RiC Attribute Location

Alternative Names
  • RiC-A27 (RiC-CM Consultation Draft v0.2 December 2019)

Summary

Location is an Attribute in the Records in Context - Conceptual Model.

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Details

The Records in Context - Conceptual Model v. 0.2 (December 2019) defines and describes Location as follows:
Definition
A delimitation of the physical territory of a place.

Specifications
The attribute is used to describe basic human-readable text such as an address, a cadastral reference, or less precise information found in a record.
Use Coordinates attribute to record the geographical coordinates of the Place. Use RiC spatial relations (particularly RiC-R075i 'has location') to record a relation between two Places.

Extensibility
The attribute may be extended with any number of specific attributes.

Repeatability
Repeatable

Value Schema
Free text

Scope Notes
The level of precision may vary according to the context.

Examples
25 rue Saint-Denis à Paris;
near the church;
Montreal;
the front of a ship

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Gavan McCarthy

Created: 11 April 2016, Last modified: 29 January 2020