---
id: "location"
kind: "datatype"
status: "draft"
is_pii: true
categories: ["geo", "pii"]
langs: ["common"]
quality: 75
url: "https://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/location"
---

# Location (place name) (`location`)

> **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.

Name of a place of any kind, such as a settlement, an administrative area, a country, a region, a body of water, a mountain or a building. It is the broad type for place names found in free text, where the kind of place is often unknown; narrower records cover cities, countries, administrative divisions and places of birth. A place linked to a person, such as where they live or travel, is personal data.

- Personal data (PII): yes
- Categories: Geographic identifiers (geo), Personally identifiable information (pii)
- Countries: global
- Languages: Common to most languages (common)

## Examples

- `Lake Baikal` — body of water
- `Bavaria` — administrative area
- `Mont Blanc` — mountain

## Mappings

- dpv: `pd:Location`
- presidio: `LOCATION`
- schema_org: `location`
- wikidata: `P276`

## Supported by tools

- `presidio`

## Translations

- ru: Местоположение (название места): Название места любого вида — населённого пункта, административной единицы, страны, региона, водоёма, горы или здания. Общий тип для географических названий в свободном тексте, когда вид места неизвестен.

## Sources

- wikipedia: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Location_(geography)>
- wikidata: <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P276>
- schema.org: <https://schema.org/Place>

## Quality

Score 75/100. Missing: regexp, negative example.

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