coordinate overlapping regulatory authority across agencies with the MDS Jurisdictions API
domain: github.com/openmobilityfoundation · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps
Publish each agency's authority as a Jurisdiction object with jurisdiction_id (UUID, immutable), agency_key (immutable, usable in JWT-based access control), description, and mode_ids listing which mobility modes it governs.
Optionally reference a geography_id from the Geography API to attach a physical boundary to the jurisdiction.
Serve GET /jurisdictions (all) and GET /jurisdictions/{jurisdiction_id} (one), both supporting an optional effective timestamp query parameter to see what was in force at a point in time.
Alternatively distribute via flat files (jurisdictions.json plus geographies.json) polled at an agreed interval.
Make the endpoint public and unauthenticated, and keep old versions archived when a Jurisdiction is updated rather than overwriting them.
Known gotchas
agency_key and jurisdiction_id are both meant to be immutable identifiers for access-control purposes — don't recycle them when boundaries change; publish a new Jurisdiction instead.
Jurisdiction solves multi-agency coordination (e.g. a county delegating to member cities); it is not a substitute for Geography, which just holds the GeoJSON shapes.
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