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statements support honest interpretation of terrestrial and astrophysical observations."],"affectedParties":["People living in terrestrial regions may be affected by their designation.","Neighbouring communities may be affected by terrestrial boundary claims.","Researchers and users of spatial data depend on accurate region definitions."]},"owners":{"steward":"A region as a spatial concept has no owner; the defining authority, research team or dataset custodian maintains its definition, and governing authorities answer for administrative regions.","roles":[],"masterSystems":["National statistical and mapping agencies maintain terrestrial region definitions.","Scientific catalogues and spatial data repositories maintain terrestrial and astrophysical region definitions."]},"relations":[{"target":"Q124711484","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"Q137023128","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"Q3622002","type":"parent","note":"registry parent 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kilometres - Measure the region's span along specified directions or coordinate axes using its documented boundary.","Volume:  cubic kilometres - Measure enclosed volume only when the region has defined three-dimensional boundaries."]},"recognition":{"applicability":"required","items":["A region may be represented by an outline on a map or image, or by a volume in a spatial model.","Names, identifiers, coordinates and defining criteria help establish which region is represented.","The reference frame and dimensionality are needed to interpret a region's extent.","Administrative regions are a specialized terrestrial case rather than the full meaning of region.","Areas on maps with defined or fuzzy boundaries."]},"capabilities":{"applicability":"required","items":["define and map it","compile regional statistics","plan and govern regionally","compare regions"]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Mixing region definitions can invalidate comparisons.","Comparing observations or statistics across changed boundaries can produce misleading results.","Confusing areas with volumes or mixing reference frames can misrepresent spatial extent.","Disputed terrestrial regional names and boundaries can misrepresent community identities or political claims."]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"required","items":["EU NUTS Regulation","ISO 3166-2"]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["Dividing space for description, administration, statistics and planning.","natural regions","administrative regions","statistical regions such as NUTS","cultural and historical regions","economic regions"]}},"sources":[{"title":"Wikidata item Q82794: region","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82794","note":"identity and sense of the item"},{"title":"Wikipedia: Region","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Region","note":"general description of the item"}],"openQuestions":["Should region types be separate entries?","How should boundary versions be recorded?","How should cultural 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