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    Our work involves making data on development and humanitarian spending and projects easier to access, use and understand. Organisations publish information according to the rules and guidance set out in the IATI Standard and this data is freely available and open to anyone in the world.

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Reference

  • Version 2.03
    • Activity Standard
      • iati-activities
        • iati-activity
          • iati-identifier
          • reporting-org
            • narrative
          • title
            • narrative
          • description
            • narrative
          • participating-org
            • narrative
          • other-identifier
            • owner-org
              • narrative
          • activity-status
          • activity-date
            • narrative
          • contact-info
            • organisation
              • narrative
            • department
              • narrative
            • person-name
              • narrative
            • job-title
              • narrative
            • telephone
            • email
            • website
            • mailing-address
              • narrative
          • activity-scope
          • recipient-country
            • narrative
          • recipient-region
            • narrative
          • location
            • location-reach
            • location-id
            • name
              • narrative
            • description
              • narrative
            • activity-description
              • narrative
            • administrative
            • point
              • pos
            • exactness
            • location-class
            • feature-designation
          • sector
            • narrative
          • tag
            • narrative
          • country-budget-items
            • budget-item
              • description
                • narrative
          • humanitarian-scope
            • narrative
          • policy-marker
            • narrative
          • collaboration-type
          • default-flow-type
          • default-finance-type
          • default-aid-type
          • default-tied-status
          • budget
            • period-start
            • period-end
            • value
          • planned-disbursement
            • period-start
            • period-end
            • value
            • provider-org
              • narrative
            • receiver-org
              • narrative
          • capital-spend
          • transaction
            • transaction-type
            • transaction-date
            • value
            • description
              • narrative
            • provider-org
              • narrative
            • receiver-org
              • narrative
            • disbursement-channel
            • sector
              • narrative
            • recipient-country
              • narrative
            • recipient-region
              • narrative
            • flow-type
            • finance-type
            • aid-type
            • tied-status
          • document-link
            • title
              • narrative
            • description
              • narrative
            • category
            • language
            • document-date
          • related-activity
          • legacy-data
          • conditions
            • condition
              • narrative
          • result
            • title
              • narrative
            • description
              • narrative
            • document-link
              • title
                • narrative
              • description
                • narrative
              • category
              • language
              • document-date
            • reference
            • indicator
              • title
                • narrative
              • description
                • narrative
              • document-link
                • title
                  • narrative
                • description
                  • narrative
                • category
                • language
                • document-date
              • reference
              • baseline
                • comment
                  • narrative
                • dimension
                • document-link
                  • category
                  • description
                    • narrative
                  • document-date
                  • language
                  • title
                    • narrative
                • location
              • period
                • period-start
                • period-end
                • target
                  • comment
                    • narrative
                  • dimension
                  • document-link
                    • category
                    • description
                      • narrative
                    • document-date
                    • language
                    • title
                      • narrative
                  • location
                • actual
                  • comment
                    • narrative
                  • dimension
                  • document-link
                    • category
                    • description
                      • narrative
                    • document-date
                    • language
                    • title
                      • narrative
                  • location
          • crs-add
            • other-flags
            • loan-terms
              • repayment-type
              • repayment-plan
              • commitment-date
              • repayment-first-date
              • repayment-final-date
            • loan-status
              • interest-received
              • principal-outstanding
              • principal-arrears
              • interest-arrears
            • channel-code
          • fss
            • forecast
      • Activity Standard Summary Table
      • Example Usage XML
    • Organisation Standard
      • iati-organisations
        • iati-organisation
          • organisation-identifier
          • name
            • narrative
          • reporting-org
            • narrative
          • total-budget
            • period-start
            • period-end
            • value
            • budget-line
              • value
              • narrative
          • recipient-org-budget
            • recipient-org
              • narrative
            • period-start
            • period-end
            • value
            • budget-line
              • value
              • narrative
          • recipient-region-budget
            • recipient-region
              • narrative
            • period-start
            • period-end
            • value
            • budget-line
              • value
              • narrative
          • recipient-country-budget
            • recipient-country
              • narrative
            • period-start
            • period-end
            • value
            • budget-line
              • value
              • narrative
          • total-expenditure
            • period-start
            • period-end
            • value
            • expense-line
              • value
              • narrative
          • document-link
            • title
              • narrative
            • description
              • narrative
            • category
            • language
            • document-date
            • recipient-country
              • narrative
      • Organisation Standard Summary Table
      • Example Usage XML
    • Codelists
      • Activity Date Type
      • Activity Scope
      • Activity Status
      • Aid Type
      • Aid Type (category)
      • Aid Type Vocabulary
      • Budget Identifier
      • Budget Identifier Sector
      • Budget Identifier Sector (category)
      • Budget Identifier Vocabulary
      • Budget Not Provided
      • Budget Status
      • Budget Type
      • CRS Additional Other Flags
      • CRS Channel Code
      • Cash and Voucher Modalities
      • Collaboration Type
      • Condition Type
      • Contact Type
      • Country
      • Currency
      • DAC 3 Digit Sector
      • DAC 5 Digit Sector
      • Description Type
      • Disbursement Channel
      • Document Category
      • Document Category (category)
      • Earmarking Category
      • File Format
      • Finance Type
      • Finance Type (category)
      • Flow Type
      • Gazetteer Agency
      • Geographic Exactness
      • Geographic Location Class
      • Geographic Location Reach
      • Geographic Vocabulary
      • Geographical Precision
      • Humanitarian Scope Type
      • Humanitarian Scope Vocabulary
      • IATI Organisation Identifier
      • Indicator Measure
      • Indicator Vocabulary
      • Language
      • Loan Repayment Period
      • Loan Repayment Type
      • Location Type
      • Location Type (category)
      • Organisation Identifier
      • Organisation Registration Agency
      • Organisation Role
      • Organisation Type
      • Other Identifier Type
      • Policy Marker
      • Policy Marker Vocabulary
      • Policy Significance
      • Publisher Type
      • Region
      • Region Vocabulary
      • Related Activity Type
      • Result Type
      • Result Vocabulary
      • Sector Vocabulary
      • Tag Vocabulary
      • Tied Status
      • Transaction Type
      • UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
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      • Verification Status
      • Version
      • Vocabulary
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2.03 Changelog

Changes / additions to IATI Standard for version 2.03

Note: Version 2.03 was released on Monday 19th February 2018.

Contents

  • 2.03 Changelog

    • Schema Changes

      • Activities Schema

      • Organisations Schema

      • Activities and Organisations Schemas

    • Codelist Changes

      • Embedded to Non-Embedded:

      • New Codelists

      • Updated Codelists

    • Ruleset Changes

Schema Changes

A full diff of all schema changes in 2.03 can be found in the IATI GitHub.

These changes are also shown in the Final Technical Summary (spreadsheet).

Activities Schema

  • Added new @crs-channel-code attribute for the participating-org element (#338) (discussion link)

  • Added new tag element (as a child of the iati-activity element) (#342) (discussion link)

  • Updated definition: [recipient-country, recipient-region, sector] @percentage attribute (#343) (discussion link)

  • Updated definition: sector @vocabulary attribute (#344). The % sign was removed.

  • Updated definition: [transaction/aid-type, default-aid-type] @code attribute (#345) (discussion link)

  • Added new @vocabulary attributes for elements relating to aid-type (#346) (discussion link)

  • Updated definition: capital-spend @percentage attribute (#348) (discussion link)

  • Updated definition: related-activity element (#349) (discussion link)

  • Updated occurrence: default-aid-type element (#350) (discussion link)

  • Updated occurrence: transaction/aid-type element (#351) (discussion link)

Changes and Additions to the Result element:

  • Updated definition: result/indicator/reference @indicator-uri attribute (#347) (discussion link)

  • Updated occurrence: result/indicator/baseline element (#352) (discussion link)

  • Updated occurrence: result/indicator @value attributes (#353) (discussion link)

  • Updated occurrence: [result/indicator/period/target, result/indicator/period/actual] elements (#354) (discussion link)

  • Updated occurrence: result/indicator/period/target @value attribute (#355) (discussion link)

  • Updated occurrence: result/indicator/period/actual element (#356) (discussion link)

  • Updated occurrence: result/indicator/period/actual @value attribute (#358) (discussion link)

  • Added new document-link element (as a child of various result elements)(#359) (discussion link)

  • Added new reference element (as a child of the result element) (#362) (discussion link)

  • Added new @aggregation-status attribute for the result/indicator element (#363) (discussion link)

  • Added new location element (as a child of the result/indicator/baseline element) (#365) (discussion link)

  • Added new dimension element (as a child of the result/indicator/baseline element) (#366) (discussion link)

Organisations Schema

  • Updated definition: organisation-identifier element (#361) (discussion link)

Activities and Organisations Schemas

  • Updated definition: all @xml:lang attributes (#336) (discussion link)

  • Updated definition: [participating-org, planned-disbursement/provider-org, planned-disbursement/receiver-org, transaction/provider-org, transaction/receiver-org, recipient-org-budget/recipient-org] @ref attribute (#339) (discussion link)

  • Updated definition: reporting-org @ref attribute and iati-organisation/organisation-identifier element (#339) (discussion link)

  • Updated definition: reporting-org @secondary-reporter attribute (#340) (discussion link)

  • Updated definition: [recipient-region, recipient-region-budget, sector] @vocabulary-uri attribute (#341) (discussion link)

  • Added new description element (as a child of all document-link elements) (#357) (discussion link)

Codelist Changes

A full diff of all embedded codelist changes in 2.03 can be found in the IATI GitHub

Embedded to Non-Embedded:

Alongside 2.03, the following codelists have moved from Embedded to Non-Embedded (#114) (Discussion link):

  • ActivityScope

  • BudgetIdentifier

  • BudgetIdentifierSector-category

  • BudgetIdentifierSector

  • BudgetIdentifierVocabulary

  • CRSAddOtherFlags

  • ConditionType

  • ContactType

  • DescriptionType

  • DisbursementChannel

  • DocumentCategory-category

  • GeographicExactness

  • GeographicLocationClass

  • GeographicLocationReach

  • GeographicVocabulary

  • GeographicalPrecision

  • IndicatorMeasure

  • LoanRepaymentPeriod

  • LoanRepaymentType

  • OrganisationType

  • OtherIdentifierType

  • PolicyMarker

  • PolicyMarkerVocabulary

  • PublisherType

  • RegionVocabulary

  • ResultType

  • SectorVocabulary

  • TiedStatus

  • VerificationStatus

New Codelists

Non-Embedded:

  • Added AidTypeVocabulary Codelist (#185) (Discussion link)

  • Added BudgetNotProvided Codelist (#184) (Discussion link)

  • Added ResultVocabulary Codelist (#181) (Discussion link)

  • Added TagVocabulary Codelist (#178) (Discussion link)

Updated Codelists

Embedded:

  • Added codes: 12 ‘Outgoing Pledge’ and 13 ‘Incoming Pledge’ to TransactionType Codelist (#112) (Discussion link).

Non-Embedded:

  • Added codes: 11 ‘Local Government’, 24 ‘Partner Country based NGO’, 71 ‘Private Sector in Provider Country’, 71 ‘Private Sector in Aid Recipient Country’, 73 ‘Private Sector in Third Country’ and 90 ‘Other’ to OrganisationType Codelist (#113) (Discussion link)

  • Added codes: 3 ‘Nominal’, 4 ‘Ordinal’ and 5 ‘Qualitative’ to IndicatorMeasure Codelist (#179) (Discussion link)

  • Added Code 2.03 to Version (#238)

Ruleset Changes

A full diff of all Ruleset changes in 2.03 can be found in the IATI GitHub

  • Added rule: reference element (#48) (Discussion link)

  • Added rules: result @value presence - quantitative (#51) (Discussion link)

  • Added rules: result @value presence - qualitative (#52) (Discussion link)

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