description¶
iati-activities/iati-activity/description
This is the reference page for the XML element description.
Definition¶
A longer, human-readable description containing a meaningful description of the activity. May be repeated for different languages.
Rules¶
This element must occur at least once (within each parent element).
Attributes¶
- @type
The type of description being provided. This is not required if only one general description of the activity is reported.
This value must be of type xsd:string.
This value must be on the DescriptionType codelist.
Example Usage¶
Example description of an iati-activity.
The
@type attribute declares a valid code (en) from the DescriptionType codelist.<description type="1">
<narrative>General activity description text. Long description of the activity with no particular structure.</narrative>
</description>
The
description element can be repeated in any iati-activity.In this example, three different
description are declared.Note - it is optional to include all
DescriptionType. <description type="1">
<narrative>General activity description text. Long description of the activity with no particular structure.</narrative>
<narrative xml:lang="fr">Activité générale du texte de description. Longue description de l'activité sans structure particulière.</narrative>
</description>
<description type="2">
<narrative>Objectives for the activity, for example from a logical framework.</narrative>
<narrative xml:lang="fr">Objectifs de l'activité, par exemple à partir d'un cadre logique.</narrative>
</description>
<description type="3">
<narrative>Statement of groups targeted to benefit from the activity.</narrative>
<narrative xml:lang="fr">Déclaration de groupes ciblés pour bénéficier de l'activité.</narrative>
</description>