Organization types and categories

[akuckartz]

A basic list:

• committee
• parliamentary group (better than "faction", see comment below)
• party
• external committee
• institution

See OpenGovLD/specs#13 and OParl/spec#173 (comment)

[wfdd]

I assume 'faction' is the parliamentary group? In English, 'faction' is more commonly used in reference to schisms within a party (e.g. [1]).

[akuckartz]

@wfdd Thanks for this. Yes, parliamentary group is meant. I have changed the list above.

[jpmckinney]

In Popolo, political group is used, as not all legislatures are known as "parliaments".

[wfdd]

Adopting Popolo terminology would seem sensible, in general. Apart from the EU, some sub-national legislatures also appear to use 'political group' (like the Western Australian upper chamber).

[akuckartz]

Sure, Popolo is a very relevant guideline. I am not interested in duplicating work! That is one reason why I also like the suggestion #10

I am particilarly interested in German municipalities. Depending on the legal viewpoint these are not even legislatures. In many municipalities members can belong to either a "Fraktion" or a "Gruppe". A "Gruppe" is similar to a "Fraktion" but has less rights and usually less members.

[wfdd]

By the way, this is currently listed in the scheme as 'Parliamentary caucus'@en.