# Classification Term

A standard label within a named catalog and scope.

Source table: Classification Term in Core Record Types (`schema:DefinedTerm`). A term names a category in a Term Set. It is a label, not an organization, unit or permission.

## Rules and ownership

Choose the Term Set: Teams, Departments, Entity Type, Industry, Compliance, Identifier Type or Place Kind. Global marks terms every company may reuse; Scope keeps a term for specific companies. Parent Term and Child Terms express a hierarchy. Alternate Name holds a short form such as a legal suffix; Organizations read it as Suffix. The inbound links from organizations, departments, teams and states show usage: change the consuming record's link when the classification is wrong, and the wording here when the term is wrong.

## Lifecycle and checks

The table has no status field or formula check. Scope does not filter pickers or enforce access by itself. The lasting classification of a counterparty is Organizations.Industry.

## Source fields

Names, types, options and links are those configured in Core Record Types. The meaning is the first line of each field description in Airtable. Options describe configuration; they do not prove a rule is enforced elsewhere.

### Recorded values

| Field | Type | Meaning | Options, link or calculation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Name | Text | Stores the standard wording of this term, as every company reuses it. | Entered value. |
| Alternate Name | Text | Stores a short or alternative wording for this term, such as the legal suffix. | Entered value. |
| Term Set | Single select | Stores which catalog this term belongs to. | Teams, Departments, Entity Type, Industry, Compliance, Identifier Type, Place Kind |
| Global | Checkbox | Marks this term as approved for every company to reuse. | Entered value. |
| Description | Long text | Stores what this term covers, in the words a new employee would use. | Entered value. |

### Links

| Field | Type | Meaning | Options, link or calculation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Scope | Linked records | Links the companies this term is kept for. | → [Organization](/systems/core/organization) · several records |
| Parent Term | Linked records | Links the broader term this term sits under. | → [Classification Term](/systems/core/classification-term) · several records |
| Child Terms | Linked records | Links the narrower terms filed under this term. | → [Classification Term](/systems/core/classification-term) · several records |
| Organizations (Entity Type) | Linked records | Links every company created under this legal form. | → [Organization](/systems/core/organization) · several records |
| Organizations (Industry) | Linked records | Links every company that operates in this sector or niche. | → [Organization](/systems/core/organization) · several records |
| Departments | Linked records | Links every real department filed under this term. | → [Department](/systems/core/department) · several records |
| Teams | Linked records | Links every real team filed under this term. | → [Team](/systems/core/team) · several records |
| States | Linked records | Links every state, province, or region filed under this term. | → [State](/systems/core/state) · several records |
| Tags | Linked records | Links optional labels from the shared Core Tags catalog. | → [Tag](/systems/core/tag) · several records |

## Example (fictitious)

The Entity Type term "Limited Liability Company" has Alternate Name "LLC" and Global checked. Every Organization linked to it shows LLC as Suffix in its Legal Name*.

## Use by other systems

Sync direction and the source view are confirmed only where the note says so; see [Architecture and ownership](/systems/core/architecture).

| System | Local table | Note |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CRM | [schema:DefinedTerm](/systems/crm/entity-classification-term) | — |
| Communication | [Classification Term (mirror)](/systems/communication/entity-classification-term) | — |

[Correct shared records](/systems/core/maintain-shared-records) · [All entities](/systems/core/entities)