DDI 3.1 XML Schema Documentation (2009-10-18)
© DDI Alliance 2009 - licensed under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License
complexType "DimensionType"
Namespace:
ddi:physicaldataproduct_ncube_tabular:3_1
Content:
complex, 2 attributes, 1 element
Defined:
globally in physicaldataproduct_ncube_tabular.xsd, see XML source
Includes:
definitions of 2 attributes and 1 element
Used:
at 1 location
XML Representation Summary
<...
    rank
 = 
 xs:integer
    value
 = 
 xs:string
    >
   
Content: 
 VariableReference?
</...>
Content Model Elements (1):
VariableReference
All Direct / Indirect Based Elements (1):
Dimension
Known Usage Locations
Annotation
A dimension describes the rank or order of the dimension within the NCube structure and provides the specific coordinate value of the dimension for the data item.
XML Source (w/o annotations (4); see within schema source)
<xs:complexType name="DimensionType">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element minOccurs="0" ref="VariableReference"/>
</xs:sequence>
<xs:attribute name="rank" type="xs:integer" use="required"/>
<xs:attribute name="value" type="xs:string" use="optional"/>
</xs:complexType>
Attribute Detail (defined in this component only; 2/2)
rank
Type:
xs:integer, predefined
Use:
required
Enter the rank (placement) order in which the value from this dimension appears in the coordinate address of any cell in the NCube matrix.
XML Source (w/o annotations (1); see within schema source)
<xs:attribute name="rank" type="xs:integer" use="required"/>
value
Type:
xs:string, predefined
Use:
optional
The value of this dimension for this particular data item.
XML Source (w/o annotations (1); see within schema source)
<xs:attribute name="value" type="xs:string" use="optional"/>
Content Element Detail (defined in this component only; 1/1)
VariableReference
Type:
r:ReferenceType, complex content
References the Variable holding the dimension value. Use this instead of the value attribute when the value must be obtained from the data file at the location of the variable indicated in the reference.
XML Source (w/o annotations (1); see within schema source)
<xs:element minOccurs="0" ref="VariableReference"/>
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