Results: represent more than quantitative data

1. Add a “qualitative” code to the IndicatorMeasure Codelist

I would call this code “ordinal” since you are expressing a result in qualitative terms like “1 - bad”, “2 - fair”, “3 - good”. I.m.o. an at least ordinal (expert opinion) is always possible.

2. Make the value attribute optional for
   i. result/indicator/baseline
   ii. result/indicator/period/target
   iii. result/indicator/period/actual
   to allow:
   i. qualitative results to be expressed in narrative only

For the reason mentioned above, this is i.m.o. not a good reason to make values optional.

ii. distinction between an value of zero versus no value recorded >>>(alternative: use xsi:nil but this may cause complications for csv based >>>tools that do not have the same capability)

I would prefer an explicit ‘missing value’’ indicator. A technical limitation of CSV files should exclude the possibility to explicitly specify an missing value.

3. In order to link documents
   • Preferred suggestion:
   To be consistent with iati-activity/location element (where location is >>> defined once and referenced in results) add document-link (0…) to:
   i. result/indicator/baseline
   ii. result/indicator/period/target
   iii. result/indicator/period/actual
   with:
   i. ref attribute to link to iati-activity/document-link
   ii. optional free-text to describe how the document is relevant to the >>>results or indicator
   iii. sub-ref element (0…) to allow free-text reference to a particular >>>area/section/graph/table etc. of a document acknowledging that often >>>only part(s) of a document will be relevant to a given result or indicator.
   and add ref attribute to iati-activity/document-link
   • Alternative suggestion a:
   add document-link element (0…*) (per iati-activity/document-link) to:
   i. result/indicator/baseline
   ii. result/indicator/period/target
   iii. result/indicator/period/actual
   • Alternative suggestion b: (If modification >>>Results: use of narrative elements is >>>not accepted (i.e. use narrative type attribute))
   Any document URLs to be included directly as part of existing narrative >>>elements.

Including link to google doc version of proposal document per Herman van Loon ’s suggestion with indication of the minimum suggestions raised at the technical standards day of the IATI TAG 2017. Please use this google doc instead of the word document: Results: represent more than quantitative data