dimension

iati-activities/iati-activity/result/indicator/period/actual/dimension

This is the reference page for the XML element dimension.

Definition

A category used for disaggregating the result by gender, age, etc.

Rules

This element may occur any number of times.

Attributes

@name

Freetext description of a category being disaggregated.

This value must be of type xsd:string.

@value

Description of the value being disaggregated.

This value must be of type xsd:string.

Example Usage

Example of dimension in context of an actual element (as part of a parent result/indicator element).

This example declares @name as sex, with a @value of female:
<dimension name="sex" value="female" />
The dimension element can be repeated within any actual element:
     <period>
      <period-start iso-date="2013-01-01" />
      <period-end iso-date="2013-03-31" />
      <target value="10">
       <location ref="AF-KAN" />
       <location ref="KH-PNH" />
       <dimension name="sex" value="female" />
       <dimension name="age" value="adult" />
       <comment>
        <narrative>Target comment text</narrative>
       </comment>
       <document-link format="application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text" url="http:www.example.org/docs/result_period_target_en.odt">
        <title>
         <narrative>Results Period Target Report 2013</narrative>
        </title>
        <description>
          <narrative>Report of results period target</narrative>
        </description>
        <category code="A01" />
        <language code="en" />
        <document-date iso-date="2014-02-05" />
       </document-link>
      </target>
      <actual value="11">
       <location ref="AF-KAN" />
       <location ref="KH-PNH" />
       <dimension name="sex" value="female" />
       <dimension name="age" value="adult" />
       <comment>
         <narrative>Actual comment text</narrative>
       </comment>
       <document-link format="application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text" url="http:www.example.org/docs/result_period_actual_en.odt">
        <title>
         <narrative>Results Period Actual Report 2013</narrative>
        </title>
        <description>
          <narrative>Report of results period actual</narrative>
        </description>
        <category code="A01" />
        <language code="en" />
        <document-date iso-date="2014-02-05" />
       </document-link>
      </actual>
     </period>

Changelog

2.02

The optional dimension element was added.

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