GeographicStructureCodeRepresentationBaseType

Allows for the use of all or part of a GeographicStructure description to be used as a response domain or value representation by a question or variable. In addition to the basic objects of a representation it describes the Geographic Structure values available for use by the question or variable.

Properties

Name

Type

Description

IncludedGeographicStructureCodes

IncludedGeographicStructureCodesType

0..1

Identifies the Geographic Structure codes included by the Authorized source of the code, the Geographic Structure being used and the Structures to exclude.

Properties Inherited from RepresentationType

Name

Type

Description

RecommendedDataType

CodeValueType

0..1

This field provides the recommended treatment of the data within an application. The value should come from a controlled vocabulary - recommended values include the set found in W3C XML Schema Part 2, but excluding string sub-types, QNAME, and NOTATION. The DDI Alliance has provided a controlled vocabulary (DataType) to support this element at http://www.ddialliance.org/controlled-vocabularies.

GenericOutputFormat

CodeValueType

0..1

This field provides a recommended generic treatment of the data for display by an application. The value should come from a controlled vocabulary.

MeasurementUnit

CodeValueType

0..1

Records the measurement unit, for example, ‘km’, ‘miles’, etc. Supports the use of a controlled vocabulary.

MissingValue

string

0..1

List the values used to represent missing data in a space delimited array. Use of MissingValuesReference is preferred. If this content does not match the values provided in the MissingValuesReference, the content of the MissingValuesReference overrides the content of this attribute.

BlankIsMissingValue

boolean

0..1

When value is true a blank or empty variable content should be treated as a missing value. Use of MissingValuesReference is preferred.

ClassificationLevel

string

0..1

Indicates the type of relationship, nominal, ordinal, interval, ratio, or continuous. Use where appropriate for the representation type.

Item Type Hierarchy

Relationships

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