quantity

This page documents the quantity canonical concept dataset. The complete XML file is also available for review.

Basic Info

Name Quantity concepts
Description DSPL quantity concepts.
Namespace http://www.google.com/publicdata/dataset/google/quantity
URL http://code.google.com/apis/publicdata/docs/canonical/quantity.html

Provider

Name Google Inc.
Description Google Inc.
URL http://www.google.com

Imported Namespaces

ID URI
unit http://www.google.com/publicdata/dataset/google/unit
geo http://www.google.com/publicdata/dataset/google/geo
time http://www.google.com/publicdata/dataset/google/time

Topics

No topics defined.

Concepts

Concept: quantity

ID quantity [XML]
Name Quantity
Type float
Description Base concept for defining concept that represent numerical quantities.
Attributes
unit
significant_digits
decimal_places
ID
(implied)
unit [XML]
Concept unit:unit
Name Unit
Description The unit of the quantity
ID significant_digits [XML]
Name Number of significant digits
Type integer
Description Specifies the number of significant digits to use when displaying the values of a metric concept.
ID decimal_places [XML]
Name Number of decimal places
Type integer
Description Specifies the number of decimal places to use for displaying the values of a metric concept.
Properties No local properties.

Concept: amount

ID amount [XML]
Name Amount
Extends quantity
Description Indicates that a numeric concept is an amount, i.e., a count of discrete elements. Example concept: Population, Gross Domestic Product.
Attributes No local attributes.
Properties No local properties.

Concept: magnitude

ID magnitude [XML]
Name Magnitude
Extends quantity
Description Indicates that a numeric concept is a magnitude, i.e., a continuous quantity that is measurable. Example concepts: Temperature.
Attributes No local attributes.
Properties No local properties.

Concept: fraction

ID fraction [XML]
Name Fraction
Extends magnitude
Description Indicates that a numeric concept represents a fraction, i.e., the division of two quantities.
Attributes
denominator
numerator
ID denominator [XML]
Name Denominator
Type concept
Description The denominator of the fraction.
ID numerator [XML]
Name Numerator
Type concept
Description The numerator of the fraction.
Properties No local properties.

Concept: ratio

ID ratio [XML]
Name Ratio
Extends fraction
Description Indicates that a numeric concept is a ratio, i.e., a fraction of two quantities of the same nature. Example concept: Ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary education.
Attributes
is_percentage
percentage_of
ID is_percentage [XML]
Name Is percentage
Type boolean
Description Set to true if this ratio is a percentage, set to false otherwise.
ID percentage_of [XML]
Name Percentage of
Type string
Description If this is a percentage, this attribute provides a descriptive text to display next to number that specifies what this is a percentage of. For instance, the "unemployment rate" metric has a percentage_of attribute set to: "of the labor force" to that the value reads "10.5% of the labor force".
Properties No local properties.

Concept: index

ID index [XML]
Name Index
Extends rate
Description A quantity that shows by its variations the changes of a magnitude over time or space, often normalized to a reference value. Example concept: Consumer Price Index.
Attributes
base_value
base_time
base_location
ID base_value [XML]
Concept quantity
Name Base value
Description The reference value for the index (e.g., 100).
ID base_time [XML]
Concept time:time_point
Name Base time
Description The reference time the index is defined for.
ID base_location [XML]
Concept geo:location
Name Base location
Description The reference location the index is defined for.
Properties No local properties.

Concept: rate

ID rate [XML]
Name Rate
Extends ratio
Description A quantity considered as a proportion of another quantity. Example concepts: Literacy rate, GDP per Capita, unemployment rate.
Attributes No local attributes.
Properties No local properties.

Concept: change_rate

ID change_rate [XML]
Name Change rate
Extends rate
Description The rate at which some quantity changes. Example concept: GDP growth rate.
Attributes
base_quantity
ID base_quantity [XML]
Name Base quantity
Type concept
Description The quantity (concept) that this is a change rate for.
Properties No local properties.

Slices

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Tables

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