unique identifier actual value of the identifier. type of value (eg 'ZMR', 'SV-Nummer', 'Martrikelnummer', database identification, ...) authority, which is reponsible for generation of the identifier (eg university in case of 'MatrikelNummer') any additional properties element of person type main structure of person data unique identification entities element of physical person type physical person data related to the person's name Former name, Artist name, changes of Given name ... status of a person in the cycle of life gender date of birth place of birth country of birth nationality of Person (Staatsbürgerschaft) confession (religion) of Person relatives (parents, ...) type of the relationship any additional properties element of corporate body type juridical person, organisation category (eg organisation, function, sector, ...) name of corporate body (whole name) alternative names of corporate body (abbreviations, short name, synonyms, ...) type of company (eg AG, OHG, ...) part of an organisation, see also X.500 ou (eg departement, section, branch, ...) any additional properties element of signed person datastructure type signed person datastructure. The first Identification elements (from the base type) denote the record as such (e.g. database key for this record) - not to be mistaken for identifiers of the person or of an address (they have their own Identification elements). one or more electronic signatures applied on fields above any additional properties simple type for sex (gender) of person simple type for dates (union), which may omit day and/or month simple type for marital status of a person pattern type for enlargement of type definitions known relations (family + functional) known + any other relation known types of alternative names known + any other alternative name types element of address type main structure of address data unique identification entities element of postal address type postal address type of address - category (eg 'Wohnsitz', 'Zentrale', ...) any additional properties element of telephone address type phone numbers type of phononumber - category (eg 'Festnetz', 'Mobile', 'fax', ...) phonenumber any additional properties element of internet address type internet based communication certificate for secure communication email-Address, Web, FTP, LDAP, ... any additional properties