DDI 3.1 XML Schema Documentation (2009-10-18)
© DDI Alliance 2009 - licensed under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License

complexType "ItemMapType"

Namespace:	ddi:comparative:3_1
Content:	complex, 1 attribute, 3 elements
Defined:	globally in comparative.xsd, see XML source
Includes:	definitions of 1 attribute and 3 elements
Used:	at 1 location

XML Representation Summary

<...

alias

xs:NCName

Content:

SourceItem, TargetItem, Correspondence

</...>

Content Model Elements (3):

Correspondence,

SourceItem (in ItemMap),

TargetItem (in ItemMap)

All Direct / Indirect Based Elements (1):

ItemMap

Known Usage Locations

As direct type of elements (1):
ItemMap

Annotation

Maps two items (codes, concepts, categories, questions, variables, etc.) from different schemes.

XML Source (w/o annotations (5); see within schema source)

<xs:complexType name="ItemMapType">

<xs:sequence>

<xs:element name="SourceItem" type="xs:NCName"/>

<xs:element name="TargetItem" type="xs:NCName"/>

<xs:element ref="Correspondence"/>

</xs:sequence>

<xs:attribute name="alias" type="xs:NCName" use="optional"/>

</xs:complexType>

Attribute Detail (defined in this component only; 1/1)

alias

Type:	xs:NCName, predefined
Use:	optional

Allows for an alias to be assigned to the correspondence between two items, so that it can be referred to with a single name, that would include both related items.

XML Source (w/o annotations (1); see within schema source)