This class has been mostly motivated by the need to assign a type to the “central node” in the EDM pattern, during the ingestion process, related to the XML expression of EDM at that stage. It was especially intended to fit the cases where edm:PhysicalThing cannot be used as the type of the resource standing for the real-world object (independently of any specific data contributor perspective).
Rationale: This class is the range of edm:aggregatedCHO. A resource of type ProvidedCHO can be the subject of statements using edm:isRelatedTo or any more specific property.