A Participant is an organisation (or individual) in your digital Ecosystem: one of the parties you work with across your supply chain. Your own organisation is a Participant, as are the suppliers, buyers, logistics providers, regulators, financiers and certifiers you connect with. Participants are stored in the Participants Registry under Ecosystem Registries.
What a Participant record holds
A name and legal name, and whether it is an organisation or an individual.
Identifiers, such as an official business identifier.
Address and primary contact details.
Your organisation's own contacts for that Participant, listed on its Contacts tab. When you notify someone about a share, they are saved there as a contact automatically.
A public or private visibility setting.
Its relationships to other Participants, and its linked Locations, Evidences and Products.
How Participants are used
Participants are referenced throughout OriginsNext. An Order has a buyer and a seller; Products and Events record a current owner and custodian; and Evidence is issued by, and awarded to, Participants. Recording each Participant once in the registry keeps this information consistent across the platform.
To add one, see How do I add a new Participant organisation? For how Participants connect to each other, see What is a participant relationship? To browse them, see How do I view and search the Participants list?