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description
iati-activities/iati-activity/transaction/description
This is the reference page for the XML element description
.
Definition
A human-readable description of the transaction.
Rules
This element must occur no more than once (within each parent element).
Example Usage
Example usage of description
of a transaction
in an iati-activity
.
<transactionref="1234"humanitarian="1">
<transaction-typecode="1"/>
<transaction-dateiso-date="2012-01-01"/>
<valuecurrency="EUR"value-date="2012-01-01">1000</value>
<description>
<narrative>Transactiondescriptiontext</narrative>
</description>
<provider-orgprovider-activity-id="BB-BBB-123456789-1234AA"type="10"ref="BB-BBB-123456789">
<narrative>AgencyB</narrative>
</provider-org>
<receiver-orgreceiver-activity-id="AA-AAA-123456789-1234"type="23"ref="AA-AAA-123456789">
<narrative>AgencyA</narrative>
</receiver-org>
<disbursement-channelcode="1"/>
<sectorvocabulary="2"code="111"/>
<!--Note: only a recipient-region OR a recipient-country is expected-->
<recipient-countrycode="TM"/>
<recipient-regioncode="616"vocabulary="1"/>
<flow-typecode="10"/>
<finance-typecode="110"/>
<aid-typecode="A01"/>
<tied-statuscode="3"/>
</transaction>
Changelog
2.01
Freetext is no longer allowed with this element. It should now be declared with the new child narrative
element.
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