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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
.:
<locationref="AF-KAN">
<location-reachcode="1"/>
<location-idvocabulary="G1"code="1453782"/>
<name>
<narrative>Locationname</narrative>
</name>
<description>
<narrative>Locationdescription</narrative>
</description>
<activity-description>
<narrative>Adescriptionthatqualifiestheactivitytakingplaceatthelocation.</narrative>
</activity-description>
<administrativevocabulary="G1"level="1"code="1453782"/>
<pointsrsName="http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/4326">
<pos>31.61694465.716944</pos>
</point>
<exactnesscode="1"/>
<location-classcode="2"/>
<feature-designationcode="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).”
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