Thing
Thingis an abstract schema and is used for inheritance only and shouldn’t be used directly.
Relations to other schemata
Thing has the following relations to other schemata in the model:
Thing 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 The primary name of the entity |
name |
Thing:country |
Country An association between the entity and a country that is not covered by a more specific property (e.g. jurisdiction, birthCountry, mainCountry) |
country |
Thing:alias |
Alias An alternative or secondary name |
name |
Thing:previousName |
Previous name A former name of the entity |
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:summary |
Summary A short one-liner description; see also description, notes |
text |
Thing:notes |
Notes Narrative description of the entity; see also description, summary |
text |
Thing:description |
Description A longer description; see also notes, summary |
text |
Thing:sourceUrl |
Source link A deep link to a source website for the profile |
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 Plain text keywords provided for the entity; prefer more specific type, status, etc. as appropriate |
string |
Thing:topics |
Topics Controlled tags used to qualify the entity and associate it with a risk category |
topic |
Thing:address |
Address A textual description of an address linked to the entity |
address |
Thing:addressEntity |
Address A reference to an Address entity with structured place information |
entity |
Thing:program |
Program Regulatory program or sanctions list on which an entity is listed |
string |
Thing:programId |
Program ID | identifier |
Thing:proof |
Source document | entity |
Thing:riskSource |
Risk source The directly-designated entity from which this entity's risk classification ultimately derives, e.g. the sanctioned owner at the origin of an ownership chain. See also the topics property. |
entity |
Thing:indexText |
Index text | text |
Thing:createdAt |
Created at The date on which the entity was created, not to be confused with an internal 'first saved'-style metadata field |
date |
Thing:modifiedAt |
Modified on The date on which the entity was modified, not to be confused with an internal 'last updated'-style metadata field |
date |
Thing:retrievedAt |
Retrieved on Retrieval date generated by a data gathering system, not to be confused with an internal 'first found'-style metadata field |
date |
Thing:unknownLinkTo |
Linked to | entity |
Thing:unknownLinkFrom |
Linked from | entity |
Thing:risks |
Risks | entity |
Thing:sanctions |
Sanctions | entity |
Thing:courtCase |
Court cases | entity |
Thing:noteEntities |
Notes | entity |
Thing:documentedBy |
Documents | entity |
Thing:candidateSimilars |
Similar to this | entity |
Thing:matchSimilars |
Similar as this | 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 | - |
| Temporal end | - |