Business Establishment / Branch
Describe an organization operating presence with explicit source-defined kind, operator, sites, local activity and evidence.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
6 bundles · 12 layers · 12 findings · 36 questions
Operating identity and organizational attachment Organizational operating-presence concerns: operating identity and organizational attachment.
Kind, issuer and identity boundary
Source-qualified organizational presence record for kind, issuer and identity boundary. No universal equivalence of branch, legal entity and premises is implied.
Kind, issuer and identity boundary record
Source-qualified organizational presence record for kind, issuer and identity boundary. No universal equivalence of branch, legal entity and premises is implied.
- Which operating-presence kind and source definition identify this record rather than a legal entity or building? classification
- Which issuer-qualified identifiers and aliases refer to this exact unit, and which identify only its parent or premises? identity
- Which evidence distinguishes co-located establishments or a multi-site branch without merging them by name or address? evidence
Operator, parent and legal accountability
Source-qualified organizational presence record for operator, parent and legal accountability. No universal equivalence of branch, legal entity and premises is implied.
Operator, parent and legal accountability record
Source-qualified organizational presence record for operator, parent and legal accountability. No universal equivalence of branch, legal entity and premises is implied.
- Which organization operates this presence and which legal entity is accountable under the recorded profile? ownership
- Is the relationship a branch, unit, ownership, franchise or brand association, and what evidence supports that exact relation? relationship
- Which changes of operator or parent preserve this identity and which require an evidenced successor under the issuer's rules? lifecycle
Sites and recognizable presence Organizational operating-presence concerns: sites and recognizable presence.
Site bindings and address roles
Source-qualified organizational presence record for site bindings and address roles. No universal equivalence of branch, legal entity and premises is implied.
Site bindings and address roles record
Source-qualified organizational presence record for site bindings and address roles. No universal equivalence of branch, legal entity and premises is implied.
- Which physical or digital sites are bound to this unit during each period, and which are merely correspondence addresses? spatial
- Which site is registered, primary, headquarters or customer-facing without assuming these roles coincide? classification
- Which premises, entrance and geospatial master references locate the presence without making the organization itself a building? relationship
Public identity and recognition evidence
Source-qualified organizational presence record for public identity and recognition evidence. No universal equivalence of branch, legal entity and premises is implied.
Public identity and recognition evidence record
Source-qualified organizational presence record for public identity and recognition evidence. No universal equivalence of branch, legal entity and premises is implied.
- Which trading names, signs, contact channels and official pages identify this particular outlet rather than its entire chain? identity
- What observed evidence confirms presence at the claimed site, and how recent and reliable is it? evidence
- Which misleading names, shared phone numbers or stale listings create ambiguity requiring a separate candidate match? quality
Local activity and usable services Organizational operating-presence concerns: local activity and usable services.
Activity classification and scope
Source-qualified organizational presence record for activity classification and scope. No universal equivalence of branch, legal entity and premises is implied.
Activity classification and scope record
Source-qualified organizational presence record for activity classification and scope. No universal equivalence of branch, legal entity and premises is implied.
- Which principal and secondary activities actually occur here and which belong only to the parent organization? definition
- Which classifier, edition, code and allocation method describe this reporting scope? classification
- Which locally offered goods or services and delivery channels are referenced without copying their full specifications? relationship
Opening, availability and access conditions
Source-qualified organizational presence record for opening, availability and access conditions. No universal equivalence of branch, legal entity and premises is implied.
Opening, availability and access conditions record
Source-qualified organizational presence record for opening, availability and access conditions. No universal equivalence of branch, legal entity and premises is implied.
- When is each local service available, under which timezone, exception calendar and last confirmation? temporal
- Which appointment, eligibility, accessibility or entry conditions qualify use without assuming an open door means every service is offered? constraint
- Which temporary disruptions, capacity limits or closure notices override the normal schedule? state
Local authority and registration evidence Organizational operating-presence concerns: local authority and registration evidence.
Mandate, roles and contact responsibility
Source-qualified organizational presence record for mandate, roles and contact responsibility. No universal equivalence of branch, legal entity and premises is implied.
Mandate, roles and contact responsibility record
Source-qualified organizational presence record for mandate, roles and contact responsibility. No universal equivalence of branch, legal entity and premises is implied.
- Who holds local responsibility and what source-defined role or delegation applies? authority
- Which actions may that role authorize, with what financial, territorial or temporal limits? constraint
- How can an agent reach an authorized contact without exposing private staff details or mistaking a contact listing for a mandate? privacy
Registration and scoped operating authorization
Source-qualified organizational presence record for registration and scoped operating authorization. No universal equivalence of branch, legal entity and premises is implied.
Registration and scoped operating authorization record
Source-qualified organizational presence record for registration and scoped operating authorization. No universal equivalence of branch, legal entity and premises is implied.
- Which register records recognize this kind of unit, with which jurisdiction, identifier and current status? identity
- Which referenced permits or authorizations cover which local activities and sites, and when do they apply? authority
- Which missing, expired or conflicting evidence requires an unresolved status rather than a claim that operation is legally permitted? exception
Continuity and reporting grain Organizational operating-presence concerns: continuity and reporting grain.
Opening, relocation and succession
Source-qualified organizational presence record for opening, relocation and succession. No universal equivalence of branch, legal entity and premises is implied.
Opening, relocation and succession record
Source-qualified organizational presence record for opening, relocation and succession. No universal equivalence of branch, legal entity and premises is implied.
- Which events establish opening, suspension, resumption, relocation or closure, and which dates are effective versus recorded? event
- Did the event change the operating unit, premises, parent or only a public label? lifecycle
- Which successor and predecessor links preserve history without reusing retired identifiers contrary to their issuer's rules? provenance
Statistical scope and local measures
Source-qualified organizational presence record for statistical scope and local measures. No universal equivalence of branch, legal entity and premises is implied.
Statistical scope and local measures record
Source-qualified organizational presence record for statistical scope and local measures. No universal equivalence of branch, legal entity and premises is implied.
- Which observation or reporting-unit definition applies to local employment, output or other reported measures? definition
- Which period, unit, coverage and source qualify each value, and is it measured, estimated, suppressed or unavailable? measurement
- Which parent or co-located unit totals already include these measures, preventing duplicate aggregation? composition
Governed establishment knowledge Organizational operating-presence concerns: governed establishment knowledge.
Mastership, freshness and disclosure
Source-qualified organizational presence record for mastership, freshness and disclosure. No universal equivalence of branch, legal entity and premises is implied.
Mastership, freshness and disclosure record
Source-qualified organizational presence record for mastership, freshness and disclosure. No universal equivalence of branch, legal entity and premises is implied.
- Which organization or register owns each assertion and which local copies are derived projections? ownership
- How are contradictory operator, address, activity or status claims retained and reviewed without silently selecting a convenient source? quality
- Which roles may read or export establishment, contact and statistical details, under what retention and correction rules? access
Interoperability and semantic acceptance
Source-qualified organizational presence record for interoperability and semantic acceptance. No universal equivalence of branch, legal entity and premises is implied.
Interoperability and semantic acceptance record
Source-qualified organizational presence record for interoperability and semantic acceptance. No universal equivalence of branch, legal entity and premises is implied.
- Which mappings preserve or lose distinctions among establishment, branch, site, legal entity and organizational unit? interoperability
- Is a shared identifier a qualified mapping rather than proof that all source-defined subjects are identical? identity
- Which fixtures demonstrate co-location, multi-site branches, relocation, temporary closure and withheld measures before an adapter is trusted? validation
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- World Models
- Category
- Society, people and institutions
- Entry kind
- aggregate
- Navigation path
- NAV.SOC.ORG.EST
- Domain
- SOC.ORG.EST
- Industry
- Cross-industry
- Tags
- businessestablishmentbranchsoc.org.est
What it is Filled
One record represents an establishment, branch or outlet under a declared definition and jurisdiction. These kinds are not interchangeable. Organizational identity, physical premises, statutory authority and service execution retain their own masters.
In scope
- Issuer-qualified presence identity and organizational attachment
- Time-bound sites, local activity, recognition and availability
- Scoped mandate, register evidence, continuity, reporting grain and governed exchange
Out of scope
- Treating every branch as one premises or a separate legal person
- Automatic registration, permit determination or service execution
- Remastering building geometry, organization accounts or private personnel records
Why it exists Filled
Describe an organization operating presence with explicit source-defined kind, operator, sites, local activity and evidence.
Distinguishing features Filled
- An operating presence of an organization, not the organization or legal entity itself.
- Separates statistical establishment, registered branch and retail outlet, which different sources define differently.
- Links to sites over time rather than being a building or premises record.
- A branch may lack separate legal personality; the record states this instead of assuming it.
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Treat a branch as a separate legal person or as the parent organization without evidence.
- Infer permits, mandate or authority from a listing, website or opening hours.
- Expose private staff contacts or home-based business addresses.
- Overwrite conflicting registry data with the latest value silently.
Only with a human decision
- Registering, opening or closing an establishment with authorities.
- Resolving conflicting registry assertions about legal standing.
May
- Resolve which establishment or branch a name, address or code refers to.
- List current sites, opening hours and local services with their sources.
- Check whether registration and permit evidence is present for a declared activity.
- Record a change such as relocation or closure with evidence.
Moral aspects Filled
- Small and home-based businesses can expose private addresses through establishment records.
- Wrong closure or relocation data harms local businesses and the people who rely on their services.
- Accessibility information for premises must be accurate because people plan visits around it.
Who is affected
- Operators and staff of the establishment
- Local customers and service users
- Statistical and registration authorities
Owners Filled
Steward
Identify the Dimension owner and operating-presence data steward.
Roles
- Dimension owner
- Defines namespace and federation authority.
- Presence steward
- Maintains unit kind, source identity and operator bindings.
- Local operator
- Supplies local service and presence evidence within scope.
- Reviewer
- Checks conflicting registrations, continuity and mappings.
- Custodian
- Maintains authorized cache freshness and retention.
Links to other meta-models Filled
references
- WM-ORG-001 - Resolve operator and parent organization while preserving distinct presence identity; proposed typed relation.
aligned
- https://www.w3.org/TR/vocab-org/ - Candidate organization, unit and site mapping; not complete mandate conformance.
- https://www.gs1.org/standards/id-keys/gln - Qualify party/function/location identifiers without identity conflation.
- https://schema.org/LocalBusiness - Optional public discovery projection of local services and contacts.
neighbor
- WM-ORG-001 Organization - Proposed REFERENCE: operating presence is not the entire parent or legal entity.
- Physical premises and organizational unit - A site can host several units; an organizational unit is not its address.
- Statistical establishment versus international branch - Source-qualified kind is mandatory; GLEIF branch scope may encompass several offices.
- Service, permit and reporting masters - Keep scoped references; public listing is not service permission or proof of legal standing.
parent
- WM-ORG-001
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Authoritative master-system identifier
- Governed issuer-qualified URI or global identifier
- Dimension-issued UUID with issuer context
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Institutional or informational subject: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- An establishment is identified by a register or statistical unit number, its parent organization and its site.
- Confused with the legal entity, a premises or building, an organizational unit and a store brand.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- Resolve operating presence: Disambiguate a presence using source-qualified identity.
- Locate current sites: Resolve time-bound site roles and evidence.
- Describe usable local services: Combine service references with qualified availability.
- Check authority evidence completeness: Inspect scoped mandate and registration evidence, not legal validity.
- Record organizational presence change: Preserve relocation, closure and succession decisions.
- Exchange with unit-grain losses: Map presence into a target vocabulary without erasing distinctions.
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Directing people to closed or moved sites.
- Attributing liability to the wrong legal entity.
- Double counting units in statistics when kinds are mixed.
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- ISIC Rev. 4 and NACE Rev. 2 activity classifications.
- LEI, ISO 17442, with GLEIF branch registration data.
- GS1 GLN for locations.
- W3C Organization Ontology site concepts.
- schema.org LocalBusiness and openingHoursSpecification.
- ISO 3166 country and subdivision codes.
Context of use required Filled
- Statistical and registration terminology depends on source and jurisdiction. No universal branch legal standing or one-location rule is asserted.
Sources Filled
- Service Annual Survey glossary - US Census Bureau
- Etablissement - Insee
- Siret number - Insee
- The Organization Ontology - W3C
- Global Location Number - GS1
- State Transition and Validation Rules - GLEIF
- LocalBusiness - Schema.org
- PROV-DM - W3C
- Date and Time on the Internet: Timestamps - IETF
Open questions
- Independent external review and exact source release pins.
- Profile-specific establishment, registered branch and outlet boundaries with governed split options.
- Complete GLN allocation and current GLEIF rules with loss-aware adapters.
- Executable negative fixtures for co-location, multi-site branches, relocation and suppressed reporting measures.
- Claude and Grok each timed out once; no independent external review. Codex-only research must remain reviewable-draft.
- Establishment, branch and outlet profiles remain distinct; future separation into models needs controlled migration.
- GS1 overview is indexed text only with direct HTTP 403; allocation rules and exact mutable source release pins are not fully verified.
- GLEIF 2.8.5 selected clauses are historical reference evidence; current replacement releases and full legal applicability remain unverified.
- No complete statutory inventory, nested executable schema, registry identity resolver, legal-standing verifier or real multi-registry fixtures delivered.
- Actual premises accessibility, service capacity, delegation and retention must be established by adopters, not inferred from public listings.
Machine files
Provenance
world-models research · reviewable-draft
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