objcie

Objcie is a term used in theoretical discussions to denote a compact, self-contained unit that encapsulates the essential properties, identity, and contextual relationships of an entity at a specific moment. The word is a neologism; its exact origin is uncertain, and it appears in various online glossaries and speculative writings rather than in any formal standard.

In its typical usage, an objcie comprises several elements: an identity field that uniquely identifies the entity; an attributes map that records key properties; a relationships component that encodes links to other objects; a provenance or source field; and a temporal or state context indicating when and how the properties apply.

Objcie is used as a modeling primitive in discussions of object-centric data, knowledge graphs, and provenance-aware systems. It supports modular composition, allowing complex scenes or datasets to be built from interlinked objcies. In practice, different communities propose different schemas, and there is no universal standard.

Examples include a digital photograph represented as an objcie with fields: id, metadata, tags, creator, location, related objects; or a scientific specimen in a museum database with specimen ID, collection data, measurements, and related specimens.

Related concepts include object, data object, entity-relationship model, knowledge graph, and ontology. The term objcie remains mostly in informal or speculative contexts rather than formal standards.