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Actors ​

Actors are items of documentation about persons or bodies of interest that can be related to other Actors, Bulletins, or Incidents, usually coming from a single source.

Fields ​

ID ​

An internal ID unique to every Actor.

Origin ID ​

The ID of the Actor from the source. Read-only, hyperlinked with the source link.

Names ​

Individual fields for full, first, middle/father's, mother's, and last name, as well as nicknames.

Description ​

Full description of the Actor and notes from the user.

Sources ​

The source from which the information was obtained. Usually one source per Actor. Information from different sources can be added as separate Actors and linked with a "Same Person" relationship.

Labels and Verified Labels ​

Tags about the information contained in the Actor profile.

Sex / Minor/Adult ​

Status ​

Civilian status with pre-set options: Civilian, Non-Civilian, Unknown, Police, Other Security Forces. These statuses are tailored to the Syrian conflict but can be changed.

Actor Type ​

Person or body (entity).

Date of Birth / Place of Birth / Place of Origin / Place of Residence ​

Events ​

Time and location entries about the Actor's life events. These events power the Map Visualization feature, which renders actor movement patterns across locations.

Occupation / Position / Spoken Dialects / Family Status / Ethnographic Information / Nationality / National ID Number ​

Relationships ​

Person Relationships ​

  • Same Person: Same real person, potentially from different sources
  • Duplicate: Exact same item from the same source (should be removed)
  • Parent / Child / Sibling / Family member
  • Superior Officer / Subordinate Officer
  • Member: Person belongs to a body Actor

Body Relationships ​

  • Unit / Subunit: Hierarchical body relationships
  • Group: Person Actor that belongs to this body
  • Alleged Perpetrator: This Actor is responsible for an incident involving the related Actor

Generic ​

  • Duplicate / Other

Relationships can be added with three levels of certainty.

Same roles as Bulletin-to-Actor: Injured Party, Alleged Perpetrator, Witness, Appeared, Participant.

Same roles as Related Bulletins.

Upload and link media files (pictures of a person, logos for a body). Videos and documents should be added as related Bulletins instead.

Same as Bulletin fields.