Specification Name: OASIS EDXL extensible Name Language (xNL) profile ver 1.0
Description: Defines the W3C schema for the EDXL Profile representing party names (Person or Organisation)
(Using XML Schema based standard code list/enumeration mechanism - OPTION 1 AND DEFAULT)
Produced by: Emergency Management Infrastructure Framework Subcommittee
URL: http://docs.oasis-open.org
Version: 1.0
Status: Committee Specification Draft
Copyright: 2010, OASIS, http://www.oasis-open.org
Last Modified: 12 July 2011
Last Modified by: Don McGarry - The MITRE Corp.
Update 23 July, 2014 (by Werner Joerg): for compliance with EDXL Naming and Capitalization Guidelines (EM-TC 12/18/2012)
Profile Developed From:
Specification Name: OASIS CIQ TC - extensible Name Language (xNL)
Description: Defines the W3C schema for representing party names (Person or Organisation)
(Using XML Schema based standard code list/enumeration mechanism - OPTION 1 AND DEFAULT)
Produced by: OASIS Customer Information Quality Technical Committee
URL: http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/ciq
Version: 3.0
Status: Committee Specification CS02
Copyright: 2007-09, OASIS, http://www.oasis-open.org
Last Modified: 20 September 2008
Last Modified by: Ram Kumar, Chair, OASIS CIQ TC
Reference to another Person Name or Organisation Name with primary
and foreign key reinforcement.
A primary key to reference Party Name.
A foreign key to reference attribute Key of Party Name.
Reusable complex type for a party. A party is a person or an organisation
Container for person name details. Same person with many types
(e.g. alias, pet name, nick name) of names can be used by this container.
A container for organisation name details. Same organisaion
with many types of names can be used by this container
A unique identifier of a party
Type of Party Name ID
Reusable complex type
Name or part of a name.
Clarifies the meaning of the element.Could be first
name, middle name, etc. that is defined in the List
list. Omit this attribute if the type of the name
element is not known.
Reusable complex type
Name of the organisation. E.g. ACME Inc.
Name of a subdivision of an organisation (e.g. department)
A unique identifier of an organisation
Type of identifier
Define name as a free format text. Use this when the type of the
entity (person or organisation) is unknown, or is not broken down
into individual elements (e.g. unstructured, unparsed) or is beyond
the provided types. The name represented may be formatted in the
right order or may not be as it is not parsed/broken into atomic fields
Container for defining a name of a Person, an Organisation or
combination of the above as a joint name.
Person Name
Organisation Name