Identification

Identification and location information (metadata).

Element information

Content

• Sequence [1..1]
  from group gc:NameSet
  ShortName [1..1]    Short name (without whitespace).
  LongName [0..*]    Human-readable name.
  1. Version [1..1]    Version identifier.
  2. CanonicalUri [1..1]    Canonical URI which uniquely identifies all versions (collectively).
  from group gc:VersionLocationUriSet
  CanonicalVersionUri [1..1]    Canonical URI which uniquely identifies this version.
  LocationUri [0..*]    Suggested retrieval location for this version, in genericode format.
  AlternateFormatLocationUri [0..*]    Suggested retrieval location for this version, in a non-genericode format. Such alternative formats are intended only as additional renditions of the code list information, not as a replacements nor as alternatives for use in application processing.
  3. Agency [0..1]    Agency that is responsible for publication and/or maintenance of the information.

Attributes

None

Used in

• Group gc:DocumentHeader
• Type gc:CodeListDocument via reference to gc:DocumentHeader (Element gc:CodeList)
• Type gc:ColumnSetDocument via reference to gc:DocumentHeader (Element gc:ColumnSet)
• Type gc:CodeListSetDocument via reference to gc:DocumentHeader (Elements gc:CodeListSet, CodeListSet)

Sample instance

<Identification>
   <ShortName>CountryIdentificationCode</ShortName>
   <LongName xml:lang="en">Country</LongName>
   <LongName Identifier="listID">ISO3166-1</LongName>
   <Version>0.3</Version>
   <CanonicalUri>urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:codelist:gc:CountryIdentificationCode</CanonicalUri>
   <CanonicalVersionUri>urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:codelist:gc:CountryIdentificationCode-2.0</CanonicalVersionUri>
   <LocationUri>http://docs.oasis-open.org/ubl/os-ubl-2.0/cl/gc/default/CountryIdentificationCode-2.0.gc</LocationUri>
   <Agency>
      <LongName xml:lang="en">United Nations Economic Commission for Europe</LongName>
      <Identifier>6</Identifier>
   </Agency>
</Identification>