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WorldCat Agent

Discover details about WorldCat Agent Entities, a subclass of WorldCat Thing.

Class

Agent

URI (Universal Resource Identifier) Description Subclass of
https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/Agent Entity capable of performing actions. OWL Thing

Declared Properties

influenced by

URI (Universal Resource Identifier) Description Expected object
https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/influencedBy Agent who affects the creative or intellectual development of another agent. WorldCat Agent

language

URI (Universal Resource Identifier) Description Expected object
https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/language Language associated with the work or agent. SKOS Concept

Inherited from Thing

alternative label

URI (Universal Resource Identifier) Description Expected object
http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#altLabel Alternate forms of the label for a WorldCat Entity. literal

description

URI (Universal Resource Identifier) Description Expected object
https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/description Definition of a resource. literal

preceded by

URI (Universal Resource Identifier) Description Expected object
https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/precededBy Entity that follows or is preceded by the entity. WorldCat Transactional Event

preferred label

URI (Universal Resource Identifier) Description Expected object
http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#prefLabel Preferred label for the entity. literal

related person

URI (Universal Resource Identifier) Description Expected object
https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/relatedPerson Thing entity has person to which it is related; a generic super-property designed to group all thing to person properties. WorldCat Person

related place

URI (Universal Resource Identifier) Description Expected object
https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/relatedPlace Thing entity has place to which it is related; a generic super-property designed to group all thing to place properties. WorldCat Place

same as

URI (Universal Resource Identifier) Description Expected object
https://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#sameAs The property that determines that two given individuals are equal. OWL Thing

succeeded by

URI (Universal Resource Identifier) Description Expected object
https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/succeededBy Entity that is followed or is succeeded by the entity. WorldCat Transactional Event

type

URI (Universal Resource Identifier) Description Expected object
http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#type The subject is an instance of a class. RDFS Class