Persons Extra¶
The “Persons Extra” data capture format is used to extend the data in the Persons format to cover a person’s social media and other online accounts, official webpages, and media materials containing information about how the person looks and sounds.
It also serves the purpose of grouping resources that are ipso facto - resources that are valuable in themselves, and not only as sources for other data points. This provides the Staff Analyst with a collection of audiovisual media resources that can be used to identify and further research the person.
A spreadsheet containing all the fields used by Security Force Monitor can be found in the section called Sample data entry sheets.
Person Extra: Name¶
Description
Full name of the person, including given, patronym and surnames, as already recorded in the person:name
field of the Persons sheet.
Type of field
Text and numbers
Example of use
Magaji Musa Majia'a
Spreadsheet column name
person_extra:name
Shortcode
px_n
Sources
No.
Confidence
No.
Guidance on use
This field is used to store the name of the person about whom extra information is being entered. The person must already have an entry in the Persons sheet. The value must be identical to that in person:name
.
This field is duplicated for every row of data about the person.
Person Extra: Unique Identifier¶
Description
A unique 32 character code assigned to each person in the dataset, as already recorded in the person:id:admin
field of the Persons sheet.
Type of field
Text and numbers
Example of use
a848de4e-ebeb-49d6-9099-7e68ca3b57fc
Spreadsheet column name
person_extra:id:admin
Shortcode
px_id_a
Sources
No.
Confidence
No.
Guidance on use
This field is used to store the UUID of the person about whom extra information is being entered. The person must already have an entry in the Persons sheet. The value must be identical to that in person:id:admin
.
This field is duplicated for every row of data about the person.
Person Extra: Gender¶
Description
Indicators of a person’s sex or gender identity, as inferred from pronouns used in the text of available sources.
Type of field
Open list, single choice
Example of use
Male
, Female
, Other
Spreadsheet column name
person_extra:gender
Shortcode
px_g
Sources
Yes (person_extra:gender:source
, px_g_s
)
Confidence
Yes (person_extra:gender:confidence
, px_g_c
)
Guidance on use
This field is used to capture data about the gender of a person, as determined only by the pronouns (“her”, “she”, “his”, “him”, etc) used in any available textual sources about this person. We do not infer a person’s gender from their name or images of them.
Echoing the definition used in the `FOAF standard<http://xmlns.com/foaf/spec/#term_gender>`__, the Person Extra: Gender
field is not intended to capture the full range of possible biological, social and sexual associated with the word “gender”. In the majority of cases the value recorded in this field will be male
or female
. However, we have left this field open to include alternatives that are expressed within the available sources about a person.
Where the sources contain no textual indication about the person’s gender, the field should be left blank.
Person Extra: Date of Birth¶
Description
The date on which a person was born.
Type of field
Date (YYYY-MM-DD), fuzzy
Example of use
1985-10-01
, 1985-10
, 1985
Spreadsheet column name
person_extra:date_of_birth
Shortcode
px_dob
Sources
Yes (person_extra:date_of_birth:source
, px_dob_s
)
Confidence
Yes (person_extra:date_of_birth:confidence
, px_dob_c
)
Guidance on use
This field is used to capture the date of birth of a person, with as much specificity as allowed by available sources. The field can accept a full or partial date.
Person Extra: Deceased¶
Description
Indicates whether a person has died.
Type of field
Positive confirmation, blank if none
Example of use
Y
Spreadsheet column name
person_extra:deceased
Shortcode
px_d
Sources
Yes (person_extra:deceased:source
, px_d_s
)
Confidence
Yes (person_extra:deceased:confidence
, px_d_c
)
Guidance on use
Where sources indicate that a person has died, enter Y
in the field Person Extra: Deceased
. In all other cases, leave the field blank.
In many cases the sources used to evidence Person Extra: Deceased
and Person Extra: Date of Death
will be the same. In some cases, however, sources may indicate a person has died without specifying a date. In these cases, the field Person Extra: Date of Death
should not be filled in.
Person Extra: Date of Death¶
Description
A date on which a person died.
Type of field
Date (YYYY-MM-DD), fuzzy
Example of use
2017-07-22
, 2017-07
, 2017
Spreadsheet column name
person_extra:date_of_death
Shortcode
px_dod
Sources
Yes (person_extra:date_of_death:source
, p_dod_s
)
Confidence
Yes (person_extra:date_of_death:confidence
, p_dod_c
)
Guidance on use
Use this field to record the full or partial date of a person’s death, as recorded in a source. Where a source reports that a person has died, but does not indicate the date on which this happened, only the field Person Extra: Deceased
should be filled in.
Person Extra: Account Type¶
Description
The name of an online platform or service on which the person holds an account.
Type of field
Text and numbers, chosen from list.
Example of use
facebook
, twitter
, telegram
, whatsapp
, youtube
, vkontakte
, wikipedia
Spreadsheet column name
person_extra:account_type
Shortcode
px_at
Sources
Yes (person_extra:account:source
, px_a_s
)
Confidence
Yes (person_extra:account:confidence
, px_a_c
)
Guidance on use
This field is used to record the name of the online platform of service on which a person holds an account. The name is chosen from a list of available platforms and services, which will be updated as required. The subsequent field Person Extra: Account Identity
is used to record the name of the account held by the person on the platform or service. Sources and confidence fields for Person Extra: Account Type
are shared with Person Extra: Account Identity
.
Where a person has more than one account, on the same or different platforms, a new row should be created.
Person Extra: Account Identity¶
Description
The account name used by the person on a special online platform or service.
Type of field
Text and numbers
Example of use
tomcopsymes
(on Twitter)
Spreadsheet column name
person_extra:account_id
Shortcode
px_aid
Sources
Yes (person_extra:account:source
, px_a_s
)
Confidence
Yes (person_extra:account:confidence
, px_a_c
)
Guidance on use
This field is used to record the account name held by the person on a specific online platform or service. The name of the corresponding online platform or service is stored in Person Extra: Account Type
.
Sources and confidence fields for Person Extra: Account Identity
are shared with Person Extra: Account Name
.
Where a person has more than one account, on the same or different platforms, a new row should be created.
Person Extra: External Link Description¶
Description
Short textual description of the relevent content of a URL containing information about the person.
Type of field
Text and numbers.
Example of use
Official biography of General Luis Cresencio Sandoval Gonzálezi on the SEDENA website
, Wikipedia page for Luis Cresencio Sandoval
,
Spreadsheet column name
person_extra:external_link_description
Shortcode
px_eld
Sources
Yes (person_extra:external_link_source
, px_eld_s
Confidence
Yes (person_extra:external_link_confidence
, px_eld_c
Guidance on use
This field is used to store a short decription of the content found at an external URL about this person. The details of the external link are stored in the relevant source record. This field is used to gather together resources that provide a high level of detail about the person, and will include official websites, blogs operated by the person, the Wikipedia page about them (if they have one), or Facebook pages credibly linked to the person. Details about the social media footprint of the person are not stored in this field - Person Extra: Account Type
and Person Extra: Account Identity
are used toe capture this data.
The source field associated with Person Extra: External Link Description
is used to store data about the resource itself, along with other material that evidences why the external link is about the person.
A new row is created for each new resource.
Person Extra: Media Description¶
Description
Short textual description of material found in a media resource that provides information about a how person looks or sounds.
Type of field
Text and numbers.
Example of use
“Face and shoulders of Bosco Ntaganda, in military uniform with hat, tie and lapels, backed by two other men in combat fatigues armed with rifles. Taken at a news conference in January 2009.”
Spreadsheet column name
person_extra:media_desc
Shortcode
px_md
Sources
Yes (person_extra:media:source
, px_m_s
)
Confidence
Yes (person_extra:media:confidence
, px_m_c
)
Guidance on use
This field is used to store a brief description of the content of external. The description should be sufficient for the analyst to quickly appraise what they can expect to find in the media about what the person looks or sounds like. Details about the media type, URL and other metadata are contained in the source associated with Person Extra: Media Description
.
A new row is created for each distinct media item about the person.
Person Extra: Notes¶
Description
Analysis, commentary and notes about the material in row of data in Persons Extra that do not fit into the data structure.
Type of field
Text and numbers
Example of use
The image referenced in this row is clipped from a longer video. Should it be necessary, additional views of this individual are available in the video.
Spreadsheet column name
person_extra:notes
Shortcode
px_n
Sources
No.
Confidence
No.
Guidance on use
We use this field to record information about the material recorded in Persons Extra that is likely to provide useful context, additional information that does not fit into the data structure, and notes about how decisions were made about which data to include. Any sources used to write the notes should be included directly inside this field.