An Individual record represents a real human being who publicly declares responsibility for this record. It is used to publish stable identity statements, aliases, roles, or associations, without inference or aggregation.

An Organization record represents a legal, commercial, institutional, or informal entity acting as a collective. It is used to declare official identity, control, responsibility, or representation of activities, assets, or domains.

An Asset record represents a non-human entity such as a domain, project, product, work, or digital resource. It is used to declare control, authorship, or responsibility over something identifiable and persistent.

An Anchor record represents a declared semantic association with a term, name, or concept. It allows an individual or organization to publicly identify themselves with a chosen word or idea.