Party

A message term used as an enumeration in a restriction.

A Thing that is a human or other animate being (real or imaginary), or a legal person, an organization or a machine capable of playing a role as an Agent (or active Thing).

Comments

Scope:
A Party may be any human or other animate being (real or imaginary), a legal person, organization or machine that is capable of playing a role as an Agent (or 'active Resource'). Party includes non-human and imaginary 'beings'.

Relationships
Parents	Thing	An Entity in a Context playing a role other than that of Time or Place.
Children	AuthorInQuotations	A Party largely quoted in works, but which is not a direct Contributor.
	Character	A Party which plays a role in a Creation.
	ContextParty	A Party that plays a role in a Context.
	Contributor	A Party contributing to the making of a Creation.
	CopyrightClaimant	A Party listed as copyright owner at the time of registration.
	CopyrightHolder	A Party to whom copyright has been granted or transferred.
	DistributingCompany	A Party distributing a Creation.
	NationalMember	A Party which has assigned relevant rights to a claiming society for the Territory of the claiming society.
	Organization	A Party which is either a legal Person (but not a natural Person) and/or a Group and/or an Organization Set.
	Person	A Party attributed with roles or characteristics of an individual human being.
	RegionalMember	A Party which has assigned relevant rights to a claiming society for several Territories.
	ReleasingCompany	A Party releasing a Creation.
	ThirdParty	A Party which is not one of the parties directly involved in a context.
	User	An Agent that does something to or with another Resource, or that possesses it.
	WorldwideMember	A Party which has assigned relevant rights to a claiming society for the world.
Belongs to AVS	avs:QueryTarget	A Type of query target.