3 id="agent">Agent</h3>
<p>The Agent subject area defines roles in the Knowledge Layer and defines agents and their relationships in the Observation Layer.  More info at <a href="../../concepts/agents/">Agent concepts</a> and <a href="../../concepts/ecology/#agents">Ecological Agents</a>.</p>
<p><img alt="agent model" src="../../assets/agent-mdl.png" /></p>
<h4 id="vfagent">vf:Agent</h4>
<p>The Valueflows view of Agent is fairly broad, including people, organizations (formal or informal), and ecological age