Individual

Details of an individual including name, contact information, a definition, keywords to support searching, their regional affiliation, language ability and any additional information. The individual and specific pieces of information regarding the individual may be tagged for information privacy.

Properties

Name	Type		Description
IndividualIdentification	IndividualIdentificationType	0..1	Identifying information about the individual.
Description	StructuredStringType	0..1	A description of the individual. Supports multiple language versions of the same content as well as optional formatting of the content.
Keyword	InternationalCodeValueType	0..n	Keywords used to classify an individual or their activities. May be used to support searching.
RegionalCoverage	CodeValueType	0..n	The regional coverage of the individual. The geographic regions within which the individual is active.
AdditionalInformation	AdditionalInformationType	0..n	Any information not captured by the other descriptive objects. The privacy code may be set to indicate access restriction to this information. Supports multiple language versions of the same content as well as optional formatting of the content.
LanguageAbility	IndividualLanguageType	0..n	Use to specify the languages known by the individual in terms of their ability to speak, read, and write the language. May be repeated to cover multiple languages.
ContactInformation	ContactInformationType	0..n	Contact information for the individual including location specification, address, URL, phone numbers, and other means of communication access. Address, location, telephone, and other means of communication can be repeated to express multiple means of a single type or change over time. Each major piece of contact information (with exception of URL contains the element EffectiveDates in order to date stamp the period for which the information is valid.
Privacy	string	0..1	A basic set of privacy codes for the parent element. These may be stricter than the general access restrictions for the overall metadata. If available codes are insufficient this may also contain any string. Valid values include: public, restricted, private

Properties Inherited from Agent

No properties are inherited.

Properties Inherited from Versionable

Name	Type		Description
URN	string	1..1
Agency	string	1..1
ID	string	1..1
Version	string	1..1
UserID	UserIDType	0..n	Allows for the specification of identifiers other than the specified DDI identification of the object. This may be a legacy ID from DDI-C, a system specific ID such as for a database or registry, or a non-DDI unique identifier. As the identifier is specific to a system the system must be identified with the UserID structure.
UserAttributePair	StandardKeyValuePairType	0..n	A system specific user defined property of the object expressed as a key/value pair. As this is specific to an individual system the use of controlled vocabularies for the key is strongly recommended.
VersionResponsibility	string	0..1	Person or organization within the MaintenanceAgency responsible for the version change. If it is important to retain the affiliation between and individual responsible for the version and his/her agency, it may be included in this notation. This is primarily intended for internal use.
VersionResponsibilityReference	Agent	0..1	Reference person or organization within the MaintenanceAgency responsible for the version change, as described in an OrganizationScheme. If it is important to retain the affiliation between and individual responsible for the version and his/her agency, a Relation should be created between the individual referenced here and his/her organization. This is primarily intended for internal use.
VersionRationale	VersionRationaleType	0..1	Textual description of the rationale/purpose for the version change and a coded value to provide an internal processing flag within and organization or system. Note that versioning can only take place on objects owned by the specified DDI Agency. If you are creating a local instance of an object from another agency for current or future modification use BasedOnObject. If the changes being made result in what you determine to be new object rather than a version of a previous object, i.e. the change is too extensive to consider it a version of the existing object, create a new object and use BasedOnObject to provide a link to the object or objects that were a basis for the new object.
BasedOnObject	BasedOnObjectType	0..1	Use when creating an object that is based on an existing object or objects that are managed by a different agency or when the new object is NOT simply a version change but you wish to maintain a reference to the object that served as a basis for the new object. BasedOnObject may contain references to any number of objects which serve as a basis for this object, a BasedOnRationalDescription of how the content of the referenced object was incorporated or altered, and a BasedOnRationalCode to allow for specific typing of the BasedOnReference according to an external controlled vocabulary.
RelatedOtherMaterialReference	OtherMaterial	0..n	The inclusion of an existing OtherMaterial by reference. Use for any type of OtherMaterial not specifically addressed by an inline description for such as ExternalAid in QuestionItem.
VersionDate	cogsDate	0..1	Date of version using the union set BaseDateType. Duration should not be used in this field, even though allowed by the ISO format enforced by the parser.
IsPublished	boolean	0..1	Indicates that the maintainable will not be changed without versioning, and is a stable target for referencing.

Item Type Hierarchy

• Versionable

  • Agent

    • Individual

Relationships

The following identified item types reference this type.

Item Type	Property
ApprovalReview	AgencyOrganizationReference
Archive	ArchiveSpecific/ArchiveOrganizationReference
ClassificationCorrespondenceTable	OwnerReference
ClassificationIndex	MaintenanceUnitReference
ClassificationSeries	OwnerReference
DataCollection	CollectionEvent/DataCollectorOrganizationReference
DDIInstance	Citation/Creator/CreatorReference
DevelopmentPlan	ContactReference
DevelopmentStep	ResponsibleAgencyReference
Group	Citation/Creator/CreatorReference
InformationClassification	AgencyOrganizationReference
OrganizationGroup	IndividualReference
OrganizationScheme	IndividualReference
OtherMaterial	Citation/Creator/CreatorReference
PhysicalInstance	Citation/Creator/CreatorReference
ProcessingEvent	ControlOperation/AgencyOrganizationReference
Relation	SourceObject/IndividualReference
ResourcePackage	Citation/Creator/CreatorReference
Sample	ApplicationDetails/ResponsibleForSamplingReference
SampleFrame	CustodianReference
StatisticalClassification	MaintenanceUnitReference
StudyUnit	Citation/Creator/CreatorReference
Variable	EmbargoReference/AgencyOrganizationReference
Versionable	VersionResponsibilityReference