description

Definition

A longer, human-readable description. May be repeated for different languages.

Attributes

@type

A machine readable code describing the type of thing being referenced. The value should be available on a related codelist.

This value must be of type xsd:string.

This value must be on the DescriptionType codelist.

@xml:lang

ISO 2 letter code specifying the language of text in this element.

This value should be on the Language codelist.

Example Usage

Example description of an iati-activity, with all possible DescriptionType codes. Note - it is optional to include all DescriptionType:

<descriptiontype="1">Generalactivitydescriptiontext.Longdescriptionoftheactivitywithnoparticularstructure.</description>
<descriptiontype="2">Objectivesfortheactivity,forexamplefromalogicalframework.</description>
<descriptiontype="3">Statementofgroupstargetedtobenefitfromtheactivity.</description>

Additional description elements can be added for further DescriptionType It may be appropriate to repeat the description in other languages using xml:lang attribute. In this example, the language en has been set in the ‘’iati-activity’’ element:

<descriptiontype="1">Generalactivitydescriptiontext.Longdescriptionoftheactivitywithnoparticularstructure</description>
<descriptiontype="2">Objectivesfortheactivity,forexamplefromalogicalframework.</description>
<descriptiontype="3">Statementofgroupstargetedtobenefitfromtheactivity.</description>
<descriptiontype="1"xml:lang="fr">Activitégénéraledutextededescription.Longuedescriptiondel'activitésansstructureparticulière.</description>
<descriptiontype="2"xml:lang="fr">Objectifsdel'activité,parexempleàpartird'uncadrelogique.</description>
<descriptiontype="3"xml:lang="fr">Déclarationdegroupescibléspourbénéficierdel'activité.</description>

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