Policy / Thematic Markers
<policy-marker></policy-marker>
From the schema
Can occur: Min = 0, Max = Unlimited
A policy or theme addressed by the activity. A text description of the theme appears in the content, and a formal identifier appears in the @ref attribute. The @vocabulary attribute can also help to segment the markers into separate vocabularies. This element can be repeated for each policy marker. For the value of the @code attribute, see http://iatistandard.org/101/codelists/policy_marker
| @code | Machine-readable code for the entity being described. |
| @vocabulary | An identifier for the vocabulary in use, to segment codes into different vocabularies (e.g. Rio, Environment) to aid with comparison and classification. See http://iatistandard.org/101/codelists/vocabulary |
| @significance | The significance of the policy marker for this activity (e.g. principal or significant), from a list defined by IATI. If a marker is not significant, the policy-marker element will not be present. See http://iatistandard.org/101/codelists/policy_significance |
This element also references "textAtts"
Attribute group for elements containing free text content.
| value | use | description |
|---|---|---|
| @xml:lang | optional | http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace |
Standard compliance test(s) for /policy-marker/@code
- Must be on: Policy Marker Codelist
- Must be on: Policy Significance Codelist
- Must be on: Vocabulary Codelist
Policy Marker
Example Usage
<policy-marker vocabulary="DAC" code="04" significance="2"/>
A code for the policy marker can be declared:
<policy-marker vocabulary="DAC" code="04"/>
Additionally, a text description for this code can be provided:
<policy-marker vocabulary="DAC" code="04">Trade Development</policy-marker>
The significance can declare a score indicating if the activity addresses the policy/theme as a principal or significant objective or not at all.
<policy-marker vocabulary="DAC" code="04" significance="2">Trade Development</policy-marker>
The vocabulary attribute can be used to declare which code reference list is in use. If this is If omitted, then IATI assumes the DAC vocabulary. If the specific vocabulary in use is not on the vocabulary codelist, then the value of RO (Reporting Organisation) can be used.
<policy-marker vocabulary="DAC" code="04">Trade Development</policy-marker>
Should a description be used that is different to the default language set for the activity, then this should be declared as follows:
<policy-marker vocabulary="DAC" code="04" xml:lang="fr">Developpement du commerce</policy-marker>