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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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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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