Should we model 'federations'?

[espinr]

Competitors (both athletes and teams) may be attached to federations. There is already a property for that.

Should we create a new class named Federation? A Federation could be considered as a specialized type of Organization with concrete properties about it (apart from name and contact info). For instance, federations can be federated into other federations. Federations rule Athletics in specific territories or countries.

We already have identified these optional properties to describe organizations:

• identifier: Unique character string to identify the organization.
• name:
• alternate name: An alias to name the organization (acronym, etc.)
• postal address
• logo
• email
• url: webpage
• telephone

If so, what specific properties should we include?

• [x] territorial scope? - Country or territory
• [x] is federated into? - another Federation
• [ ] member(s)? Clubs, athletes, federations that are federated in this organization

[espinr]

Created a new entity called Athletics Federation