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Mass Grave (AL037)

DGIF baseline 2026-1, the latest. Earlier baselines: timemap.

RDF: al037.ttl

Name

MassGrave

Kind

FeatureType

Definition

A grave containing multiple, usually unidentified, human corpses.

Description

Mass graves may be created after a large number of people die or are killed due to a natural disaster, disease, epidemic, warfare or criminal activity. Mass grave sites may not be marked, as in cases where they have been created to conceal genocide.

Accepted

2013-10-18

Geometry

point, multipoint, curve, multicurve, surface, multisurface, solid, multisolid

Subtype of

ZI028 Feature Entity

Attributes

• HSS Historic Significance — multiplicity 0..1; datatype MassGrave_historicSignificanceMeta; values: HSS_1 Ancient, HSS_2 Historic, HSS_3 Not Significant, HSS_6 Political, HSS_7 National, HSS_8 Religious
• ISS Isolated — multiplicity 0..1; datatype BooleanMeta
• PRM Permanent — multiplicity 0..1; datatype BooleanMeta

Associations

• MassGraveCulturalProtectionInfo → HL111 Cultural Protection Info (0..1)
• MassGraveCulturalSignificanceInfo → HL110 Cultural Significance Info (0..*)
• MassGraveReligiousInfo → ZI037 Religious Information (0..1)

RWOI terms naming it

• RWO_02134 Mass Grave

Source: DGIF 2026-1 QEA model, DGIWG. Standard: DGIWG 206-3. Licence: CC BY 4.0, © DGIWG.