Standards & References
Standards, classifications, and publications that informed PublicSchema. 126 entries from 63 organisations.
Listing a standard here means it informed the design of PublicSchema. It does not imply conformance unless explicitly stated.
Normative basis
International standards and classifications that PublicSchema vocabularies and concepts directly implement.
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DEGURBA
ActiveA recommendation on the method to delineate cities, urban and rural areas for international statistical comparisons
Informs (3)
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EGRISS IRIS
ActiveInternational Recommendations on Internally Displaced Persons Statistics (IRIS)
Informs (3)
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FHIR AdministrativeGender
ActiveAdministrativeGender
Informs (2)
Vocabularies
Properties
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FHIR EpisodeOfCareStatus
ActiveEpisodeOfCareStatus
Informs (3)
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FHIR FinancialResourceStatus
ActiveFinancial Resource Status Codes
Informs (3)
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FHIR IdentifierType v2-0203
ActiveIdentifier Type Codes
Informs (3)
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FHIR v3 MaritalStatus
ActiveFHIR v3 MaritalStatus CodeSystem
Informs (2)
Vocabularies
Properties
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PersonalRelationshipRoleType
Informs (3)
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DHS Recode7
ActiveDHS Recode7: Standard Recode Manual for DHS 7
Informs (40)
Vocabularies
Properties
- assessment_band
- cooking_fuel
- difficulty_cognition
- difficulty_communication
- difficulty_hearing
- difficulty_seeing
- difficulty_self_care
- difficulty_walking
- education_level
- electricity_access
- floor_material
- household_assets
- ict_access
- literacy
- livestock_type
- pregnancy_status
- roof_material
- sanitation_facility
- settlement_type
- wall_material
- water_source
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ICAO Doc 9303
ActiveMachine Readable Travel Documents (Doc 9303)
Informs (4)
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ILO 19th ICLS (2013)
ActiveResolution concerning statistics of work, employment and labour underutilization
Informs (1)
Vocabularies
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Resolution concerning statistics on work relationships
Informs (1)
Vocabularies
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ISCO-08
ActiveInternational Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO-08)
Informs (2)
Vocabularies
Properties
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ISO 10002
Active PaywalledQuality management, Customer satisfaction, Guidelines for complaints handling in organizations
Informs (3)
Concepts
Vocabularies
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ISO 3166-1
ActiveCodes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions, Part 1: Country code
Informs (7)
Vocabularies
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ISO 3166-2
ActiveCodes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions, Part 2: Country subdivision code
Informs (2)
Vocabularies
Properties
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ISO 4217
ActiveCodes for the representation of currencies
Informs (3)
Vocabularies
Properties
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ISO 8601
Active PaywalledDate and time, Representations for information interchange
No specific entities cross-referenced yet.
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ISO/IEC 5218
Active PaywalledInformation technology, Codes for the representation of human sexes
Informs (3)
Vocabularies
Properties
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ISO/IEC TS 27560:2023
Active PaywalledInformation security, Consent record information structure
Informs (13)
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ITU-T X.1281 (OSIA)
ActiveAPIs for interoperability of identity management systems (ITU-T Recommendation X.1281)
Informs (4)
Concepts
Vocabularies
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ITU Core ICT
ActiveITU Core ICT Indicators
Informs (3)
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ISO 20022 External Code Sets, ExternalDateFrequency1Code
Informs (2)
Vocabularies
Properties
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ISO 20022 PaymentStatus
ActiveISO 20022 External Code Sets, ExternalPaymentTransactionStatus1Code
Informs (1)
Vocabularies
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ISO/IEC 29184:2020
Active PaywalledInformation technology, Online privacy notices and consent
Informs (16)
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LOINC Pregnancy Status
ActiveLOINC 82810-3: Pregnancy status
Informs (3)
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ISO 639-3
ActiveCodes for the representation of names of languages, Part 3: Alpha-3 code for comprehensive coverage of languages
Informs (2)
Vocabularies
Properties
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ISCED 2011
ActiveInternational Standard Classification of Education (ISCED 2011)
Informs (2)
Vocabularies
Properties
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MICS6
ActiveMultiple Indicator Cluster Surveys Round 6 (MICS6)
Informs (53)
Vocabularies
Properties
- cooking_fuel
- anxiety_frequency
- depression_frequency
- difficulty_accepting_change
- difficulty_being_understood
- difficulty_being_understood_inside_household
- difficulty_being_understood_outside_household
- difficulty_cognition
- difficulty_communication
- difficulty_concentrating
- difficulty_controlling_behaviour
- difficulty_dexterity
- difficulty_disruptive_behaviour
- difficulty_hearing
- difficulty_learning
- difficulty_making_friends
- difficulty_playing
- difficulty_remembering
- difficulty_seeing
- difficulty_self_care
- difficulty_understanding_others
- difficulty_walking
- education_level
- electricity_access
- floor_material
- household_assets
- ict_access
- literacy
- pregnancy_status
- roof_material
- sanitation_facility
- settlement_type
- wall_material
- water_source
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ISO 15924
ActiveCodes for the representation of names of scripts
Informs (1)
Vocabularies
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UN/CEFACT Rec.20
ActiveRecommendation 20: Codes for Units of Measure Used in International Trade
Informs (2)
Vocabularies
Properties
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HDX P-codes
ActiveGlobal P-code List
Informs (2)
Concepts
Vocabularies
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UN Census Rev.3
ActivePrinciples and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses, Revision 3
Informs (13)
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UN Census Rev.4
ActivePrinciples and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses, Revision 4
Informs (2)
Vocabularies
Properties
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UN M49
ActiveStandard country or area codes for statistical use (M49)
Informs (1)
Vocabularies
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UN Vital Stats Rev.3
ActivePrinciples and Recommendations for a Vital Statistics System, Revision 3
Informs (22)
Concepts
Vocabularies
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WG-ES
ActiveWashington Group Extended Set on Functioning (WG-ES)
Informs (46)
Concepts
Vocabularies
Properties
- anxiety_frequency
- anxiety_intensity
- anxiety_medication
- cognition_subdomain
- depression_frequency
- depression_intensity
- depression_medication
- difficulty_climbing_steps
- difficulty_cognition
- difficulty_communication
- difficulty_dexterity
- difficulty_hearing
- difficulty_hearing_noisy_room
- difficulty_hearing_quiet_room
- difficulty_seeing
- difficulty_seeing_coin
- difficulty_seeing_face_across_room
- difficulty_self_care
- difficulty_upper_body_reach
- difficulty_walking
- difficulty_walking_100m
- difficulty_walking_500m
- fatigue_duration
- fatigue_frequency
- fatigue_intensity
- hearing_aid_use_frequency
- pain_frequency
- pain_intensity
- remembering_extent
- remembering_frequency
- uses_glasses
- uses_hearing_aid
- uses_mobility_aid
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WG-SS
ActiveWashington Group Short Set on Functioning (WG-SS)
Informs (13)
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WG/UNICEF CFM
ActiveWG/UNICEF Child Functioning Module (CFM)
Informs (29)
Concepts
Vocabularies
Properties
- anxiety_frequency
- depression_frequency
- difficulty_accepting_change
- difficulty_being_understood
- difficulty_being_understood_inside_household
- difficulty_being_understood_outside_household
- difficulty_concentrating
- difficulty_controlling_behaviour
- difficulty_dexterity
- difficulty_disruptive_behaviour
- difficulty_hearing
- difficulty_learning
- difficulty_making_friends
- difficulty_playing
- difficulty_remembering
- difficulty_seeing
- difficulty_self_care
- difficulty_understanding_others
- difficulty_walking
- difficulty_walking_100m
- difficulty_walking_500m
- uses_glasses
- uses_hearing_aid
- uses_mobility_aid
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JMP
ActiveWHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (JMP)
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LSMS-ISA
ActiveLiving Standards Measurement Study - Integrated Surveys on Agriculture (LSMS-ISA)
Informs (5)
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ICD-10
ActiveInternational Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems 10th Revision
Informs (4)
Concepts
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ICD-11
ActiveInternational Classification of Diseases 11th Revision
Informs (4)
Concepts
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ICD-PM
ActiveICD-10 for the classification of perinatal mortality (ICD-PM)
Informs (4)
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WHO CGS
ActiveWHO Child Growth Standards (2006)
Informs (2)
Vocabularies
Properties
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WHO Manner of Death
ActiveICD Manner of Death Classification
Informs (3)
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WHO HH Energy
ActiveWHO Household Energy Database
Informs (3)
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WHO child growth standards and the identification of severe acute malnutrition in infants and children: A Joint Statement
Informs (2)
Concepts
Vocabularies
Specifications
Technical specifications from standards bodies (W3C, IETF, OASIS, OpenID).
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DCI Common Standards
ActiveCommon Standards for Interoperability Interfaces
Informs (46)
Properties
- address
- administrative_area
- city
- country
- date_of_birth
- date_of_death
- education_level
- email_address
- family_name
- family_name_at_birth
- formation_date
- given_name
- given_name_at_birth
- group_type
- identifier_type
- identifier_value
- identifiers
- latitude
- location_name
- longitude
- marital_status
- matronymic_name
- member_count
- memberships
- name
- nationality
- object_person
- occupation
- parent_location
- patronymic_name
- phone_number
- postal_code
- preferred_language
- preferred_name
- relationship_type
- sex
- street_address
- subject_person
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DCI IBR
ActiveIntegrated Beneficiary Registry (IBR) v1.0.0
Informs (8)
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DCI Social Registry
ActiveSocial Registry v1.0.0
Informs (2)
Concepts
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DC Terms
ActiveDCMI Metadata Terms
No specific entities cross-referenced yet.
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FOAF
ActiveFOAF Vocabulary Specification
Informs (3)
Concepts
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GovStack Consent BB
ActiveGovStack Consent Building Block Specification
Informs (1)
Concepts
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GovStack Payments
ActiveGovStack Payments Building Block Specification
Informs (8)
Concepts
Vocabularies
Properties
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GSMA Mobile Money API
ActiveInforms (3)
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FHIR BFDR
ActiveBirth And Fetal Death (BFDR) FHIR Implementation Guide
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FHIR CoverageEligibilityResponse resource
Informs (3)
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FHIR R4
ActiveFast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR), Release 4
Informs (53)
Properties
- anxiety_frequency
- anxiety_intensity
- anxiety_medication
- cognition_subdomain
- depression_frequency
- depression_intensity
- depression_medication
- difficulty_accepting_change
- difficulty_being_understood
- difficulty_being_understood_inside_household
- difficulty_being_understood_outside_household
- difficulty_climbing_steps
- difficulty_cognition
- difficulty_communication
- difficulty_concentrating
- difficulty_controlling_behaviour
- difficulty_dexterity
- difficulty_disruptive_behaviour
- difficulty_hearing
- difficulty_hearing_noisy_room
- difficulty_hearing_quiet_room
- difficulty_learning
- difficulty_making_friends
- difficulty_playing
- difficulty_remembering
- difficulty_seeing
- difficulty_seeing_coin
- difficulty_seeing_face_across_room
- difficulty_self_care
- difficulty_understanding_others
- difficulty_upper_body_reach
- difficulty_walking
- difficulty_walking_100m
- difficulty_walking_500m
- fatigue_duration
- fatigue_frequency
- fatigue_intensity
- hearing_aid_use_frequency
- pain_frequency
- pain_intensity
- pregnancy_status
- remembering_extent
- remembering_frequency
- uses_glasses
- uses_hearing_aid
- uses_mobility_aid
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FHIR VRDR
ActiveVital Records Death Reporting (VRDR) FHIR Implementation Guide
Informs (10)
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IEEE 7012-2025
ActiveIEEE 7012-2025 Standard for Machine Readable Personal Privacy Terms
No specific entities cross-referenced yet.
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RFC 5545 (iCalendar)
ActiveInternet Calendaring and Scheduling Core Object Specification (iCalendar)
Informs (4)
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RFC 7946 (GeoJSON)
ActiveThe GeoJSON Format
Informs (4)
Concepts
Properties
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SD-JWT VC
DraftSD-JWT-based Verifiable Digital Credentials (SD-JWT VC)
No specific entities cross-referenced yet.
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Kantara ANCR WG
DraftAnchored Notice & Consent Receipts
Informs (4)
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Kantara Consent Receipt v1.1
ActiveConsent Receipt Specification v1.1
Informs (12)
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SSSOM
ActiveA Simple Standard for Sharing Ontology Mappings (SSSOM)
No specific entities cross-referenced yet.
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Mojaloop FSPIOP
ActiveMojaloop FSPIOP API, TransferState data model
Informs (3)
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MOSIP Identity Schema
ActiveInforms (4)
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OASIS CAP v1.2
ActiveCommon Alerting Protocol Version 1.2
Informs (7)
Concepts
Vocabularies
Properties
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OpenID4VCI
ActiveOpenID for Verifiable Credential Issuance
No specific entities cross-referenced yet.
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OpenID4VP
ActiveOpenID for Verifiable Presentations
No specific entities cross-referenced yet.
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Schema.org
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W3C DPV v2
ActiveData Privacy Vocabulary (DPV)
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WHO Verbal Autopsy 2022
Active2022 WHO Verbal Autopsy instrument
Informs (5)
Concepts
Vocabularies
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JSON-LD 1.1
ActiveJSON-LD 1.1, A JSON-based Serialization for Linked Data
No specific entities cross-referenced yet.
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PROV-O
ActivePROV-O: The PROV Ontology
Informs (3)
Concepts
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RDFC 1.0
ActiveRDF Dataset Canonicalization 1.0
No specific entities cross-referenced yet.
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SKOS
ActiveSKOS Simple Knowledge Organization System Reference
No specific entities cross-referenced yet.
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VC Data Integrity 1.0
ActiveVerifiable Credential Data Integrity 1.0
No specific entities cross-referenced yet.
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VC Data Model 2.0
ActiveVerifiable Credentials Data Model v2.0
Informs (5)
Concepts
Vocabularies
Properties
EU vocabularies and credential schemas
SEMIC core vocabularies, named authority lists, and EBSI credential schemas.
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EBSI eIDAS PID
ActiveeIDAS Person Identification Data (PID) Verifiable Credential schema
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EBSI PDA1
ActiveESSP Portable Document A1
Informs (4)
Concepts
Properties
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EHIC as VC
ActiveEuropean Health Insurance Card (EHIC) as a Verifiable Credential (DC4EU pilot)
No specific entities cross-referenced yet.
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Europass ELM
ActiveEuropean Learning Model (ELM)
No specific entities cross-referenced yet.
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SEMIC ADMS
ActiveAsset Description Metadata Schema (ADMS) Vocabulary
Informs (1)
Concepts
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SEMIC CCCEV
ActiveCore Criterion and Core Evidence Vocabulary (CCCEV)
Informs (2)
Concepts
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SEMIC Core Business
ActiveCore Business Vocabulary
No specific entities cross-referenced yet.
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SEMIC Core Location
ActiveCore Location Vocabulary
Informs (17)
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SEMIC Core Person
ActiveCore Person Vocabulary
Informs (28)
Concepts
Vocabularies
Properties
- country_of_birth
- date_of_birth
- date_of_death
- domicile
- email_address
- family_name
- family_name_at_birth
- gender
- given_name
- given_name_at_birth
- identifier_scheme_id
- identifier_scheme_name
- identifier_value
- issue_date
- issuing_authority
- matronymic_name
- name
- nationality
- patronymic_name
- phone_number
- place_of_usual_residence
- preferred_name
- sex
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SEMIC Core Public Event
ActiveCore Public Event Vocabulary
Informs (1)
Concepts
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SEMIC CPOV
ActiveCore Public Organisation Vocabulary (CPOV)
Informs (3)
Concepts
Properties
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SEMIC CPSV-AP
ActiveCore Public Service Vocabulary Application Profile (CPSV-AP)
No specific entities cross-referenced yet.
Legal instruments
Treaties, conventions, and legislation that frame the domain.
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EU Reg. 2016/1191
ActiveRegulation (EU) 2016/1191 on promoting the free movement of citizens by simplifying the requirements for presenting certain public documents in the European Union
Informs (1)
Concepts
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Hague Adoption Convention
ActiveConvention of 29 May 1993 on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption
Informs (4)
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ICCS Convention 16
ActiveConvention No. 16 on the issue of multilingual extracts from civil-status records
Informs (3)
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ICCS Convention 26
ActiveConvention No. 26 on the international exchange of information relating to civil status
Informs (3)
Concepts
Vocabularies
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ICCS Convention 33
ActiveConvention No. 33 on the use of the International Commission on Civil Status Platform for the international communication of civil-status data by electronic means
Informs (3)
Concepts
Vocabularies
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ICCS Convention 34
ActiveConvention No. 34 on the issue of multilingual and coded certificates and extracts from civil-status records
Informs (3)
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CRC
ActiveConvention on the Rights of the Child
Design references
Sourcebooks, glossaries, and guidance from international organisations and practitioner networks.
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Integrating data and information management for social protection: social registries and integrated beneficiary registries
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CaLP Glossary
ActiveGlossary of Terminology for Cash and Voucher Assistance
Informs (2)
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Properties
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FAO VGGT
ActiveVoluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security
Informs (3)
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FAO WCA 2020 Vol.I
ActiveWorld Programme for the Census of Agriculture 2020. Volume I: Programme, concepts and definitions
Informs (5)
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FAO FIES
ActiveMethods for Estimating Comparable Prevalence Rates of Food Insecurity Experienced by Adults Throughout the World
Informs (4)
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Global Shelter Cluster
ActiveGlobal Shelter Cluster Rapid Needs Assessment Guidance and Shelter Situation Categories
Informs (1)
Vocabularies
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DHS-8 Woman's Questionnaire
ActiveDemographic and Health Surveys (DHS-8) Woman's Questionnaire
Informs (1)
Vocabularies
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ILO Social Protection Floor
ActiveSocial Protection Floors Recommendation, 2012 (No. 202)
No specific entities cross-referenced yet.
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IOM DTM
ActiveIOM Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM)
Informs (1)
Vocabularies
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Inclusive Information Systems for Social Protection: Intentionally Integrating Gender and Disability
Informs (8)
Vocabularies
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Sphere 2018
ActiveThe Sphere Handbook: Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Humanitarian Response
Informs (1)
Vocabularies
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UN World Marriage 2019
ActiveWorld Marriage Data 2019, Metadata
Informs (2)
Vocabularies
Properties
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ASPIRE
ActiveAtlas of Social Protection Indicators of Resilience and Equity (ASPIRE)
No specific entities cross-referenced yet.
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WB Sourcebook Ch.8
ActiveSourcebook on the Foundations of Social Protection Delivery Systems, Chapter 8: Beneficiary Operations Management
Informs (3)
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WB SP Delivery Framework
ActiveSocial Protection Delivery Systems Framework
Informs (6)
Vocabularies
Properties
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World Bank GRM Guidance
ActiveGRM in Social Protection Delivery Systems (Sourcebook Summary, Chapter 8.5)
Informs (5)
Concepts
Vocabularies
Properties
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World Bank ID4D Guide
ActiveID4D Practitioner's Guide
No specific entities cross-referenced yet.
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WFP Cash Policy
ActiveCash policy
Informs (2)
Vocabularies
Properties
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WHO ICD-PM
ActiveThe WHO application of ICD-10 to deaths during the perinatal period: ICD-PM
Informs (5)
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WHO Intrapartum Care
ActiveWHO recommendations: Intrapartum care for a positive childbirth experience
Informs (1)
Concepts
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WHO Medical Cert. of Death
ActiveMedical certification of cause of death: instructions for physicians on use of international form of medical certificate of cause of death
Informs (4)
Concepts
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WHO Preterm/LBW Care
ActiveWHO recommendations for care of the preterm or low-birth-weight infant
Informs (5)
Concepts
Properties
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WHO Health Systems
ActiveWHO Health Systems Strengthening Glossary
Informs (3)
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WHO HeRAMS
ActiveWHO Health Resources and Services Availability Monitoring System (HeRAMS)
Informs (4)
Concepts
Vocabularies
Properties
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WHO SARA
ActiveWHO Service Availability and Readiness Assessment (SARA) Reference Manual
Informs (3)
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WHO Skilled Birth Attendants
ActiveDefinition of skilled health personnel providing care during childbirth
Informs (3)