DDI Controlled Vocabulary for Type of Concept Group

Description

Specifies the rationale for creating a concept group.

Short Name:: TypeOfConceptGroup
Long Name:: Type of Concept Group
Version:: 1.0
Version Notes:
Version Changes:
Canonical URI:: urn:ddi-cv:TypeOfConceptGroup
Canonical URI of this version:: urn:ddi-cv:TypeOfConceptGroup:1.0
Location URI:: http://www.ddialliance.org/Specification/DDI-CV/TypeOfConceptGroup_1.0_Genericode1.0_DDI-CVProfile1.0.xml
Alternate format location URI:: http://www.ddialliance.org/Specification/DDI-CV/TypeOfConceptGroup_1.0.html
Alternate format location URI:: http://www.ddialliance.org/Specification/DDI-CV/TypeOfConceptGroup_1.0_InputSheet_Excel2003.xls
Agency Name:: DDI Alliance

Code List
Value of the Code	Descriptive Term of the Code	Definition of the Code
Administrative	Administrative	A concept group created for administrative purposes, for instance for subsetting or reorganizing data.
Thematic	Thematic	A concept group created to bring together concepts reflecting the same general theme, or topic; for example, a group called "Trust" can include trust in institutions, trust in government, as well as interpersonal trust.
Other	Other	Use when the type of concept group is known, but not found in the list.

A brief textual description of the reason for which a concept group was formed. Supports the use of an external controlled vocabulary.

Module Name	Element Name
conceptualcomponent	TypeOfConceptGroup

DDI-Codebook (DDI 2.5 and all previous DDI versions) does not include an element that would support this controlled vocabulary.

Element Number in DDI 2.1	Element/Attribute Name