---
title: "KindOfEntity"
description: "a kind of entity, with its keys in order of trust and what may never be merged"
section: concepts
address: /concepts/kindofentity
contract: 0476e35e6e275db5
---

# KindOfEntity

a kind of entity, with its keys in order of trust and what may never be merged

[figure: KindOfEntity is a row at platform scope. The drawing shows its fields and the objects that they point at.]

| property | value |
|---|---|
| kind | row |
| scope | platform |
| key | its name |
| store | postgres |
| family | identity |



## Fields


| field | type | required | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| `name` | `text` | yes |  |
| `keys` | [KeyRank](/concepts/keyrank) | yes | most authoritative first |
| `never_merged` | `[text]` | yes | a law, as rows |
| `parent_kind` | [KindOfEntity](/concepts/kindofentity) | no |  |
| `kept_once` | `bool` | yes | or a tenant's |
| `core_set` | `bool` | yes |  |



## Routes that use it
No route takes or returns KindOfEntity directly. The record holds it, and the objects that point at it reach it.