diff --git a/src/caoscrawler/identifiable.py b/src/caoscrawler/identifiable.py
index edab85d38c29ccad5e3a250d45fc9a2b7c701182..aead37694e86fa8f837585ab37ba44d0c64e61cd 100644
--- a/src/caoscrawler/identifiable.py
+++ b/src/caoscrawler/identifiable.py
@@ -40,8 +40,7 @@ class Identifiable():
     The fingerprint of a Record in CaosDB.
 
     This class contains the information that is used by the CaosDB Crawler to identify Records.
-    On one hand, this can be the ID or a Record or the path of a File.
-    On the other hand, in order to check whether a Record exits in the CaosDB Server, a query can
+    In order to check whether a Record exits in the CaosDB Server, a query can
     be created using the information contained in the Identifiable.
 
     Parameters
@@ -51,24 +50,22 @@ class Identifiable():
     properties: dict, keys are names of Properties; values are Property values
                 Note, that lists are not checked for equality but are interpreted as multiple
                 conditions for a single Property.
-    path: str, In case of files: The path where the file is stored.
     backrefs: list, TODO future
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, record_id: int = None, path: str = None, record_type: str = None,
+    def __init__(self, record_id: int = None, record_type: str = None,
                  name: str = None, properties: dict = None,
                  backrefs: list[Union[int, str]] = None):
-        if (record_id is None and path is None and name is None
+        if (record_id is None and name is None
                 and (backrefs is None or len(backrefs) == 0)
                 and (properties is None or len(properties) == 0)):
             raise ValueError(
-                "There is no identifying information. You need to add a path or "
+                "There is no identifying information. You need to add "
                 "properties or other identifying attributes.")
         if properties is not None and 'name' in [k.lower() for k in properties.keys()]:
             raise ValueError("Please use the separete 'name' keyword instead of the properties "
                              "dict for name")
         self.record_id = record_id
-        self.path = path
         self.record_type = record_type
         self.name = name
         if name == "":
@@ -87,7 +84,7 @@ class Identifiable():
     def _value_representation(value) -> str:
         """returns the string representation of property values to be used in the hash function
 
-        The string is the path of a File Entity, the CaosDB ID or Python ID of other Entities
+        The string is the CaosDB ID of other Entities
         (Python Id only if there is no CaosDB ID) and the string representation of bool, float, int
         and str.
         """
@@ -125,18 +122,13 @@ class Identifiable():
 
     def __eq__(self, other) -> bool:
         """
-        Identifiables are equal if they belong to the same Record. Since ID and path are on their
-        own enough to identify the Record it is sufficient if those attributes are equal.
-        1. both IDs are set (not None)  -> equal if IDs are equal
-        2. both paths are set (not None)  -> equal if paths are equal
-        3. equal if attribute representations are equal
+        Identifiables are equal if they belong to the same Record.
+        equal if attribute representations are equal
         """
         if not isinstance(other, Identifiable):
             raise ValueError("Identifiable can only be compared to other Identifiable objects.")
         elif self.record_id is not None and other.record_id is not None:
             return self.record_id == other.record_id
-        elif self.path is not None and other.path is not None:
-            return self.path == other.path
         elif self.get_representation() == other.get_representation():
             return True
         else:
@@ -145,6 +137,6 @@ class Identifiable():
     def __repr__(self):
         pstring = json.dumps({k: str(v) for k, v in self.properties.items()})
         return (f"{self.__class__.__name__} for RT {self.record_type}: id={self.record_id}; "
-                f"name={self.name}\n\tpath={self.path}\n"
+                f"name={self.name}\n"
                 f"\tproperties:\n{pstring}\n"
                 f"\tbackrefs:\n{self.backrefs}")
diff --git a/src/caoscrawler/identifiable_adapters.py b/src/caoscrawler/identifiable_adapters.py
index d8c3ecf1cd21cb1efb2a6cb38c5222ba284f0087..f8cbfef1c638c73b57e5bc90feac7d369a086efe 100644
--- a/src/caoscrawler/identifiable_adapters.py
+++ b/src/caoscrawler/identifiable_adapters.py
@@ -298,14 +298,13 @@ startswith: bool, optional
 
         # fill the values:
         for prop in se.registered_identifiable.properties:
+            # TDOO:
+            # If there are multiproperties in the registered_identifiable, then only the LAST is
+            # taken into account (later properties overwrite previous one in the dict below).
             if prop.name == "name":
                 name = se.name
                 continue
-            # problem: what happens with multi properties?
-            # case A: in the registered identifiable
-            # case B: in the identifiable
 
-            # treated elsewhere
             if prop.name.lower() == "is_referenced_by":
                 for el in identifiable_backrefs:
                     assert isinstance(el, SyncNode)
@@ -356,7 +355,6 @@ startswith: bool, optional
         try:
             return Identifiable(
                 record_id=se.id,
-                path=se.path,
                 record_type=se.registered_identifiable.parents[0].name,
                 name=name,
                 properties=identifiable_props,
@@ -399,6 +397,8 @@ startswith: bool, optional
 
     @staticmethod
     def referencing_entity_has_appropriate_type(parents, register_identifiable):
+        """
+        """
         if register_identifiable.get_property("is_referenced_by") is None:
             return False
         if register_identifiable.get_property("is_referenced_by").value is None:
diff --git a/unittests/test_identifiable.py b/unittests/test_identifiable.py
index 32bd729e5c09e61f064cb58750c78ae265f56539..074c3843e351b20d17813a661974fdc59ca0442a 100644
--- a/unittests/test_identifiable.py
+++ b/unittests/test_identifiable.py
@@ -83,13 +83,5 @@ def test_equality():
         record_id=12, properties={"a": 0}) != Identifiable(record_id=13, properties={"a": 0})
     assert Identifiable(
         record_id=12, properties={"a": 0}) == Identifiable(properties={"a": 0})
-    assert Identifiable(
-        path="a", properties={"a": 0}) != Identifiable(path="b", properties={"a": 0})
-    assert Identifiable(
-        path="a", properties={"a": 0}) == Identifiable(path="a", properties={"a": 1})
-    assert Identifiable(
-        path="a", properties={"a": 0}) == Identifiable(properties={"a": 0})
-    assert Identifiable(properties={"a": 0}) == Identifiable(
-        properties={"a": 0})
-    assert Identifiable(properties={"a": 0}) != Identifiable(
-        properties={"a": 1})
+    assert Identifiable(properties={"a": 0}) == Identifiable(properties={"a": 0})
+    assert Identifiable(properties={"a": 0}) != Identifiable(properties={"a": 1})