---
id: "continent"
kind: "datatype"
status: "stable"
is_pii: false
categories: ["geo"]
langs: ["common"]
quality: 63
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/continent"
---

# Continent name or identifier (`continent`)

A continent is any of several large landmasses. Related to UN unm49 dataclass

- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Geographic identifiers (geo)
- Countries: global
- Languages: Common to most languages (common)
- Classification: categorical
- Patterns: `continentcode`

## Examples

- `Eurasia` — Eurasia

## Mappings

- cdm: `means.location.continent`
- fta: `CONTINENT.TEXT_CS`, `CONTINENT.TEXT_DA`, `CONTINENT.TEXT_DE`, `CONTINENT.TEXT_EN`, `CONTINENT.TEXT_ES`, `CONTINENT.TEXT_FI`, `CONTINENT.TEXT_FR`, `CONTINENT.TEXT_IT`, `CONTINENT.TEXT_JA`, `CONTINENT.TEXT_NL`, `CONTINENT.TEXT_PL`, `CONTINENT.TEXT_PT`, `CONTINENT.TEXT_RO`, `CONTINENT.TEXT_RU`, `CONTINENT.TEXT_SV`
- sherlock: `continent`
- wikidata: `P30`

## Metacrafter rules

1 rules: 0 match the field name, 1 match values.

- `encontinentbyname` (data, `en/en_geo.yaml`)

## Supported by tools

- `doduo`
- `fta`
- `metacrafter`
- `powerbi`
- `sato`
- `sherlock`
- `talend`

## Sources

- wikipedia: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continent>
- wikidata: <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P30>

## Quality

Score 63/100. Missing: regexp, second example, negative example, translation.

JSON: <http://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/continent.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/any/geo/continent.yaml>