Person

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A Person is an individual human being.

A Party may represent a Person or an Organization. Person identifies the nature of the entity represented. It does not identify the Role performed by that entity.

A Person may perform different Roles in different contexts. For example, the same Person may act as an employee, trader, approver, beneficiary or authorized representative. A change in Role does not create a different Person.

Person also remains distinct from Legal Entity. Applicable law may recognize a Person as having legal rights, obligations or capacity. That recognition does not change the underlying entity from a Person into an Organization.

Information about a Person may include names, identifiers, relationships, and Role Assignments. Those items describe or reference the Person. They do not replace the Person or independently establish every aspect of the Person's identity.

individual human being

Consistent with:

• OMG Commons Ontology Library, Version 1.3

  • Relevant ontology: Parties and Situations
  • OMG File ID: formal/26-06-05
  • Retrieved: 2026-10-07

The permanent source citation should reference the applicable public Annex D entry after that reference entry receives an identifier.

• Person excludes Organizations, software agents and other non-human entities
• Person identifies what kind of entity is represented rather than a Role performed by that entity
• A Person may receive Legal Entity Recognition under applicable law
• A Person may perform multiple Roles concurrently or at different times
• Systems apply applicable privacy, confidentiality and content-minimization rules to information concerning a Person

Maria Alvarez is a Person.

Maria performs the Role of trader while executing an FX transaction for an Organization. She later performs the Role of approver for a different activity.

Trader and approver identify the roles Maria performs. They do not identify different Persons.