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<h1>ASGS Ontology - ABS Structures and non-ABS structures</h1>
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<dd><code>http://linked.data.gov.au/def/asgs</code></dd>
<dt><a class="proplink" href="https://www.dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-terms/#http://purl.org/dc/terms/publisher">Publisher</a>(s)</dt>
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<a href="http://linked.data.gov.au/org/abs">Australian Bureau of Statistics</a><br/>
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<dt><a class="proplink" href="https://www.dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-terms/#http://purl.org/dc/terms/creator">Creator</a>(s)</dt>
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<a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3884-3420">Simon J.D. Cox</a>
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<a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4305-6085">Laurent Lefort</a>
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<a href="https://www.abs.gov.au">Australian Bureau of Statistics</a><br/>
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<a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8742-7730">Nicholas J. Car</a>
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<a href="https://surroundaustralia.com">SURROUND Australia Pty Ltd</a><br/>
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<dt><a class="proplink" href="https://www.dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-terms/#http://purl.org/dc/terms/created">Created</a></dt>
<dd>2018-11-23</dd>
<dt><a class="proplink" href="https://www.dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-terms/#http://purl.org/dc/terms/modified">Modified</a></dt>
<dd>2021-06-25</dd>
<dt>Imports</dt>
<dd>
<a href="http://www.opengis.net/ont/geosparql">http://www.opengis.net/ont/geosparql</a><br/>
</dd>
<dt>License & Rights</dt>
<dd>
<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/</a><br />
© 2018, 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics, CSIRO
</dd>
<dt>Source</dt>
<dd><a href="https://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/D3310114.nsf/home/Australian+Statistical+Geography+Standard+(ASGS)">https://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/D3310114.nsf/home/Australian+Statistical+Geography+Standard+(ASGS)</a></dd>
<dt>Ontology RDF</dt>
<dd><a href="asgs.ttl">RDF (turtle)</a></dd>
<dt>Code Repository</dt>
<dd><a href="https://github.com/AGLDWG/asgs-ont/">https://github.com/AGLDWG/asgs-ont/</a></dd>
</dl>
<h2>Description</h2>
<div id="description">
<p>Ontology for the Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS), a framework of statistical areas used by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and other organisations to enable the publication of statistics that are comparable and spatially integrated. This ontology contains the definitions for the ABS Structures which are areas that the ABS designs specifically for outputting statistics.</p>
<p>ABS structures: </p>
<ul>
<li>Mesh Block, Statistical Areas (Level 1 to Level 4), Greater Capital City Statistical Areas, State or Territory, Country classes</li>
<li>Indigenous location, Indigenous area, Indigenous region </li>
<li>Urban Centre and Locality, Section of State Range, Section of State, Significant Urban Area</li>
</ul>
<div class="figure">
<div><img src="./images/ABS-structures.jpg"/></div>
<div class="caption"><strong>Figure 1:</strong> ABS Structures in the ASGS</div>
</div>
<p>Non ABS Structures which are not defined or maintained by the ABS but represent administrative areas for which the ABS is committed to providing a range of statistics.
The classes defined here corresponds to ABS approximations of spatial areas or regions which are defined elsewhere</p>
<ul>
<li>Local Government Areas (LGAs)</li>
<li>Postal Areas (POAs)</li>
<li>State Suburbs (SSCs)</li>
<li>Commonwealth Electoral Divisions (CEDs)</li>
<li>State Electoral Divisions (SEDs)</li>
<li>Australian Drainage Divisions (ADDs)</li>
<li>Natural Resource Management Regions (NRMRs)</li>
<li>Tourism Regions (TRs)</li>
</ul>
<div class="figure">
<div><img src="./images/Non-ABS-structures.jpg"/></div>
<div class="caption"><strong>Figure 2:</strong> Non-ABS Structures in the ASGS</div>
</div>
<p>The ASGS uses Mesh Blocks as a common building block for all structures. Mesh Blocks are small enough that they can accurately approximate the changing administrative areas maintained by other organisations, without changing themselves.</p>
<p>The publication of the ASGS ontology is part of the Australian Bureau of Statistics contribution to a joint effort to publish authoritative, interconnected spatial products (Location Index project).</p>
<p>The ASGS Ontology is packaged in multiple graphs:</p>
<ul>
<li>http://linked.data.gov.au/def/asgs (this graph) contains the core classes for ASGS statistical units, and a small number of properties relating to their identity, classification, and containment hierarchy</li>
<li>http://linked.data.gov.au/def/asgs-cat contains the meshblock classification scheme</li>
<li>http://linked.data.gov.au/def/asgs-id contains specialised string types for identifiers and labels</li>
<li>http://linked.data.gov.au/def/asgs-path contains association classes and properties relating to paths between instances of the core classes</li>
<li>http://linked.data.gov.au/def/asgs-isof (deprecated) contains specialized predicates for containment relationships - this functionality is provided by generic 'within' and 'isComposedOf' relations instead</li>
<li>http://linked.data.gov.au/def/asgs-code (deprecated) contains specialised annotation properties for identifiers and labels - this functionality has been superseded by a set of data-types to be used in conjunction with more generic properties</li>
<li>http://linked.data.gov.au/def/asgs-prop (deprecated) contains specialised ASGS properties for relationships, classifiers, identifiers and labels - this functionality has been superseded by use of types from standardized RDF vocabularies</li>
</ul>
</div>
</section>
<section id="toc">
<h2>Table of Contents</h2>
<ol>
<li><a href="#classes">Classes</a></li>
<li><a href="#objectproperties">Object Properties</a></li>
<li><a href="#datatypeproperties">Datatype Properties</a></li>
<li><a href="#annotationproperties">Annotation Properties</a></li>
<li><a href="#namedindividuals">Named Individuals</a></li>
<li><a href="#namespaces">Namespaces</a></li>
<li><a href="#legend">Legend</a></li>
</ol>
</section>
<section id="overview">
<h2>Overview</h2>
<div class="figure">
<div><img src="./images/ABS-structures-attributes.png"/></div>
<div class="caption"><strong>Figure 3:</strong> ASGS Ontology classes for ABS Structures with their containment relations</div>
</div>
<div class="figure">
<div><img src="./images/Non-ABS-structures-attributes.png"/></div>
<div class="caption"><strong>Figure 4:</strong> ASGS Ontology classes for Non-ABS Structures with their containment relations</div>
</div>
<div class="figure">
<div><img src="./images/ASGS-feature-hierarchy.png"/></div>
<div class="caption"><strong>Figure 5:</strong> Hierarchy of ASGS Ontology classes</div>
</div>
</section>
<section id="classes">
<h2>Classes <span style="float:right; font-size:smaller;"><a href="">↑</a></span></h2>
<ul class="hlist">
<li><a href="#ABSStructure">ABS Structure</a></li>
<li><a href="#AustralianDrainageDivision">Australian Drainage Division</a></li>
<li><a href="#CommonwealthElectoralDivision">Commonwealth Electoral Division</a></li>
<li><a href="#Country(Australia)">Country (Australia)</a></li>
<li><a href="#DestinationZone">Destination Zone</a></li>
<li><a href="#ASGSFeature">ASGS Feature</a></li>
<li><a href="#GreaterCapitalCityStatisticalArea">Greater Capital City Statistical Area</a></li>
<li><a href="#IndigenousArea">Indigenous Area</a></li>
<li><a href="#IndigenousLocation">Indigenous Location</a></li>
<li><a href="#IndigenousRegion">Indigenous Region</a></li>
<li><a href="#LocalGovernmentArea">Local Government Area</a></li>
<li><a href="#MeshBlock">Mesh Block</a></li>
<li><a href="#Meshblockcategory">Meshblock category</a></li>
<li><a href="#NaturalResourceManagementRegion">Natural Resource Management Region</a></li>
<li><a href="#NonABSStructure">Non ABS Structure</a></li>
<li><a href="#Postalarea">Postal area</a></li>
<li><a href="#RemotenessArea">Remoteness Area</a></li>
<li><a href="#SectionofState">Section of State</a></li>
<li><a href="#SectionofStateRange">Section of State Range</a></li>
<li><a href="#SignificantUrbanArea">Significant Urban Area</a></li>
<li><a href="#StateElectoralDivision">State Electoral Division</a></li>
<li><a href="#StateorTerritory">State or Territory</a></li>
<li><a href="#StateSuburb">State Suburb</a></li>
<li><a href="#StatisticalAreaLevel1">Statistical Area Level 1</a></li>
<li><a href="#StatisticalAreaLevel2">Statistical Area Level 2</a></li>
<li><a href="#StatisticalAreaLevel3">Statistical Area Level 3</a></li>
<li><a href="#StatisticalAreaLevel4">Statistical Area Level 4</a></li>
<li><a href="#TourismRegion">Tourism Region</a></li>
<li><a href="#UrbanCentreandLocality">Urban Centre and Locality</a></li>
<li><a href="https://schema.org/Organization">sdo:Organization</a></li>
<li><a href="https://schema.org/Person">sdo:Person</a></li>
</ul>
<div class="entity class" id="ABSStructure">
<h3>
ABS Structure<sup title="class" class="sup-c">c</sup>
<span style="float:right; margin-right:10px; font-size:smaller;"><a href="#ABSStructure" title="fragment link to here">#</a> <a href="#classes" title="Classes Index">Classes</a></span>
</h3>
<table>
<tr>
<th>URI</th>
<td><code>http://linked.data.gov.au/def/asgs#ABSStructure</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Description</th>
<td>
<p>The ABS Structures are areas that the ABS designs specifically for outputting statistics. This means that the statistical areas are designed to meet the requirements of specific statistical collections as well as geographic concepts relevant to those statistics such as remoteness and urban/rural definitions. This helps to ensure the confidentiality, accuracy and relevance of the data. The ABS Structures are stable for five years to enable better comparison of data over time.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Super-classes</th>
<td>
<a href="#ASGSFeature">ASGS Feature</a><sup class="sup-c" title="class">c</sup><br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Sub-classes</th>
<td>
<a href="#SignificantUrbanArea">Significant Urban Area</a><sup class="sup-c" title="class">c</sup><br/>
<a href="#StateorTerritory">State or Territory</a><sup class="sup-c" title="class">c</sup><br/>
<a href="#SectionofState">Section of State</a><sup class="sup-c" title="class">c</sup><br/>
<a href="#Country(Australia)">Country (Australia)</a><sup class="sup-c" title="class">c</sup><br/>
<a href="#StatisticalAreaLevel3">Statistical Area Level 3</a><sup class="sup-c" title="class">c</sup><br/>
<a href="#UrbanCentreandLocality">Urban Centre and Locality</a><sup class="sup-c" title="class">c</sup><br/>
<a href="#IndigenousArea">Indigenous Area</a><sup class="sup-c" title="class">c</sup><br/>
<a href="#SectionofStateRange">Section of State Range</a><sup class="sup-c" title="class">c</sup><br/>
<a href="#StatisticalAreaLevel2">Statistical Area Level 2</a><sup class="sup-c" title="class">c</sup><br/>
<a href="#IndigenousRegion">Indigenous Region</a><sup class="sup-c" title="class">c</sup><br/>
<a href="#RemotenessArea">Remoteness Area</a><sup class="sup-c" title="class">c</sup><br/>
<a href="#MeshBlock">Mesh Block</a><sup class="sup-c" title="class">c</sup><br/>
<a href="#StatisticalAreaLevel1">Statistical Area Level 1</a><sup class="sup-c" title="class">c</sup><br/>
<a href="#StatisticalAreaLevel4">Statistical Area Level 4</a><sup class="sup-c" title="class">c</sup><br/>
<a href="#IndigenousLocation">Indigenous Location</a><sup class="sup-c" title="class">c</sup><br/>
<a href="#GreaterCapitalCityStatisticalArea">Greater Capital City Statistical Area</a><sup class="sup-c" title="class">c</sup><br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<div class="entity class" id="AustralianDrainageDivision">
<h3>
Australian Drainage Division<sup title="class" class="sup-c">c</sup>
<span style="float:right; margin-right:10px; font-size:smaller;"><a href="#AustralianDrainageDivision" title="fragment link to here">#</a> <a href="#classes" title="Classes Index">Classes</a></span>
</h3>
<table>
<tr>
<th>URI</th>
<td><code>http://linked.data.gov.au/def/asgs#AustralianDrainageDivision</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Is Defined By</th>
<td>
http://linked.data.gov.au/def/asgs
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Description</th>
<td>
<p>Australian Drainage Divisions (ADD) are an ABS approximation of Bureau of Meteorology Drainage Divisions. Drainage Divisions are defined by major landscape features and climatic zones to form broad hydrological regions as represented in the Australian Hydrological Geospatial Fabric (Geofabric) 2014 version 2 developed by the Bureau of Meteorology. ADDs are approximated using one or more Mesh Blocks (MBs). ADDs can cross State and Territory (S/T) boundaries. ADDs cover the whole of geographic Australia without gaps or overlaps. The ADDs are Non ABS Structures within the Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS). These are mostly administrative areas which are not defined or maintained by the ABS but for which the ABS is committed to providing a range of statistics. An additional code (Outside Australia) has also been added to represent areas not covered by Geographical Australia.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Super-classes</th>
<td>
<a href="#NonABSStructure">Non ABS Structure</a><sup class="sup-c" title="class">c</sup><br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Restrictions</th>
<td>
<a href="#isaggregationof">is aggregation of</a><sup class="sup-op" title="object property">op</sup> <span class="cardinality">min</span> 1<br/>
<a href="#isaggregationof">is aggregation of</a><sup class="sup-op" title="object property">op</sup> <span class="cardinality">only</span> <a href="#MeshBlock">Mesh Block</a><sup class="sup-c" title="class">c</sup><br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<div class="entity class" id="CommonwealthElectoralDivision">
<h3>
Commonwealth Electoral Division<sup title="class" class="sup-c">c</sup>
<span style="float:right; margin-right:10px; font-size:smaller;"><a href="#CommonwealthElectoralDivision" title="fragment link to here">#</a> <a href="#classes" title="Classes Index">Classes</a></span>
</h3>
<table>
<tr>
<th>URI</th>
<td><code>http://linked.data.gov.au/def/asgs#CommonwealthElectoralDivision</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Is Defined By</th>
<td>
http://linked.data.gov.au/def/asgs
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Description</th>
<td>
<p>Commonwealth Electoral Divisions (CED) are an ABS approximation of Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) electoral division boundaries. An Australian Electoral Commission electoral division boundary is an area legally prescribed for the purpose of returning one member to the House of Representatives Australia's Federal Lower House of Parliament. Commonwealth Electoral Divisions may change as the Australian Electoral Commission revise their boundaries. Where the Australian Electoral Commission revise their boundaries the CEDs will be updated on an annual basis in July in conjunction with updates of other Non ABS Structures. CEDs are approximated using whole Statistical Areas Level 1 (SA1s). CEDs cover the whole of Australia without gaps or overlaps.The CEDs are Non ABS Structures within the Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS). These are mostly administrative areas which are not defined or maintained by the ABS but for which the ABS is committed to providing a range of statistics. An additional code (Outside Australia) has also been added to represent areas not covered by Geographical Australia.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Example(s)</th>
<td>
<pre>
<http://linked.data.gov.au/dataset/asgs2016/commonwealthelectoraldivision/216>
rdf:type asgs:CommonwealthElectoralDivision ;
rdf:type asgs:Feature ;
rdf:type asgs:NonABSStructure ;
rdf:type geo:Feature ;
asgs:aggregatesTo <http://linked.data.gov.au/dataset/asgs2016/stateorterritory/2> ;
asgs:isAggregationOf <http://linked.data.gov.au/dataset/asgs2016/statisticalarealevel1/20801117122> ;
asgs:isAggregationOf <http://linked.data.gov.au/dataset/asgs2016/statisticalarealevel1/20801117224> ;
asgs:isAggregationOf <http://linked.data.gov.au/dataset/asgs2016/statisticalarealevel1/20802117429> ;
... more here ...
loci:isMemberOf <http://linked.data.gov.au/dataset/asgs2016/commonwealthelectoraldivision/> ;
dcterms:identifier "216"^^asgs-id:cedCode ;
dcterms:title "Goldstein" ;
geo:hasGeometry <http://gds.loci.cat/geometry/asgs16_ced/216> ;
.
</pre><br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Super-classes</th>
<td>
<a href="#NonABSStructure">Non ABS Structure</a><sup class="sup-c" title="class">c</sup><br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Restrictions</th>
<td>
<a href="#isaggregationof">is aggregation of</a><sup class="sup-op" title="object property">op</sup> <span class="cardinality">only</span> <a href="#StatisticalAreaLevel1">Statistical Area Level 1</a><sup class="sup-c" title="class">c</sup><br/>
<a href="#aggregatesto">aggregates to</a><sup class="sup-op" title="object property">op</sup> <span class="cardinality">exactly</span> 1 <a href="#StateorTerritory">State or Territory</a><sup class="sup-c" title="class">c</sup><br/>
<a href="#isaggregationof">is aggregation of</a><sup class="sup-op" title="object property">op</sup> <span class="cardinality">min</span> 1<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<div class="entity class" id="Country(Australia)">
<h3>
Country (Australia)<sup title="class" class="sup-c">c</sup>
<span style="float:right; margin-right:10px; font-size:smaller;"><a href="#Country(Australia)" title="fragment link to here">#</a> <a href="#classes" title="Classes Index">Classes</a></span>
</h3>
<table>
<tr>
<th>URI</th>
<td><code>http://linked.data.gov.au/def/asgs#Country</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Is Defined By</th>
<td>
http://linked.data.gov.au/def/asgs
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Description</th>
<td>
<p>Australia (AUS) represents the geographic extent of Australia. This is set out in section 2B of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 which currently defines Australia or the Commonwealth as meaning: 'the Commonwealth of Australia and when used in a geographical sense includes Norfolk Island the Territory of Christmas Island and the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands but does not include any other external Territory'.Prior to 2016 Norfolk Island was not included in the ASGS. However in line with Australian Government announced reforms to the governance of Norfolk Island and its inclusion into the definition of Geographic Australia the Territory of Norfolk Island was included in the 2016 ASGS. An additional code (Outside Australia) has also been added to represent areas not covered by Geographical Australia</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Super-classes</th>
<td>
<a href="#ABSStructure">ABS Structure</a><sup class="sup-c" title="class">c</sup><br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Restrictions</th>
<td>
<a href="#isaggregationof">is aggregation of</a><sup class="sup-op" title="object property">op</sup> <span class="cardinality">min</span> 1<br/>
<a href="#isaggregationof">is aggregation of</a><sup class="sup-op" title="object property">op</sup> <span class="cardinality">only</span> <a href="#StateorTerritory">State or Territory</a><sup class="sup-c" title="class">c</sup><br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<div class="entity class" id="DestinationZone">
<h3>
Destination Zone<sup title="class" class="sup-c">c</sup>
<span style="float:right; margin-right:10px; font-size:smaller;"><a href="#DestinationZone" title="fragment link to here">#</a> <a href="#classes" title="Classes Index">Classes</a></span>
</h3>
<table>
<tr>
<th>URI</th>
<td><code>http://linked.data.gov.au/def/asgs#DestinationZone</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Is Defined By</th>
<td>
http://linked.data.gov.au/def/asgs
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Description</th>
<td>
<p>Destination Zones (DZN) are geographic areas primarily used for the analysis of Census Place of Work data. They are designed to represent the distribution of workplaces rather than residential dwellings. This means there is greater spatial detail in areas with high concentrations of workplaces. DZNs are jointly developed between the ABS and each State or Territory Transport Authority. DZNs are built from whole Mesh Blocks (MB) and aggregate to Statistical Areas Level 2 (SA2s). DZNs cover the whole of Australia without gaps or overlaps. The DZN regions are not an Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) structure however the ABS publishes Census data on these areas. An additional code (Outside Australia) has also been added to represent areas not covered by Geographical Australia.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Super-classes</th>
<td>
<a href="#NonABSStructure">Non ABS Structure</a><sup class="sup-c" title="class">c</sup><br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Restrictions</th>
<td>
<a href="#aggregatesto">aggregates to</a><sup class="sup-op" title="object property">op</sup> <span class="cardinality">exactly</span> 1 <a href="#StatisticalAreaLevel2">Statistical Area Level 2</a><sup class="sup-c" title="class">c</sup><br/>
<a href="#isaggregationof">is aggregation of</a><sup class="sup-op" title="object property">op</sup> <span class="cardinality">min</span> 1<br/>
<a href="#isaggregationof">is aggregation of</a><sup class="sup-op" title="object property">op</sup> <span class="cardinality">only</span> <a href="#MeshBlock">Mesh Block</a><sup class="sup-c" title="class">c</sup><br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<div class="entity class" id="ASGSFeature">
<h3>
ASGS Feature<sup title="class" class="sup-c">c</sup>
<span style="float:right; margin-right:10px; font-size:smaller;"><a href="#ASGSFeature" title="fragment link to here">#</a> <a href="#classes" title="Classes Index">Classes</a></span>
</h3>
<table>
<tr>
<th>URI</th>
<td><code>http://linked.data.gov.au/def/asgs#Feature</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Is Defined By</th>
<td>
http://linked.data.gov.au/def/asgs
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Description</th>
<td>
<p>This is the super-class for all ABS Structures and Non-ABS Structures. For </p>
<ul>
<li>the location's numeric code, use <code>dcterms:identifier</code>, along with a suitable datatype from <code>asgs-id</code></li>
<li>the location's textual name, use <code>dcterms:title</code></li>
<li>containment and composition relations defined in ASGS, use <code>asgs:isAggregationOf</code>, <code>asgs:aggregatesTo</code>, for the </li>
<li>other relationships, use a suitable predicate from GeoSPARQL (spatial relations), Loc-I (fiat relations), Dublin Core (generic relations) or any other suitable RDF vocabaulary. </li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Super-classes</th>
<td>
<a href="http://www.opengis.net/ont/geosparql#Feature">geo:Feature</a><sup class="sup-c" title="class">c</sup><br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Restrictions</th>
<td>
<a href="http://purl.org/dc/terms/title">dcterms:title</a><sup class="sup-ap" title="annotation property">ap</sup> <span class="cardinality">exactly</span> 1<br/>
<a href="http://purl.org/dc/terms/identifier">dcterms:identifier</a><sup class="sup-dp" title="datatype property">dp</sup> <span class="cardinality">min</span> 1<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Sub-classes</th>
<td>
<a href="#NonABSStructure">Non ABS Structure</a><sup class="sup-c" title="class">c</sup><br/>
<a href="#ABSStructure">ABS Structure</a><sup class="sup-c" title="class">c</sup><br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>In domain of</th>
<td>
<a href="#isaggregationof">is aggregation of</a><sup class="sup-op" title="object property">op</sup><br/>
<a href="#aggregatesto">aggregates to</a><sup class="sup-op" title="object property">op</sup><br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>In range of</th>
<td>
<a href="#isaggregationof">is aggregation of</a><sup class="sup-op" title="object property">op</sup><br/>
<a href="#aggregatesto">aggregates to</a><sup class="sup-op" title="object property">op</sup><br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<div class="entity class" id="GreaterCapitalCityStatisticalArea">
<h3>
Greater Capital City Statistical Area<sup title="class" class="sup-c">c</sup>
<span style="float:right; margin-right:10px; font-size:smaller;"><a href="#GreaterCapitalCityStatisticalArea" title="fragment link to here">#</a> <a href="#classes" title="Classes Index">Classes</a></span>
</h3>
<table>
<tr>
<th>URI</th>
<td><code>http://linked.data.gov.au/def/asgs#GreaterCapitalCityStatisticalArea</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Is Defined By</th>
<td>
http://linked.data.gov.au/def/asgs
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Description</th>
<td>
<p>Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (GCCSAs) are designed to represent the functional extent of each of the eight State and Territory capital cities. They include the people who regularly socialise shop or work within the city but live in the small towns and rural areas surrounding the city. GCCSAs are defined using the capital city labour markets. The labour market is sometimes used as a de-facto measure of the functional extent of a city as it contains the majority of the commuting population. It is important to note that GCCSAs do not define the built up edge of the city this is better represented by Urban Centres and Localities (UCLs) or Significant Urban Areas (SUAs). The GCCSA is designed to provide a stable definition of the capital cities to enable production of economic indicators which integrate variables collected over long periods of time. GCCSAs are aggregations of whole Statistical Areas Level 4 (SA4s) in the ASGS Main Structure. Whole GCCSAs aggregate to State and Territory (S/T). GSSCAs are contiguous and in aggregate cover the whole of Australia without gaps or overlaps. An additional code (Outside Australia) has also been added to represent areas not covered by Geographical Australia.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Example(s)</th>
<td>
<pre>
<http://linked.data.gov.au/dataset/asgs2016/greatercapitalcitystatisticalarea/2GMEL>
rdf:type asgs:Feature ;
rdf:type asgs:ABSStructure ;
rdf:type asgs:GreaterCapitalCityStatisticalArea ;
rdf:type geo:Feature ;
asgs:aggregatesTo <http://linked.data.gov.au/dataset/asgs2016/stateorterritory/2> ;
asgs:greaterCapitalCityStatisticalAreasGccsa5CharacterAlphanumericCode "2GMEL"^^asgs-id:gccsaCode2016 ;
asgs:isAggregationOf <http://linked.data.gov.au/dataset/asgs2016/statisticalarealevel4/208> ;
loci:isMemberOf <http://linked.data.gov.au/dataset/asgs2016/greatercapitalcitystatisticalarea/> ;
dct:identifier "2GMEL"^^asgs-id:gccsaCode ;
dct:title "Greater Melbourne" ;
geo:hasGeometry <http://gds.loci.cat/geometry/asgs16_gccsa/2GMEL> ;
.
</pre><br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Super-classes</th>
<td>
<a href="#ABSStructure">ABS Structure</a><sup class="sup-c" title="class">c</sup><br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Restrictions</th>
<td>
<a href="#aggregatesto">aggregates to</a><sup class="sup-op" title="object property">op</sup> <span class="cardinality">exactly</span> 1 <a href="#StateorTerritory">State or Territory</a><sup class="sup-c" title="class">c</sup><br/>
<a href="#isaggregationof">is aggregation of</a><sup class="sup-op" title="object property">op</sup> <span class="cardinality">min</span> 1<br/>
<a href="#isaggregationof">is aggregation of</a><sup class="sup-op" title="object property">op</sup> <span class="cardinality">only</span> <a href="#StatisticalAreaLevel4">Statistical Area Level 4</a><sup class="sup-c" title="class">c</sup><br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<div class="entity class" id="IndigenousArea">
<h3>
Indigenous Area<sup title="class" class="sup-c">c</sup>
<span style="float:right; margin-right:10px; font-size:smaller;"><a href="#IndigenousArea" title="fragment link to here">#</a> <a href="#classes" title="Classes Index">Classes</a></span>
</h3>
<table>
<tr>
<th>URI</th>
<td><code>http://linked.data.gov.au/def/asgs#IndigenousArea</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Is Defined By</th>
<td>
http://linked.data.gov.au/def/asgs
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Description</th>
<td>
<p>Indigenous Areas (IAREs) are medium sized geographical areas designed to facilitate the release of statistics with multiple variables for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. IAREs provide a balance between spatial resolution and population size which provides the ability to release more detailed socio-economic attribute data than is available on Indigenous Locations (ILOCs). IAREs are aggregates of Indigenous Locations (ILOCs) and aggregate up to Indigenous Regions (IREGs). They cover the whole of Australia without gaps or overlaps. An additional code (Outside Australia) has also been added to represent areas not covered by Geographical Australia.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Example(s)</th>
<td>
<pre>
<http://linked.data.gov.au/dataset/asgs2016/indigenousarea/201010>
rdf:type asgs:Feature ;
rdf:type asgs:ABSStructure ;
rdf:type asgs:IndigenousArea ;
rdf:type geo:Feature ;
asgs:aggregatesTo <http://linked.data.gov.au/dataset/asgs2016/indigenousregion/201> ;
asgs:isAggregationOf <http://linked.data.gov.au/dataset/asgs2016/indigenouslocation/20101003> ;
loci:isMemberOf <http://linked.data.gov.au/dataset/asgs2016/indigenousarea/> ;
dct:identifier "201010"^^asgs-id:iareCode ;
dct:title "Melbourne - East" ;
geo:hasGeometry <http://gds.loci.cat/geometry/asgs16_iare/201010> ;
.
</pre><br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Super-classes</th>
<td>
<a href="#ABSStructure">ABS Structure</a><sup class="sup-c" title="class">c</sup><br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Restrictions</th>
<td>
<a href="#aggregatesto">aggregates to</a><sup class="sup-op" title="object property">op</sup> <span class="cardinality">exactly</span> 1 <a href="#IndigenousRegion">Indigenous Region</a><sup class="sup-c" title="class">c</sup><br/>
<a href="#isaggregationof">is aggregation of</a><sup class="sup-op" title="object property">op</sup> <span class="cardinality">min</span> 1<br/>
<a href="#isaggregationof">is aggregation of</a><sup class="sup-op" title="object property">op</sup> <span class="cardinality">only</span> <a href="#IndigenousLocation">Indigenous Location</a><sup class="sup-c" title="class">c</sup><br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<div class="entity class" id="IndigenousLocation">
<h3>
Indigenous Location<sup title="class" class="sup-c">c</sup>
<span style="float:right; margin-right:10px; font-size:smaller;"><a href="#IndigenousLocation" title="fragment link to here">#</a> <a href="#classes" title="Classes Index">Classes</a></span>
</h3>
<table>
<tr>
<th>URI</th>
<td><code>http://linked.data.gov.au/def/asgs#IndigenousLocation</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Is Defined By</th>
<td>
http://linked.data.gov.au/def/asgs
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Description</th>
<td>
<p>Indigenous Locations (ILOCs) represent small Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities (urban and rural) with a minimum population of 90 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander usual residents. An ILOC is an area designed to allow the release of statistics relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with a high level of spatial detail whilst maintaining the confidentiality of individuals. ILOCs are aggregates of Statistical Areas Level 1 (SA1s). ILOCs aggregate to Indigenous Areas (IAREs) and cover the whole of Australia without gaps or overlaps. An additional code (Outside Australia) has also been added to represent areas not covered by Geographical Australia.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Example(s)</th>
<td>
<pre><http://linked.data.gov.au/dataset/asgs2016/indigenouslocation/20101003>
rdf:type asgs:ABSStructure ;
rdf:type asgs:Feature ;
rdf:type asgs:IndigenousLocation ;
rdf:type geo:Feature ;
asgs:aggregatesTo <http://linked.data.gov.au/dataset/asgs2016/indigenousarea/201010> ;
loci:isMemberOf <http://linked.data.gov.au/dataset/asgs2016/indigenouslocation/> ;
dct:identifier "20101003"^^asgs-id:ilocCode ;
dct:title "Glen Eira" ;
geo:hasGeometry <http://gds.loci.cat/geometry/asgs16_iloc/20101003> ;
.</pre><br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Super-classes</th>
<td>
<a href="#ABSStructure">ABS Structure</a><sup class="sup-c" title="class">c</sup><br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Restrictions</th>
<td>
<a href="#aggregatesto">aggregates to</a><sup class="sup-op" title="object property">op</sup> <span class="cardinality">exactly</span> 1 <a href="#IndigenousArea">Indigenous Area</a><sup class="sup-c" title="class">c</sup><br/>
<a href="#isaggregationof">is aggregation of</a><sup class="sup-op" title="object property">op</sup> <span class="cardinality">only</span> <a href="#StatisticalAreaLevel1">Statistical Area Level 1</a><sup class="sup-c" title="class">c</sup><br/>
<a href="#isaggregationof">is aggregation of</a><sup class="sup-op" title="object property">op</sup> <span class="cardinality">min</span> 1<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<div class="entity class" id="IndigenousRegion">
<h3>
Indigenous Region<sup title="class" class="sup-c">c</sup>
<span style="float:right; margin-right:10px; font-size:smaller;"><a href="#IndigenousRegion" title="fragment link to here">#</a> <a href="#classes" title="Classes Index">Classes</a></span>
</h3>
<table>
<tr>
<th>URI</th>
<td><code>http://linked.data.gov.au/def/asgs#IndigenousRegion</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Is Defined By</th>
<td>
http://linked.data.gov.au/def/asgs
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Description</th>
<td>
<p>Indigenous Regions (IREGs) are large geographical areas loosely based on the former Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission boundaries. They are designed for the release of detailed statistical data with multiple variables on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. The greater population of IREGs enables greater cross classification of variables when compared with Indigenous Areas (IAREs) or Indigenous Localities (ILOCs). IREGs are aggregates of IAREs and aggregate up to State and Territory (S/T). They cover the whole of Australia without gaps or overlaps. An additional code (Outside Australia) has also been added to represent areas not covered by Geographical Australia.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Example(s)</th>
<td>
<pre><http://linked.data.gov.au/dataset/asgs2016/indigenousregion/201>
rdf:type asgs:ABSStructure ;
rdf:type asgs:Feature ;
rdf:type asgs:IndigenousRegion ;
rdf:type geo:Feature ;
asgs:aggregatesTo <http://linked.data.gov.au/dataset/asgs2016/stateorterritory/2> ;
asgs:isAggregationOf <http://linked.data.gov.au/dataset/asgs2016/indigenousarea/201010> ;
loci:isMemberOf <http://linked.data.gov.au/dataset/asgs2016/indigenousregion/> ;
dct:identifier "201"^^asgs-id:iregCode ;
dct:title "Melbourne" ;
geo:hasGeometry <http://gds.loci.cat/geometry/asgs16_ireg/201> ;
.
</pre><br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Super-classes</th>
<td>
<a href="#ABSStructure">ABS Structure</a><sup class="sup-c" title="class">c</sup><br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Restrictions</th>
<td>
<a href="#aggregatesto">aggregates to</a><sup class="sup-op" title="object property">op</sup> <span class="cardinality">exactly</span> 1 <a href="#StateorTerritory">State or Territory</a><sup class="sup-c" title="class">c</sup><br/>
<a href="#isaggregationof">is aggregation of</a><sup class="sup-op" title="object property">op</sup> <span class="cardinality">only</span> <a href="#IndigenousArea">Indigenous Area</a><sup class="sup-c" title="class">c</sup><br/>
<a href="#isaggregationof">is aggregation of</a><sup class="sup-op" title="object property">op</sup> <span class="cardinality">min</span> 1<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<div class="entity class" id="LocalGovernmentArea">
<h3>
Local Government Area<sup title="class" class="sup-c">c</sup>
<span style="float:right; margin-right:10px; font-size:smaller;"><a href="#LocalGovernmentArea" title="fragment link to here">#</a> <a href="#classes" title="Classes Index">Classes</a></span>
</h3>
<table>
<tr>
<th>URI</th>
<td><code>http://linked.data.gov.au/def/asgs#LocalGovernmentArea</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Is Defined By</th>
<td>
http://linked.data.gov.au/def/asgs
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Description</th>
<td>
<p>Local Government Areas (LGAs) are an ABS approximation of gazetted local government boundaries as defined by each State and Territory Local Government Department. LGAs cover incorporated areas of Australia. Incorporated areas are legally designated parts of a State or Territory over which incorporated local governing bodies have responsibility. The major areas of Australia not administered by incorporated bodies are the northern parts of South Australia and all of the Australian Capital Territory and the Other Territories. These regions are identified as 'Unincorporated' in the Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) LGA structure. A small number of LGA boundaries and names change each year and the ABS LGAs are updated on an annual basis to reflect these changes. LGAs are approximated using whole Mesh Blocks (MBs). In aggregation LGAs cover Australia without gaps or overlaps. The LGAs are Non ABS Structures within the ASGS. These are mostly administrative areas which are not defined or maintained by the ABS but for which the ABS is committed to providing a range of statistics.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Super-classes</th>
<td>
<a href="#NonABSStructure">Non ABS Structure</a><sup class="sup-c" title="class">c</sup><br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Restrictions</th>
<td>
<a href="#aggregatesto">aggregates to</a><sup class="sup-op" title="object property">op</sup> <span class="cardinality">exactly</span> 1 <a href="#StateorTerritory">State or Territory</a><sup class="sup-c" title="class">c</sup><br/>
<a href="#isaggregationof">is aggregation of</a><sup class="sup-op" title="object property">op</sup> <span class="cardinality">min</span> 1<br/>
<a href="#isaggregationof">is aggregation of</a><sup class="sup-op" title="object property">op</sup> <span class="cardinality">only</span> <a href="#MeshBlock">Mesh Block</a><sup class="sup-c" title="class">c</sup><br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<div class="entity class" id="MeshBlock">
<h3>
Mesh Block<sup title="class" class="sup-c">c</sup>
<span style="float:right; margin-right:10px; font-size:smaller;"><a href="#MeshBlock" title="fragment link to here">#</a> <a href="#classes" title="Classes Index">Classes</a></span>
</h3>
<table>
<tr>
<th>URI</th>
<td><code>http://linked.data.gov.au/def/asgs#MeshBlock</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Is Defined By</th>
<td>
http://linked.data.gov.au/def/asgs
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Description</th>
<td>
<p>Mesh Blocks (MB) are the smallest geographical area defined by the ABS. They are designed as geographic building blocks rather than as areas for the release of statistics themselves. All statistical areas in the Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) both ABS and Non ABS Structures are built up from one or more MBs.As a result the design of MBs takes into account many factors including administrative boundaries such as Cadastre (property boundaries) Suburbs and Localities and Local Government Areas (LGAs) as well as land uses and dwelling distribution. Most MBs contain 30 to 60 dwellings although some are specifically designed to have zero. This provides an additional level of confidentiality for data released on the ASGS as the difference in data released on multiple statistical areas is always at least one MB. Mesh Blocks like other ABS structures in the ASGS are stable for 5 years and are updated to reflect changes such as new housing developments every 5 years. The MB table includes a Mesh Block Category field that broadly defines primary land uses such as Residential and Commercial. MB boundaries are contiguous and in aggregate cover the whole of Australia without gaps or overlaps. An additional code (Outside Australia) has also been added to represent areas not covered by Geographical Australia.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Example(s)</th>
<td>
<pre><http://linked.data.gov.au/dataset/asgs2016/meshblock/20675580000>
rdf:type asgs:ABSStructure ;
rdf:type asgs:MeshBlock ;
rdf:type geo:Feature ;
asgs:aggregatesTo <http://linked.data.gov.au/dataset/asgs2016/destinationzone/211792650> ;
asgs:aggregatesTo <http://linked.data.gov.au/dataset/asgs2016/localgovernmentarea/22310> ;
asgs:aggregatesTo <http://linked.data.gov.au/dataset/asgs2016/naturalresourcemanagementregion/208> ;
asgs:aggregatesTo <http://linked.data.gov.au/dataset/asgs2016/stateorterritory/2> ;
asgs:aggregatesTo <http://linked.data.gov.au/dataset/asgs2016/statesuburb/20858> ;
asgs:aggregatesTo <http://linked.data.gov.au/dataset/asgs2016/statisticalarealevel1/20802117923> ;