Entity Details - Place

Attributes of the PLACE 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.

Place Name

Field: Place Name

Cardinality: 0..n

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

Property Name

Field: Place Name

Subfield: Property Name

Field Type: String

Cardinality: 0..n

Example: "Victoria Park" , "Admiralty House"

Semantics of this field: Name of Property if it is a specific property with a specific name. Not to be used for a locality or region.

Unit Number

Field: Place Name

Subfield: Unit Number

Field Type: String

Cardinality: 0..1

Semantics of this field: Unit or Lot number

Street Number

Field: Place Name

Subfield: Street Number

Field Type: String

Cardinality: 0..1

Semantics of this field: Street Number

Street

Field: Place Name

Subfield: Street

Field Type: String

Cardinality: 0..1

Semantics of this field: Street name including "Road", "Street" etc

Locality

Field: Place Name

Subfield: Locality

Field Type: String

Cardinality: 0..1

Semantics of this field: Suburb or town, or possibly a locality like "Kings Cross" which is not an official suburb.

Postcode

Field: Place Name

Subfield: Postcode

Field Type: String

Cardinality: 0..n

Semantics of this field: One or more postcodes partially or wholly within the locality or region name. Applies only to postcodes as understood at the current time, we don't try to capture historical changes in postcodes.

Region

Field: Place Name

Subfield: Region

Field Type: String

Cardinality: 0..1

Semantics of this field: Region within State or Province

State

Field: Place Name

Subfield: State

Field Type: String

Cardinality: 0..1

Semantics of this field: State or Province.

Country

Field: Place Name

Subfield: Country

Field Type: String

Cardinality: 0..1

Semantics of this field: Country

Celestial

Field: Place Name

Subfield: Celestial

Field Type: String

Cardinality: 0..1

Example: International Space Station

Semantics of this field: Defaults to "Earth" but may be used to capture off world locations.

On Earth

Field: Place Name

Subfield: On Earth

Field Type: Binary

Cardinality: YES / NO

Semantics of this field: Marker to indicate this is an off-world location. If so geo-co-ordinates are inapplicable.

Geo Spatial and temporal Co-ordinates

Field: Place Name

Subfield: Geo Spatial and temporal Co-ordinates

Field Type: 0..n

Cardinality: 0..1

Semantics of this field: What spatial location did this name refer to and at what time. (Sub-elements)

Start Date

Field: Place Name

Subfield: Start Date

Field Type: Date

Cardinality: 0..1

Semantics of this field: Date at which name started to be used

End Date

Field: Place Name

Subfield: End Date

Field Type: Date

Cardinality: 0..1

Semantics of this field: Date at which name ceased to be used

Notes

Semantics of this field: Anything else that needs to be said about the location.

Type of Place

Field: Type of Place

Field Type: Text

Cardinality: 0..n

Semantics of this field: Types:

• Building eg Customs House
• Venue eg the Opera House
• Structure eg fixed structure like the Sydney Harbour Bridge
• Natural Feature eg Sydney Harbour

Structures should only include those that have fixed locations. Structures that are portable such as sculptures or memorials should be modelled as Works, not Places.

Description

Short

Field: Description

Subield: Short

Field Type: Text

Cardinality: 0..n

Semantics of this field: Short description of the place

Long

Field: Description

Subield: Long

Field Type: Text

Cardinality: 0..n

Semantics of this field: Long description of the place

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

location of

Relation: location of

to Entity: Person, Organisation, Work, Event, Concept

Cardinality: 0..n

Semantics of this field: Will have sub-properties for

• Birth Place
• Death Place

Other Notes: Temporal range to be added

owned by

Relation: owned by

to Entity: Person, Organisation

Cardinality: 0..n

Semantics of this field: Who owned the property

Other Notes: Temporal range to be added

occupied by

Relation: occupied by

to Entity: Person, Organisation

Cardinality: 0..n

Semantics of this field: Who occupied the property

same As

Relation: same As

to Entity: Place

Cardinality: 0..n

Semantics of this field: Allows users to assert that this Place record refers to the same Place as another Place record.

Other Notes: Temporal range to be added