Group

https://publicschema.org/Group

normative abstract

An abstract collection of persons that serves as the base for concrete group types such as Household, Family, and Farm. Groups are linked to their members via membership links. In native PublicSchema modeling, the concrete subtype carries the authoritative semantics; group_type is kept as an interoperability classifier for systems that exchange groups through a flatter category field.

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Supertypes

Party

Properties

Property Type Definition
Name from Party string
The full display name of the record. Depending on the concept, this is a person's or group's name, or the title of a program, instrument, scoring rule, or software product.
Identifiers from Party concept:Identifier
Identifiers carried by this entity, such as national ID numbers, program IDs, or identifiers asserted by an identity document.
Identity documents from Party concept:IdentityDocument
Identity documents held by this party, such as passports, national identity cards, civil registration certificates, and program-issued beneficiary cards.
Group type string (group-type)
An interoperability classifier for the category of group record being exchanged or exported. In native PublicSchema modeling, the concrete Group subtype is the authoritative signal when known.
Formation date date The date on which this group was formed or registered.
Member count integer The total number of members in this household or group.
Memberships concept:GroupMembership
The membership links connecting persons to this group, each carrying role and lifecycle dates.

Evidence

Present in 5 of 6 mapped delivery systems.

Standard Equivalent Match
DCI Core Group close
DCI Group embeds member lists and poverty scoring directly; PublicSchema separates membership into GroupMembership records and scoring into ScoringEvent

Referenced by this concept

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