DDI Controlled Vocabulary for Type of Note

Description

Includes a typology of notes.

Short Name:: TypeOfNote
Long Name:: Type of Note
Version:: 1.0
Version Notes:
Canonical URI:: urn:ddi-cv:TypeOfNote
Canonical URI of this version:: urn:ddi-cv:TypeOfNote:1.0
Location URI:: http://www.ddialliance.org/Specification/DDI-CV/TypeOfNote_1.0_Genericode1.0_DDI-CVProfile1.0.xml
Alternate format location URI:: http://www.ddialliance.org/Specification/DDI-CV/TypeOfNote_1.0.html
Alternate format location URI:: http://www.ddialliance.org/Specification/DDI-CV/TypeOfNote_1.0_InputSheet_Excel2003.xls
Agency Name:: DDI Alliance

Code List
Value of the Code	Descriptive Term of the Code	Definition of the Code
Processing	Processing Note	A note related to the processing of the data, or metadata, or both.
Addendum	Addendum	Additional information, usually of a factual nature (as opposed to a comment), intended to clarify the content of a DDI section or module.
System	System Note	A note generated by the processing system used to produce the data, or metadata, or both.
Observation	Observation	A note providing information on an aspect relevant for data usage that is likely to remain permanent, or a temporary note providing information for further review and correction. May be an observation entered by a human user or a system-generated note on any inconsistencies or deviations.
Comment	Comment	A human-readable comment, typically of a more subjective nature than an addendum.
Other	Other	Use when the type of note is known, but not found in the list.

A brief textual description or classification of the type of Note. Supports the use of an external controlled vocabulary.

Module Name	Element Name
reusable	TypeOfNote

For clarifying information/annotation regarding the parent element. The attribute "type" permits a controlled vocabulary to be developed.

Element Number in DDI 2.1	Element/Attribute Name
	notes@type