[Data-modeling] what is Country of nationality?

[brendan]

+1 because 99% of the time it's the equivalent of citizenship; the  
wikipedia has a long answer:

> The word citizenship is often used in a different sense from  
> nationality. The most common distinguishing feature of citizenship  
> is that citizens have the right to participate in the political life  
> of the state, such as by voting or standing for election. The term  
> national includes both citizens and non-citizens. Alternatively,  
> nationality can refer to membership in a nations (collective of  
> people sharing a national identity, usually based on ethnic and  
> cultural ties and self-determination) even if that nation has no  
> state, such as the Basques, Kurds, Finland-Swedes and Palestinians.

I think we've imported from wikipedia categories with ambiguous  
titles. I think America Actors of German Ancestry would be more  
accurate for this one:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_German-American_actors

So, in freebase, Nick Nolte, among many others, is of German  
Nationality... sigh... probably not intentional.

Brendan

On May 11, 2009, at 12:40 PM, Kirrily Robert wrote:

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> Short answer: citizenship.
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