Terminology
| Entity | Business description | Technical Description |
|---|---|---|
| Address | A physical location expressed as a valid postal address, also containing a geospatial object encoding latitude and longitude, representing a place to which one can travel or send correspondence. | An :Address node connected to a party via the HAS_ADDRESS relationship |
| Agency | A talent agency | A :Party with a HAS_ROLE relationship to :Role { name: "Agency"} |
| Area of Representation | The areas in which UTA represents a particular client. | A :RepArea node connected to a party via the Representation node |
| Buyer | The person or organization paying for client services, or paying UTA directly, such as in a consulting services relationship. | A :Party with a HAS_ROLE relationship to :Role { name: 'Buyer'}. |
| Client | Designated by UTA leadership as a client. Usually appears on various official client lists. Can be a person or an organization (both formal, such as a corporation, or informal, such as a writing team). Clients are paid for services, usually by buyers, and UTA works on their behalf. | A :Party with an HAS_ROLE relationship to :Role { name: 'Client'}. |
| Client Company | A company usually owned by a UTA client or clients, commonly called a "loanout" or production company. | A :Party of type organization related to a client party via the HAS_CLIENT_COMPANY relationship. |
| Client Group | An organization that represents a group of clients that are contracted as a group, such as a band or writing team. | A :Party of type organization related to a client party via the IS_MEMBER_OF relationship, containing a subType of "Band", "Writing Team", and so on. |
| Client Team | The complete set of UTA personnel that currently, or formerly, once had or now have a role to support and service the needs of a particular client. | See Client Team. |
| An email address | A :Email node connected to a party via the HAS_EMAIL relationship | |
| Employee | A person that currently works for, or used to work for UTA. | A :Party with a HAS_ROLE relationship to :Role { name: 'Employee'}. |
| Event Series | A series of events, such as a music festival, fair, concert, or film festival. | A :EventSeries node connected to one or more :EventInstance nodes via the HAS_EVENT_INSTANCE relationship |
| External Record | An record for a UTA party maintained in another system (either internal to UTA or outside the company). | An :ExternalRecord node connected to a party via the HAS_EXTERNAL_RECORD relationship |
| Name | A person's name, or an organization's name. | A :Name node connected to a party via the HAS_NAME relationship |
| Online Address | A virtual place in which to contact or find the party using, for example, a URL or email address. | An :OnlineAddress node connected to a party via the HAS_ONLINE_ADDRESS relationship |
| Party | A person or organization. | A single :Party node with a unique identifier (id) |
| Phone | A phone number | A :Phone node connected to a party via the HAS_PHONE relationship |
| Participant | A person or organization that works for a client but also participates in one or more financial transactions the agency brokers on the client's behalf. In other words, UTA pays out commissions to participants as well as the client on revenue received from buyers. Typically, a participant is a manager or an attorney, and often both are participating on client deals. | This is being rewritten |
| Talent | A person or organization UTA does not currently represent but they may either pursue or track in some manner. | A :Party with a HAS_ROLE relationship to :Role { name: 'Talent'}. |
| Venue | A location where a client performs or appears | A :Venue node connected to :Configuration nodes via the :HAS_CONFIGURATION relationship |