# Newbie questions **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [September 23, 2021, 12:15pm UTC](https://forum.datomic.com/t/newbie-questions/1955 "2021-09-23T12:15:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tobejazz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f19dbf/32.png) [@tobejazz](https://forum.datomic.com/u/tobejazz)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2021, 12:15pm UTC](https://forum.datomic.com/t/newbie-questions/1955/1 "2021-09-23T12:15:31Z")
Hi, as a newcomer to Datomic, I have some newbie questions - is this the right place to ask? What are the exact definitions of the Entity, Attribute and Value positions of a Datom ? (is one of my questions) …Tobias ---
**Author:** ![clydecrybaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@clydecrybaby](https://forum.datomic.com/u/clydecrybaby)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2021, 12:19am UTC](https://forum.datomic.com/t/newbie-questions/1955/2 "2021-09-25T00:19:46Z")
Those definitions are in the doc [glossary](https://docs.datomic.com/cloud/glossary.html)! ---
**Author:** ![tobejazz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f19dbf/32.png) [@tobejazz](https://forum.datomic.com/u/tobejazz)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2021, 2:50pm UTC](https://forum.datomic.com/t/newbie-questions/1955/3 "2021-09-25T14:50:08Z")
Yes, but what makes it a bit confusing for me is that the value can also be an entity id - at least that is how I have understood it - is this correct? ---
**Author:** ![nikolayandr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.datomic.com/nikolayandr/32/375_2.png) [@nikolayandr](https://forum.datomic.com/u/nikolayandr)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 6:25am UTC](https://forum.datomic.com/t/newbie-questions/1955/4 "2021-09-28T06:25:38Z")
> the value can also be an entity id Right, if it is a reference on another entity. **:db.type/ref** is type of attributes used to hold references on another entities