organisation responsible for managing data of a specific type, for example TOPOGRAPHICAL PLACE, POINT OF INTEREST, STOP PLACE and STOP POINT data in one or more ADMINISTRATIVE AREAs

NOTE 1 to entry: Administration may be decentralised to many different DATA ADMINISTRATORs, each with responsibility for data of a particular scope. A DATA ADMINISTRATOR may correspond to an ORGANISATIONAL UNIT or may be an external body such as a Local Authority or responsible organisation.

NOTE 2 to entry: Within a physical STOP PLACE, different DATA ADMINISTRATORS may be responsible for all or just some of the data, for example different modes may be managed by different administrators.

NOTE 3 to entry: Different DATA ADMINISTRATORs may be responsible for different data processing roles such as gathering, aggregating or distributing the data depending on their DATA ADMINISTRATION ROLE. The role of data administrator may be procured by the responsible organisation from a contractor.

NOTE 4 to entry: Each DATA ADMINISTRATOR will use a known NAMESPACE for issuing identifiers.