Locator Name - Data type

Definition: Proper noun applied to the real world entity identified by the locator.

Description: NOTE The locator name could be the name of the property or complex, of the building or part of the building, or it could be the name of a room inside a building.

INSPIRE Data Theme: Addresses - [INSPIRE Data Theme Addresses]

INSPIRE Application schema: Addresses - [INSPIRE Application schema Addresses]


Attributes

Definition: The identifying part of the locator name.

Description: NOTE 1 The data type allows names in different languages and scripts as well as inclusion of alternative name, alternative spellings, historical name and exonyms.NOTE 2 The locator name could be the name of the property or complex, of the building or part of the building (e.g. a wing), or it could be the name of a room or similar inside the building. NOTE 3 The locator name sometimes refer to the name of the family or business entity which at present or in the past has owned or occupied the property or building; although this is the case the locator name must not be confused with the name of the addressee(s).NOTE 4 As locator name it is also possible to use a descriptive text that allows a user to identify the property in question.EXAMPLE 1 The "Radford Mill Farm" in Timsbury, Bath, UK; The allotment house area "Brumleby" in Copenhagen, Denmark, the university campus "Cit?niversitaire", in Paris, France. EXAMPLE 2 "Millers House" in Stromness, Orkney Isles, UK; "Ulla's Pension" in Niederfell, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.EXAMPLE 3 "Multi-storey car park at Southampton Magistrates Courts" in Southampton, UK.

Multiplicity: 1...*

Valuetype: GeographicalName

Definition: The type of locator value, which enables an application to interpret, parse or format it according to certain rules.

Description: NOTE The type enables a user or an application to understand if the name "Radford Mill Farm" is for example a name of a specific site or of a building.

Multiplicity: 1

Valuetype: LocatorNameTypeValue



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