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description
iati-activities/iati-activity/description
This is the reference page for the XML element 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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