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ulex:DataItemCategory

A set of information about the type of event or data type.  This may be used by service providers to indicate what types of events or data are incorporated in the service provider and/or its data sources, or in an individual Data Item.  Groups may work together to define an appropriate list of categories that can be used in searches among the groups to allow users to limit search results.  Element could also be used by user interfaces for sorting purposes.

Element information

Namespace: http://ulex.gov/ulex/2.0

Schema document: ulex.gov/ulex/2.0/ulex.xsd

Type: ulex:DataItemCategoryType

Properties: Global, Qualified

Content

  • Sequence [1..1]
    1. ulex:DataItemCategoryText [1..1]A kind of Data Item category such as type of the event or a data type. This should be a user-friendly and reasonably intuitive string that can be used in a list or as a check-box label in a GUI. Used as a search parameter in SearchRequestMetadata.
    2. ulex:DataItemCategoryDescriptionText [0..1]A description of the Data Item category. Could be used to better explain the meaning of the DataItemCategoryText element value.

Attributes

None

Used in

Sample instance

<ulex:DataItemCategory>
   <ulex:DataItemCategoryText>Category text</ulex:DataItemCategoryText>
   <ulex:DataItemCategoryDescriptionText>Further description</ulex:DataItemCategoryDescriptionText>
</ulex:DataItemCategory>