Name Usage

https://publicschema.org/NameUsage

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A name by which a subject is known, with its language, the context of use and the period of use. A subject can have several names at once. A current name can also be recorded directly with name on an organization, or with given_name and family_name on a person.

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Properties

Property Type Definition
Subject URI uri The URI of the thing this record or statement is about.
Name 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.
Name language string The language of the name, as a language tag such as en or pt-BR, if known.
Name use concept:CodedValue
The context in which the name is used, such as a legal or trading name. Whether the name is current or former follows from the usage period. Codes from https://publicschema.org/vocab/name-use can be used where the source has no scheme of its own.
Start date date The date on which this became effective.
End date date
The last day on which this is effective. A period includes both its start date and its end date, so a period that applies only on 30 June 2026 has start date 2026-06-30 and end date 2026-06-30.

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