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period-start

iati-activities/iati-activity/result/indicator/period/period-start

This is the reference page for the XML element period-start.

Definition

The start of the reporting period.

Rules

This element must occur once and only once (within each parent element).

Attributes

@iso-date

This attribute is required.

This value must be of type xsd:date.

8.6.1: The start date of the indicator period must be before the end date of the indicator period.

Example Usage

Example usage of period-start within period, in context of an indicator in a result element.

An example date is declared in the @iso-date attribute.

This example date format conform to the xsd:date standard - for most cases YYYY-MM-DD is sufficient.

  <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>

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