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What you should know about entities

Introduction

The entity represents a person or place involved in an investigation.

Each entity is defined by detailed information that allow the system to identify relations between entities.

People involved in the investigation: Target entities and Person entities

The system defines two types of entities to represent the people involved in an investigation:

The places involved in an investigation: Position entity and Virtual entity

The system defines two types of entities to represent the places involved in an investigation:

Managing entities

The analyst manages entities so they represent the evolution of the investigation, thus:

Target entity

The Target entity is automatically created when the target is created in the Operations section. The name and description are the same ones assigned in the Operations section.

NOTE: Target entities cannot be eliminated from the Intelligence section. To eliminate them, targets must be eliminated from the Operations section.

NOTE: the Target name and description can be changed without any impact on the Operations section.

The system adds Target entity details with information gathered from evidence (i.e.: photos, most frequently contacted people). The Analyst can update other information in its possession. See "Target entity details"

Person entity

The Person entity can be manually created by the analyst or automatically by the system.

The Person entity is defined by IDs s/he uses to communicate, by phone or internet (i.e.: phone number, Skype contact).

NOTE: the more information in the entity detail sheet, the higher the probability the system identifies links between that entity and other entities.

If a Person entity becomes the object of tapping, it can be transformed/changed into a Target entity. This way, the system creates a new target in the corresponding Operation.

NOTE: the function is only enabled if the user has Target management authorization.

See "Person entity details"

Position entity

The Position entity can be manually created by the analyst or automatically by the system.

The Position entity is defined by the geographic coordinates (latitude and longitude) or address of the site that it represents and a range of precision.

NOTE: the range of precision must be suited to the type of place (i.e.: 50-100m for a building, much more for a park).

See "Position entity details"

Virtual entity

The Virtual entity must be manually created by the Analyst.

The Virtual entity is defined by one or more URL addresses for the web page they represent.

See "Virtual entity details"

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