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iati-activities/iati-activity/result/indicator/description
This is the reference page for the XML element description.
A longer, human-readable description.
This element must occur no more than once (within each parent element).
Example usage of description in context of an indicator in a result element.
<result type="1" aggregation-status="1">
<title>
<narrative>Result title</narrative>
</title>
<description>
<narrative>Result description text</narrative>
</description>
<indicator measure="1" ascending="1">
<title>
<narrative>Indicator title</narrative>
</title>
<description>
<narrative>Indicator description text</narrative>
</description>
<baseline year="2012" value="10">
<comment>
<narrative>Baseline comment text</narrative>
</comment>
</baseline>
<period>
<period-start iso-date="2013-01-01" />
<period-end iso-date="2013-03-31" />
<target value="10">
<comment>
<narrative>Target comment text</narrative>
</comment>
</target>
<actual value="11">
<comment>
<narrative>Actual comment text</narrative>
</comment>
</actual>
</period>
</indicator>
</result>
Freetext is no longer allowed with this element. It should now be declared with the new child narrative element.
The @type attribute was removed.
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