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Thing An Entity that is not an Individual or an Organization and thus cannot be held legally accountable. A Thing may be a Natural Thing or a Man-Made Thing. In Self-Sovereign Identity, a Thing is represented by an Agent who can form Connections, exchange Credentials, and communicate securely even if the Thing itself is not network-enabled. Mutually exclusive with Identity Owner. Every Thing must have a Thing Controller. NOTE: Not all objects are Things. A Thing must be a uniquely identifiable Entity that is not fungible, i.e., not directly replaceable or exchangeable with another Thing. See Appendix B and Appendix C.