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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=744350718-05102005>Wendy - after you
left the call yesterday we had much discussion on these two
elements:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>dimensionReference<SPAN class=744350718-05102005> - Row 20
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width=462 height=158><FONT size=2>identifies the dimensionVariable
describing this dimension</FONT></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>variableReference<SPAN
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width=462 height=158><FONT face=Arial size=2>identifies the
dimensionVariable describing this
dimension</FONT></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=744350718-05102005><FONT face=Arial>The new descriptions I
attempted were as follows</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV>dimensionReference<SPAN class=744350718-05102005> - Row 20 </SPAN></DIV>
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x:str="indicates the name of the variable to be used as one of the coordinates of the nCube e.g. gender (GENDER1), or age (AGE), or party affiliation (PARTYID) . I'm not sure if this note should be here describing dimensionReference or if it belong in Row 21 to describe dimensionVariable and this Row 20 should say "unique name for this particular dimension of this variable" "><FONT
size=2>indicates the name of the variable to be used as one of the
coordinates of the nCube e.g. gender (GENDER1), or age (AGE), or party
affiliation (PARTYID) .<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I'm not sure if this note
should be here describing dimensionReference or if it belong in Row 21 to
describe dimensionVariable and this Row 20 should say "unique name for
this particular dimension of this variable"<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=744350718-05102005><FONT face=Arial>variableReference<SPAN
class=744350718-05102005> - Row 21</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>see note above for Row 20…<SPAN
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<DIV><FONT size=2><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN>0r is it:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>identifies the variable in the file
describing this dimension in the special cases where the catValu (<FONT
class=font5><EM>Section 4</EM></FONT><FONT class=font6> </FONT><FONT
class=font0>Variable 4.3.18.1)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>provides the field content and the labl (</FONT><FONT
class=font5><EM>Section 4</EM></FONT><FONT class=font0> Variable 4.3.18.2)
provides the code because in the file there is a physical record for each
reported value of the variable for example,<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>in County Business Patterns there
is a variable for Industry Code<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT class=font0><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT class=font0>In current Scheme it is defined
as:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>an IDREF that points to
the variable that makes up this dimension of the nCube.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=744350718-05102005><FONT face=Arial>I promised the group I
would forward this to you and see if you could untangle it for
us.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=744350718-05102005><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=744350718-05102005><FONT face=Arial>Please reply all so we can
all get on the same page ASAP.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=744350718-05102005><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=744350718-05102005><FONT face=Arial>Thanks!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=744350718-05102005><FONT face=Arial>Ilona</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=744350718-05102005><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ilona
Einowski
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Assistant Director, User
Services</FONT></DIV>
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Assistance</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>ilona_e@berkeley.edu</FONT></DIV>
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