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27 27  This group of classes forms the nucleus of the administration [[facets>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Facet.WebHome]] of [[SDMX>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Statistical data and metadata exchange.WebHome]] objects. They provide features which are reusable by derived classes to support horizontal functionality such as identity, versioning etc.
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29 -All classes derived from the abstract class //AnnotableArtefact// may have [[Annotations>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Annotation.WebHome]] (or notes): this supports the need to add notes to all [[SDMX-ML>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.SDMX-ML.WebHome]] elements. The (% id="confict-imterms-1" style="color:#9b59b6" %)[[Annotation>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Annotation.WebHome]](%%) is used to convey extra information to describe any [[SDMX>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Statistical data and metadata exchange.WebHome]] construct. This information may be in the form of a URL reference and/or a multilingual text (represented by the association to InternationalString).
29 +All classes derived from the abstract class //AnnotableArtefact// may have [[Annotations>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Annotation.WebHome]] (or notes): this supports the need to add notes to all [[SDMX-ML>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.SDMX-ML.WebHome]] elements. The [[Annotation>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Annotation.WebHome]] is used to convey extra information to describe any [[SDMX>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Statistical data and metadata exchange.WebHome]] construct. This information may be in the form of a URL reference and/or a multilingual text (represented by the association to InternationalString).
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31 31  The //IdentifiableArtefact// is an abstract class that comprises the basic [[attributes>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Attribute.WebHome]] needed for identification. Concrete classes based on //IdentifiableArtefact// all inherit the ability to be uniquely identified.
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33 -The (% style="background-color:#e74c3c" %)//NamableArtefact//(%%) is an abstract class that inherits from //IdentifiableArtefact //and in addition the +description and +name roles support multilingual descriptions and names for all objects based on //NameableArtefact//. The InternationalString supports the [[representation>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Representation.WebHome]] of a description in multiple locales ((% id="confict-imterms-2" style="color:#9b59b6" %)locale(%%) is similar to [[language>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Language.WebHome]] but includes geographic variations such as Canadian French, US English etc.). The //LocalisedString// supports the [[representation>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Representation.WebHome]] of a description in one (% id="confict-imterms-3" style="color:#9b59b6" %)locale(%%).
33 +The (% style="background-color:#e74c3c" %)//NamableArtefact//(%%) is an abstract class that inherits from //IdentifiableArtefact //and in addition the +description and +name roles support multilingual descriptions and names for all objects based on //NameableArtefact//. The InternationalString supports the [[representation>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Representation.WebHome]] of a description in multiple locales (locale is similar to [[language>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Language.WebHome]] but includes geographic variations such as Canadian French, US English etc.). The //LocalisedString// supports the [[representation>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Representation.WebHome]] of a description in one locale.
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35 35  //VersionableArtefact// is an abstract class which inherits from //NameableArtefact// and adds versioning ability to all classes derived from it, as explained in the [[SDMX>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Statistical data and metadata exchange.WebHome]] versioning rules in [[SDMX>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Statistical data and metadata exchange.WebHome]] Standards Section 6 “Technical Notes”, paragraph “4.3 Versioning”.
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37 -//MaintainableArtefact// further adds the ability for derived classes to be maintained via its association to an (% id="confict-imterms-4" style="color:#9b59b6" %)//Organisation//(%%), and adds locational information (i.e., from where the object can be retrieved).
37 +//MaintainableArtefact// further adds the ability for derived classes to be maintained via its association to an //Organisation//, and adds locational information (i.e., from where the object can be retrieved).
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39 39  The inheritance chain from //AnnotableArtefact// through to //MaintainableArtefact// allows [[SDMX>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Statistical data and metadata exchange.WebHome]] classes to inherit the features they need, from simple [[annotation>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Annotation.WebHome]], through identity, naming, to versioning and maintenance.
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121 121  ==== 3.4.2.1 Narrative ====
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123 -The FacetType and FacetValueType enumerations are used to specify the valid format of the content of a non-enumerated (% id="confict-imterms-20" style="color:#9b59b6" %)Concept(%%) or the usage of a (% id="confict-imterms-21" style="color:#9b59b6" %)Concept(%%) when specified for use on a (% id="confict-imterms-22" style="color:#9b59b6" %)//Component//(%%) on a (% id="confict-imterms-23" style="color:#9b59b6" %)//Structure//(%%) (such as a (% id="confict-imterms-24" style="color:#9b59b6" %)Dimension(%%) in a DataStructureDefinition). The description of the various types can be found in the chapter on (% id="confict-imterms-25" style="color:#9b59b6" %)ConceptScheme(%%) (section 4.5).
123 +The FacetType and FacetValueType enumerations are used to specify the valid format of the content of a non-enumerated (% id="confict-imterms-20" style="color:#9b59b6" %)[[Concept>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Concept.WebHome]](%%) or the usage of a (% id="confict-imterms-21" style="color:#9b59b6" %)[[Concept>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Concept.WebHome]](%%) when specified for use on a (% id="confict-imterms-22" style="color:#9b59b6" %)//[[Component>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Component.WebHome]]//(%%) on a (% id="confict-imterms-23" style="color:#9b59b6" %)//Structure//(%%) (such as a (% id="confict-imterms-24" style="color:#9b59b6" %)[[Dimension>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Dimension.WebHome]](%%) in a DataStructureDefinition). The description of the various types can be found in the chapter on (% id="confict-imterms-25" style="color:#9b59b6" %)ConceptScheme(%%) (section 4.5).
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125 125  The ActionType enumeration is used to specify the (% id="confict-imterms-26" style="color:#9b59b6" %)action(%%) that a receiving system should take when processing the content that is the object of the (% id="confict-imterms-27" style="color:#9b59b6" %)action(%%). It is enumerated as follows:
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127 -* Append: Data or metadata is an incremental update for an existing data/metadata set or the provision of new data or documentation (attribute values) formerly absent. If any of the supplied data or metadata is already present, it will not replace that data or metadata. This corresponds to the "Update" (% id="confict-imterms-28" style="color:#9b59b6" %)value(%%) found in (% id="confict-imterms-29" style="color:#9b59b6" %)version(%%) 1.0 of the SDMX Technical Standards.
127 +* Append: Data or metadata is an [[incremental update>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Incremental update.WebHome]] for an existing data/[[metadata set>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Metadata set.WebHome]] or the provision of new data or documentation ([[attribute>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Attribute.WebHome]] values) formerly absent. If any of the supplied data or metadata is already present, it will not replace that data or metadata. This corresponds to the "Update" (% id="confict-imterms-28" style="color:#9b59b6" %)value(%%) found in (% id="confict-imterms-29" %)version(%%) 1.0 of the [[SDMX>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Statistical data and metadata exchange.WebHome]] Technical Standards.
128 128  * Replace: Data/metadata is to be replaced and may also include additional data/metadata to be appended.
129 129  * Delete: Data/Metadata is to be deleted.
130 130  * Information: Data and metadata are for information purposes.
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132 -The ToValueType data (% id="confict-imterms-30" style="color:#9b59b6" %)type(%%) contains the attributes to support transformations defined in the StructureMap (see Section 0).
132 +The ToValueType data (% id="confict-imterms-30" style="color:#9b59b6" %)type(%%) contains the [[attributes>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Attribute.WebHome]] to support transformations defined in the StructureMap (see Section 0).
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134 -The ConstraintRoleType data (% id="confict-imterms-31" style="color:#9b59b6" %)type(%%) contains the attributes that identify the purpose of a Constraint (allowableContent, actualContent).
134 +The ConstraintRoleType data (% id="confict-imterms-31" style="color:#9b59b6" %)type(%%) contains the [[attributes>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Attribute.WebHome]] that identify the purpose of a [[Constraint>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Constraint.WebHome]] (allowableContent, actualContent).
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136 -The ComponentRoleType data (% id="confict-imterms-32" style="color:#9b59b6" %)type(%%) contains the predefined (% id="confict-imterms-33" style="color:#9b59b6" %)Concept(%%) roles that can be assigned to any (% id="confict-imterms-34" style="color:#9b59b6" %)Component(%%).
136 +The ComponentRoleType data (% id="confict-imterms-32" style="color:#9b59b6" %)type(%%) contains the predefined (% id="confict-imterms-33" style="color:#9b59b6" %)[[Concept>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Concept.WebHome]](%%) roles that can be assigned to any (% id="confict-imterms-34" style="color:#9b59b6" %)[[Component>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Component.WebHome]](%%).
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138 -The CascadeValues data (% id="confict-imterms-35" style="color:#9b59b6" %)type(%%) contains the possible values for a (% id="confict-imterms-36" style="color:#9b59b6" %)MemberValue(%%) within a CubeRegion, in order to enable cascading to all children Codes of a selected (% id="confict-imterms-37" style="color:#9b59b6" %)Code(%%), while including/excluding the latter in the selection.
138 +The CascadeValues data (% id="confict-imterms-35" style="color:#9b59b6" %)type(%%) contains the possible values for a (% id="confict-imterms-36" style="color:#9b59b6" %)MemberValue(%%) within a CubeRegion, in order to enable cascading to all children [[Codes>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Code.WebHome]] of a selected (% id="confict-imterms-37" style="color:#9b59b6" %)[[Code>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Code.WebHome]](%%), while including/excluding the latter in the selection.
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140 -The VersionType data types provides the details for versioning according to SDMX versioning rules, as explained in SDMX Standards Section 6, paragraph “4.3 Versioning”.
140 +The VersionType data types provides the details for versioning according to [[SDMX>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Statistical data and metadata exchange.WebHome]] versioning rules, as explained in [[SDMX>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Statistical data and metadata exchange.WebHome]] Standards Section 6, paragraph “4.3 Versioning”.
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142 142  == 3.5 The Item Scheme Pattern ==
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146 146  The (% id="confict-imterms-38" style="color:#9b59b6" %)Item(%%) Scheme is a basic architectural pattern that allows the creation of list schemes for use in simple taxonomies, for example.
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148 -The //ItemScheme// is the basis for (% id="confict-imterms-39" style="color:#9b59b6" %)CategoryScheme(%%), (% id="confict-imterms-40" style="color:#9b59b6" %)Codelist(%%), (% id="confict-imterms-41" style="color:#9b59b6" %)ConceptScheme(%%), (% id="confict-imterms-42" style="color:#9b59b6" %)ReportingTaxonomy(%%), //OrganisationScheme//, TransformationScheme, CustomTypeScheme, NamePersonalisationScheme, RulesetScheme, VtlMappingScheme and UserDefinedOperatorScheme.
148 +The //ItemScheme// is the basis for (% id="confict-imterms-39" style="color:#9b59b6" %)CategoryScheme(%%), (% id="confict-imterms-40" style="color:#9b59b6" %)[[Codelist>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Code list.WebHome]](%%), (% id="confict-imterms-41" style="color:#9b59b6" %)ConceptScheme(%%), (% id="confict-imterms-42" style="color:#9b59b6" %)ReportingTaxonomy(%%), //OrganisationScheme//, TransformationScheme, CustomTypeScheme, NamePersonalisationScheme, RulesetScheme, VtlMappingScheme and UserDefinedOperatorScheme.
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150 150  === 3.5.2 Class Diagram ===
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152 152  [[image:image39.png]]
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154 -**Figure 13 The (% id="confict-imterms-43" style="color:#9b59b6" %)Item(%%) Scheme pattern**
154 +**Figure 13 The (% id="confict-imterms-43" %)Item(%%) Scheme pattern**
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156 156  === 3.5.3 Explanation of the Diagram ===
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158 158  ==== 3.5.3.1 Narrative ====
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160 -The //ItemScheme// is an abstract class which defines a set of (% id="confict-imterms-44" style="color:#9b59b6" %)//Item//(%%) (this class is also abstract). Its main purpose is to define a mechanism which can be used to create taxonomies which can classify other parts of the SDMX Information Model. It is derived from //MaintainableArtefact// which gives it the ability to be annotated, have identity, naming, versioning and be associated with an (% id="confict-imterms-45" style="color:#9b59b6" %)Agency(%%). An example of a concrete class is a (% id="confict-imterms-46" style="color:#9b59b6" %)ConceptScheme(%%). The associated Concepts are (% id="confict-imterms-47" style="color:#9b59b6" %)//Item//(%%)s.
160 +The //ItemScheme// is an abstract class which defines a set of (% id="confict-imterms-44" style="color:#9b59b6" %)//Item//(%%) (this class is also abstract). Its main purpose is to define a mechanism which can be used to create taxonomies which can classify other parts of the [[SDMX Information Model>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.SDMX Information Model.WebHome]]. It is derived from //MaintainableArtefact// which gives it the ability to be annotated, have identity, naming, versioning and be associated with an (% id="confict-imterms-45" style="color:#9b59b6" %)Agency(%%). An example of a concrete class is a (% id="confict-imterms-46" style="color:#9b59b6" %)ConceptScheme(%%). The associated [[Concepts>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Concept.WebHome]] are (% id="confict-imterms-47" style="color:#9b59b6" %)//Item//(%%)s.
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162 -In an exchange environment an //ItemScheme// is allowed to contain a sub-set of the (% id="confict-imterms-48" style="color:#9b59b6" %)//Item//(%%)s in the maintained //ItemScheme//. If such an ItemScheme is disseminated with a sub-set of the (% id="confict-imterms-49" style="color:#9b59b6" %)//Item//(%%)s then the fact that this is a sub-set is denoted by setting the (% id="confict-imterms-50" style="color:#9b59b6" %)isPartial(%%) attribute to "true".
162 +In an exchange environment an //ItemScheme// is allowed to contain a sub-set of the (% id="confict-imterms-48" style="color:#9b59b6" %)//Item//(%%)s in the maintained //ItemScheme//. If such an ItemScheme is disseminated with a sub-set of the (% id="confict-imterms-49" style="color:#9b59b6" %)//Item//(%%)s then the fact that this is a sub-set is denoted by setting the (% id="confict-imterms-50" style="color:#9b59b6" %)isPartial(%%) [[attribute>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Attribute.WebHome]] to "true".
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164 -A “partial” //ItemScheme// cannot be maintained independently in its partial form i.e., it cannot contain (% id="confict-imterms-51" style="color:#9b59b6" %)//Item//(%%)s that are not present in the full //ItemScheme// and the content of any one (% id="confict-imterms-52" style="color:#9b59b6" %)//Item//(%%)// //(e.g., names and descriptions) cannot deviate from the content in the full //ItemScheme//. Furthermore, the (% id="confict-imterms-53" style="color:#9b59b6" %)id(%%) of the //ItemScheme// where (% id="confict-imterms-54" style="color:#9b59b6" %)isPartial(%%) is set to "true" is the same as the (% id="confict-imterms-55" style="color:#9b59b6" %)id(%%) of the full //ItemScheme// (agencyId, (% id="confict-imterms-56" style="color:#9b59b6" %)id(%%), (% id="confict-imterms-57" style="color:#9b59b6" %)version(%%)). This is important as this is the (% id="confict-imterms-58" style="color:#9b59b6" %)id(%%) that that is referenced in other structures (e.g., a (% id="confict-imterms-59" style="color:#9b59b6" %)Codelist(%%) referenced in a DSD) and this (% id="confict-imterms-60" style="color:#9b59b6" %)id(%%) is always the same, regardless of whether the disseminated //ItemScheme// is the full //ItemScheme// or a partial //ItemScheme//.
164 +A “partial” //ItemScheme// cannot be maintained independently in its partial form i.e., it cannot contain (% id="confict-imterms-51" style="color:#9b59b6" %)//Item//(%%)s that are not present in the full //ItemScheme// and the content of any one (% id="confict-imterms-52" style="color:#9b59b6" %)//Item//(%%)// //(e.g., names and descriptions) cannot deviate from the content in the full //ItemScheme//. Furthermore, the (% id="confict-imterms-53" style="color:#9b59b6" %)id(%%) of the //ItemScheme// where (% id="confict-imterms-54" style="color:#9b59b6" %)isPartial(%%) is set to "true" is the same as the (% id="confict-imterms-55" style="color:#9b59b6" %)id(%%) of the full //ItemScheme// (agencyId, (% id="confict-imterms-56" style="color:#9b59b6" %)id(%%), (% id="confict-imterms-57" style="color:#9b59b6" %)[[version>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Version.WebHome]](%%)). This is important as this is the (% id="confict-imterms-58" style="color:#9b59b6" %)id(%%) that that is referenced in other structures (e.g., a (% id="confict-imterms-59" style="color:#9b59b6" %)[[Codelist>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Code list.WebHome]](%%) referenced in a [[DSD>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Data structure definition.WebHome]]) and this (% id="confict-imterms-60" style="color:#9b59b6" %)id(%%) is always the same, regardless of whether the disseminated //ItemScheme// is the full //ItemScheme// or a partial //ItemScheme//.
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166 -The purpose of a partial //ItemScheme// is to support the exchange and dissemination of a subset //ItemScheme// without the need to maintain multiple //ItemScheme//s which contain the same (% id="confict-imterms-61" style="color:#9b59b6" %)//Item//(%%)s. For instance, when a (% id="confict-imterms-62" style="color:#9b59b6" %)Codelist(%%) is used in a DataStructureDefinition it is sometimes the case that only a sub-set of the Codes in a (% id="confict-imterms-63" style="color:#9b59b6" %)Codelist(%%) are relevant. In this case a partial (% id="confict-imterms-64" style="color:#9b59b6" %)Codelist(%%) can be constructed using the Constraint mechanism explained later in this document.
166 +The purpose of a partial //ItemScheme// is to support the exchange and dissemination of a subset //ItemScheme// without the need to maintain multiple //ItemScheme//s which contain the same (% id="confict-imterms-61" style="color:#9b59b6" %)//Item//(%%)s. For instance, when a (% id="confict-imterms-62" style="color:#9b59b6" %)[[Codelist>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Code list.WebHome]](%%) is used in a DataStructureDefinition it is sometimes the case that only a sub-set of the [[Codes>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Code.WebHome]] in a (% id="confict-imterms-63" style="color:#9b59b6" %)[[Codelist>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Code list.WebHome]](%%) are relevant. In this case a partial (% id="confict-imterms-64" style="color:#9b59b6" %)[[Codelist>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Code list.WebHome]](%%) can be constructed using the [[Constraint>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Constraint.WebHome]] mechanism explained later in this document.
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168 -(% id="confict-imterms-65" style="color:#9b59b6" %)//Item//(%%) inherits from //NameableArtefact// which gives it the ability to be annotated and have identity, and therefore has (% id="confict-imterms-66" style="color:#9b59b6" %)id(%%), (% id="confict-imterms-67" style="color:#9b59b6" %)uri(%%) and (% id="confict-imterms-68" style="color:#9b59b6" %)urn(%%) attributes, a name and a description in the form of an InternationalString. Unlike the parent //ItemScheme//, the (% id="confict-imterms-69" style="color:#9b59b6" %)//Item//(%%) itself is not a //MaintainableArtefact// and therefore cannot have an independent (% id="confict-imterms-70" style="color:#9b59b6" %)Agency(%%) (i.e., it implicitly has the same agencyId as the //ItemScheme//).
168 +(% id="confict-imterms-65" style="color:#9b59b6" %)//Item//(%%) inherits from //NameableArtefact// which gives it the ability to be annotated and have identity, and therefore has (% id="confict-imterms-66" style="color:#9b59b6" %)id(%%), (% id="confict-imterms-67" style="color:#9b59b6" %)uri(%%) and (% id="confict-imterms-68" style="color:#9b59b6" %)urn(%%) [[attributes>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Attribute.WebHome]], a name and a description in the form of an InternationalString. Unlike the parent //ItemScheme//, the (% id="confict-imterms-69" style="color:#9b59b6" %)//Item//(%%) itself is not a //MaintainableArtefact// and therefore cannot have an independent (% id="confict-imterms-70" style="color:#9b59b6" %)Agency(%%) (i.e., it implicitly has the same agencyId as the //ItemScheme//).
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170 170  The (% id="confict-imterms-71" style="color:#9b59b6" %)//Item//(%%) can be hierarchic and so one (% id="confict-imterms-72" style="color:#9b59b6" %)//Item//(%%) can have child (% id="confict-imterms-73" style="color:#9b59b6" %)//Item//(%%)s. The restriction of the hierarchic association is that a child (% id="confict-imterms-74" style="color:#9b59b6" %)//Item//(%%) can have only parent (% id="confict-imterms-75" style="color:#9b59b6" %)//Item//(%%).
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179 179  Direct sub classes are:
180 180  (% id="confict-imterms-76" style="color:#9b59b6" %)CategoryScheme(%%)
181 181  (% id="confict-imterms-77" style="color:#9b59b6" %)ConceptScheme(%%)
182 -(% id="confict-imterms-78" style="color:#9b59b6" %)Codelist(%%)
182 +(% id="confict-imterms-78" style="color:#9b59b6" %)[[Codelist>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Code list.WebHome]](%%)
183 183  (% id="confict-imterms-79" style="color:#9b59b6" %)ReportingTaxonomy(%%)
184 184  //OrganisationScheme//
185 185  TransformationScheme
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188 188  VtlMappingScheme
189 189  UserDefinedOperatorScheme
190 190  )))|(% style="width:583px" %)The descriptive information for an arrangement or division of objects into groups based on characteristics, which the objects have in common.
191 -| |(% style="width:297px" %)(% id="confict-imterms-80" style="color:#9b59b6" %)isPartial|(% style="width:583px" %)Denotes whether the Item Scheme contains a subset of the full set of Items in the maintained scheme.
191 +| |(% style="width:297px" %)(% id="confict-imterms-80" style="color:#9b59b6" %)isPartial|(% style="width:583px" %)Denotes whether the [[Item Scheme>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Item scheme.WebHome]] contains a subset of the full set of Items in the maintained scheme.
192 192  | |(% style="width:297px" %)/items|(% style="width:583px" %)Association to the Items in the scheme.
193 193  |(%%)(% id="confict-imterms-81" style="color:#9b59b6" %)//Item//|(% style="width:297px" %)(((
194 194  Inherits from:
195 195  //NameableArtefact//
196 196  Direct sub classes are
197 -(% id="confict-imterms-82" style="color:#9b59b6" %)Category(%%)
198 -(% id="confict-imterms-83" style="color:#9b59b6" %)Concept(%%)
199 -(% id="confict-imterms-84" style="color:#9b59b6" %)Code(%%)
197 +(% id="confict-imterms-82" style="color:#9b59b6" %)[[Category>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Category.WebHome]](%%)
198 +(% id="confict-imterms-83" style="color:#9b59b6" %)[[Concept>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Concept.WebHome]](%%)
199 +(% id="confict-imterms-84" style="color:#9b59b6" %)[[Code>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Code.WebHome]](%%)
200 200  (% id="confict-imterms-85" style="color:#9b59b6" %)ReportingCategory(%%)
201 201  (% id="confict-imterms-86" style="color:#9b59b6" %)//Organisation//(%%)
202 202  Transformation
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206 206  VtlMapping
207 207  UserDefinedOperator
208 208  )))|(% style="width:583px" %)(((
209 -The Item is an item of content in an Item Scheme. This may be a node in a taxonomy or ontology, a code in a code list etc. Node that at the conceptual level the Organisation is not hierarchic.
209 +The Item is an item of content in an [[Item Scheme>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Item scheme.WebHome]]. This may be a node in a taxonomy or ontology, a [[code>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Code.WebHome]] in a [[code list>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Code list.WebHome]] etc. Node that at the conceptual level the Organisation is not hierarchic.
210 210  )))
211 -| |(% style="width:297px" %)hierarchy|(% style="width:583px" %)This allows an Item optionally to have one or more child Items
211 +| |(% style="width:297px" %)[[hierarchy>>doc:sdmx:Glossary 2\.1.Hierarchy.WebHome]]|(% style="width:583px" %)This allows an Item optionally to have one or more child Items
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213 213  == 3.6 The Structure Pattern ==
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215 215  === 3.6.1 Context ===
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217 -The (% id="confict-imterms-87" style="color:#9b59b6" %)Structure(%%) Pattern is a basic architectural pattern which allows the specification of complex tabular structures which are often found in statistical data (such as Data (% id="confict-imterms-88" style="color:#9b59b6" %)Structure(%%) Definition, and Metadata (% id="confict-imterms-89" style="color:#9b59b6" %)Structure(%%) Definition). A (% id="confict-imterms-90" style="color:#9b59b6" %)Structure(%%) is a set of ordered lists. A pattern to underpin this tabular structure has been developed, so that commonalities between these structure definitions can be supported by common software and common syntax structures.
217 +The Structure Pattern is a basic architectural pattern which allows the specification of complex tabular structures which are often found in statistical data (such as Data (% id="confict-imterms-88" %)Structure(%%) Definition, and Metadata (% id="confict-imterms-89" %)Structure(%%) Definition). A Structure is a set of ordered lists. A pattern to underpin this tabular structure has been developed, so that commonalities between these structure definitions can be supported by common software and common syntax structures.
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219 219  === 3.6.2 Class Diagrams ===
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