baseline

iati-activities/iati-activity/result/indicator/baseline

This is the reference page for the XML element baseline.

Definition

The baseline value for the indicator

Rules

This element may occur any number of times.

Attributes

@iso-date

This value must be of type xsd:date.
@year

The year the baseline value was taken (yyyy)

This attribute is required.

This value must be of type xsd:positiveInteger.

@value

The baseline value.

This should be a numeric value if the measure is quantitative.

This value must be of type xsd:string.

Example Usage

Example of baseline in context of an indicator in a result element.

This example declares @year as 2012, @iso-date as 2012-01-01,with a @value of 10:
   <indicator measure="1" ascending="1" aggregation-status="1">
     <title>
      <narrative>Indicator title</narrative>
     </title>
     <description>
      <narrative>Indicator description text</narrative>
     </description>
     <document-link format="application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text" url="http:www.example.org/docs/result_indicator_en.odt">
      <title>
       <narrative>Results Indicator Report 2013</narrative>
      </title>
      <description>
        <narrative>Report of results indicator</narrative>
      </description>
      <category code="A01" />
      <language code="en" />
      <document-date iso-date="2014-02-05" />
     </document-link>
     <reference vocabulary="1" code="3429" />
     <reference vocabulary="7" code="861" />
     <reference vocabulary="99" code="B1" indicator-uri="http://example.com/indicators.html" />
<!--result-baseline starts-->
     <baseline year="2012" iso-date="2012-01-01" value="10">
      <location ref="AF-KAN" />
      <location ref="KH-PNH" />
      <dimension name="sex" value="female" />
      <dimension name="age" value="adult" />
      <document-link format="application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text" url="http:www.example.org/docs/result_baseline_en.odt">
       <title>
        <narrative>Results Baseline Report 2013</narrative>
       </title>
       <description>
         <narrative>Report of results baseline</narrative>
       </description>
       <category code="A01" />
       <language code="en" />
       <document-date iso-date="2014-02-05" />
      </document-link>
      <comment>
       <narrative>Baseline comment text</narrative>
      </comment>
     </baseline>
     <!--result-baseline ends-->
     <!--result-period starts-->
     <period>
      <period-start iso-date="2013-01-01" />
      <period-end iso-date="2013-03-31" />
      <target value="10">
       <location ref="AF-KAN" />
       <location ref="KH-PNH" />
       <dimension name="sex" value="female" />
       <dimension name="age" value="adult" />
       <comment>
        <narrative>Target comment text</narrative>
       </comment>
       <document-link format="application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text" url="http:www.example.org/docs/result_period_target_en.odt">
        <title>
         <narrative>Results Period Target Report 2013</narrative>
        </title>
        <description>
          <narrative>Report of results period target</narrative>
        </description>
        <category code="A01" />
        <language code="en" />
        <document-date iso-date="2014-02-05" />
       </document-link>
      </target>
      <actual value="11">
       <location ref="AF-KAN" />
       <location ref="KH-PNH" />
       <dimension name="sex" value="female" />
       <dimension name="age" value="adult" />
       <comment>
         <narrative>Actual comment text</narrative>
       </comment>
       <document-link format="application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text" url="http:www.example.org/docs/result_period_actual_en.odt">
        <title>
         <narrative>Results Period Actual Report 2013</narrative>
        </title>
        <description>
          <narrative>Report of results period actual</narrative>
        </description>
        <category code="A01" />
        <language code="en" />
        <document-date iso-date="2014-02-05" />
       </document-link>
      </actual>
     </period>
     <!--result-period ends-->
   </indicator>

Changelog

2.03

The occurance rules of the baseline element were amended so that it can be reported multiple times.

The attribute @iso-date was added.

The attribute @value was made optional and rules for its use added.

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