[Data-modeling] Proposed change to Organization type

[Danny Hillis]

There seem to be two issues here.

1.  Official mailing addresses are often in a different place that the  
headquarters.
2.  It is more useful to specify a Mailing Address than a Location.

I think  we may eventually need to specify both mailing address and  
the address of the headquarters, but I am happy just specifying the  
address of the one or the other for now.
-Danny

On May 8, 2008, at 12:33 PM, Tom Morris wrote:

> On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 2:34 PM, Bryan Cheung  
> <bryan.cheung at metaweb.com> wrote:
> > Organization has a property headquarters that has an ECT of / 
> location/
> >  location .  Location is a bit too broad and instead, I propose we
> >  update the ECT to /location/mailing_address .
>
> What's the intended use of location?  If what you're really talking
> about is the default mailing address for the organization and/or its
> headquarters, why not call it a mailing address?
>
> My default interpretation of location would be the physical location
> occupied by the headquarters building or campus, ie a place accessible
> by car or foot.  A mailing address isn't necessarily going to be
> useful as that type of location (e.g. PO Box).
>
> Tom
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