Entity Details - Organisation

Attributes of the ORGANISATION Entity

ID

Field: ID

Field Type: Unique Key

Cardinality: Exactly 1 and unique

Semantics of this field: This is a unique key which uniquely identifies the person within HuNI. Note that matching person entities is part of the HuNI matching process, so two identifiers may possibly point to the same person.

Other Notes: See matching notes below

NLA Party ID

Field: NLA Party ID

Field Type: Unique Identifier

Cardinality: 0..1

Semantics of this field: This can potentially be used for matching organisations.

Name

Field: Name

Cardinality: 0..n

Semantics of this field: Each name entry can have several sub-elements

Primary

Field: Name

Subfield: Primary

Field Type: Binary

Cardinality: YES or NO

Semantics of this field: Marker for the name the organisation is most commonly known by Only one name element can be marked as the primary one.

Organisation Name

Field: Name

Subfield: Organisation Name

Field Type: String

Cardinality: 0..1

Semantics of this field: Name of the organisation. Can be an official name or nickname.

Date From

Field: Name

Subfield: Date From

Field Type: String

Cardinality: 0..1

Semantics of this field: Date from which this name was used for organisation.

Date To

Field: Name

Subfield: Date To

Field Type: 0..n

Cardinality: 0..1

Semantics of this field: Date to which this name was used for organisation.

Start Date

Field: Start Date

Field Type: Date

Cardinality: 0..1

Semantics of this field: Date at which organisation formed

End Date

Field: End Date

Field Type: Date

Cardinality: 0..1

Semantics of this field: Date at which organisation ceased

Flourished From

Field: Flourished from

Field Type: Date

Cardinality: 0..1

Semantics of this field: Date at which organisation started flourishing

Flourished To

Field: Flourished To

Field Type: Date

Cardinality: 0..1

Semantics of this field: Date at which organisation ceased flourishing

Type of Organisation

Field: Type of Organisation

Field Type: Text

Cardinality: 0..n

Semantics of this field: Types:

• commercial
• scientific
• industrial
• educational
• philanthropic, benevolent or charity (public good)
• cultural or creative
• political
• community
• religious
• hospital or health
• government - local
• government - state
• government - national
• leisure or recreation

Associated with Occupation

Field: Associated with Occupation

Field Type: Text

Cardinality: 0..n

Semantics of this field: Some organisations are specifically for artists, scientists, etc. The DAAO has an associated occupation for many organisations - see DAAO - Design and Art Australia Online, however, some of the entries in the field are actually organisation types not occupations. DAAO also provide an ANSLIC occupation code.

Description

Abstract

Field: Description

Subfield: Abstract

Field Type: Text

Cardinality: 0..n

Biography

Field: Description

Subfield: Biography

Field Type: Text

Cardinality: 0..n

Indigenous Australian

Field: Indigenous Australian

Subfield: Limited Values YES NO

Semantics of this field: If the organisation has a strong focus on Indigenous matters set to Yes. If definitely not focused on Indigenous matters then set to No. Otherwise leave blank.

Field Citation

For each field we need to cite:

URL Link to Data Source

Field: URL Link to Data Source

Field type: URL

Cardinality: Exactly 1

Data Source

Field: Data Source

Field type: String

Cardinality: Exactly 1

Date harvested by HuNI

Field: Date harvested by HuNI

Field type: Date

Cardinality: Exactly 1

Current as of Date

Field: Current as of Date

Field type: Date

Cardinality: Exactly 1

Relations to other Entities

Role

Relation: Role

to Entity: Person

Relationship Type: Inverses:

PERSON playsRoleIn Organisation

Cardinality: 0..1 (0..n for inverse)

Semantics of this field: Role Person plays in Organisation

• may need to subtype

has Place

Relation: has Place

to Entity: Place

Relationship Type: Inverses:

ORGANISATION hasPlace PLACE

PLACE isPlaceOf ORGANISATION

Cardinality: 0..n (0..n for inverse)

Semantics of this field: Place associated with organisation:

• may need to subtype

same As

Relation: same As

to Entity: Organisation

Semantics of this field: Allows users to assert that this is the same entity as another organisation entity.