[Concept]: Add Non-X (X = specific location) to represent locations that are not X

[coolharsh55]

Specs

Locations (LOC)

New Concept(s)

The LOC extension should also provide concepts that represent something is not this location e.g. loc:NonEU means all locations that are not EU (or in EU), and loc:NonIE means all locations that are not or in Ireland (IE). This will assist implementations where they have to specify locations in the context of rules or conditions, such as no data transfers outside of EU.

Without the additional concept, this requires a logical operator (NOT) and a location concept (loc:EU) - which introduces complexity in representing, sharing, and interpreting the information across use-cases. Instead, if we provided loc:NonEU as a concept, it can be directly represented e.g. as dpv:hasLocation loc:NonEU within a rule or a use-case - thereby simplifying the way such conditions or situations are represented.

The proposal is to create and provide such NonX concepts for all countries and supraunions (EU, EEA, etc.) as these would at least be the most commonly used concepts.

Changed Concept(s)

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