location RiC-A27

Definition

A delimitation of the physical territory of a Place. Used to describe basic human-readable text such as an address, a cadastral reference, or less precise information found in a Record.

Scope notes

Use only if you don't use PhysicalLocation class with Place. Use the geographicalCoordinates property, or the Coordinates class, to record the geographical coordinates of the Place. Use the spatial relations (particularly 'has or had location') to capture a relation between two places.

Declared on

• Place RiC-E22

Examples

• Montreal (city in Canada)