Attribution

Attribution entities are used in feeds to provide the full attribution of the sources of data. See also DataSource.

Elements

The following table shows the elements for Attribution:

Element	Multiplicity	Type	Description
DataSourceId	1	IDREF	The objectId of a DataSource object.
Attribution	0 or more	Attribution	Provides chained attribution for data that has been merged from multiple sources.

Examples

XML

    <!-- Represents "According to ABC via Issuer" -->
    <Attribution>
      <DataSourceId>issuer</DataSourceId>
      <Attribution><DataSourceId>abc</DataSourceId></Attribution>
    </Attribution>
    <!-- Represents "According to ABC & XYZ via Issuer" -->
    <Attribution>
      <DataSourceId>issuer</DataSourceId>
      <Attribution><DataSourceId>abc</DataSourceId></Attribution>
      <Attribution><DataSourceId>xyz</DataSourceId></Attribution>
    </Attribution>
      

JSON

    "ResultsReportingStage": [
      {
        "Attribution": {
          "DataSourceId": "issuer",
          "Attribution": [
            {
              "DataSourceId": "abc"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      {
        "StageType": "official",
        "Attribution": {
          "DataSourceId": "issuer",
          "Attribution": [
            {
              "DataSourceId": "abc"
            },
            {
              "DataSourceId": "xyz"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    ]