Revision history

Changes to the CDF documentation are listed here.

January 15, 2025

• Updated guidelines for the FeedInactiveDate property of the metadata Feed entity.

November 19, 2024

• Added documentation for GovernmentBody

November 11, 2024

• Added documentation requiring feed filenames to remain static

November 1, 2024

• Update EmptyText validator rule to raise an error instead of a warning.

August 26, 2024

• Update the OfficeLevel enum to add detailed descriptions.

July 17, 2024

• Added documentation for new PartyLeadership entities and associated PartyLeadershipType enum.

July 10, 2024

• Adding recommendations for the 'FeedInactiveDate' and SourceDirPath

June 24, 2024

• Update PartyId to allow for multiple PartyIds for Candidate and Person entities.

June 21, 2024

• Update the documentation for OfficeHolderSubFeed entity to share a detailed example.

May 14, 2024

• Clean the PartyContest entity to only include the relevant elements PartyContest.
• Added updated definitions for ElectionDateStatus enum values, particularly, tentative and changing.

May 1, 2024

• Clarified the definition for the IsIndependent element for Party.

April 29, 2024

• Update FeedType enum and FeedLongevity enum to use lower case values in their respective reference pages.

April 17, 2024

• Added an IsIndependent element to the reference page for Party.

February 12, 2024

• Added documentation throughout the site for the new Metadata feed.

January 9, 2024

• Add support for Tiktok accounts as an AnnotatedUri

January 3, 2024

• Updating Internal Considerations with a bit more nuance about how and when to translate or transliterate data.

July 24, 2023

• Added Committee type for Political Committees and a corresponding feed type

January 20, 2023

• Added a Slogan element to the reference page for Party.
• Added a CampaignSlogan element to the reference page for Candidate.

November 17, 2022

• Added guide for Process to update OCD IDs

December 30, 2021

• Added a PartialDate section to the Simple Data Types page, as well as updating some of the table fields.

December 27, 2021

• Modified content within the CandidateContest section of the Contest page to support only one office per contest, as well as updating some of the XML examples.

October 15, 2021

• Added ExternalIdentifier section to the reference page for Candidate.

August 20, 2021

• Created an OfficeSelectionMethod page, added the SelectionMethod element to the Office. Elements table, and updated codel examples.

February 26, 2021

• Added an example to the Term reference page on how to represent the tenure of reelected officeholders in an Officeholder feed.

February 24, 2021

• Added information about party-chair-id to the Party reference material.

February 18, 2021

• Added a diagram to the CandidatePreElectionStatus reference material that illustrates the timing of statuses.

December 14, 2020

• Added Guides pages that describe the available feed types. Updated the Reference pages to provide best practices to follow for most entities.