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

complexType "RepresentationType"

Namespace:	ddi:reusable:3_1
Content:	complex, 3 attributes, 2 elements
Abstract:	(cannot be assigned directly to elements used in instance XML documents)
Defined:	globally in reusable.xsd, see XML source
Includes:	definitions of 3 attributes and 2 elements
Used:	at 9 locations

XML Representation Summary

<...

blankIsMissingValue

xs:boolean

classificationLevel

("Nominal" | "Ordinal" | "Interval" | "Ratio" | "Continuous")

missingValue

xs:NMTOKENS

Content:

</...>

Content Model Elements (2):

GenericOutputFormat (type CodeValueType),

Known Direct Subtypes (7):

CategoryRepresentationType, CodeRepresentationType, DateTimeRepresentationType, ExternalCategoryRepresentationType, GeographicRepresentationType, NumericRepresentationType, TextRepresentationType

Known Indirect Subtypes (8):

CategoryDomainType, CodeDomainType, CodeRepresentationType, CoordinatePairsType, DateTimeDomainType, GeographicDomainType, NumericDomainType, TextDomainType

All Direct / Indirect Based Elements (22):

Known Usage Locations

In derivations of other global types (7):

CategoryRepresentationType (as extension base),

CodeRepresentationType (as extension base),

DateTimeRepresentationType (as extension base),

ExternalCategoryRepresentationType (as extension base),

GeographicRepresentationType (as extension base),

NumericRepresentationType (as extension base),

TextRepresentationType (as extension base)

As direct type of elements (2):
ResponseDomain, ValueRepresentation

Annotation

Abstract type for the head of a substitution group for a variable representation or a question response domain. If specific values are used to denote missing values, these can be indicated as a space-delimited list in the missingValue attribute. If the missing value is indicated by a blank, this should be indicated by setting the value of blankIsMissingValue to true.

XML Source (w/o annotations (6); see within schema source)

<xs:complexType abstract="true" name="RepresentationType">

<xs:sequence>

<xs:element minOccurs="0" name="RecommendedDataType" type="CodeValueType"/>

<xs:element minOccurs="0" name="GenericOutputFormat" type="CodeValueType"/>

</xs:sequence>

<xs:attribute name="missingValue" type="xs:NMTOKENS" use="optional"/>

<xs:attribute name="blankIsMissingValue" type="xs:boolean" use="optional"/>

<xs:attribute name="classificationLevel" type="CategoryRelationCodeType" use="optional"/>

</xs:complexType>

Attribute Detail (defined in this component only; 3/3)

blankIsMissingValue

Type:	xs:boolean, predefined
Use:	optional

When value is true a blank or empty variable content should be treated as a missing value.

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

<xs:attribute name="blankIsMissingValue" type="xs:boolean" use="optional"/>

classificationLevel

Type:	CategoryRelationCodeType
Use:	optional

Indicates the type of relationship, nominal, ordinal, interval, ratio, or continuous.

Attribute Value

enumeration of xs:NMTOKEN

Enumeration:

"Nominal"	-	A relationship of less than, or greater than, cannot be established among the included categories. This type of relationship is also called categorical or discrete.
"Ordinal"	-	The categories in the domain have a rank order.
"Interval"	-	The categories in the domain are in rank order and have a consistent interval between each category so that differences between arbitrary pairs of measurements can be meaningfully compared.
"Ratio"	-	The categories have all the features of interval measurement and also have meaningful ratios between arbitrary pairs of numbers.
"Continuous"	-	May be used to identify both interval and ratio classification levels, when more precise information is not available.

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

<xs:attribute name="classificationLevel" type="CategoryRelationCodeType" use="optional"/>

missingValue

Type:	xs:NMTOKENS, predefined
Use:	optional

List the values used to represent missing data in a space delimited array.

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

<xs:attribute name="missingValue" type="xs:NMTOKENS" use="optional"/>

Content Element Detail (defined in this component only; 2/2)

GenericOutputFormat

Type:

CodeValueType, simple content

This field provides a recommended generic treatment of the data for display by an application. The value should come from a controlled vocabulary.

Simple Content

xs:string

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

<xs:element minOccurs="0" name="GenericOutputFormat" type="CodeValueType"/>

RecommendedDataType

Type:

CodeValueType, simple content

This field provides the recommended treatment of the data within an application. The value should come from a controlled vocabulary - recommended values include the set found in W3C XML Schema Part 2, but excluding string sub-types, QNAME, and NOTATION.

Simple Content

xs:string

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

<xs:element minOccurs="0" name="RecommendedDataType" type="CodeValueType"/>

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