narrative
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``iati-activities/iati-activity/policy-marker/narrative``
This is the reference page for the XML element ``narrative``.
.. index::
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Definition
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A description of the policy marker. This MUST ONLY be
used if vocabulary is 99 (the reporting
organisation's own marker vocabulary). May be repeated
for multiple languages.
Rules
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The text in this element must be of type xsd:string.
This element may occur any number of times.
``narrative`` must be present if @vocabulary='99'
Attributes
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.. _iati-activities/iati-activity/policy-marker/narrative/.xml:lang:
@xml:lang
A code specifying the language of text in this element. It is recommended that wherever possible only codes from ISO 639-1 are used. If not present, the default language is assumed.
This value should be on the :doc:`Language codelist `.
Example Usage
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The ``narrative`` child element can be used to declare freetext for the ``policy-marker`` element.
| The ``narrative`` element should be used only when the *99* (*Reporting Organisation*) *PolicyMarkerVocabulary* is declared.
.. code-block:: xml
Policy Marker Text
| The ``narrative`` element can be repeated for any language additional to the default language set in ``iati-activity``, by using the ``@xml:lang`` attribute. Example not shown.
Changelog
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2.01
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| The ``narrative`` element was introduced in 2.01.
Developer tools
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Find the source of this documentation on github:
* `Schema `_
* `Extra Documentation `_