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district

vr.tr.district · PHY.PLC

Let an agent handle districts by country, level, boundaries, codes and purpose, and distinguish administrative from historic or functional districts.

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Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent handle districts by country, level, boundaries, codes and purpose, and distinguish administrative from historic or functional districts.

A type of administrative division or defined area of a country or city, used for administration, statistics, planning or heritage protection, such as administrative districts, city quarters, historic districts and mining districts.

What it is for: Organising administration, services and planning in an area.

It can be find which district a place belongs to; use district statistics; contact district authorities; follow heritage district rules.

Distinguishing features

Subdivision of a larger unit

Level varies by country

Administrative or functional

Heritage districts carry building rules

What it looks like

Areas on maps with official boundaries.

How it is recognised

District name and code

Level within the national scheme

Historic districts are heritage designations

Related models

is a kind of - category

administrative territorial entity

is part of - parent

country or city

has - extent

boundary

is related to - broader area

region

In practice

Families and kinds

administrative districts

urban districts and quarters

historic and conservation districts

electoral districts

mining and special-purpose districts

Identifiers

national district code statistical code per country

Standards and regulation

National territorial organisation laws

Heritage protection law for historic districts

Failure modes and hazards

Confusing district levels across countries

Outdated boundaries

Ignoring heritage restrictions

Also called

Preservation District for a Group of Traditional Buildingsadministrative quarter of Strasbourghistoric districtprotected townscapemining districtCity of Richmond Old and Historic Districthistoric district in the United StatesHistoric overlay districtDistrict of Hungary (until 1946/50)district of ChinaBureau of Land Management districtranger districtBoard of works districtformer district of Chinaformer district of Ghanaformer district of Switzerlandformer district of Japandistrict of Chilenew area of the People's Republic of Chinaforestry districtethnic districtdistricts of Hong Kongdistrict of South Korea (non-autonomous)district of South Korea (autonomous)administrative quarter in Barcelonadistrict of Cyprusfederal electoral district of Canadaregional district in British ColumbiaMilanese hundreddistrict of Perucounty of Taiwan under Japanese rulestate district of BrazilDistricts of the Congo Free Statedistrict of MalawiNizamatdistrict of Japandistrict of Irandistrict of Turkeydistrict of Hungary (2013-)Local Educational Management Unit

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Also registered as vr.tr.district

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Identity Which district.

Districts differ by country.

Name

Name and code.

Name

District identity.

  1. Which district, in which country or city? provenance
  2. What is its official code? provenance

Level

Hierarchy.

Level

Level.

  1. At which level of the national scheme is it? definition
  2. What sits above and below? definition
Boundaries Extent.

Boundaries change.

Extent

Area.

Extent

Boundaries.

  1. What are its boundaries and area? measurement
  2. Which version? provenance

Changes

Reforms.

Changes

Boundary changes.

  1. Have boundaries changed recently? provenance
  2. How does that affect statistics? boundary
Services Administration.

Districts deliver services.

Authority

Office.

Authority

District authority.

  1. Which authority administers the district? provenance
  2. How can it be contacted? action

Statistics

Data.

Statistics

District data.

  1. What are its population and key statistics? measurement
  2. From which statistical office? provenance
Heritage Historic districts.

Some districts are protected.

Designation

Protection.

Designation

Heritage designation.

  1. Is it a designated historic district? provenance
  2. What building rules apply? boundary

Planning

Development.

Planning

Planning rules.

  1. What planning rules apply? provenance
  2. Who approves changes? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should district types be separate entries?
  • How should boundaries be versioned?
  • How should historic districts be linked?
Draft as JSON