Property	Value
Short name of a domain or entity of CDQ's conceptual data model, used in diagrams, tables and running text. Label	Administrative Area
A technical identifier, unique in a certain context. Technical key	`ADMINISTRATIVE_AREA`
Whether an entity of CDQ's conceptual data model is a plain entity or an associative entity, which relates other entities and carries attributes of its own. Kind	Entity
The domain of CDQ's conceptual data model that an entity belongs to. Domain	Location (domain)
An informal and short human-readable definition of a concept, in terms of a 'one-liner'. Short description	A country, region, county, municipality or postal area.
Informal and comprehensive human-readable definition of a concept. Description	Reference entity for administrative areas, also the jurisdiction of identifiers and legal forms and the country of origin of a product. Identified by ISO and national codes. Corresponds to the SAP country, region and postal code tables.
Category of the metadata pages that provide reference data for an entity of CDQ's conceptual data model, e.g. the legal forms for Legal Form. Reference data	Country, Region, County, Exonym
Relationships	0..* Address within 1..* Administrative Area 0..* Identifier valid in 0..1 Administrative Area 0..* Legal Form valid in 1 Administrative Area 0..* Product originates in 0..1 Administrative Area

Relationships

RDOM realization

Realization	Pattern	RDOM concept	Description
Country of an address	`EMBEDDED`	Country (CDQ) `$.businessPartner.addresses[*].country`	The country embedded in an address is an administrative area.
Administrative areas of an address	`EMBEDDED`	Administrative Area (CDQ) `$.businessPartner.addresses[].administrativeAreas[]`	The regions and other administrative areas embedded in an address are administrative areas.
Jurisdiction of the issuing body of an identifier	`EMBEDDED`	Jurisdiction (CDQ) `$.businessPartner.identifiers[*].issuingBody.jurisdiction`	The jurisdiction embedded in the issuing body of an identifier is an administrative area.