Categories#

Checks carried out by the validator are grouped into categories, depending on what they’re checking. The categories are:

classifications#

Checks relating to classifications, such as sector codes.

financial#

Checks relating to financial aspects, such as budget splits and financial type codes.

geo#

Checks relating to geographic aspects, such as ensuring that percentage splits between countries or regions sum to 100%.

iati#

Checks relating to dates, such as checking that end dates come after start dates.

identifiers#

Checks relating to activity identifiers, such as formatting and allowed characters.

information#

Checks that relate to the structure of the data in ways that cannot be enforced in XML schema, such as where one of two fields must be present.

organisation#

Checks relating to organisation identifiers, such as formatting and allowed characters.

participating#

Checks relating to participating-organisation information, such as allowed characters and important fields.

performance#

Checks relating to indicators, such as ensuring that quantiative indicators have baselines.

relations#

Checks relating to related activites, such as formatting of identifiers.