Changelog_definitions.md

Entity	Current definition	New proposed definition	Proposed usage note
Address	A spatial object that in a human-readable way identifies a fixed location of a property.	A spatial object that in a human-readable way identifies a fixed location.	An "address representation" as conceptually defined by the INSPIRE Address Representation data type: "Representation of an address spatial object for use in external application schemas that need to include the basic, address information in a readable way.". The representation of Addresses varies widely from one country's postal system to another. Even within countries, there are almost always examples of Addresses that do not conform to the stated national standard. However, ISO 19160-1 provides a method through which different Addresses can be converted from one conceptual model to another. This specification was heavily based on the INSPIRE Address Representation data type. It is noteworthy that if an Address is provided using the detailed breakdown suggested by the properties for this class, then it will be INSPIRE-conformant. To this very granular set of properties, we add two further properties: - full address (the complete address as a formatted string) - addressID (a unique identifier for the address) The first of these allows publishers to simply provide the complete Address as one string, with or without formatting. This is analogous to vCard's label property. The addressID is part of the INSPIRE guidelines and provides a hook that can be used to link the Address to an alternative representation, such as vCard or OASIS xAL.
Address . address area	The name or names of a geographic area or locality that groups a number of addressable objects for addressing purposes, without being an administrative unit.	The name of a geographic area that groups Addresses.	This would typically be part of a city, a neighbourhood or village, e.g. Montmartre. Address area is not an administrative unit.
Address . address ID	A globally unique identifier for each instance of an Address.	A globally unique identifier for each instance of an Address.	The concept of adding a globally unique identifier for each instance of an address is a crucial part of the INSPIRE data spec. A number of EU countries have already implemented an ID (a UUID) in their Address Register/gazetteer, among them Denmark. OASIS xAL also includes an address identifier. It is the address Identifier that allows an address to be represented in a format other than INSPIRE whilst remaining conformant to the Core Vocabulary. The INSPIRE method of representing addresses is very detailed, designed primarily for use in databases of addresses. Whilst data that is published in full conformance with the INSPIRE data structure can be made available using the Location Core Vocabulary the reverse is not true since the Core Vocabulary allows much greater flexibility. Many datasets that include address data as one piece of information about something else are likely to have that data in simpler formats. These might be tailored to the specific need of the dataset, follow a national norm, or make use of a standard like vCard. To provide maximum flexibility in the Core Vocabulary, whilst remaining interoperable with INSPIRE Address Guidelines (which EU Member States are obliged to use), the Location Core Vocabulary provides the extra property of full address and makes use of INSPIRE's addressID.
Address . administrative unit level 1	The name or names of a unit of administration where a Member State has and/or exercises jurisdictional rights, for local, regional and national governance. Level 1 refers to the uppermost administrative unit for the address, almost always a country.	The name of the uppermost level of the address, almost always a country.	Best practice is to use the ISO 3166-1 code but if this is inappropriate for the context, country names should be provided in a consistent manner to reduce ambiguity. For example, either write 'France' or 'FRA' consistently throughout the dataset and avoid mixing the two. The Country controlled vocabulary from the Publications Office can be reused for this.
Address . administrative unit level 2	The name or names of a unit of administration where a Member State has and/or exercises jurisdictional rights, for local, regional and national governance. Level 2 referst to the region of the address, usually a county, state or other such area that typically encompasses several localities.	The name of a secondary level/region of the address, usually a county, state or other such area that typically encompasses several localities.	Values could be a region or province, more granular than level 1.
Address . admin unit		The adminUnit relationship links an Address with the Admin Unit class.
Address . full address	The complete address written as a formatted string.	The complete address written as a string.	Use of this property is recommended as it will not suffer any misunderstandings that might arise through the breaking up of an address into its component parts. This property is analogous to vCard's label property but with two important differences: (1) formatting is not assumed so that, unlike vCard label, it may not be suitable to print this on an address label, (2) vCard's label property has a domain of vCard Address; the fullAddress property has no such restriction. An example of a full address is "Champ de Mars, 5 Avenue Anatole France, 75007 Paris, France".
Address . locator designator	A number or a sequence of characters which allows a user or an application to interpret, parse and format the locator within the relevant scope. A locator may include more locator designators	A number or sequence of characters that uniquely identifies the locator within the relevant scope.	In simpler terms, this is the building number, apartment number, etc. For an address such as "Flat 3, 17 Bridge Street", the locator is "flat 3, 17".
Address . locator name	Proper noun(s) applied to the real world entity identified by the locator.	Proper noun(s) applied to the real world entity identified by the locator.	The locator name could be the name of the property or complex, of the building or part of the building, or it could be the name of a room inside a building. The key difference between a locator and a locator name is that the latter is a proper name and is unlikely to include digits. For example, "Shumann, Berlaymont" is a meeting room within the European Commission headquarters for which locator name is more appropriate than locator.
Address . post code	The post/zip code of an address.	The code created and maintained for postal purposes to identify a subdivision of addresses and postal delivery points.	Post codes are common elements in many countries' postal address systems. One of the many post codes of Paris is for example "75000".
Address . post name (city)	The key postal division of the address, usually the city.	A name created and maintained for postal purposes to identify a subdivision of addresses and postal delivery points.	Usually a city, for example "Paris".
Address . post office box	The Post Office Box number	A location designator for a postal delivery point at a post office, usually a number	INSPIRE's name for this is "postalDeliveryIdentifier" for which it uses the locator designator property with a type attribute of that name. This vocabulary separates out the Post Office Box for greater independence of technology. An example post office box number is "9383".
Address . thoroughfare	An address component that represents the name or names of a passage or way through from one location to another.	The name of a passage or way through from one location to another.	A thoroughfare is usually a street, but it might be a waterway or some other feature. For example, "Avenue des Champs-Élysées".
Administrative Territorial Unit	Lists of codes that represent the administrative territorial units of the EU Member States, based on national official / legal information and the ISO 3166-2 standard.	A code from a list that represents the administrative territorial unit of the EU Member States, based on national official / legal information and the ISO 3166-2 standard.
Administrative Territorial Unit . geometry	The geometry relationship associates a Administrative Territorial Unit with the Geometry class.	A shape or form of an Administrative Territorial Unit.
Administrative unit		A detailed administrative unit organized in a hierarchy.
Administrative unit . code		The classification of the administrative unit.
Administrative unit . level		The level of the administrative unit in the hierarchy.	Some recommended codelists from the EU Publications Office and Eurostat include: Administrative Territorial Units (ATU), NUTS and Local Administrative Units (LAU). The first arrondissement of Paris is for example expressed as "http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/atu/FRA\_AR\_PAR01" in the ATU controlled vocabulary.
Change Event	Represents an event which resulted in a major change to an Organization such as a merger or complete restructuring. It is intended for situations where the resulting Organization is sufficiently distinct from the original Organizations that it has a distinct identity and distinct URI.	An event which resulted in a major change to an Organization such as a merger or complete restructuring.	It is intended for situations where the resulting Organization is sufficiently distinct from the original Organizations that it has a distinct identity and distinct URI.
Change Event . description	A textual description of the event.	A textual explanation of the event.
Change Event . endtime	The time at which the Change Event ended.	The time instant when the state of the organisation update was terminated.
Change Event . has formal framework	The property hasFormalFramework links a Change Event or Foundation Event to a piece of legislation or a policy document that prompted the change.	A piece of legislation or a policy document that prompted the change.	The property hasFormalFramework links a Change Event or Foundation Event to a piece of legislation or a policy document that prompted the change.
Change Event . original organization	The original organization property links a Change Event to the Organization that existed before the change. Although the Foundation Event class is defined as a subclass of Change Event, it is inappropriate to use the original organization property with the Foundation Event class.	The Organization that existed before the change.	Although the Foundation Event class is defined as a subclass of Change Event, it is inappropriate to use the original organization property with the Foundation Event class.
Change Event . resulting organization	This property links a Change Event or a Foundation Event to the Organization that resulted from it.	The Organization that resulted from the change.
Change Event . starttime	The time at which the Change Event started.	The time instant when the state of the organisation update was initiated.
Concept	A SKOS Concept can be viewed as an idea or notion; a unit of thought.	An idea or notion; unit of thought.	What constitutes a unit of thought is subjective, and this definition is meant to be suggestive, rather than restrictive.
Contact Point	A class representing a point of contact.	information (e.g. e-mail address, telephone number) of a person or department through which the user can get in touch with.	The Core Public Organization Vocabulary defines properties for telephone number, e-mail address and opening hours although it is noteworthy that the class is based on schema.org's ContactPoint class (http://schema.org/ContactPoint) that has additional properties that some implementations may find useful.
Contact Point . availability restriction	The availability restriction property links a Contact Point to details of specific details of its opening hours that override the general case.	The time interval during which the Contact Point is not available.
Contact Point . has email	A property through which an e-mail address for the Public Organisation, or a representative of it, can be contacted.	An electronic address through which the Contact Point can be contacted.
Contact Point . has telephone	A property through which a phone number for the Public Organization, or a representative of it, can be contacted.	A telephone number through which the Contact Point can be contacted.
Contact Point . opening hours	The value of this property is structured text that gives the hours at which the contact point is normally available.	The (structured) hours at which the contact point is normally available.	Days are specified using two-letter combinations: Mo, Tu, We, Th, Fr, Sa, Su. For example, if the contact point is open Monday-Friday, 9 -5, the value of the openingHours property would be Mo-Fr 09:00-17:00. If the Contact Point is only available on Tuesday and Thursday between 6 and 8pm, the value would be Tu,Th 16:00-20:00.
Document	?	A self-contained collection of information in a readable format.	In alignment with foaf, there is no distinction between physical and electronic documents, or between copies of a work and the abstraction those copies embody.
Formal Framework	This class may represent legislation or official policy that leads to a change event, including the establishment of the Organization.	A legislation or official policy that leads to a change event, including the establishment of the Organization.
Formal Framework . identifier	This property represents an Identifier for the Formal Framework.	The unambiguous structured reference for the Formal Framework.
Formal Framework . name	This property contains a name given to the Formal Framework.	A name given to a Formal Framework
Formal Organization	An Organization which is recognized in the world at large, in particular in legal jurisdictions, with associated rights and responsibilities.	An Organization which is recognized in the world at large, in particular in legal jurisdictions, with associated rights and responsibilities.	Examples include a corporation, charity, government or church.
Foundation Event	Public Organizations are formed and changed in response to events. This may be the result of new legislation, new policies, taking on new obligations etc. The CPOV captures this in its Change Event class but recognises the specific case of an Organization's foundation as being sufficiently distinct to require a subclass of Change Event.	An event which resulted in the foundation of an Organization.	Public Organizations are formed and changed in response to events. This may be the result of new legislation, new policies, taking on new obligations etc. The CPOV captures this in its Change Event class but recognises the specific case of an Organization's foundation as being sufficiently distinct to require a subclass of Change Event.
Geometry	The Geometry class provides the means to identify a Location as a point, line, polygon, etc. expressed using coordinates in some coordinate reference system.	A shape or form of a Location.	This class defines the notion of "geometry" at the conceptual level, and it shall be encoded by using different formats (see usage note of the locn:geometry property). Can be a point, line or polygon, expressed using coordinates in some coordinate reference system. We also refer to the Examples section of this specification for a number of different geometry examples expressed in different formats.
Geometry . coordinates	The coordinate list.	A list of geographic coordinates that define the extent of the Geometry.	Can be expressed as longitude, latitude, elevation
Geometry . crs	An identifier for the coordinate reference system.	An identifier for the coordinate reference system.	Can be a coordinate-based local, regional or global system used to locate geographical entities.
Geometry . geometry type	The geometry type, e.g. point, line or polygon.	The classification of the Geometry.	Can be a point, line or polygon.
Geometry . gml	The geometry written in Geography Markup Language.	The expression of the Geometry in Geography Markup Language.	Use "http://www.opengis.net/ont/geosparql#gmlLiteral" as type for the literal.
Geometry . latitude	The latitude	The geographic coordinate that specifies the north–south position of the Geomerty on the Earth's surface.
Geometry . longitude	The longitude	The geographic coordinate that specifies the east–west position of the Geometry on the Earth's surface.
Geometry . wkt	The well-known text representation string describing the point, line or polygon.	An expression of the Geometry in WKT, the Well-Known Text markup language.	Use "http://www.opengis.net/ont/geosparql#wktLiteral" as type for the literal.
Identifier	The Identifier class represents any identifier issued by any authority, whether a government agency or not.	A structured reference that identifies an entity.	The Identifier class is based on the UN/CEFACT class of the same name and is defined under the ADMS namespace.
Identifier . date of issue	The date on which the Identifier was assigned.	The date on which the Identifier was assigned.
Identifier . notation	The value of this property is the Identifier itself.	A string of characters to uniquely identify a concept	Example: "abc-12345-de"^^https://belgium.be/scheme/nationalIDnumber.
Identifier . identifies	The identifies relationship links an Identifier class to the resource it identifies	The entity that is referenced by the Identifier.
Identifier . issuing authority name	The name of the agency responsible for issuing the Identifier.	The name of the agency responsible for issuing the Identifier.	Example: "Federal Public Service Interior"@en.
Identifier . issuing authority URI	The URI of the issuing authority.	The reference in the form of a Uniform Resource Identifier to the issuing authority.	Example: "https://belgium.be/id/organizations/1233".
Image Object	An image object can be used as logo to describe / represent a public organization.	A logo to describe / represent the PublicOorganization.
Jurisdiction	The extent or range of judicial, law enforcement, or other authority.	The limits or territory within which authority may be exercised.	The extent or range of judicial, law enforcement, or other authority.
Jurisdiction . id	The value for the id property is a URI for that Jurisdiction.	A reference in the form of a Uniform Resource Identifier to the Jurisdiction.
Jurisdiction . name	The name is simply a string that identifies the Jurisdiction, typically a country, with or without a language tag.	A string of characters that represents a Jurisdiction.	The name is simply a string that identifies the Jurisdiction, typically a country, with or without a language tag.
Legal Entity	A Legal Entity able to transact business, typically registered with a body able to confer legal status such as a national business register	A self-empoyed person, company, or organization that has legal rights and obligations.	A Legal Entity able to transact business, typically registered with a body able to confer legal status such as a national business register. It is able to trade, is legally liable for its actions, accounts, tax affairs etc. This makes Legal Entities distinct from the concept of organisations, groups or sole traders. Many organisations exist that are not Legal Entities, yet to the outside world they have staff, hierarchies, locations etc. Other organisations exist that are an umbrella for several Legal Entities (universities are often good examples of this). This vocabulary is concerned solely with registered Legal Entities and does not attempt to cover all possible trading bodies.
Legal Entity . alternative name	Some jurisdictions recognise concepts such as a trading name or alternative forms of a legal entity's name. The alternative name property can be used to record such names but should not be used to record translations of the primary legal name.	Any name by which a Legal Entity is known, other than their legal name.	Some jurisdictions recognise concepts such as a trading name or alternative forms of a legal entity's name. The alternative name property can be used to record such names but should not be used to record translations of the primary legal name. Where more than one name exists and where they have equal standing but are expressed in different languages, identify the language used in each of the multiple names.
Legal Entity . company activity	This property records the activity of the company.	The area of work in which the Legal Entity is engaged.	This is a general term that encompasses all the economic activities carried out by a company during the course of business. The activity of a company should be recorded using a controlled vocabulary. Several such vocabularies exist, many of which map to the UN's ISIC codes. Where a particular controlled vocabulary is in use within a given context, such as SIC codes in the UK, it is acceptable to use these, however, the preferred choice for European interoperability is NACE.
Legal Entity . company status	This property records the status of the company.	information about the viability of the current position of the legal entity.	Recording the status of a company presents the same issues as its type. The terms 'insolvent', 'bankrupt' and 'in receivership,' for example, are likely to mean slightly different things with different legal implications in different jurisdictions. Best practice for recording various other status levels is to use the relevant jurisdiction's terms and to identify the controlled vocabulary used.
Legal Entity . company type	This property records the type of company.	The classification of the Legal Entity as a member of a particular group in the context of legal registration.	Familiar types are Public (Limited) Company (PLC), Private (Limited) Company, One Person Company, Limited Liability Company (LLC, GmbH), etc. At the time of publication, there is no agreed set of company types that crosses borders. The term 'SA' is used in Poland and France for example although they mean slightly different things. The UK's LLP and Greece's EPE provide another example of close, but not exact, matches. That said, each jurisdiction will have a limited set of recognised company types and these should be used in a consistent manner.
Legal Entity . identifier	The identifier relation links a Resource to any formally issued Identifier for that Resource other than the one that confers legal status upon it.	The unambiguous structured reference for the Legal Entity, which is different from the one denoting its legal status.	Legal Entities may have any number of identifiers (but only one legal identifier). For example, in many jurisdictions, a business will have one or more tax numbers associated with them which do not, by themselves, confer legal entity status. An individual may be issued with identifiers for everything from social security to club membership. The identifier relationship must not be used to link to the identifier issued by the authority that conferred legal entity status on a business.
Legal Entity . legal identifier	The legal status of a business is conferred on it by an authority within a given jurisdiction. The legal identifier is therefore a fundamental relationship between a Legal Entity and the authority with which it is registered.	The unambiguous structured reference assigned to the Legal Entity by the legal authority that registered it.	Legal Entity must have a unique identification number, allowing it to be clearly identified in communication across business registers. The details of the registration are provided as properties of the Identifier class. The Core vocabulary sets no restriction on the type of legal identifier. In many countries, the business register's identifier is the relevant data point.
Legal Entity . legal name	The legal name of the business.	The name under which the Legal Entity is legally registered.	The legal name is different from the alternative (trade) name which is a pseudonym used by companies that do not operate under their registered company name. A business might have more than one legal name, particularly in countries with more than one official language. In such cases, and where the encoding technology allows, the language of the string should be identified.
Legal Entity . registered address	In almost all jurisdictions, Legal Entities must register a public address. This may or may not be the actual address at which the Legal Entity does its business, it is commonly the address of their lawyer or accountant, but it is the address to which formal communications can be sent.	The address at which the Legal Entity is legally registered.	In almost all jurisdictions, Legal Entities must register a public address. This may or may not be the actual address at which the Legal Entity does its business, it is commonly the address of their lawyer or accountant, but it is the address to which formal communications can be sent. The registered address property points to the Address of the Registered Site. This property can be seen as a shorthand for this property path.
Location	An identifiable geographic place or named place	An identifiable geographic place or named place
Location . geographic identifier	A URI that identifies the Location.	A reference in the form of a Uniform Resource Identifier to the Location.	GeoNames.org provides stable, widely recognised identifiers for more than 10 million geographical names that can be used as links to further information. For example, http://sws.geonames.org/593116/ identifies the Lithuanian capital Vilnius. Unfortunately these URIs cannot easily be automatically deduced since the URI scheme uses simple numeric codes. Finding a GeoNames identifier for a Location is almost always a manual process. Where such identifiers are known or can be found, however, it is recommended that they be used. Where the Location Class is used to identify a country, if the geonames URI is not known, the recommendation is to use DBpedia URIs of the form http://dbpedia.org/resource/ISO\_3166-1:XX where XX is the ISO 3166 two character code for the country. The EU's Publication Office diverges from ISO 3166-1 and uses EL and UK for Greece and the United Kingdom respectively. DBpedia sticks to the ISO codes and so the correct URIs for these countries are: - http://dbpedia.org/resource/ISO\_3166-1:GR - http://dbpedia.org/resource/ISO\_3166-1:GB even when the geographic name is given as EL or UK.
Location . geographic name	A geographic name is a proper noun applied to a spatial object.	A textual description for a Location.	The INSPIRE Data Specification on Geographical Names provides a detailed model for describing a 'named place', including methods for providing multiple names in multiple scripts. INSPIRE's definition is the following: Names of areas, regions, localities, cities, suburbs, towns or settlements, or any geographical or topographical feature of public or historical interest. This is beyond what is necessary for the Core Location Vocabulary but, importantly, the concept of a geographic name used here is consistent. A geographic name is a proper noun applied to a spatial object. Taking the example used in the INSPIRE document (page 15), the following are all valid geographic names for the Greek capital: - "Aθnνa"@gr-Grek (the Greek endonym written in the Greek script) - "Athína"@gr-Latn (the standard Romanisation of the endonym) - "Athens"@en (the English language exonym) INSPIRE has a detailed (XML-based) method of providing metadata about a geographic name and in XML-data sets that may be the most appropriate method to follow. When using the Core Location Vocabulary in data sets that are not focussed on environmental/geographical data (the use case for INSPIRE), the Code datatype or a simple language identifier may be used to provide such metadata. The country codes defined in ISO 3166 may be used as geographic names and these are generally preferred over either the long form or short form of a country's name (as they are less error prone). The Publications Office of the European Union recommends the use of ISO 3166-1 codes for countries in all cases except two: - use 'UK' in preference to the ISO 3166 code GB for the United Kingdom; - use 'EL' in preference to the ISO 3166 code GR for Greece. Where a country has changed its name or no longer exists (such as Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia etc.) use the ISO 3166-3 code.
Opening Hours Specification	The Opening Hours Specification class can be used to provide details of exceptional circumstances, such as being closed on public holidays.	An exceptional circumstance that overrides the normal Opening Hours, such as being closed on public holidays.	The Core Public Organization Vocabulary makes full use of schema.org's openingHours property to provide details of regular operations. The Opening Hours Specification class can be used to provide details of exceptional circumstances, such as being closed on public holidays. Note that the property schema:opens is not used, therefore the contact point is closed. More specific closures can be indicated by including the schema:validFrom and schema:validThrough properties.
Opening Hours Specification . day of week	The day of the week for which these opening hours are valid.	The day of the week for which these opening hours are valid.
Opening Hours Specification . valid from	The date when the Opening Hours Specification becomes valid.	The date when the Opening Hours Specification becomes valid.
Opening Hours Specification . valid through	The date after when the Opening Hours Specification is not valid.	The date after when the Opening Hours Specification is not valid.	For example the end of an offer, salary period, or a period of opening hours
Organization	Represents a collection of people organized together into a community or other social, commercial or political structure. The group has some common purpose or reason for existence which goes beyond the set of people belonging to it and can act as an Agent. Organizations are often decomposable into hierarchical structures.	A collection of people organized together into a community or other social, commercial or political structure. The group has some common purpose or reason for existence which goes beyond the set of people belonging to it and can act as an Agent. Organizations are often decomposable into hierarchical structures.
Organizational Unit	An Organizational Unit is a subclass of Organization but conceptually does not exist in its own right.	A subdivision of Organization which is part of this Organization.	The existance of an Organizational Unit depends on the Parent Organization, which means that it can only exist in the scope of the Parent Organization and not on its own.
Organizational Unit . unit of	The properties hasUnit and unitOf are used to link to operational departments within an Organization that may not generally exist in their own right.	The Public Organisation of which the Organizational Unit is an operational department.	Organizations typically comprise many departments, units, teams etc. Each of these is modelled in the CPOV as a unit that is linked from the parent Organization with hasUnit and to the parent with unitOf.
Public Organization	Any Organization that is defined as being part of the public sector by a legal framework at any level.	An Organization that is defined as being part of the public sector by a legal framework at any level.	Organizations which exist to provide services for its citizens and companies are called Public Organizations. The Public Organization class represents the organization. One organization may comprise several sub-organizations and any organization may have one or more organizational units. Each of these is described using the same properties and relationships. This definition is consistent with the more detailed definition of a "public sector body" as given in the PSI Directive: "the State, regional or local authorities, bodies governed by public law and associations formed by one or several such authorities or one or several such bodies governed by public law". It further defines a body governed by public law as any body "(a) established for the specific purpose of meeting needs in the general interest, not having an industrial or commercial character; and (b) having legal personality; and (c) financed, for the most part by the State, or regional or local authorities, or other bodies governed by public law; or subject to management supervision by those bodies; or having an administrative, managerial or supervisory board, more than half of whose members are appointed by the State, regional or local authorities or by other bodies governed by public law".
Public Organization . address	A property to link a public organization to its address.	The Address of a Public Organization.	For consistency with INSPIRE, the Location Core Vocabulary's Address class should be used.
Public Organization . alternative label	In line with ORG and SKOS itself, an organization may have any number of alternative or informal names, irrespective of language.	An alternative or informal name(s) of a Public Organization, irrespective of language.
Public Organization . changed by	The changed by organization property links an Organization to the Change Event that changed the Organization.	The Change Event that changed the Organization.	Usually a change in the legal framework that is linked with the existance and operation of the organisation.
Public Organization . classification	This property links an organization to a SKOS Concept that provides a classification.	The categorisation of the Public Organization.	As an example, the Publications Office of the European Union provides a Named Authority list of Organization Types which is appropriate for European institutions. Other classification schemes should be used at other levels of Public Organization.
Public Organization . contact point	The contact point property links to a Contact Point that provides contact information, in particular a phone number and e-mail address.	The Contact Point that provides contact information of the Public Organization.	Usually a phone number and e-mail address. Other contact methods may be included, including online contact information, but this is conceptually distinct from the organization's homepage that may or may not provide contact information.
Public Organization . description	This property provides a textual description of the organization.	The textual description of the Public Organization.
Public Organization . has member	One Organization may be a member of another without being a sub organization, i.e. they are independent entities.	An Organization which is a member of another without being a sub organization, they are independent entities.	The memberOf and hasMember properties are very simple and don't support statements describing the nature of the membership. The W3C Organization Ontology provides both this simple method and a more sophisticated model25 [ADD REFERENCE] that does make it possible to, for example, provide information about the period of time in which one Organization was a member of another, the level of membership etc. That more sophisticated model should be used where necessary and may be used in addition to the simple memberOf/hasMember properties. An example of memberships are the EU member states and other partners which could be represented via different legal entities as members of EFSA, the European Food Safety Agency: https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/partnersnetworks/euinstitutions
Public Organization . has sub organization	Public Organizations are often large and complex and may be a collection of smaller Organizations, each of which has a specific identity that may be legally defined. The hasSubOrganization and subOrganizationOf properties express the relationships between Organizations in a hierarchical structure.	An Organization which is a sub-part or child of the Pulic Organization.
Public Organization . has unit	The properties hasUnit and unitOf are used to link to operational departments within an Organization that may not generally exist in their own right.	An operational department within the Public Organization.	Organizations typically comprise many departments, units, teams etc. Each of these is modelled in the CPOV as a unit that is linked from the parent Organization with hasUnit and to the parent with unitOf.
Public Organization . homepage	A property to link an Organization to its logo.	The official home page of the Public Organization.	The value of this property is a URL irrespective of the serialisation of the data.
Public Organization . identifier	Many organizations are referred to by an acronym or some other identifier.	The unambiguous structured reference for the Public Organization.	Public organizations identifiers are often using (but not limited to) acronyms. For example, among the EU institutions, the ECB is the identifier for the European Central Bank, OLAF for the European Anti-Fraud Office, and so on. These are formally recognised by the European Commission which provides a list of such acronyms.
Public Organization . logo	A property to link an Organization to its logo.	A graphic symbol to represent the Public Oorganization.	The value of this property can simply be the URL of the logo but it is better for developers if it links to an object that provides the URL of the image and essential metadata about it, notably its dimensions.
Public Organization . member of	One Organization may be a member of another without being a sub organization, i.e. they are independent entities.	An Organization of which the Public Organisation is a member without being a sub organization, they are independent entities.	The memberOf and hasMember properties are very simple and don't support statements describing the nature of the membership. The W3C Organization Ontology provides both this simple method and a more sophisticated model25 [ADD REFERENCE] that does make it possible to, for example, provide information about the period of time in which one Organization was a member of another, the level of membership etc. That more sophisticated model should be used where necessary and may be used in addition to the simple memberOf/hasMember properties. An example of memberships are the EU member states and other partners which could be represented via different legal entities as members of EFSA, the European Food Safety Agency: https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/partnersnetworks/euinstitutions
Public Organization . next	In some cases, it is necessary to be able to create an ordered sequence of organizations that precede and succeed each other. To support this, the CPOV includes the well-known relationships of previous and next to allow such sequences to be captured and computed.	In some cases, it is necessary to be able to create an ordered sequence of an organization that precede and succeed each other. To support this, the CPOV includes the well-known relationships of previous and next to allow such sequences to be captured and computed.	Examples of events leading to sequences could be renaming, splitting or merging of public organizations.
Public Organization . preferred label	As defined in the ORG Ontology, a preferred label is used to provide the primary, legally recognised name of the organization	A preferred label is used to provide the primary, legally recognised name of the Public Organization, as defined in the ORG Ontology.	Refers to the official or legal name of a Public Organization. An organization may only have one such name in any given language. Primary names may be provided in multiple languages with multiple instances of the preferred label property.
Public Organization . prev	In some cases, it is necessary to be able to create an ordered sequence of organizations that precede and succeed each other. To support this, the CPOV includes the well-known relationships of previous and next to allow such sequences to be captured and computed.	In some cases, it is necessary to be able to create an ordered sequence of an organization that precede and succeed each other. To support this, the CPOV includes the well-known relationships of previous and next to allow such sequences to be captured and computed.	Examples of events leading to sequences could be renaming, splitting or merging of public organizations.
Public Organization . purpose	This property links an organization to its function(s) which are expressed as a SKOS Concept Scheme. The ORG ontology suggests that this property can also be thought of as meaning 'remit' or 'responsibility.' Ideally this will link to a COFOG code but where this isn't possible or appropriate, other controlled vocabularies may be used.	This property describes the reasons of existence of an Organization.	The ORG ontology suggests that this property can also be thought of as meaning 'remit' or 'responsibility.' Ideally this will link to a COFOG code but where this isn't possible or appropriate, other controlled vocabularies may be used.
Public Organization . resulted from	This property link an Organization to the Change Event it resulted from.	A Change Event from which the Public Organisation resulted.	Usually a change in the legal framework that is linked with the existance and operation of the organisation.
Public Organization . spatial	This property links an Organization to the Administrative Region(s) that it covers.	The Administrative Region(s) that is covered by the Public Organisation.	The value of the properly should be the URI of the region as defined in an authoritative list of regions. In Europe, this is likely to be the Administrative Territorial Units (ATU) Named Authority List maintained by the Publications Office's Metadata Registry. The ATU list does not include a geometry. That is, the territory is only identified by its name not its spatial coordinates. This is likely to be the case for similar lists. If geometries are available for the Public Organization's territory, they can be linked from the territorial unit using the Core Location Vocabulary's locn:geometry property.
Public Organization . sub organization of	Public Organizations are often large and complex and may be a collection of smaller Organizations, each of which has a specific identity that may be legally defined. The hasSubOrganization and subOrganizationOf properties express the relationships between Organizations in a hierarchical structure.	An Organization of which the Public Organization is a sub organization.	Public Organizations are often large and complex and may be a collection of smaller Organizations, each of which has a specific identity that may be legally defined. The hasSubOrganization and subOrganizationOf properties express the relationships between Organizations in a hierarchical structure.
Person	An individual person who may be dead or alive, but not imaginary.	A individual human being who may be dead or alive, but not imaginary.	The fact that a person in the context of Core Person Vocabulary cannot be imaginary makes person:Person a subclass of both foaf:Person and schema:Person which both cover imaginary characters as well as real people. The Person Class is a subclass of the more general 'Agent' class [ADD LINK].
Person . alternative name	Any name by which an individual is known other than their full name.	Any name by which a Person is known, other than their full name.	Many individuals use a short form of their name, a 'middle' name as a 'first' name or a professional name. For example, the British politician and former UN High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Jeremy John Durham Ashdown, Baron Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon, is usually referred to simply as 'Paddy Ashdown' or 'Lord Ashdown.' It is not the role of the alternative name property to record nick names, pet names or other 'familiar names' that will be of no consequence in public sector data exchange. Furthermore, some individuals have more than one legal name in which case the full name property should be used multiple times. Alternative name gives a means of recording names by which an individual is generally known, or professionally known, even though such names are no more than secondary from a legal point of view.
Person . birth name	Full name of the Person given upon their birth	Full name of the Person given upon their birth	The birth name may apply to the surname, the given name, or the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a births register or birth certificate may by that fact alone become the person's legal name. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birth\_name All data associated with an individual are subject to change. Names can change for a variety of reasons, either formally or informally, and new information may come to light that means that a correction or clarification can be made to an existing record. Birth names tend to be persistent however and for this reason they are recorded by some public sector information systems. There is no granularity for birth name - the full name should be recorded in a single field.
Person . citizenship	The citizenship relationship links a Person to a Jurisdiction that has conferred citizenship rights on the individual such as the right to vote, to receive certain protection from the community or the issuance of a passport.	The Jurisdiction that has conferred citizenship rights on the Person such as the right to vote, to receive certain protection from the community or the issuance of a passport.	Citizenship is a relationship between an individual and a state to which the individual owes allegiance and in turn is entitled to its protection. Citizenship is information needed by many cross-border use cases and is a legal status as opposed to the more culturally-focussed and less well-defined term "nationality". A Person has one, multiple or even no citizenship status. Multiple citizenships are recorded as multiple instances of the citizenship relationship.
Person . country of birth	The country in which a Person was born.	The country in which the Person was born.	The Location Class has two properties: a Geographic Name and a Geographic Identifier. Plain codes like "DE" should be provided as values for Geographical Names whereas URIs should be provided as value of the Geographical Identifier. Ideally, provide both. Providing a simple country name is problematic and should be avoided whereas using a standardised system that allows the use of a code list for country names has a lot of potential for increasing semantic interoperability. Known diversity that one has to deal with when exchanging country names between different communication partners without relying on an agreed code list are: (a) long form vs. short form of a country name (e.g. Federal Republic of Germany vs. Germany), (b) different languages (Italy vs. Italia), (c) historic name vs. current name (Burma vs. Myanmar), (d) ambiguity of similar sounding countries (Republic of the Congo vs. Democratic Republic of the Congo). The Publications Office of the European Union recommends and uses ISO 3166-1 codes for countries in all cases except two: use 'UK' in preference to the ISO 3166 code GB for the United Kingdom; use 'EL' in preference to the ISO 3166 code GR for Greece. See http://publications.europa.eu/code/en/en-5000500.htm for details of the OPOCE's full list of countries, codes, currencies and more. Where a country has changed its name or no longer exists (such as Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia etc.) use the ISO 3166-3 code [ISO 3166-3].
Person . country of death	The country in which a Person died.	The country in which the Person died.	The Location Class has two properties: a Geographic Name and a Geographic Identifier. Plain codes like "DE" should be provided as values for Geographical Names whereas URIs should be provided as value of the Geographical Identifier. Ideally, provide both. Providing a simple country name is problematic and should be avoided whereas using a standardised system that allows the use of a code list for country names has a lot of potential for increasing semantic interoperability. Known diversity that one has to deal with when exchanging country names between different communication partners without relying on an agreed code list are: (a) long form vs. short form of a country name (e.g. �Federal Republic of Germany� vs. Germany), (b) different languages (Italy vs. Italia), (c) historic name vs. current name (Burma vs. Myanmar), (d) ambiguity of similar sounding countries (�Republic of the Congo� vs. �Democratic Republic of the Congo�). The Publications Office of the European Union recommends and uses ISO 3166-1 codes for countries in all cases except two: use 'UK' in preference to the ISO 3166 code GB for the United Kingdom; use 'EL' in preference to the ISO 3166 code GR for Greece. See http://publications.europa.eu/code/en/en-5000500.htm for details of the OPOCE's full list of countries, codes, currencies and more. Where a country has changed its name or no longer exists (such as Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia etc.) use the ISO 3166-3 code [ISO 3166-3].
Person . date of birth	The day on which the Person was born.	The point in time on which the Person was born.	The date of birth could be expressed as date, gYearMonth or gYear, example: - 1980-09-16^^xs:date - 1980-09^^xs:gYearMonth - 1980^^xs:gYear
Person . date of death	The day on which the Person died.	The point in time on which the Person died.	The date of birth could be expressed as date, gYearMonth or gYear, example: - 1980-09-16^^xs:date - 1980-09^^xs:gYearMonth - 1980^^xs:gYear
Person . domicile		The place that the Person treats as permanent home.
Person . family name	A family name is usually shared by members of a family.	The hereditary surname of a family.	Usually referring to a group of people related by blood, marriage or adoption. This attribute also carries prefixes or suffixes which are part of the family name, e.g. "de Boer", "van de Putte", "von und zu Orlow". Multiple family names, such as are commonly found in Hispanic countries, are recorded in the single family name property so that, for example, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra's family name would be recorded as "de Cervantes Saavedra".
Person . full name	The full name contains the complete name of a person as one string	The complete name of the Person as one string.	It can be equal to or different from a Person's birth name. The birth name is used as a legal term, whereas the full name just gives a representation of the complete name of a Person. In addition to the content of given name, family name and, in some systems, patronymic name, this can carry additional parts of a person's name such as titles, middle names or suffixes like "the third" or names which are neither a given nor a family name. The full name is the most reliable label for an individual and as such its use is strongly encouraged, irrespective of whether that name is broken down using the more granular elements. It is anticipated that some systems will only provide or process the full name of a person. Where an individual has more than one full legal name (a relatively rare but not unknown phenomenon), the full name property can be used more than once. In this case, however, the granular name elements should not be used since the intention is that these provide a breakdown of the full name and it will not be clear of which full name this is true. Note that the vocabulary provides an alternative name property. This allows name(s) to be recorded that have no legal status but that nevertheless are the names by which an individual is generally known. A name usually sticks with a person for a long time period. In some European countries a name may only be changed according to certain laws and life events, e.g. marriage. The name denominates a natural person even if he/she changes their address. Documents like birth certificate or diploma usually don't carry an address but always the name. Thus the name is one of the core attributes. However it is not sufficient to identify a person since there are combinations of very common names like Smith in the UK, Meier in Germany, or Li in China.
Person . gender	Gender of the Person.	The identities, expressions and societal roles of the Person.	The gender of an individual should be recorded using a controlled vocabulary that is appropriate for the specific context. In some cases, the chromosomal or physical state of an individual will be more important than the gender that they express, in others the reverse will be true. What is always important is that the controlled vocabulary used to describe an individual's gender is stated explicitly.
Person . given name	A given name, or multiple given names, are the denominator(s) that identify an individual within a family.	The name(s) that identify the Person within a family with a common surname.	Usually a first name. Given to a person by his or her parents at birth or legally recognised as 'given names' through a formal process. All given names are ordered in one property so that, for example, the given name for Johann Sebastian Bach is "Johann Sebastian".
Person . identifier	An Identifier for the Person.	The unambiguous structured reference to the Person.	Examples include a national identification number, a student ID, national fiscal number, etc. We also refer to the eIDAS regulation on "electronic identification and trust services" and its mapping to the Core Person Vocabulary.
Person . patronymic name	Name based on the given name of the Person's father.	Name based on the given name of the Person's father.	Patronymic names are important in some countries. Iceland does not have a concept of 'family name' in the way that many other European countries do, for example. Erik Magnusson and Erika Magnusdottir are siblings, both offspring of Magnus, irrespective of his patronymic name. In Bulgaria and Russia, patronymic names are in everyday usage, for example, the "Sergeyevich" in "Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev". Note that patronymic names refer to a father's given name, not the family name inherited from the mother and father as is the case in countries such as Spain and Portugal. Again referring to the example of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra's, the patronymic name element would be unused.
Person . place of birth	The Location where the Person was born.	The Location where the Person was born.	The Place of Birth and Place of Death are given using the Location class which is associated via the appropriate relationship. The Location Class has two properties: (1) the geographic name of the place, which is given as a string such as "Amsterdam" or "Valetta" and (2) an identifier, such as a geonames URI http://sws.geonames.org/2759794 (which identifies Amsterdam) or http://sws.geonames.org/2562305 (which identifies Valetta). The use of identifiers is preferred as these are unambiguous, however, public sector data typically uses simple names to record places and this is fully supported.
Person . place of death	The Location where the Person died.	The Location where the Person died.	The Place of Birth and Place of Death are given using the Location class which is associated via the appropriate relationship. The Location Class has two properties: (1) the geographic name of the place, which is given as a string such as "Amsterdam" or "Valetta" and (2) an identifier, such as a geonames URI http://sws.geonames.org/2759794 (which identifies Amsterdam) or http://sws.geonames.org/2562305 (which identifies Valetta). The use of identifiers is preferred as these are unambiguous, however, public sector data typically uses simple names to record places and this is fully supported.
Person . residency	Residency typically provides an individual with a subset of the rights of a citizen.	Jurisdiction where the Person has their dwelling.	A Person's fixed, permanent, and principal home for legal purposes, the place (especially the house) in which a person officially lives or resides. A Person has one, multiple or even no residency status. Multiple residencies are recorded as multiple instances of the residency relationship.
Reference Framework . implements	The implements property links a Change Event to relevant legislation or policy documents i.e. the formal framework under which the Change Event is defined.	A Change Event linked to relevant legislation or policy documents.	An example is the reference framework under which the Change Event is defined.
Resource	The class resource, everything.	Anything that can be described	Resource is an abstract, technical class used to describe anything in RDF, see https://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-schema/#ch\_resource for more details. For example, in the context of Core Vocabularies, classes like Person or Legal Entity are resources. In other data modelling languages, this classshould be mapped to their corresponding generic element.
Resource . location	The location relationship associates any Resource with the Location class.	Associates any Resource with the corresponding Location.	Asserting the location relationship implies only that the domain has some connection to a Location in time or space. It does not imply that the Resource is necessarily at that Location at the time when the assertion is made.
Resource . registered address		The registered address relationship links a Resource with the legally registered Address.	It is the address to which formal communications can be sent, such as the postal address.