[Data-modeling] what is Country of nationality?

[Brian Karlak]

On May 11, 2009, at 4:01 PM, brendan wrote:

> +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.

My read on this quote is that it contradicts the idea that nationality  
is citizenship.  Citizenship is a narrowly defined legal status;  
nationality encompasses questions of personal identity, current  
residence and shared culture.  For those of us who have never  
emigrated from their home lands, there may be no difference (unless  
that homeland is Palestine or Basque Country).  For all of the  
examples Viral gave, however, there is a significant difference.

Personally, I prefer the citizen definition because it's more  
definitive.  However, if we actually mean "citizenship", shouldn't we  
rename the property to "/people/person/citizen_of "?

Brian
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