narrative
=========

``iati-activities/iati-activity/other-identifier/owner-org/narrative``

This is the reference page for the XML element ``narrative``. 

.. index::
  single: narrative

Definition
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The free text name or description of the item being described. This can
be repeated in multiple languages.



Rules
~~~~~

The text in this element must be of type xsd:string.








This element may occur any number of times.







Either ``narrative`` or ``@ref`` must be present.





Attributes
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.. _iati-activities/iati-activity/other-identifier/owner-org/narrative/.xml:lang:

@xml:lang
  A code specifying the language of text in this element. It is recommended that wherever possible only codes from ISO 639-1 are used. If not present, the default language is assumed.

  This value should be on the :doc:`Language codelist </codelists/Language>`.



  





Example Usage
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The ``narrative`` child element can be used to declare freetext for the ``owner-org`` of an ``other-identifier``.

.. literalinclude:: ../../../../activity-standard-example-annotated.xml
	:language: xml
	:start-after: <!--other-identifier starts-->
	:end-before: <!--other-identifier ends-->

| The ``narrative`` element can be repeated for any language additional to the default language set in ``iati-activity``, by using the ``@xml:lang`` attribute.  Example not shown.


Changelog
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2.01
^^^^
| The ``owner-org`` element was added in version 2.01


Developer tools
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Find the source of this documentation on github:

* `Schema <https://github.com/IATI/IATI-Schemas/blob/version-2.03/iati-common.xsd#L27>`_
* `Extra Documentation <https://github.com/IATI/IATI-Extra-Documentation/blob/version-2.03/en/activity-standard/iati-activities/iati-activity/other-identifier/owner-org/narrative.rst>`_