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+description: >
+    Implement to provide unique identifier of originator of the activity
+
+properties:
+    - name: OriginatorId
+      type: string
+      description: >
+          Unique Id of the originator that initiated the respective
+          operation. This is an implementation-defined string described
+          by a value of type OriginatorType. The originator id can be
+          shown in user interfaces but this field should not be used for
+          any programmatic interrogation of an object.
+
+    - name: OriginatorType
+      type: enum[self.OriginatorTypes]
+      description: >
+          Type of the originator that initiated the respective
+          operation.
+
+enumerations:
+    - name: OriginatorTypes
+      description: >
+          Indicates the type of the originator that initiated the operation.
+      values:
+          - name: Client
+            description: >
+                Client of the service that initiated the operation.
+          - name: Internal
+            description: >
+                A process running on the service initiated the operation.
+          - name: SupportingService
+            description: >
+                A process not running on the service but running on a supporting service
+                initiated the operation.