Relationship

https://publicschema.org/Relationship

candidate

A link defining the social, legal, or administrative connection between an individual and another person or group. Three broad types exist: kinship (biological or legal ties), administrative (grantee, caregiver, payment proxy), and economic (dependent, survivor).

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Properties

Property Type Definition
Identity
Subject person concept:Person
The person who holds the described relationship (the subject of the relationship statement).
Related person concept:Person
The person to whom the subject person is related (the object of the relationship statement).
Relationship type string (relationship-type)
The nature of the relationship between two persons (e.g., spouse, parent, child, sibling, guardian, caregiver).
Administrative
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.

Evidence

Present in all 6 mapped delivery systems.

Standard Equivalent Match
DCI Core RelatedPerson close
Same concept; DCI has relationship_type and related_member while PublicSchema adds explicit subject/object persons and temporal bounds (start_date, end_date)

Referenced by this concept

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