1.05 changelog
Changes / Additions to IATI Standard for version 1.05
Schema Changes
A full diff of all schema changes in 1.05 can be found in the IATI GitHub
Activities schema
Location/Location ID: Updated description text
Element: location/location-id (discussion)
Planned Disbursement: Updated description text
Element: planned-disbursement (discussion)
In 1.04:
Element |
Description |
|---|---|
| location/location-id | For administrative areas this identifier should only be used if the location being defined is the administrative area itself. For describing the administrative area/s within which a location falls the location/administrative element should be used. |
Description amended in 1.05:
Element |
Description |
|---|---|
| location/location-id | A unique code describing the location according to a recognised gazetteer or administrative boundary repository. Administrative areas should only be reported here if the location being defined is the administrative area itself. For describing the administrative area/s within which a more specific location falls the location/administrative element should be used. |
Organisations schema
No substantial changes were made in 1.05, aside from essential version references.
Common schema
No substantial changes were made in 1.05, aside from essential version references.
XML supplementary schema
No substantial changes were made in 1.05, aside from essential version references.
Registry record schema
No substantial changes were made in 1.05, aside from essential version references.
Codelist Changes
New Codelists
No new codelists were added in 1.05
Embedded codelist updates
Activity Status: New code
Codelist: Activity Status (discussion)
Code |
Name |
Description |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | Suspended | (none) |
Description Type: New code
Codelist: DescriptionType (discussion)
Code |
Name |
Description |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Other | For miscellaneous use. A further classification or breakdown may be included in the narrative. |
Document Category: New codes
Codelist: DocumentCategory (discussion)
Code |
Name |
Description |
|---|---|---|
| B11 | Sector strategy | (none) |
| B12 | Thematic strategy | (none) |
| B13 | Country-level Memorandum of Understanding | (none) |
| B14 | Evaluations policy | (none) |
| B15 | General Terms and Conditions | (none) |
Related Activity Type: New code
Codelist: RelatedActivityType (discussion)
Code |
Name |
Description |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Third Party | A report by another organisation on the same activity (excluding activities reported as part of financial transactions - eg. provider-activity-id - or a co-funded activity using code = 4). |
Related Activity Type: Amended code
Codelist: RelatedActivityType (discussion)
In 1.04:
Code |
Name |
Description |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Multifunded | A multifunded, or co-funded activity. The identifier should be globally unique and shared by all reporters of this activity. |
Name and description changed in 1.05:
Code |
Name |
Description |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Co-funded | An activity that receives funding from more than one organisation. |
Transaction Type: Amended code
Codelist: TransactionType (discussion)
In 1.04:
Code |
Name |
Description |
|---|---|---|
| IF | Incoming Funds | Funds received from an external funding source (eg a donor). |
Description changed in 1.05:
Code |
Name |
Description |
|---|---|---|
| IF | Incoming Funds | Funds received (whether from an external source or through internal accounting) for specific use on this activity. |
Vocabulary: New code
Codelist: Vocabulary (discussion)
Code |
Name |
Description |
|---|---|---|
| RO2 | Reporting Organisation (2) | Where reporting organisations have more than one vocabulary that they wish to reference. |
Policy Marker: New code
Codelist: PolicyMarker (discussion)
Code |
Name |
Description |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (RMNCH) | (none) |
Non-embedded codelist updates
Policy Significance: New code
Codelist: PolicySignificance (discussion)
Code |
Name |
Description |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Explicit primary objective | (none) |
As part of this process, the non-embedded codelist changelog was also updated
Documentation Changes
Overview pages
Activity Standard - Dates Overview
Overview page: Activity Standard - Dates Overview (discussion)
Page |
Additional guidance |
|---|---|
| Activity Standard - Dates Overview. | ActivityStatus code 6 indicates a temporary suspension of an activity. In this state an activity is assumed not to be current, but future, forward-looking budgets are still assumed to be applicable. |
Activity Standard - Classifications Overview
Overview page: Activity Standard - Classifications Overview (discussion) (discussion)
Page |
Additional guidance |
|---|---|
| Activity Standard - Classifications Overview | If an activity is either wholly “tied” or “untied” it is recommended that the appropriate default-tied-status code is used / If an activity is “partially tied” it is recommended that the reported commitment/s are split into “tied” and “untied” amounts and tied-status is reported at transaction level. (NB that tied status should be reported for commitments only.) |
| Activity Standard - Classifications Overview | Activity Standard - Classifications Overview When using policy-marker and the Policy Significance code 4 (Explicit primary objective) - this SHOULD ONLY be used in conjunction with Policy Marker code 9 (Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health) |
Codelist pages
Policy Significance
Codelist: PolicySignificance (discussion)
Page |
Additional guidance |
|---|---|
| Policy Significance codelist | Policy Significance code = 4 (Explicit primary objective) SHOULD ONLY be used in conjunction with Policy Marker code = 9 (Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health) |