---
id: "ocd_division_id"
kind: "datatype"
status: "draft"
is_pii: false
categories: ["geo", "government"]
langs: ["common"]
quality: 80
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/ocd_division_id"
---

# Open Civic Data Division ID (`ocd_division_id`)

> **Draft.** Draft records have not been reviewed yet and may be incomplete or wrong; do not treat them as authoritative for legal or compliance decisions.

Identifier of a political division in the Open Civic Data scheme: ocd-division/country:xx followed by type:name pairs separated by slashes, such as ocd-division/country:us/state:ny.

- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Geographic identifiers (geo), Government related (government)
- Countries: global
- Languages: Common to most languages (common)
- Classification: identifier

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
^ocd-division/country:[a-z]{2}(?:/[a-z_-]+:[a-z0-9._~-]+)*$
```

## Examples

- `ocd-division/country:ca/ed:13004` — Fundy Royal
- `ocd-division/country:us/state:wi/cd:2` — Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district
- `ocd-division/country:us` — United States

## Mappings

- wikidata: `P8651`

## Sources

- doc: <https://open-civic-data.readthedocs.io/en/latest/proposals/0002.html>
- wikidata: <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8651>

## Quality

Score 80/100. Missing: negative example, translation, detector coverage.

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