Legal entity
Any party to legal proceedings, such as asset ownership, corporate governance or social interactions. Often used when raw data does not specify if something is a person or company.
LegalEntityis a matchable schema and can be used for matching and cross-referencing.
Relations to other schemata
LegalEntity has the following relations to other schemata in the model:
| Relation | Schemata |
|---|---|
| Properties inherited from: | Thing |
| More precise schemata: | CompanyOrganizationPublicBodyPerson |
Legal entity has multiple properties to describe its data. Some properties are inherited from its parent schemata.
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This property is used to compute a caption for the entity.
This property is a featured property, which means in UI applications it should be shown with higher information hierarchy.
This property is a matchable property and can be used in matching systems to find similar entities.
This property is a hidden property and should not be rendered in UI applications.
| Name | Label | Type |
|---|---|---|
Thing:name |
Name | name |
Thing:alias |
Alias | name |
Thing:weakAlias |
Weak alias A relatively broad or generic alias that should not be used for matching in screening systems. It may still may be useful for identification purposes, particularly in confirming a possible match triggered by other identifier information. |
name |
Thing:previousName |
Previous name | name |
LegalEntity:email |
E-Mail Email address |
email |
LegalEntity:phone |
Phone Phone number |
phone |
LegalEntity:registrationNumber |
Registration number Company registration number |
identifier |
Thing:country |
Country | country |
LegalEntity:legalForm |
Legal form | string |
LegalEntity:status |
Status | string |
LegalEntity:website |
Website Website address |
url |
LegalEntity:incorporationDate |
Incorporation date The date the legal entity was incorporated |
date |
LegalEntity:dissolutionDate |
Dissolution date The date the legal entity was dissolved, if applicable |
date |
LegalEntity:taxStatus |
Tax status | string |
LegalEntity:sector |
Sector | string |
LegalEntity:classification |
Classification | string |
LegalEntity:idNumber |
ID Number ID of any applicable personal identification document. Used mainly for people and their national ID cards. |
identifier |
LegalEntity:taxNumber |
Tax Number Tax identification number |
identifier |
LegalEntity:licenseNumber |
License Number For licenses granted to an entity |
identifier |
LegalEntity:vatCode |
V.A.T. Identifier (EU) VAT number |
identifier |
LegalEntity:jurisdiction |
Jurisdiction Country or region in which this entity operates |
country |
LegalEntity:mainCountry |
Country of origin Primary country of this entity |
country |
LegalEntity:opencorporatesUrl |
OpenCorporates URL | url |
LegalEntity:bvdId |
Bureau van Dijk ID | identifier |
LegalEntity:sayariId |
Sayari Entity ID | identifier |
LegalEntity:brightQueryId |
BrightQuery ID | identifier |
LegalEntity:brightQueryOrgId |
BrightQuery Organization ID | identifier |
LegalEntity:uscCode |
USCC Unified Social Credit Identifier |
identifier |
LegalEntity:icijId |
ICIJ ID ID according to International Consortium for Investigative Journalists |
string |
LegalEntity:okpoCode |
OKPO Russian industry classifier |
identifier |
LegalEntity:innCode |
INN Russian tax identification number (Russian: ИНН). Issued to businesses and individuals in Russia |
identifier |
LegalEntity:ogrnCode |
OGRN Identification number used in Russia's Unified State Register of Legal Entities (EGRUL) (Russian: ОГРН) |
identifier |
LegalEntity:leiCode |
LEI Legal Entity Identifier |
identifier |
LegalEntity:dunsCode |
DUNS Data Universal Numbering System - Dun & Bradstreet identifier |
identifier |
LegalEntity:uniqueEntityId |
Unique Entity ID UEI from SAM.gov |
identifier |
LegalEntity:npiCode |
NPI National Provider Identifier, issued to health care providers in the United States |
identifier |
LegalEntity:swiftBic |
SWIFT/BIC Bank identifier code |
identifier |
LegalEntity:parent |
Parent company If this entity is a subsidiary, another entity (company or organisation) is its parent |
entity |
LegalEntity:emailsSent |
E-Mails sent | entity |
LegalEntity:emailsReceived |
E-Mails received | entity |
LegalEntity:membershipMember |
Memberships | entity |
LegalEntity:ownedVehicles |
Vehicles owned | entity |
LegalEntity:operatedVehicles |
Vehicles operated | entity |
LegalEntity:directorshipDirector |
Directorships | entity |
LegalEntity:cryptoWallets |
Cryptocurrency wallets | entity |
LegalEntity:contractAwardSupplier |
Contracts awarded | entity |
LegalEntity:contractAuthority |
Contracts issued | entity |
LegalEntity:economicActivityDeclarant |
Customs declarations | entity |
LegalEntity:economicActivitySender |
Goods originated | entity |
LegalEntity:economicActivityReceiver |
Goods received | entity |
LegalEntity:economicActivityHolder |
Customs declarations facilitated | entity |
LegalEntity:callsMade |
Calls made | entity |
LegalEntity:callsReceived |
Calls received | entity |
Thing:summary |
Summary | text |
Thing:description |
Description | text |
Thing:sourceUrl |
Source link | url |
Thing:publisher |
Publishing source | string |
Thing:publisherUrl |
Publishing source URL | url |
Thing:alephUrl |
Aleph URL | url |
Thing:wikipediaUrl |
Wikipedia Article | url |
Thing:wikidataId |
Wikidata ID | identifier |
Thing:keywords |
Keywords | string |
Thing:topics |
Topics | topic |
Thing:address |
Address | address |
Thing:addressEntity |
Address | entity |
Thing:program |
Program Regulatory program or sanctions list on which an entity is listed. |
string |
Thing:programId |
Program ID | identifier |
Thing:notes |
Notes | text |
Thing:proof |
Source document | entity |
Thing:indexText |
Index text | text |
Thing:createdAt |
Created at | date |
Thing:modifiedAt |
Modified on | date |
Thing:retrievedAt |
Retrieved on | date |
Thing:sanctions |
Sanctions | entity |
LegalEntity:subsidiaries |
Subsidiaries | entity |
LegalEntity:identification |
Identifications | entity |
LegalEntity:eventsOrganized |
Organized events | entity |
LegalEntity:eventsInvolved |
Events | entity |
LegalEntity:paymentPayer |
Payments made | entity |
LegalEntity:paymentBeneficiary |
Payments received | entity |
LegalEntity:callForTenders |
Call For Tenders | entity |
LegalEntity:delegatedCallForTenders |
Delegated call for tenders | entity |
Thing:documentedBy |
Documents | entity |
LegalEntity:debtDebtor |
Debts | entity |
LegalEntity:debtCreditor |
Credits | entity |
LegalEntity:securities |
Issued securities | entity |
LegalEntity:userAccounts |
User accounts | entity |
LegalEntity:messagesSent |
Messages sent | entity |
LegalEntity:messagesReceived |
Messages received | entity |
LegalEntity:projectParticipation |
Projects | entity |
LegalEntity:mentionedBy |
Document mentions | entity |
LegalEntity:successors |
Successors | entity |
LegalEntity:predecessors |
Predecessors | entity |
LegalEntity:ownershipOwner |
Assets and shares | entity |
LegalEntity:agencyClient |
Clients | entity |
LegalEntity:agentRepresentation |
Agents | entity |
LegalEntity:taxRolls |
Tax rolls | entity |
Thing:unknownLinkTo |
Linked to | entity |
Thing:unknownLinkFrom |
Linked from | entity |
Thing:risks |
Risks | entity |
Thing:noteEntities |
Notes | entity |
Thing:candidateSimilars |
Similar to this | entity |
Thing:matchSimilars |
Similar as this | entity |
Thing:courtCase |
Court cases | entity |
How to use it in a graph or timeline
FtM has well-defined semantics for different representations of entities, for example in a network graph or in a timeline.
When using this schema in a graph representation, it should be represented as a node.
| Semantic | Property |
|---|---|
| Temporal start | LegalEntity:incorporationDate |
| Temporal end | LegalEntity:dissolutionDate |