Entity.java

package org.openprovenance.prov.model;

/**
 * <p>Interface for the PROV Entity complex type.
 * 
 * <p><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/prov-dm/#concept-entity">PROV-DM Definition for Entity</a>: An entity is a physical, digital, conceptual, or other kind of thing with some fixed aspects; entities may be real or imaginary. 
 *  
 *
 * <p>The constructor method {@link ProvFactory#newEntity(QualifiedName)} can be used to create an instance of <tt>Entity</tt>.
 * The following code snippet creates a new entity statement, with a location attribute
 * "London".  The entity is given an identifier <tt>myId</tt>.
 * <pre>
 * QualifiedName myId= ... ;  // some qualified name
 * Entity myEntity=provFactory.newEntity(myId)
 * myEntity.getLocation().add(provFactory.newLocation("London"))
 * </pre>
 * 
 * <p><span class="strong">Relevant Factory Methods:</span>
 * <ul>
 * <li> {@link ProvFactory#newEntity(QualifiedName)}
 * <li> {@link ProvFactory#newEntity(QualifiedName, java.util.Collection)}
 * <li> {@link ObjectFactory#createEntity()}
 * </ul>
 * 
 * <p><span class="strong">Schema Definition:</span>
 * <p>The following schema fragment specifies the expected content contained within this type. 
 * <pre>
 * <complexType name="Entity">
 *   <complexContent>
 *     <restriction base="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}anyType">
 *       <sequence>
 *         <element ref="{http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#}label" maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0"/>
 *         <element ref="{http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#}location" maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0"/>
 *         <element ref="{http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#}type" maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0"/>
 *         <element ref="{http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#}value" minOccurs="0"/>
 *         <any processContents='skip' namespace='##other' maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0"/>
 *       </sequence>
 *       <attribute ref="{http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#}id"/>
 *     </restriction>
 *   </complexContent>
 * </complexType>
 * </pre>
 *
 * <p> 
 * @see <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/prov-dm/#term-entity">PROV-DM Entity</a>
 * @see <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/prov-o/#Entity">PROV-O Entity</a>
 * @see <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/prov-n/#expression-Entity">PROV-N Entity</a>
 * @see <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/prov-xml/#term-Entity">PROV-XML Entity</a>
 * @see <a href="http://www.w3.org/Submission/2013/SUBM-prov-json-20130424/#term-entity">PROV-JSON Entity</a>
 * 
 */

public interface Entity extends Identifiable,  HasLabel, HasType, HasLocation, Statement, HasValue, HasOther, Element  {

}