Authority Document

The object representation of the Thing Authority Document.

String
A unique and persistent identifier for the record within the system's data set.
String
The official name of the Thing in question.
URL
The full unique link to the item so it's traversable by that property.
Array
A collection of CommonName.
Array
An array of SubjectMatter.
String
The type of Authority Document, such as legislation, standard, best practice, etc.
Array
An array of geographies covered by an item.
{
	"authorityDocument" : 
	{
		"@id" : "URL",
		"@type" : "AuthorityDocument",
		"authorityDocumentType" : "String",
		"commonNames" : 
		[
			{
				"commonName" : "String"
			}
		],
		"elementId" : "String",
		"geographicCoverage" : 
		[
			{
				"geographicCoverage" : 
				{
					"@id" : "URL",
					"@type" : "GeographicCoverage",
					"continent" : "String",
					"country" : 
					{
						"@id" : "URL",
						"@type" : "Country",
						"elementId" : "String",
						"name" : "String"
					},
					"countryCodeAlpha3" : "String",
					"elementId" : "String",
					"geographicalArea" : "String",
					"stateTerritoryProvince" : 
					{
						"@type" : "StateTerritoryProvince",
						"name" : "String",
						"stateCode" : "String"
					}
				}
			}
		],
		"officialName" : "String",
		"subjectMatters" : 
		[
			{
				"subjectMatter" : 
				{
					"@id" : "URL",
					"@type" : "SubjectMatter",
					"elementId" : "String",
					"hierarchyItems" : 
					{
						"@id" : "URL",
						"@type" : "HierarchyItems",
						"elementId" : "String",
						"hierarchicalChildren" : 
						[
							{
								"hierarchicalChild" : 
								{
									"@id" : "URL",
									"@type" : "HierarchicalChild",
									"elementId" : "String"
								}
							}
						],
						"hierarchicalParents" : 
						[
							{
								"hierarchicalParent" : 
								{
									"@id" : "URL",
									"@type" : "HierarchicalParent",
									"elementId" : "String"
								}
							}
						],
						"sortValue" : "String"
					},
					"name" : "String"
				}
			}
		]
	}
}
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