description¶
iati-activities/iati-activity/location/description
This is the reference page for the XML element description.
Definition¶
A description that qualifies the location, not the activity.
Rules¶
This element must occur no more than once (within each parent element).
Example Usage¶
Example usage of description within a location of an iati-activity.:
  <location ref="AF-KAN">
   <location-reach code="1" />
   <location-id vocabulary="G1" code="1453782" />
   <name>
  <narrative>Location name</narrative>
   </name>
   <description>
  <narrative>Location description</narrative>
   </description>
   <activity-description>
  <narrative>A description that qualifies the activity taking place at the location.</narrative>
   </activity-description>
   <administrative vocabulary="G1" level="1" code="1453782" />
   <point srsName="http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/4326">
    <pos>31.616944 65.716944</pos>
   </point>
   <exactness code="1"/>
   <location-class code="2"/>
   <feature-designation code="ADMF"/>
  </location>
Changelog¶
2.01¶
Freetext is no longer allowed with this element.  It should now be declared  with the new child narrative element.
1.04¶
The documentation in the schema has changed from “A human-readable description of the location (not the activity).”