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Annex C Glossary
Atrtibute Component
Definition:
The role given to a Represented Variable in the context of a Data Structure. The role is to hold the pertinent information in addition to the identifiers and measures for a particular unit in a Data Set.
Explantatory text;
For example the publication status of an observation (e.g. provisional, final, revised), or information specific to the use of an Identifier in the context of a Data Set.
However, the UML figures clearly show that there are three different information objects: 1) Identifier Component, 2) Measure Component and 3) Attribute Component.
The Definition (ambiguous) and Explanatory text (wrong?) in Annex C seem to suggest that the Identifier is part of the Attribute Component.
Solution:
Rewrite both the definition and the explanatory text.
New Definition: help?
Possibly - The role given to a Represented Variable in the context of a Data Structure to hold anything that is not an identifier or a measure.
However that is a bad definition because it says what the Attribute Component is not, rather than what it is.
New Explanatory text:
For example the publication status of an observation (e.g. provisional, final, revised).
2 Comments
user-8e470
02 Oct, 20132/10: Jenny to provide a suggestion based on unit attribute definitions. Also Al's text on unit vs dimensional data might provide some examples.
To be discussed at the next meeting.
Jenny Linnerud
02 Oct, 2013New Definition: The role given to a Represented Variable in the context of a Data Structure to supply information other than identification or measures.
New Explanatory text: For example the publication status of an observation (e.g. provisional, final, revised).