AuthorizationSource

Generalization is AnnotatedIdentifiable.

Superclass hierarchy

Definition

Identifies the authorizing agency and allows for the full text of the authorization (law, regulation, or other form of authorization).

Examples

May be used to list authorizations from oversight committees and other regulatory agencies.

Explanatory notes

Supports requirements for some statistical offices to identify the agency or law authorizing the collection or management of data or metadata.


Subclasses


Properties

Name

Description

Data Type

Multi- plicity

authorizationDate

Identifies the date of Authorization.

CombinedDate

0..1

legalMandate

Provide a legal citation to a law authorizing the study/data collection. For example, a legal citation for a law authorizing a country’s census.

InternationalString

0..1

purpose

Explanation of the intent of some decision or object. Supports the use of multiple languages and structured text.

InternationalStructuredString

0..1

statementOfAuthorization

Text of the authorization (law, mandate, approved business case).

InternationalStructuredString

0..1

Inherited Properties

Name

Description

Data Type

Multi- plicity

agency

Agency expressed as filed with the DDI Agency ID registry [registry.ddialliance.org] with optional additional sub-agency extensions.

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1..1

id

ID conforming to the allowed structure of the DDI Identifier and must be unique within the Agency.

:ref:``

1..1

isPersistent

Default value is false indicating that the content of the current version may change (may be in development mode). Set to true when the content of this version will no longer change.

:ref:``

1..1

isUniversallyUnique

Default value is false. If the id of the object was created as a Universally Unique ID (UUID) set to true.

:ref:``

1..1

localId

Locally used identifier unique with a specified context, such as a variable name within a dataset.

LocalIdFormat

0..*

version

Version number of the object.

:ref:``

1..1

versionDate

Date and time the object was changed expressed in standard ISO formats.

XSDdate

0..1

versionRationale

Reason for making a new version of the object.

RationaleDefinition

0..1

versionResponsibility

Contributor who has the ownership and responsibility for the current version.

:ref:``

0..1

Associations

Multiplicity

Association

Navigable Class

Multiplicity

0..*

AuthorizationSource_has_Agent

Agent

0..*

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Diagram

TBD