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baseline

iati-activities/iati-activity/result/indicator/baseline

This is the reference page for the XML element baseline.

Definition

The baseline value for the indicator

Rules

This element must occur no more than once (within each parent element).

Attributes

@year

The year the baseline value was taken (yyyy)

This attribute is required.

This value must be of type xsd:positiveInteger.

@value

The baseline value.

This attribute is required.

This value must be of type xsd:string.

Example Usage

Example of baseline in context of an indicator in a result element.

This example declares @year as 2012, with a @value of 10:

  <result type="1" aggregation-status="1">
   <title>
    <narrative>Result title</narrative>    
   </title>
   <description>
    <narrative>Result description text</narrative>   
   </description>
   <indicator measure="1" ascending="1">
     <title>
      <narrative>Indicator title</narrative>   		 
     </title>
     <description>
      <narrative>Indicator description text</narrative>
     </description>
     <reference vocabulary="1" code="3429" />
     <reference vocabulary="7" code="861" />
     <reference vocabulary="99" code="B1" indicator-uri="http://example.com/indicators.html" />     
<baselineyear="2012"value="10">
      <comment>
       <narrative>Baseline comment text</narrative>
      </comment>
</baseline>
     <period>
      <period-start iso-date="2013-01-01" />
      <period-end iso-date="2013-03-31" />
      <target value="10">
       <location ref="AF-KAN" />
       <location ref="KH-PNH" />
       <dimension name="sex" value="female" />
       <dimension name="age" value="adult" />
       <comment>
        <narrative>Target comment text</narrative>			
       </comment> 
      </target>
      <actual value="11">
       <location ref="AF-KAN" />
       <location ref="KH-PNH" />
       <dimension name="sex" value="female" />
       <dimension name="age" value="adult" />
       <comment>
         <narrative>Actual comment text</narrative>
       </comment> 
      </actual>
     </period>
   </indicator>
  </result>

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