IATI Ruleset Spec

An IATI Ruleset is a JSON document. The structure is described below.

A JSON schema is availible to test that the structure of a Ruleset is correct.

Each JSON document has the form.:

{
    "CONTEXT": {
        "RULE_NAME": {
            "cases": CASE_DICT_ARRAY
        }
    }

}

Where CONTEXT is an xpath expression. This will be used to select the XML elements that the contained rules will be tested against. RULE_NAME is one of rule names listed below CASE_DICT is a dictionary where the contents depend on RULE_NAME CASE_DICT_ARRAY is an array of case dictionaries. The contents of each dictionary depend on the RULE_NAME

The possible keys in a case dictionary are:

condition

An xpath string. If this evaluates to True, the rule will be ignored.

paths

An array of xpath strings. These are evaluated to give a list of elements that the named rule then operates upon.

less

A string containing the xpath of the smaller value (or older value when working with dates).

more

A string containing the xpath of the larger value (or more recent value when working with dates).

regex

A string containing a perl style regular expression.

sum

A number.

Rule Names

Rule names are listed in bold

Keys: The keys for each rule are then listed.

Followed by a brief description of the rule’s function.

no_more_than_one

Keys: condition, paths

There must be no more than one element described by the given paths.

atleast_one

Keys: condition, paths

There must be at least one element described by the given paths.

dependent

Keys: condition, paths

If one of the provided paths exists, they must all exist.

sum

Keys: condition, paths, sum

The numerical sum of the values of elements matched by paths must match the value for the sum key

date_order

Keys: condition, less, more

The date matched by less must not be after the date matched by more. If either of these dates is not found, the rule is ignored.

regex_matches

Keys: condition, paths, regex

The provided regex must match the text of all elements matched by paths

regex_no_matches

Keys: condition, paths, regex

The provided regex must match the text of none of the elements matched by paths

startswith

Keys: condition, paths, start

The text of each element matched by paths must start with the text of the element matched by start

unique

Keys: condition, paths

The text of each of the elements described by paths must be unique