Task: Instance Description Understanding (ontology: Business_Finance/Financial_Industry_Business_Ontology)

Which of the following definitions best describes the instance 'duplicate status'?

A. status indicating that the registration has requested transfer to a different registration authority, and for which transfer is in progress
B. status indicating that the registration was determined to be a duplicate registration of the same entity as another registration; the instance is assigned to the non-surviving registration (i.e. the identifier that should no longer be used)
C. status indicating that the registration was abandoned prior to issuance
D. status indicating that the registration that has been transferred to a different registration authority

Answer: status indicating that the registration was determined to be a duplicate registration of the same entity as another registration; the instance is assigned to the non-surviving registration (i.e. the identifier that should no longer be used)