Proper noun applied to a real-world entity.
Language of the name, given as three letter codes, in accordance with either ISO 639-3 or ISO 639-5.
More precisely, this definition refers to the language used by the community that uses the name.
The code “mul” for “multilingual” should not be used in general. However it can be used in rare cases, such as official names composed of two names in different languages. For example, “Vitoria-Gasteiz” is such a multilingual official name in Spain.
Even if this attribute is “voidable” for pragmatic reasons, it is of first importance in several use cases in the multi-language context of Europe.
Type: CharacterString
Multiplicity: [1]
Information enabling one to acknowledge if the name is the one that is / was used in the area where the spatial object is situated at the instant when the name is / was in use.
Type: NativenessValue
Multiplicity: [1]
Qualitative information enabling one to discern which credit should be given to the name with respect to its standardisation and / or its topicality.
The Geographical Names application schema does not explicitly make a preference between different names (for example, official endonyms) of a specific real-world entity. The necessary information for making the preference (for example, the linguistic status of the administrative or geographic area in question), for a certain use case, must be obtained from other data or information sources. For example, the status of the language of the name may be known through queries on the geometries of named places against the geometry of administrative units recorded in a certain source with the language status information.
Type: NameStatusValue
Multiplicity: [1]
Original data source from which the geographical name is taken from and integrated in the data set providing / publishing it. For some named spatial objects, it might refer again to the publishing data set if no other information is available.
Examples: Gazetteer, Geographical Names Data Set.
Type: CharacterString
Multiplicity: [1]
Proper, correct or standard (standard within the linguistic community concerned) pronunciation of the geographical name.
Source: Adapted from [UNGEGN Manual 2006].
Type: PronunciationOfName
Multiplicity: [1]
A proper way of writing the geographical name.
Different spellings should only be used for names rendered in different scripts.
While a particular GeographicalName should only have one spelling in a given script, providing different spellings in the same script should be done through the provision of different geographical names associated with the same named place.
Type: SpellingOfName
Multiplicity: [1…*]
Class of nouns reflected in the behaviour of associated words.
The attribute has cardinality [0…1] and is voidable, which means that:
In case the concept of grammatical gender has no sense for a given name (i.e. the attribute is not applicable), the attribute should not be provided.
In case the concept of grammatical gender has some sense for the name but is unknown, the attribute should be provided but void.
Type: GrammaticalGenderValue
Multiplicity: [0…1]
Grammatical category of nouns that expresses count distinctions.
The attribute has cardinality [0..1] and is voidable, which means that:
In case the concept of grammatical number has no sense for a given name (i.e. the attribute is not applicable), the attribute should not be provided.
In case the concept of grammatical number has some sense for the name but is unknown, the attribute should be provided but void.
Type: GrammaticalNumberValue
Multiplicity: [0..1]
External unique object identifier published by the responsible body, which may be used by external applications to reference the spatial object.
External object identifiers are distinct from thematic object identifiers.
The voidable version identifier attribute is not part of the unique identifier of a spatial object and may be used to distinguish two versions of the same spatial object.
The unique identifier will not change during the lifetime of a spatial object.
A local identifier, assigned by the data provider. The local identifier is unique within the namespace, that is, no other spatial object carries the same unique identifier.
Note: It is the responsibility of the data provider to guarantee uniqueness of the local identifier within the namespace.
Type: CharacterString
Multiplicity: [1]
Namespace uniquely identifying the data source of the spatial object.
The namespace value will be owned by the data provider of the spatial object and will be registered in the INSPIRE External Object Identifier Namespaces Register.
Type: CharacterString
Multiplicity: [1]
The identifier of the particular version of the spatial object, with a maximum length of 25 characters. If the specification of a spatial object type with an external object identifier includes lifecycle information, the version identifier is used to distinguish between the different versions of a spatial object. Within the set of all versions of a spatial object, the version identifier is unique.
The maximum length has been selected to allow for time stamps based on ISO 8601, for example, “2007-02-12T12:12:12+05:30” as the version identifier.
The property is void if the spatial data set does not distinguish between different versions of the spatial object; it is missing if the spatial object type does not support any lifecycle information.
Type: CharacterString
Multiplicity: [0…1]
This section describes the structured data types which make up OS Open Names. The attributes associated with these data types are listed below along with a brief description of their data properties.
The name of the attribute and what it is describing.
The nature of the attribute, for example a numeric value or a code list value.
The length of the attribute provided (optional).
Describes how many times this element is expected to be populated in the data. An attribute may be optional or mandatory within the product. These are denoted by:
‘1’ – there must be a value.
‘0..1’ – population is optional but a maximum of one attribute will be returned These values may be used in combination.