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Courtyard (AL175)

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

RDF: al175.ttl

Name
Courtyard
Kind
FeatureType
Definition
An open area that is open to the sky and surrounded by walls or buildings forming the precincts of a larger facility (for example: an extended house, a castle, or a homestead), often in the form of an area that is enclosed by a single building.
Description
Historically, these areas in inns and public buildings were often the primary meeting places for some purposes, leading to the other meanings of the term 'court'.
Accepted
2013-10-18
Geometry
point, multipoint, curve, multicurve, surface, multisurface, solid, multisolid
Subtype of
ZI028 Feature Entity
Attributes
Associations
RWOI terms naming it

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