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location
iati-activities/iati-activity/location
This is the reference page for the XML element location.
Definition
The sub-national geographical identification of the target locations of an activity. These can be described by gazetteer reference, coordinates, administrative areas or a textual description.
Attributes
- @ref
An internal reference that describes the location in the reporting organisation’s own system.
This value must be of type xsd:string.
- @percentage
Deprecated since 1.04
If more than one location is reported, percentage of activity commitment allocated to this location (if available).
This value must be of type xsd:decimal.
Example Usage
The location element is used a contain various other elements
<locationref="AF-KAN">
<location-idvocabulary="G1"code="1453782"/>
<name>Locationname</name>
<description>Locationdescription</description>
<activity-description>Adescriptionthatqualifiestheactivitytakingplaceatthelocation</activity-description>
<administrativelevel="1"code="1453782"vocabulary="G1"/>
<pointsrsName="http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/4326">
<pos>31.61694465.716944</pos>
</point>
<exactnesscode="1"/>
<location-reachcode="1"/>
<location-classcode="2"/>
<feature-designationcode="PRNQ"/>
</location>
Changelog
1.04
Note that major changes were made to the subelements of location in version 1.04.
For more information refer to:
the 1.04 location changes overview guidance
the Activities Schema Changelog (or the individual subemelement pages)
The @ref attribute was introduced to provide a cross reference that a publisher can use to link back to their own internal system.
The @percentage attribute was deemed unworkable and deprecated in 1.04
1.03
Where used, the @percentage attribute is now designated as a decimal value and no longer as a positive Integer
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