FAMILY OF CONCEPTS - Tangible-Intangible Partition of Resource Agent Type
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Resource Agent TypeA Resource Agent Type is an entity type which instance belongs to the physical space, and comprises Human Agent Types, Hardware System Types, Software System Types and Natural Resource Types. Resource Agent Type is the supertype of all types of Agent Types that produce and react to Resource Outcome Events. This includes: 1) Business Agent Types which represent physical resources that produce and react to Business Outcome Events of the enterprise. 2) Technology Systems which represents enabling systems that produce and react to Technology Outcome Events. |
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DISJOINT SUBTYPES of 'Resource Agent Type'
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Intangible Resource Agent |
An Intangible Resource Agent is a Resource Agent Type whose instances do not have physical substance. Example: - Social groups, |
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Physical Resource Agent |
A Physical Resource Agent is any identifiable and tangible Resource Agent Type that exists in the physical universe that can cast a shadow, or more generally, that occupies a region of space from which other material entities are excluded. It is characterized by its ability to occupy space, possess mass, and interacts with other Physical Resource Agents through fundamental forces. Physical Resource Agents are subject to the laws of physics and can be observed, measured, and analyzed using scientific methods. |