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Cannot open the .rdf files with Protégé

None of the .rdf files (person, business and locn) could be opened in Protégé (version 4.1). This was surprising since Protégé is the overall recognised standard amongst the editors. Can you please…

Does formal identifier fit the structure of the National Tax Identication Numbers

Michel van Meteren, expert at the Dutch Tax Service, raised the following issues (via e-mail): "4.1.12 Identifier Zie ook TIN - Tax Identification Number (voor burgers binnen europa). Website gaat…

Unknown date of birth or date of death and the ISA Date data type

Michel van Meteren, expert at the Dutch Tax Service, says that the Dutch Base Register for Persons (BRP) assumes that a ficticious birth date is always determined, in case of an unknown date of birth…

The meaning of birth name is not clear in v0.2

Michel van Meteren, expert at the Dutch Tax Service, raised the following issues (via e-mail): "4.17 Birth name semaniek/betekenis is mij niet duidelijk." Free translation: the meaing of birth name is…

Alternative name has no added value in an e-Gov context

Michel van Meteren, expert at the Dutch Tax Service, raised the following issues (via e-mail): "4.1.5 Alternative Name rubriek kan mijn inziens vervallen, zal over overheidspartijen richting burgers…

Use of patronymic name is unclear

Michel van Meteren, expert at the Dutch Tax Service, raised the following issues (via e-mail): "4.1.4 Patronymic name Vaag: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patroniem gelezen, en ik zou nog niet weten wat…

Distinguish different levels of conformity for this specification

Giorgio CANGIOLI raised the following comment: https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/asset/core_person/topic/public-comments-cor…; suggest to clearly distinguish the…

Person.identifier and Formal Identifier: how does this work in a multi-identification domain environment

Giorgio CANGIOLI raised the following comment: https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/asset/core_person/topic/public-comments-cor…; Please clarify how receiver is supposed…

Stickiness of names

The current text makes assertions about the stickiness of names that may not be appropriate. Proposal: remove text asserting stickiness of names Component Miscellaneous Category feature

Residency

It has been pointed out that residency is different from citizenship. Proposal: add new property of residency linking to a class that will represent a legal entity able to confer such datus. Consider…

Citizenship

Paul Davidson points out that citizenship is conferred on an individual by a legal entity, not a location. Danny Delcambre finds our use of ISO 3166 codes less than clear. Proposal: create a new class…

Handling gender

Paul Davidson (on behalf of the UK government) endorses the use of the ISO codes. Danny Delcambre (Eurostat) suggests we use the list provided by Eurostat which is very similar to the one in the spec…