administrative region
Let an agent explain the administrative region as a category, relay how countries use such regions from reference sources, describe the administrative uses its aliases name, and distinguish an administrative region from a single named region and from other levels of division.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What it is.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is an administrative region, and how does it differ from a single named region and other levels? definition
- Which country and level are meant? boundary
Uses
Administrative uses.
Uses
Uses.
- What are healthcare, sport and statistical regions? definition
- Which entry fits the specific use? action
Systems Systems.
Countries
By country.
Countries
Countries.
- How do countries use administrative regions? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Hierarchy
Hierarchy.
Hierarchy
Hierarchy.
- Where do regions sit among levels of division? provenance
- Which entry fits the related level? action
Function Function.
Governance
Governance.
Governance
Governance.
- What functions do administrative regions carry out? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Law
Legal basis.
Law
Law.
- How does law define administrative regions? provenance
- Does this vary by country? boundary
Context Context.
Purposes
Special purposes.
Purposes
Purposes.
- Why are special-purpose regions defined for health or sport? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Compare
Comparison.
Compare
Compare.
- How do regional systems compare across countries? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Society, people and institutions
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- SOC
- Domain
- SOC.ORG
- Other names and narrower kinds
- Landscape, federated region, nationality for sports, healthcare region, citizenship used to meet the foreign players rule, Naturalization in handball
What it is Filled
An administrative region is a type of subnational division that a country uses as a level of government or administration, sitting in the hierarchy of political territorial entities; the registry aliases name uses of regions including for healthcare, sport and other administrative purposes. The term is general, covering many countries systems, so the specific country and level should be identified. It is a category rather than one named region.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain the administrative region as a category, relay how countries use such regions from reference sources, describe the administrative uses its aliases name, and distinguish an administrative region from a single named region and from other levels of division.
Distinguishing features Filled
- A level of administration
- Category, not one region
- Used across countries
- Various purposes
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Treat one country's system as the general model.
- Confuse levels of division or treat the category as one region.
- Present disputed boundaries or status as settled without noting the dispute.
- Use outdated region names or structures as current.
Only with a human decision
- Publishing maps with contested boundaries.
May
- Identify a region's country, level and function from official sources.
- Explain how administrative regions fit into a named country's hierarchy.
Moral aspects Filled
- Regional boundaries decide services, representation and identity.
- Contested regions are politically sensitive.
Who is affected
- Residents
- Regional authorities
- Service users
Owners Filled
Steward
The national government that defines the regions.
Master systems
- Official gazetteers and administrative boundary registers
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q1048835 - registry parent class
- Q18810687 - registry parent class
related
- political territorial entity - in registry terms
- a single named region
- province
- municipality
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.administrative-region
- Wikidata: Q3455524 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3455524)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
- nature: administrative division type note
- scope: used by many countries note
- registry parents: political territorial entity, political institution note
Plane SOC: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- A subnational administrative division type
- Healthcare, sport and other administrative regions
- A single named region is one instance; provinces, districts and municipalities are other levels
- Not a visible object; an administrative area shown on a map as a division of a country.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain the category
- relay how countries use regions
- describe administrative uses
- distinguish it from a named region
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Confusing the category with one region
- Assuming one country s system
- Confusing levels of division
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- National administrative law
Context of use required Filled
- Serving as a level of subnational administration.
- governmental region
- healthcare region
- statistical region
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q3455524: administrative region - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia (fr): Région administrative - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should administrative uses be separate entries?
- How should the country and level be identified?
- How should it relate to other levels?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q3455524/spec.json