Value type
https://publicschema.org/vocab/value-type
The kind of numeric or categorical value a metric carries.
Values
| Code | Label | Standard code | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
count | Count | An integer count of records or events. | |
proportion | Proportion | A value in the range 0..1 (unit unitless) or 0..100 (unit PT). | |
ratio | Ratio | A ratio of two independent quantities. The numerator and denominator come from independent populations. | |
currency_amount | Currency amount | A monetary amount, with currency identified by Metric.unit (ISO 4217). | |
index | Index | A scaled or composite indicator value (for example, a Gini coefficient or composite index). | |
duration | Duration | A time duration, with unit identified by Metric.unit (UCUM). | |
nominal | Nominal | A categorical value from a code list with no inherent ordering. | |
ordinal | Ordinal | A categorical value from a code list with inherent ordering. | |
qualitative | Qualitative | A free-text value or coded qualitative judgement. |