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county

vr.tr.county · PHY.PLC

Let an agent handle counties by country, level, government, boundaries, codes and history.

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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 counties by country, level, government, boundaries, codes and history.

An administrative or geographical division used in many countries, below the state, province or region level, such as counties in England, Ireland, the United States, Iran and New Zealand; functions and legal status vary widely.

What it is for: Local government, statistics, identity and administration.

It can be find which county a place is in; contact county services; use county statistics; trace historic counties.

Distinguishing features

Subnational division

Functions vary by country

Historic and current counties can differ

Often a source of local identity

What it looks like

Areas on maps with boundaries and county towns or seats.

How it is recognised

County names and seats

Ceremonial, historic and administrative counties in some countries

Codes in national systems

Related models

is a kind of - category

administrative territorial entity and region

is part of - parent

state or country

contains - subdivisions

town and district

is governed by - administration

local government

In practice

Families and kinds

administrative counties

ceremonial and historic counties

US counties

counties in other national systems

principal areas and equivalents

Identifiers

FIPS or national code county codes statistics

Standards and regulation

Local government law

National statistical coding

Failure modes and hazards

Confusing historic and administrative counties

Outdated boundaries

Assuming counties mean the same everywhere

Also called

county of Northern Irelandcounty of Iranprincipal areaattached countycounty of New Zealandcounty of Englandcondado (Portugal)Pó-lí-hiong-òcounty of Australiaadministrative countycounty of Kenyacounty of Canadacounty of the United Statescounty of Tasmaniacounty of Ugandacounty of American Samoacounty of Croatiacondadopreserved county of Waleshistoric countypostal counties of the United Kingdomcounty of Jamaicalocal government county in Irelandcounty of Razavi Khorasan Provinceceremonial county of Englandmetropolitan or non-metropolitan county of Englandnon-metropolitan countycounty of Ontariocounty of Arkansascounty of Texascounty of Iowacounty of Illinoiscounty of South Dakotacounty of North Dakotacounty of Wisconsincounty of Minnesotadry countycounty of Californiacounty of Arizonacounty of Alabama

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Also registered as vr.tr.county-location

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 county.

Country decides meaning.

Name

County.

Name

County identity.

  1. Which county, in which country? provenance
  2. Is it administrative, ceremonial or historic? definition

Codes

Identifiers.

Codes

Codes.

  1. Which code identifies it? provenance
  2. Which version of the coding system? provenance
Government Services.

Counties may govern.

Authority

Council.

Authority

County authority.

  1. Does the county have its own government, and what powers? provenance
  2. How can it be contacted? action

Services

Local services.

Services

Services.

  1. Which services does the county provide? provenance
  2. Where is information published? provenance
Boundaries Extent.

Boundaries change.

Extent

Area.

Extent

Boundaries.

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

History

Historic counties.

History

Historic counties.

  1. How do historic and current boundaries differ? provenance
  2. When did they change? provenance
Data Statistics.

Counties carry data.

Statistics

Population.

Statistics

Statistics.

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

Local identity

Culture.

Identity

Local identity.

  1. What local traditions or identity are associated? provenance
  2. Is the description accurate? boundary

What the second pass must settle

  • Should counties per country be separate entries?
  • How should boundary changes be versioned?
  • How should historic counties be linked?
Draft as JSON