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1.2.1. COMMUNITY

Last modified by Hyunji Cho on 2022/06/08 10:22
1.2.1.COMMUNITY
DefinitionA group of PERSONs and/or ORGANIZATIONs that share common characteristics such as PLACE, circumstance, etc.
Examples

Residents of a city or town, Commuters

Carers

The long-term unemployed

Low-income families

The tourism industry

The retail sector

Fields of entity

(Attributes)

AttributeDescriptionType of data
COMMUNITY_IDCommunity codeInteger
Type of community

Community of…

Place

demographic attributes

common interest

similar circumstances

 
The geographical scope of the communitythe description of which scope this community (city? Borough? Nation?)Varchar
6+1 categoriesYes/NoBoolean
6+1 categories that community Women / Youth / Elders / LGBTQ+ / Ethnic minorities / Disabilities / Economically disadvantaged groupVarchar
ADMIN_DIV_ID  
other notes/descriptions on this community Varchar
RelationshipsSee below diagram
Notes

The STATE of a COMMUNITY can be tracked without having to know the identity of each person and Organisation. For example, DEMOGRAPHICs will feed this entity, not person or organisation.

A COMMUNITY might be composed of more than one COMMUNITY.

For example:

  • the business sector might be composed of the industrial sector, the tourism sector, the financial services sector
  • the youth of a town are contained in the residents of a town.

The actual PERSONs or ORGANISATIONs might change without changing the identity of a COMMUNITY, for example the long-term unemployed in a city remains the same COMMUNITY even though some people have left it, and others have joined it.

Members of a COMMUNITY do not need to be aware of each other and are not acting with a collective goal. If they are, then they are an ORGANISATION. For example, the long-term unemployed is a COMMUNITY, whereas the jobseekers’ club is an ORGANISATION.