narrative ========= ``iati-activities/iati-activity/transaction/sector/narrative`` This is the reference page for the XML element ``narrative``. .. index:: single: narrative Definition ~~~~~~~~~~ The free text description of the reporting organisation's own sector definition. 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. Attributes ~~~~~~~~~~ .. _iati-activities/iati-activity/transaction/sector/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 `. Example Usage ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The ``narrative`` child element can be used to declare freetext for the ``sector`` element of a ``transaction``. | The ``narrative`` element should be used specially when the *99* (Reporting Organisation) or *98* (Reporting Organisation 2) *SectorVocabulary* are declared. .. code-block:: xml Health Sector | 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 ~~~~~~~~~ 2.01 ^^^^ The ``sector`` element was added to ``transaction`` in 2.01 Developer tools ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Find the source of this documentation on github: * `Schema `_ * `Extra Documentation `_