Technical Guide

Schema Overview

Core entities and relationships that power the SOC platform.

SOC uses PostgreSQL 15 with PostGIS and a single public schema guarded by row-level security. The data model is multi-tenant and claim-aware, with access boundaries enforced by policy.

Core model

  • One user can participate in multiple communities through optional community profile tables.
  • One user can be linked to many properties through a join table.
  • One property can have many spatial features (assets, hazards, operational items).
  • Spatial features are template-driven, with flexible attributes stored separately.

Relationship map

flowchart TD
	U[user_profile]
	UPJ[user_property_profile_join]
	P[property_profile]
	F[spatial_features]
	FT[feature_templates]
	TF[template_fields]
	FA[feature_attributes]

	U --> UPJ
	UPJ --> P
	P --> F
	FT --> F
	FT --> TF
	TF --> FA
	F --> FA

Important tables

Identity and community

  • user_profile: canonical user record linked to auth users.
  • community_bcyca_profile, community_tinonee_profile, community_mondrook_profile, community_external_profile: community-specific profile extensions.

Property and spatial domain

  • property_profile: address-linked property records, including community and KYNG assignment.
  • spatial_features: geometry records linked to properties and templates.
  • feature_templates: allowed feature types, geometry kind, and category.
  • template_fields: field definitions per template.
  • feature_attributes: concrete values for template fields, keyed per feature.

Authorization support

  • user_roles: user to role assignments.
  • role_permissions: role to permission mappings.
  • user_permissions: optional direct user overrides.

Spatial conventions

  • Primary SRID is 7844 (GDA2020).
  • Geometry exchanged with clients as GeoJSON where needed.
  • Spatial validation and containment checks run in database routines before commit for sensitive edits.
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