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+'@backstage/catalog-model': minor
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+Add the User & Group entities
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+A user describes a person, such as an employee, a contractor, or similar. Users belong to Group entities in the catalog.
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+A group describes an organizational entity, such as for example a team, a business unit, or a loose collection of people in an interest group. Members of these groups are modeled in the catalog as kind User.