DDEX Data Dictionary, 14-01-15

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Intro

Event

A supporting term for the messages.

A Context in which there is some acknowledged change in the attributes of any Entity.

Comments

Scope: A Context in which some act happens: e.g., a person is born, a Work is Performed, a Product is released, a File is Downloaded. In an Event, some attribute is changed. In DDEX, verbs and nouns describing Events are treated as synonymous. Example: 'Adapt' and 'AdaptingEvent' are treated as interchangeable, so a permission to 'Adapt' or for 'Adapting' is synonymous with a permission to be the Agent in an 'AdaptingEvent'. Differences in tense and plurality are similarly ignored at the global level: e.g., 'Create', 'Creates', 'Created' and 'Creating' are all treated as the same term whose particular tense or plurality can be determined unambiguously from its specific context.

Examples: The Battle of Waterloo; a performance of 'The Marriage of Figaro'; a wedding; a making of an agreement; the sending of an email

Relationships
Parents	Context	An intersection of Time and Place in which Entities may play roles.
Children	Assertion	An Event in which a truth claim is made about a Statement.
	BusinessModel	A plan or system for a business activity.
	DataMismatch	An Event in which something goes wrong in processing due to data problems.
	Interaction	An Event in which something is done by an Agent to a Resource.
	Payment	An Event in which money is given in exchange for a Product or a Service.
	Service	An Event in which a Party offers to do or provide something for another Party.
Instances	Create	To make a Creation.
	Use	To interact with a MusicalWork or Resource.

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