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Legal Name (LGN)
DGIF baseline 2026-1, the latest. Earlier baselines: timemap.
RDF: lgn.ttl
- Name
legalName- Datatype
- Text
- Definition
- Name of a social group as it is being used in the official language of a country, e.g. by governmental entities.
- Description
- For example, official names as defined during national census rounds. "The classification of ethnic groups in Ghana is that officially provided by the Bureau of Ghana Languages and which has been in use since the 1960 census." Ghana Population and Housing Census 2010.
- Accepted
- 2016-06-08
- Defined by
- DEU HG SME
- Used by
Source: DGIF 2026-1 QEA model, DGIWG. Standard: DGIWG 206-3. Licence: CC BY 4.0, © DGIWG.