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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