ReferenceValueDomain

Generalization is ValueDomain.

Superclass hierarchy

Definition

Set of permissible values for a variable playing the role of a variable value component.

Examples

Consider two variables, i.e. income and age, with values apearing in the same column, e.g 100000, 45, 85000, 34, etc. Values 100000, 45, 85000, 34 are reference values in the reference value domain corresponding to the reference variable.

Explanatory notes


Subclasses


Inherited Properties

Name

Description

Data Type

Multi- plicity

displayLabel

A display label for the object. May be expressed in multiple languages. Repeat for labels with different content, for example, labels with differing length limitations.

LabelForDisplay

0..*

recommendedDataType

The data types that are recommended for use with this domain.

ExternalControlledVocabularyEntry

0..*

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

Diagram

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