DiscoveryDataDescriptionStructure

LongDataStructure inherited from CDIFDataStructure

DiscoveryDataDescriptionStructure::Classes::LongDataStructure

Definition

Documentation

Original
Reference

cdi:LongDataStructure

Definition

Definition

Structure of a long dataset (organized collection of long data). It is described by identifier, measure, attribute, variable descriptor and variable value components.

Examples

The structure described by [Unit id, Income, Province, Variable name, Variable value] where Unit id identifies a statistical unit, Income and Province are two instance variables capturing characteristics, and other instance variables are represented by Variable name (a variable descriptor component) and Variable Value (a variable value component).

CDIF
Definition

Long (narrow) dataset row layout. Required: exactly one IdentifierComponent, one VariableDescriptorComponent, one VariableValueComponent. Optional AttributeComponents. Optional PrimaryKey.

Diagram

Inheritance

No generalization relationships.

Attributes

NameTypeMultiplicityDescription
typestring[1..*]

Documentation

CDIF
Definition

@type must contain 'cdi:LongDataStructure'.

Associations

RoleTargetMultiplicityKind
isStructuredByDataDownload[0..1]association
hasComponentIdentifierComponent[1]composition
hasComponentVariableDescriptorComponent[1]composition
hasComponentVariableValueComponent[1]composition
hasComponentAttributeComponent[0..*]composition
hasPrimaryKeyPrimaryKey[0..1]composition