Glossary

Thesaurus

Many of the entities Metro deals with can be called multiple things. Here is a cheatsheet to reference:

Board of Directors, Committee

  • Body (Legistar API)
  • Meeting body (Legistar UI)
  • Organization (Open Civic Data universe, Councilmatic models)
  • Committee (Legistar UI, Councilmatic UI)

Board member

  • Member (Legistar UI)
  • Person/s (Legistar API, Open Civic Data universe, Councilmatic models)
  • Board member (Councilmatic UI)

Membership

  • Office record (Legistar API)
  • Membership (Open Civic Data models, Councilmatic models)
  • Term (pupa)

Bill

  • Matter (Legistar API)
  • Bill (Open Civic Data universe)
  • Board report (Legistar UI, Councilmatic universe)

Event

  • Event (Legistar API, Open Civic Data universe, Councilmatic models)
  • Meeting (Legistar UI, Councilmatic UI)

Dictionary

Here are some concepts in Metro that benefit from some more context:

Division

Jurisdiction

Post

  • Position in organization
  • Posts define the core positions within an organization, and can optionally be associated with a Division, i.e., the political geography they represent
  • Examples:
    • Post associated with a division: Appointee of the Mayor of the City of Los Angeles on the Board of Directors representing the City of Los Angeles
    • Post not associated with a division: Chair of the Board of Directors
  • Further reading: https://open-civic-data.readthedocs.io/en/latest/proposals/0005.html

Membership