Classifications

Definition

Within the IATI activity standard it is expected that classifications information is provided for any iati-activity

Namely:

• sector - the thematic catgory (or set of categories) an iati-activity operates with

Additionally, the following classifications enable the publication of various codes (often associated with CRS++ reporting)

• policy-marker

• collaboration-type

• default-finance-type

• default-flow-type

• default-aid-type

• default-tied-status

Considerations

When using the IATI activity standard to declare documents, the following should be considered:

• An iati-activity can have singlular or multiple sector

• When multiple sector are described, then a @percentage should be declared for each. All reported sectors from the same vocabulary should add up to 100%.

• A vocabulary can be declared when describing a sector. This must be on the Vocabulary codelist.

• If no vocabulary is declared, then the DAC 5 digit codelist is assumed.

• A reporting-org can declare their own vocabulary, via using the RO (Reporting Org) Vocabulary code.

• Multiple or singular policy-marker can also be described. Unlike sector, there is no @percentage attribute to add.

• The classifications of default-finance-type, default-flow-type, default-aid-type and default-tied-status apply to the whole iati-activity. These can be overridden within a single transaction via using any of finance-type , flow-type , aid-type and/or tied-status.