title: Domain Driven Design can an Aggragate Root be an Value Object
body: <p>me and my colleges are discussing about Value Objects and Entities in the Context of Domain Driven Design. It is a little bit theoretical so maybe not that easy to Answer.</p>
  
  <p>First question: Can an Aggregate Root be an Value Object ?</p>
  
  <p>Second Question: 
  In the following picture you can see an Domain Model. It contains Aggregate Roots and the related Value Objects which contain the IDs of the Aggregate Root.</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/Z0dXh.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Link to image</a></p>
  
  <p>Are they entities or value objects? </p>
  
  <p>Which concept of identity do they have? </p>
  
  <p>Which concept of identity do the members of the aggregates have?</p>
  
  <p>Link to the article: <a href="https://www.mirkosertic.de/blog/2013/04/domain-driven-design-example/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.mirkosertic.de/blog/2013/04/domain-driven-design-example/</a></p>
  
  <p>Thanks for any help </p>