CategoryRepresentationBaseType

Describes a representation based on categorization. The CategorySchemeReference allows for the exclusion of selected items from the use of the CategoryScheme as a representation.

Properties

Name	Type		Description
CategorySchemeReference	CategoryScheme	0..1	A reference to a CategoryScheme containing the required categories using the SchemeReference structure. Use Exclude in the SchemeReference to designate any categories NOT to include in this representation.

Properties Inherited from RepresentationType

Name	Type		Description
RecommendedDataType	CodeValueType	0..1	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. The DDI Alliance has provided a controlled vocabulary (DataType) to support this element at http://www.ddialliance.org/controlled-vocabularies.
GenericOutputFormat	CodeValueType	0..1	This field provides a recommended generic treatment of the data for display by an application. The value should come from a controlled vocabulary.
MeasurementUnit	CodeValueType	0..1	Records the measurement unit, for example, ‘km’, ‘miles’, etc. Supports the use of a controlled vocabulary.
MissingValue	string	0..1	List the values used to represent missing data. Use of MissingValuesReference is preferred. If this content does not match the values provided in the MissingValuesReference, the content of the MissingValuesReference overrides the content of this attribute.
BlankIsMissingValue	boolean	0..1	When value is true a blank or empty variable content should be treated as a missing value. Use of MissingValuesReference is preferred.
ClassificationLevelCode	CodeValueType	0..1	Indicates the type of relationship, nominal, ordinal, interval, ratio, or continuous. Use where appropriate for the representation type. Valid values include: Nominal, Ordinal, Interval, Ratio, Continuous

Item Type Hierarchy

RepresentationType
- CategoryRepresentationBaseType
  
  CategoryDomainType

Relationships

The following identified item types reference this type.

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