Standard Ruleset

Using the Standard Ruleset

The current Standard Ruleset is applicable to a single iati-activity.

Each test, detailed below, can be repeated within an iati-activity, depending upon the scope and scale of elements of the IATI Activity Standard used.

For example, an activity with a single transaction would only be subject to two tests (detailed below). For each and every time a transaction is repeated within an iati-activity, these tests would be undertaken subsequently.

Hence, the minimum and maximum number of tests undertaken on an iati-activity can fluctuate according to the content.

This could also be duplicated, if the tests are run on a single IATI activity file, which contains multiple iati-activity instances.

Contents of the Ruleset

The ruleset consists of two types of rules:

• Starts with - conditions around the formation of the iati-identifier

• Date order - logics around the ordering of various date elements.

These rules are applicable to various elements:

//iati-activity

activity-date[@type='start-actual']/@iso-date must be before or the same as activity-date[@type='end-actual']/@iso-date

activity-date[@type='start-planned']/@iso-date must be before or the same as activity-date[@type='end-planned']/@iso-date

activity-date[@type='start-actual']/@iso-date must not be in the future.

activity-date[@type='end-actual']/@iso-date must not be in the future.

iati-identifier should start with the value in reporting-org/@ref

//transaction

transaction-date/@iso-date must not be in the future.

value/@value-date must not be in the future.

//planned-disbursement

period-start/@iso-date must be before or the same as period-end/@iso-date

//result/indicator/period

period-start/@iso-date must be before or the same as period-end/@iso-date