ClassificationItem - Properties and Relationships

Properties

Name Type Cardinality
changeFromPreviousVersion InternationalString 0..1
changeLog InternationalString 0..1
explanatoryNotes InternationalStructuredString 0..n
futureNotes InternationalString 0..n
isGenerated Boolean 0..1
isValid Boolean 0..1
name ObjectName 0..n
representation ValueString 1..1
validDates DateRange 0..1

changeFromPreviousVersion

Describes the changes, which the item has been subject to from the previous version to the actual Statistical Classification

changeLog

Describes the changes, which the item has been subject to during the life time of the actual Statistical Classification.

explanatoryNotes

A Classification Item may be associated with explanatory notes, which further describe and clarify the contents of the Category. Explanatory notes consist of: General note: Contains either additional information about the Category, or a general description of the Category, which is not structured according to the “includes”, “includes also”, “excludes” pattern. Includes: Specifies the contents of the Category. Includes also: A list of borderline cases, which belong to the described Category. Excludes: A list of borderline cases, which do not belong to the described Category. Excluded cases may contain a reference to the Classification Items to which the excluded cases belong.

futureNotes

The future events describe a change (or a number of changes) related to an invalid item. These changes may e.g. have turned the now invalid item into one or several successor items. This allows the possibility to follow successors of the item in the future.

isGenerated

Indicates whether or not the item has been generated to make the level to which it belongs complete

isValid

Indicates whether or not the item is currently valid. If updates are allowed in the Statistical Classification, an item may be restricted in its validity, i.e. it may become valid or invalid after the Statistical Classification has been released.

name

A Classification Item has a name as provided by the owner or maintenance unit. The name describes the content of the category. The name is unique within the Statistical Classification to which the item belongs, except for categories that are identical at more than one level in a hierarchical classification. Use the context attribute to identify Official Name or alternate names for the Classification Item.

representation

The value as expressed in the data file.

validDates

Dates for which the classification is valid. Date from which the item became valid. The date must be defined if the item belongs to a floating Statistical classification. Date at which the item became invalid. The date must be defined if the item belongs to a floating Statistical classification and is no longer valid

Relationships

Name Type Cardinality
caseLaw AuthorizationSource 0..n
denotes Category 0..n
exclude ClassificationItem 0..n

caseLaw

Case law rulings related to the Classification Item.

denotes

A definition for the code. Specialization of denotes for Categories.

exclude

Classification Items to which the excluded cases belong (as described in explanatoryNotes).