European Core

Aggregate BIEs

  1. Alias Person
  2. Contact Person
  3. Identifier
  4. Legal Entity
  5. Location
  6. Person
  7. Referenced Person
Alias Person
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Property term Definition Cardinality Representation term
Family NameA family name is usually shared by members of a family. This attribute also carries prefixes or suffixes which are part of the Family Name, e.g. “de Boer”, “van de Putte”, “von und zu Orlow”. Multiple family names, such as are commonly found in Hispanic countries, are recorded in the single Family Name field so that, for example, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra's Family Name would be recorded as "Cervantes Saavedra."0..1Name
Second Family Name.0..1Name
Given NameA given name, or multiple given names, are the denominator(s) that identify an individual within a family. These are given to a person by his or her parents at birth or may be legally recognised as 'given names' through a formal process. All given names are ordered in one field so that, for example, the Given Name for Johan Sebastian Bach is 'Johan Sebastian.'0..1Name
Nationality.0..1 Nationality (ABIE) (jus)
Contact Person
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Property term Definition Cardinality Representation term
Family NameA family name is usually shared by members of a family. This attribute also carries prefixes or suffixes which are part of the Family Name, e.g. “de Boer”, “van de Putte”, “von und zu Orlow”. Multiple family names, such as are commonly found in Hispanic countries, are recorded in the single Family Name field so that, for example, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra's Family Name would be recorded as "Cervantes Saavedra."1..1Name
Given NameA given name, or multiple given names, are the denominator(s) that identify an individual within a family. These are given to a person by his or her parents at birth or may be legally recognised as 'given names' through a formal process. All given names are ordered in one field so that, for example, the Given Name for Johan Sebastian Bach is 'Johan Sebastian.'0..1Name
Title Or Grade.0..1Text
LanguageA language that is understood by the person0..*Code
Identifier
.For many systems, the identifier is the key piece of information about an individual and therefore an important part of the core person vocabulary. However, all identifiers are contextspecific and when exchanging data between systems it is important to provide additional information that makes this explicit. An individual may have any number of identifiers. For this reason the Formal Identifier class is used
Property term Definition Cardinality Representation term
IdentifierThe Formal Identifier class represents any identifier issued by any authority, whether a government agency or not. It captures the identifier itself and details of the issuing authority, the date on which the identifier was issued and so on.1..1Identifier
Identifier Type.0..1Text
Legal Entity
This is the key class for the Business Core Vocabulary and represents a business that is legally registered. In many countries there is a single registry although in others, such as Spain and Germany, multiple registries exist. A Legal Entity is able to trade, is legally liable for its actions, accounts, tax affairs etc. This makes legal entities distinct from the concept of organisations, groups or sole traders. Many organisations exist that are not legal entities yet to the outside world they have staff, hierarchies, locations etc. Other organisations exist that are an umbrella for several legal entities (universities are often good examples of this). This vocabulary is concerned solely with registered legal entities and does not attempt to cover all possible trading bodies.
Property term Definition Cardinality Representation term
Legal Identifierhe legal status of a business is conferred on it by an authority within a given jurisdiction. The Legal Identifier is therefore a fundamental relationship between a legal entity and the authority with which it is registered. The details of the registration are provided as properties of the Formal Identifier class. There is no restriction on the type of legal identifier. In many countries, the business register's identifier is the relevant data point. The tax number often fulfils this function in Spain. The cardinality of this relationship is 1..1, i.e. a legal entity must have a legal identifier.0..1Identifier
Legal NameThe legal name of the business. A business might have more than one legal name, particularly in countries with more than one official language. In such cases, and where the encoding technology allows, the language of the string should be identified.0..*Name
Company Type.0..1Text
Registered AddressThe registered seat0..1 Address (ABIE) (jus)
Address.0..1 Address (ABIE) (jus)
Location
ISO 19112 defines a location as "an identifiable geographic place." With this in mind, "Eiffel Tower", "Madrid" and "California" are all locations and this is a common way of representing locations in public sector data, i.e. simply by using a recognised name. Such identifiers are common although they can be highly ambiguous as many places share the same or similar names. In addition to a simple (string) label or name for a Location, this vocabulary defines three further ways in which it can be identified: - by URI (such as a GeoNames or DBpedia URI); - by address; - by geometry, that is, a point, line or polygon expressed using coordinates in some coordinate reference system.
Property term Definition Cardinality Representation term
Geographic NameA spatial reference in the form of a label that identifies a location0..1Name
Geographic Name CodeA spatial reference in the form of a code that identifies a location0..1Country (code list)
Person
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Property term Definition Cardinality Representation term
Family NameA family name is usually shared by members of a family. This attribute also carries prefixes or suffixes which are part of the Family Name, e.g. “de Boer”, “van de Putte”, “von und zu Orlow”. Multiple family names, such as are commonly found in Hispanic countries, are recorded in the single Family Name field so that, for example, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra's Family Name would be recorded as "Cervantes Saavedra."0..1Name
Second Family NameA family name is usually shared by members of a family. This attribute also carries prefixes or suffixes which are part of the Family Name, e.g. “de Boer”, “van de Putte”, “von und zu Orlow”. Multiple family names, such as are commonly found in Hispanic countries, are recorded in the single Family Name field so that, for example, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra's Family Name would be recorded as "Cervantes Saavedra."0..1Name
Given NameA given name, or multiple given names, are the denominator(s) that identify an individual within a family. These are given to a person by his or her parents at birth or may be legally recognised as 'given names' through a formal process. All given names are ordered in one field so that, for example, the Given Name for Johan Sebastian Bach is 'Johan Sebastian.'0..1Name
Alternative NameAny name by which an individual is known. Many individuals use a short form of their name, a 'middle' name as a 'first' name or a professional name. For example, the British politician and former UN High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Jeremy John Durham Ashdown, Baron Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon, is usually referred to simply as 'Paddy Ashdown' or 'Lord Ashdown.' Note It is not the role of the alternative name field to record nick names, pet names or other 'familiar names' that will be of no consequence in public sector data exchange. 0..*Name
Gender.0..1Code
Birth NameAll data associated with an individual are subject to change. Names can change for a variety of reasons, either formally or informally, and new information may come to light that means that a correction or clarification can be made to an existing record. Birth names tend to be persistent however and for this reason they are recorded by some public sector information systems. There is no granularity for birth name - the full name should be recorded in a single field.0..1Name
Date Of BirthA date that specifies the birth date of a person0..1Date
LanguageA language that is understood by the person0..*Code
Place Of BirthThe official place of birth.0..1 Location (ABIE) (ec)
Country Of BirthThe official country of birth0..1 Location (ABIE) (ec)
AliasAn assumed identity0..*Alias Person (ABIE) (ec)
Nationality.0..* Nationality (ABIE) (jus)
Identification Document.0..*Identification Document (ABIE) (jus)
Referenced Person
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Property term Definition Cardinality Representation term
Full NameThe attribute “Full Name” contains the complete name of a person as one string. In addition to the content of Given Name, Family Name and, in some systems, Patronymic Name, this can carry additional parts of a person’s name such as titles, middle names or suffixes like “the third” or names which are neither a given nor a family name.0..1Name
Family NameA family name is usually shared by members of a family. This attribute also carries prefixes or suffixes which are part of the Family Name, e.g. “de Boer”, “van de Putte”, “von und zu Orlow”. Multiple family names, such as are commonly found in Hispanic countries, are recorded in the single Family Name field so that, for example, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra's Family Name would be recorded as "Cervantes Saavedra."0..1Name
Second Family Name.0..1Name
Given NameA given name, or multiple given names, are the denominator(s) that identify an individual within a family. These are given to a person by his or her parents at birth or may be legally recognised as 'given names' through a formal process. All given names are ordered in one field so that, for example, the Given Name for Johan Sebastian Bach is 'Johan Sebastian.'0..1Name
Patronymic NamePatronymic names are important in some countries. Iceland does not have a concept of 'family name' in the way that many other European countries do, for example. In Bulgaria and Russia, patronymic names are in every day usage, for example, the Sergeyevich in 'Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev.'.0..1Name