territory
Let an agent handle territories by status, sovereignty, administration and codes, neutrally including disputed cases.
Research draft, second pass
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Purpose and description
Let an agent handle territories by status, sovereignty, administration and codes, neutrally including disputed cases.
An area of land under the jurisdiction of a government or other authority, including administrative territories, overseas territories and dependent territories, and historical or regional divisions such as comarcas.
What it is for: Defining jurisdiction and administration over areas.
It can be check the status of a territory; find the administering authority; look up codes and statistics; describe disputes neutrally.
Distinguishing features
Area under jurisdiction
Status varies
Some are disputed
Administrative or political
What it looks like
Areas on maps with defined or disputed boundaries.
How it is recognised
Status such as overseas or dependent territory
ISO codes for some territories
Animal territory is a biological sense
Related models
is a kind of - category
is administered by - authority
is identified by - codes
is confused with - biological sense
In practice
Families and kinds
administrative territories
overseas and dependent territories
federal territories
historical territories
disputed territories
Identifiers
ISO 3166-1 or 3166-2 codes for many territories identifiers
Standards and regulation
UN list of Non-Self-Governing Territories
National territorial law
ISO 3166
Failure modes and hazards
Taking sides on disputed status
Outdated status
Confusing senses
Also called
+21
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.territory
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Status What kind of territory.
Status defines rights.
Kind
Overseas, dependent.
Kind
Territorial status.
- What is the status of the territory? provenance
- Who administers it? provenance
Rights
Residents.
Rights
Residents rights.
- What citizenship and voting rights do residents have? provenance
- Which laws apply? provenance
Administration Government.
Administration varies.
Government
Institutions.
Government
Government.
- Does it have its own government? provenance
- What powers does it hold? definition
Codes
Identifiers.
Codes
Codes.
- Which code identifies it? provenance
- Is it listed separately in ISO 3166-1? provenance
Disputes Contested areas.
Some territories are contested.
Positions
Parties.
Positions
Positions.
- Is the territory disputed, and what are the positions of each party? boundary
- Are positions attributed neutrally? boundary
UN status
Decolonisation.
UN
UN status.
- Is it on the UN list of non-self-governing territories? provenance
- What does that mean? definition
Senses Disambiguation.
Territory has other senses.
Biology
Animal territory.
Biology
Biological sense.
- Is animal territorial behaviour meant? boundary
- Which entry fits? action
Sales territory
Business.
Sales
Business sense.
- Is a sales or franchise territory meant? boundary
- Which entry fits? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should territory types be separate entries?
- How should disputed status be represented?
- How should the biological sense be split off?