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province
vr.tr.province · thing-q34876
Let an agent handle provinces by country, name, code, government, population and history, separating ecclesiastical and historical senses.
Thing Registry Physical world and living systems PHY.PLC
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Identity Which province.
Name
Province name.
Name
Province identity.
- Which province and country is meant? definition
- What is its ISO 3166-2 code? provenance
Capital
Seat.
Capital
Capital.
- What is the provincial capital? provenance
- Has it changed? provenance
Government Powers.
Powers
Competences.
Powers
Provincial powers.
- Which powers does the provincial government have? provenance
- Which are national? definition
Services
Contact.
Services
Provincial services.
- Which services does the province provide? provenance
- How can residents contact it? action
Data Statistics.
Population
Census.
Population
Population.
- What is its population, according to which census? measurement
- How current is it? provenance
Area
Size.
Area
Area.
- What is its area? measurement
- From which source? provenance
History Changes.
Changes
Boundaries.
Changes
Boundary changes.
- When did its boundaries last change? provenance
- Which former units did it include? provenance
Senses
Disambiguation.
Senses
Other senses.
- Is an ecclesiastical or historical province meant? boundary
- Which entry fits? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Physical world and living systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- PHY
- Domain
- PHY.PLC
- Other names and narrower kinds
- province of New Zealand, province of Ireland, historical province of France, ecclesiastical province, former provinces of Vietnam, province of Sweden, Eastern Catholic ecclesiastical province, Roman Catholic ecclesiastical province, province of the Netherlands, province of Belgium, province of Spain, oblast of Bulgaria
What it is Filled
An administrative division within a country or state, used in many countries such as Canada, China, Argentina, the Netherlands and the Philippines, including historical administrative provinces.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent handle provinces by country, name, code, government, population and history, separating ecclesiastical and historical senses.
Distinguishing features Filled
- First- or second-level division
- Powers vary by country
- Often has its own government
- Boundaries change over time
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Present superseded boundaries or names as current.
- Treat provinces of different countries as equivalent in powers or population.
- Assert sovereignty over a province whose status is disputed.
- Assign a person to a province in records without a basis.
Only with a human decision
- Publishing boundaries or names for territory whose status is contested.
May
- Report a province's boundaries, seat and status from the national authority, with the date.
- Explain that the term covers very different powers in different countries.
Moral aspects Filled
- Administrative boundaries decide representation, taxation and services.
- Province names and borders are contested where territory is disputed.
Who is affected
- Residents of the province
- Minority communities inside it
- Administrators and statisticians
Owners Filled
Steward
The national government that creates it, with the provincial authority that governs it.
Master systems
- National statistical and administrative boundary registers
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q56061 - registry parent class
related
- administrative territorial entity - category
- country - parent
- ecclesiastical province - another sense
contains
- municipality - subdivision
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.province
- Wikidata: Q34876 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34876)
- ISO 3166-2: country code plus subdivision codes
Direct properties required Filled
- Territorial area: km2 - Area is calculated from official boundary data with the reference date and treatment of inland water stated.
- Boundary length: km - Boundary length is calculated from official mapped boundaries at a stated spatial resolution.
- Elevation: m - The elevation range within the territory is derived from terrain data relative to a stated vertical datum.
Recognition required Filled
- ISO 3166-2 subdivision codes
- Provincial capitals and governments
- Ecclesiastical provinces are church units
- Not physical; shown on maps as bounded regions.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- identify provinces and their codes
- find provincial government information
- compare population and area
- trace historical boundary changes
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Outdated boundaries
- Confusing provinces across countries
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- ISO 3166-2
- National constitutions and local government law
Context of use required Filled
- Organising government and administration.
- provinces of federations
- provinces of unitary states
- historical provinces
- ecclesiastical provinces
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q34876: province - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Province - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should each province be a separate entry?
- How should boundary changes be modelled?
- How should church provinces be split off?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q34876/spec.json