administrative territorial entity of a single country
Let an agent handle country-specific administrative division types by country, period, level and codes, as a bridge between countries and their subdivisions.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Scheme Which country.
Country
State and period.
Country
Country and period.
- Which country or historical state is meant, and for which period? provenance
- What law defines the scheme? provenance
Levels
Hierarchy.
Levels
Levels.
- What levels of division exist? definition
- How many units at each level? measurement
Codes Identifiers.
ISO
ISO 3166-2.
ISO
ISO codes.
- Which ISO 3166-2 codes apply? provenance
- Are they current? provenance
National
National codes.
National
National codes.
- Which national statistical codes apply? provenance
- Where are they published? provenance
History Changes.
Reforms
Reorganisation.
Reforms
Reforms.
- When was the scheme reformed? provenance
- What changed? definition
Historical
Past states.
Historical
Historical schemes.
- How did historical states divide territory? provenance
- Which sources document it? provenance
Disputes Contested areas.
Status
Contested.
Status
Disputed status.
- Is any division disputed? boundary
- Are positions attributed neutrally? boundary
Names
Local names.
Names
Names.
- What are the official and local names? provenance
- Are romanisations consistent? boundary
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Physical world and living systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- PHY
- Domain
- PHY.PLC
- Other names and narrower kinds
- Ke-tsng-siā-hiunn, administrative territorial entity of the Ming dynasty, administrative division of the Joseon dynasty, administrative territorial entity of British India, administrative territorial entity of the Kingdom of Hungary, administrative territorial entity of Qing dynasty, administrative territorial entity of Jin dynasty, administrative territorial entity of Prussia, administrative territorial entity of the Kingdom of Two Sicilies, administrative territorial entity of the Great Duchy of Lithuania, former administrative units of Nepal, administrative territorial entity of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
What it is Filled
A category grouping the types of administrative territorial entity used in one particular country or historical state, such as the counties of the Kingdom of Hungary or the provinces of the Qing dynasty.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent handle country-specific administrative division types by country, period, level and codes, as a bridge between countries and their subdivisions.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Specific to one country or state
- Hierarchical levels
- Changes over time
- Meta-category above specific divisions
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Apply one country's entity types to another country.
- Present historical divisions as current, or the reverse.
- Present contested territorial arrangements as settled without noting the dispute.
Only with a human decision
- Publishing administrative classifications that touch disputed territories.
May
- Report the administrative entity types of a country from official sources.
- Keep historical and current entity types clearly distinguished.
Moral aspects Filled
- Administrative categories can carry political claims over territory and people.
Who is affected
- Residents of the areas
- Users of statistical data
Owners Filled
Steward
The state or historical state that defined the categories; national statistical offices record them.
Master systems
- National statistical and administrative gazetteers
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q1048835 - registry parent class
- Q56061 - registry parent class
related
- administrative territorial entity - category
- country - context
- district and province - types
- ISO 3166-2 - codes
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.administrative-territorial-entity-of-a-single-country
- Wikidata: Q3268571 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3268571)
- ISO 3166-2: subdivision codes current divisions
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
This is an abstract category of administrative division types rather than a physical territory or material with measurable physical properties.
Recognition required Filled
- Country or state name plus division type
- Levels such as province or county
- Historical states have their own schemes
- Hierarchies of division types on maps.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- list division types of a country
- map divisions by level
- track historical changes
- link to codes such as ISO 3166-2
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Mixing periods
- Confusing levels
- Disputed territories
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- National territorial organisation laws
- ISO 3166-2
Context of use required Filled
- Organising subdivision types per country and period.
- current national division schemes
- historical division schemes
- statistical division schemes
- colonial-era schemes
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q3268571: administrative territorial entity of a single country - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia (pt): Subdivisão de país - general description of the item
Open questions
- How should the scheme per country be linked?
- How should historical changes be versioned?
- How should disputed divisions be represented?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q3268571/spec.json