[poe] Use of "agent" in the definition of "Party"

larsgsvensson has just created a new issue for https://github.com/w3c/poe:

== Use of "agent" in the definition of "Party" ==
The ODRL Information Model says that a

> Party can be any form of identifiable entity who undertakes a role in the Policy, such as a person, group of people, organisation, or agent. An agent is a person or thing that takes an active Role or produces a specified effect. 

I find the use of agent vs Party confusing. In most contexts (e. g. FOAF) entities that perform things are named "agents". I guess that "Party" is used for historical reasons but then it would be better to say that odrl:Party is roughly equivalent to [foaf:Agent](http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/Agent) (defined as "eg. person, group, software or physical artifact").

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Received on Thursday, 27 April 2017 16:19:37 UTC