define entity and how is different from agent

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    • Type: Change Request
    • Resolution: Persuasive with Modification
    • Priority: Medium
    • FHIR Core (FHIR)
    • DSTU1 [deprecated]
    • Security
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      Pulled these definitons right from W3C PROV-O. Added Target as it is a special kind of Entity in FHIR.

      Add the following definitions to the Introduction of Provedance.

      Target - An Entity that is a FHIR Resource instance that is Created, Updated, or Deleted.

      Entity - An entity is a physical, digital, conceptual, or other kind of thing with some fixed aspects; entities may be real or imaginary.

      Agent - An agent is something that bears some form of responsibility for an activity taking place, for the existence of an entity, or for another agent's activity.

      Activity - An activity is something that occurs over a period of time and acts upon or with entities; it may include consuming, processing, transforming, modifying, relocating, using, or generating entities.

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      Pursuasive with Mod Pulled these definitons right from W3C PROV-O. Added Target as it is a special kind of Entity in FHIR. Add the following definitions to the Introduction of Provedance. Target - An Entity that is a FHIR Resource instance that is Created, Updated, or Deleted. Entity - An entity is a physical, digital, conceptual, or other kind of thing with some fixed aspects; entities may be real or imaginary. Agent - An agent is something that bears some form of responsibility for an activity taking place, for the existence of an entity, or for another agent's activity. Activity - An activity is something that occurs over a period of time and acts upon or with entities; it may include consuming, processing, transforming, modifying, relocating, using, or generating entities.
    • John Moehrke / Kathleen Connor: 15-0-0
    • Enhancement
    • Non-substantive
    • DSTU1 [deprecated]

      define entity and how is different from agent. I checked the reference and Googlesd this and could not come up with a definition. Examples would be nice i.e. A is and agent and B is an entity.

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            Eric Haas
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