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  1. OMG Issue

COMMONS13 — The definition of geopolitical entity in the locations ontology needs refinement

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  • Key: COMMONS13-49
  • Status: closed  
  • Source: Thematix Partners LLC ( Mrs. Elisa F. Kendall)
  • Summary:

    Currently, a geopolitical entity is a subclass of geographic region. But, a geopolitical entity can span regions, and in a handful of cases may not be associated with well-defined borders. A geopolitical entity would be better defined as a political entity associated with a geographic region, and loosen the relationship between the two concepts.
  • Reported: Commons 1.2 — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 18:30 GMT
  • Disposition: Deferred — COMMONS 1.3b1
  • Disposition Summary:

    The definition of geopolitical entity in the locations ontology needs refinement

    The RTF agrees that this is important to address, but changing the definition of geopolitical entity, adding political entity, and then testing this with a revision of LCC that leverages this change will take time.

    Thus we agreed to defer this to Commons 1.4.
  • Updated: Wed, 10 Dec 2025 23:18 GMT