Re: [libdb-develop] types of places

[Bruce D'A. <bd...@fa...>]

On Aug 3, 2004, at 3:46 PM, Morbus Iff wrote:

> Do you know the exact definitions of the above? Is the Narnia
> forest, certainly "natural", fictionally "constructed"?

http://laneweb.stanford.edu:2380/wiki/medlane/loc

Worth reading in its entirety, but the opening fragment is:

The Place element encompasses both physical geography (astronomical and 
terrestrial locations, including their topographic and structural 
features) and political geography (geopolitical jurisdictions of 
governments). The emphasis is on the name of an area and/or its 
government, which may change. Currently, Place has a required 'role' 
attribute with values of authority, instance, or authority/instance. It 
also has an optional 'type' attribute with values:natural, constructed, 
or jurisdictional. It may also have a 'usage' attribute with the single 
value of subdivision, to indicate suitability as a value of Subdivision 
in Relationships. Its Entry has an optional 'class' attribute with 
values:individual, collective, or referential, as well as 'language' 
and 'transliteration', and may have a 'scheme' attribute.

Bruce