inhabitant
Let an agent explain the inhabitant as a concept of residence, relay how residents are defined and counted in censuses and law, distinguish inhabitants from citizens, natives, owners and visitors, and route to population and residency entries.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What an inhabitant is.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is an inhabitant, and how does residence differ from citizenship, birth and ownership? definition
- Is the question about inhabitants, citizens, natives or visitors? boundary
Counting
Counting inhabitants.
Counting
Counting.
- How do censuses define and count usual residents? definition
- Which entry fits census? action
Rights Rights and registration.
Rights
Local rights.
Rights
Rights.
- What rights and obligations follow from residence, such as local voting, services and taxation, in general terms? provenance
- Is the question jurisdiction-specific, which needs local rules? boundary
Registration
Registration.
Registration
Registration.
- How do resident registration systems work in different countries? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Data Population data.
Statistics
Statistics.
Statistics
Statistics.
- How many inhabitants does a given place have, from official sources? measurement
- Is the figure current and sourced? boundary
Planning
Planning uses.
Planning
Planning.
- How are inhabitant counts used in planning, funding and representation? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Context Language and ecology.
Language
Demonyms and usage.
Language
Language.
- How are inhabitants named by demonyms, and how is inhabitant used in different languages? provenance
- Which entry fits demonym? action
Ecology
Inhabitants in ecology.
Ecology
Ecology.
- How is the term used for animals and organisms of a habitat? provenance
- Which entry fits habitat? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Society, people and institutions
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- SOC
- Domain
- SOC.PER
What it is Filled
A person who lives in a particular place, such as a house, settlement, region or country, counted in censuses as a resident and distinguished by residence rather than citizenship, origin or ownership; inhabitants are the basis of population statistics, planning and local rights, and the term is used for animals in ecology, a related sense.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain the inhabitant as a concept of residence, relay how residents are defined and counted in censuses and law, distinguish inhabitants from citizens, natives, owners and visitors, and route to population and residency entries.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Residence-based
- Census unit
- Local rights basis
- Distinct from citizenship
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Disclose who lives at an address without consent or legal basis.
- Use inhabitant data to target a group for harassment, eviction or enforcement.
- Treat census figures as a register of individuals rather than aggregate statistics.
- Infer residence status, such as being undocumented, and act on it.
Only with a human decision
- Releasing small-area population data that could identify households.
- Any use of residence data in enforcement.
May
- Report official inhabitant counts for a place from census and statistical sources.
- Explain how residence is defined and counted in a given statistical system.
Moral aspects Filled
- Residence records have been used to persecute minorities, so confidentiality is a protection.
- Undercounting people denies communities funding and representation.
Who is affected
- Residents
- Undocumented and homeless people
- Minority communities
Owners Filled
Steward
Each person holds their own residence; national statistical offices keep population records.
Master systems
- Population and civil registers
- Census statistics
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q215627 - registry parent class
related
- person - in registry terms
- census - as a resident
- citizen - defined by nationality
- place of residence - the location
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.inhabitant
- Wikidata: Q22947 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22947)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
- world inhabitants: about 8.1 billion people - UN estimates
Plane SOC: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Person living in a place
- Residents of houses, towns, regions and countries
- Citizens hold nationality; natives were born there; visitors stay temporarily
- No defining appearance; a person living in a place.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain the concept
- relay census and legal definitions
- distinguish related statuses
- route to population entries
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Confusing residence with citizenship
- Undercounting in censuses
- Excluding undocumented residents
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- UN principles for population censuses on usual residence
- Residency laws for local rights and taxation
- Registration of residents in some countries
Context of use required Filled
- Not applicable; a status defined by residence.
- inhabitants of dwellings and households
- inhabitants of settlements and cities
- inhabitants of regions and countries
- usual residents in census definitions
- temporary and seasonal inhabitants
- inhabitants of habitats in ecology as a related sense
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q22947: inhabitant - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia (de): Einwohner - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should resident and population be the primary linked entries?
- How should census standards be linked?
- How should the ecological sense be recorded?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q22947/spec.json