AdministrativeUnit

Unit of administration where a Member State has and/or exercises jurisdictional rights for local, regional and national governance.

Feature type attributes

The following page provides details about the attributes included with this feature type, their data types in the different output formats, and other important metadata about them.

ID

Admin_Unit_ID from Boundary-Line, which is preceded by osgb7 and enough zeros to make it 16 digits, for example, Admin_Unit_ID=25483 becomes osgb7000000000025483.

  • Attribute Name: gml:id

  • Data Type: CharacterString

  • Size: 16

  • Multiplicity: [1]

Identifier

Use identifier from Boundary-Line linked data. For example, http://data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/id/7000000000025483. The number is the Admin_Unit_ID from Boundary-Line, which is preceded by the number 7 and enough zeros to make it 16 digits, for example, Admin_Unit_ID=25483 becomes 7000000000025483.

  • Attribute Name: gml:identifier

  • Data Type: CharacterString

  • Size: 16

  • Multiplicity: [1]

Geometry

Geometric representation of spatial area covered by this administrative unit. Can be a multi- polygon.

  • Attribute Name: geometry

  • Data Type: GM_Surface

  • Multiplicity: [1]

National code

Set to the Census/GSS Code for the boundary, for example, E10000014.

  • Attribute Name: nationalCode

  • Data Type: CharacterString

  • Size: 8

  • Multiplicity: [1]

Inspire local ID

Admin_Unit_ID from Boundary-Line, which is preceded by the number 7 and enough zeros to make it 16 digits, for example, Admin_Unit_ID=25483 becomes 7000000000025483.

  • Attribute Name: inspireId.Identifier.localId

  • Data Type: CharacterString

  • Size: 16

  • Multiplicity: [1]

Inspire namespace

Set to 'http://data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/id/'.

  • Attribute Name: inspireId.Identifier.namespace

  • Data Type: IdentifierNamespaceValue

  • Multiplicity: [1]

Inspire version ID

Set to publication timestamp, for example, '2016-09-20T16:18:19.000'.

  • Attribute Name: inspireId.Identifier.versionId

  • Data Type: DateTime

  • Multiplicity: [1]

National level

Level in the national administrative hierarchy at which the administrative unit is established. Note that the UK boundary (nationalLevel = 1stOrder) or the boundaries of England/Wales/Scotland (nationalLevel = 2ndOrder) are not included.

National level name

Name of the level in the national administrative hierarchy at which the administrative unit is established.

Country

Set to 'UK'.

  • Attribute Name: country

  • Data Type: CountryValue

  • Multiplicity: [1]

language.xsi:nil

Set to 'true'.

  • Attribute Name: name.language.xsi:nil

  • Data Type: BooleanTrueValue

  • Multiplicity: [1]

language.nilReason

Set to 'unknown'.

  • Attribute Name: name.language.nilReason

  • Data Type: UnknownReasonValue

  • Multiplicity: [1]

nativeness.xlink:title

Set to 'endonym'.

  • Attribute Name: name.nativeness.xlink:title

  • Data Type: NativenessValue

  • Multiplicity: [1]

nativeness.xlink:href

Set to 'http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/NativenessValue#endonym'.

  • Attribute Name: name.nativeness.xlink:href

  • Data Type: NativenessNamespaceValue

  • Multiplicity: [1]

nameStatus.xlink:title

Set to 'official'.

  • Attribute Name: name.nameStatus.xlink:title

  • Data Type: NameStatusValue

  • Multiplicity: [1]

nameStatus.xlink:href

Set to 'http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/NameStatusValue#official'.

  • Attribute Name: name.nameStatus.xlink:href

  • Data Type: NameStatusNamespaceValue

  • Multiplicity: [1]

sourceOfName

Set to 'Boundary-Line'.

  • Attribute Name: name.sourceOfName

  • Data Type: SourceOfNameValue

  • Multiplicity: [1]

pronunciation.xsi:nil

Set to 'true'.

  • Attribute Name: name.pronunciation.xsi:nil

  • Data Type: BooleanTrueValue

  • Multiplicity: [1]

pronunciation.nilReason

Set to 'missing'.

  • Attribute Name: name.pronunciation.nilReason

  • Data Type: MissingReasonValue

  • Multiplicity: [1]

spelling.text

Official national geographical name of the administrative unit.

  • Attribute Name: name.spelling.text

  • Data Type: CharacterString

  • Multiplicity: [1]

spelling.script

Set to 'Latn'.

  • Attribute Name: name.spelling.script

  • Data Type: ScriptValue

  • Multiplicity: [1]

residenceOfAuthority.xsi:nil

Set to 'true'.

  • Attribute Name: residenceOfAuthority.xsi:nil

  • Data Type: BooleanTrueValue

  • Multiplicity: [1]

residenceOfAuthority.nilReason

Set to 'unknown'.

  • Attribute Name: residenceOfAuthority.nilReason

  • Data Type: UnknownReasonValue

  • Multiplicity: [1]

beginLifespanVersion

Set to publication timestamp, for example, 2016-09-20T16:18:19.000.

  • Attribute Name: beginLifespanVersion

  • Data Type:

  • Multiplicity: [1]

boundary.xsi:nil

Set to 'true'.

  • Attribute Name: boundary.xsi:nil

  • Data Type: BooleanTrueValue

  • Multiplicity: [1]

boundary.nilReason

Set to 'unknown'.

  • Attribute Name: boundary.nilReason

  • Data Type: UnknownReasonValue

  • Multiplicity: [1]

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