AttributeType ------------- An attribute may be any object which should be attached to all or part of the NCube. It may be defined as a Variable or contain textual content (such as a footnote). Properties ~~~~~~~~~~ .. csv-table:: :header: "Name","Type","","Description" :widths: 15,10,5,100 "VariableReference",":doc:`/item-types/Variable/index`","0..1","A reference to a variable that describes the attribute." "AttachmentValue","string","0..1","The value of the attachment expressed as a string, if not a variable." "AttachmentRegionReference",":doc:`/composite-types/CoordinateRegionType/index`","0..1","Reference to the CoordinateRegion that defines the attachment point for the attribute." "MeasureDefinitionReference",":doc:`/composite-types/MeasureDefinitionType/index`","0..n","Reference to the MeasureDefinition that the attribute is attached to." "Value",":doc:`/composite-types/ValueType/index`","0..n","Reference to the specified Value of the MeasureDefinition that the attribute is attached to." "AttachmentLevel","string","0..1","Describes the attachment level of the attribute as Cube, CoordinateRegion, Dimension, Measurement, or MeasurementValue." Properties Inherited from IdentifiableType ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .. csv-table:: :header: "Name","Type","","Description" :widths: 15,10,5,100 "URN","string","1..1","" "Agency","string","1..1","" "ID","string","1..1","" "Version","string","1..1","" "UserID",":doc:`/composite-types/UserIDType/index`","0..n","Allows for the specification of identifiers other than the specified DDI identification of the object. This may be a legacy ID from DDI-C, a system specific ID such as for a database or registry, or a non-DDI unique identifier. As the identifier is specific to a system the system must be identified with the UserID structure." "UserAttributePair",":doc:`/composite-types/StandardKeyValuePairType/index`","0..n","A system specific user defined property of the object expressed as a key/value pair. As this is specific to an individual system the use of controlled vocabularies for the key is strongly recommended." Item Type Hierarchy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * :doc:`/composite-types/IdentifiableType/index` * **AttributeType** Relationships ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The following types reference this type. * :doc:`/item-types/NCube/index` .. container:: image |stub| .. |stub| image:: ../../images/AttributeType.svg