#adm1 ?

Top-level subnational administrative area (e.g. a governorate in Syria). Since HXL 1.0.

Defaults to +v_pcode with the +code attribute if you do not specify a vocabulary.

e.g., #adm1 +code — administrative level 1 P-code

#adm2 ?

Second-level subnational administrative area (e.g. a subdivision in Bangladesh). Since HXL 1.0.

Defaults to +v_pcode with the +code attribute if you do not specify a vocabulary.

e.g., #adm2 +name — administrative level 2 name

#adm3 ?

Third-level subnational administrative area (e.g. a subdistrict in Afghanistan). Since HXL 1.0.

Defaults to +v_pcode with the +code attribute if you do not specify a vocabulary.

e.g., #adm3 +code — administrative level 3 P-code

#adm4 ?

Fourth-level subnational administrative area (e.g. a barangay in the Philippines). Since HXL 1.0.

Defaults to +v_pcode with the +code attribute if you do not specify a vocabulary.

e.g., #adm4 +name — administrative level 4 name

#adm5 ?

Fifth-level subnational administrative area (e.g. a ward of a city). Since HXL 1.0.

Defaults to +v_pcode with the +code attribute if you do not specify a vocabulary.

e.g., #adm5 +code — administrative level 5 name

#country ?

Country (often left implied in a dataset). Also sometimes known as admin level 0. Since HXL 1.0.

Defaults to +v_iso3 with the +code attribute if you do not specify a vocabulary.

e.g., #country +name — country name

#geo ?

Geodetic geometry information (points, lines, shapes). Use for latitude and longitude, as well as bounds information. Since HXL 1.0.

e.g., #geo +lat — latitude

#loc ?

Any general location, such as a village, camp, or clinic. Since HXL 1.0.

e.g., #loc +type — type of location

#region ?

A broad, supra- or cross-national geographical region (e.g. Sahel, Horn of Africa, Central Asia, Caribbean). Not to be confused with “region” used as the name of a subnational area (#adm1) in some countries. Since HXL 1.0.

e.g., #region +name +i_ur — Urdu-language name for a geographical region

#affected ?

Number of people or households affected by an emergency. Subset of #population; superset of #inneed. Since HXL 1.0.

Every value must be a number.

e.g., #affected +f +children — number of girls affected

#beneficiary ?

General (non-numeric) information about a person or group meant to benefit from aid activities, e.g. “lactating women”. Since HXL 1.0.

e.g., #beneficiary +name — text label for a beneficiary group

#inneed ?

Number of people or households in need of humanitarian assistance. Subset of #affected; superset of #targeted. Since HXL 1.0.

Every value must be a number.

e.g., #inneed +m +adults — number of men in need of assistance

#population ?

General population number for an area or location, regardless of their specific humanitarian needs. Since HXL 1.0.

Every value must be a number.

e.g., #population +infants — number of infants in the population

#reached ?

Number of people or households reached with humanitarian assistance. Subset of #targeted. Since HXL 1.0.

Every value must be a number.

e.g., #reached +m +children — number of boys reached with assistance

#respondee ?

Descriptive information, such as name, identifier, or traits, for a single respondee (person, household, etc.) in survey-style data. Since HXL 1.1.

#targeted ?

Number of people or households targeted for humanitarian assistance. Subset of #inneed; superset of #reached. Since HXL 1.0.

Every value must be a number.

e.g., #targeted +f +adult — number of women targeted for assistance

#access ?

Accessiblity and constraints on access to a market, distribution point, facility, etc. Since HXL 1.1.

e.g., #access +type — type of access being described

#activity ?

A programme, project, or other activity. This hashtag applies to all levels; use the attributes +activity, +project, or +programme to distinguish different hierarchical levels. Since HXL 1.0.

e.g., #activity +project — an aid project

#capacity ?

The response capacity of the entity being described (e.g. “25 beds”). Since HXL 1.0.

e.g., #capacity +num — number of (whatever) available

#contact ?

Contact information for the subject of a data record (e.g. an activity). Since HXL 1.0.

e.g., #contact +email — e-mail address for contacting an organisation or person

#frequency ?

The frequency with which something occurs. Since HXL 1.1.

e.g., #frequency +code — unique code for a frequency level

#indicator ?

A general hashtag for an indicator being tracked. See also #output, #capacity, #need, #impact, #severity, #affected, #inneed, #targeted, and #reached for more-specific indicator-related hashtags. Since HXL 1.0.

#item ?

Physical things provided, stored, shipped, available, used, etc. Since HXL 1.1.

e.g., #item +code — unique code for an item (e.g. type of food in a market)

#need ?

A(n) (unfulfilled) need for an affected person, household, group, or population. Since HXL 1.1.

e.g., #need +name — text label for a need

#operations ?

Information that affects humanitarian operations, such as a restriction on movement or road closure. Since HXL 1.0.

#org ?

An organisation contributing to a humanitarian emergency response, e.g. a local government, community-based organisation, NGO, agency, donor, or law-enforcement or military unit. Use #group for organisations that are not part of the emergency response (e.g. a paramilitary group). Since HXL 1.0.

e.g., #org +funder — donor (financial)

#output ?

An output indicator (e.g. “number of water-purification kits distributed”). A more-specific alternative to #indicator, especially for 3W-style activity reports. Since HXL 1.0.

e.g., #output +num — number of items delivered, people helped, etc

#sector ?

A humanitarian cluster or sector. Since HXL 1.0.

Defaults to +v_ocha_clusters with the +code attribute if you do not specify a vocabulary.

e.g., #sector +cluster +name — name of an IASC humanitarian cluster

#service ?

A service used or needed by an affected person, household, group, or population. Since HXL 1.1.

#subsector ?

A humanitarian subsector. Since HXL 1.0.

e.g., #subsector +name +i_ar — Arabic-language name for a subsector.

#channel ?

The detailed method of delivering aid (e.g. smartcard vs mobile transfer). More specific than #modality. Since HXL 1.1.

e.g., #channel +name — text label for a specific delivery channel

#currency ?

Name or ISO 4217 currency code for all financial #value cells in the row (e.g. “EUR”). Typically used together with #value in financial or cash data. Since HXL 1.1.

Defaults to +v_currency with the +code attribute if you do not specify a vocabulary.

#modality ?

The means by which an aid activity is accomplished. For cash transfers, values might include “cash”, “vouchers”, “in-kind”, etc. May also be used for other types of modalities in other contexts. Since HXL 1.1.

e.g., #modality +code — unique code for an aid modality

#value ?

A monetary value, such as the price of goods in a market, a project budget, or the amount of cash transferred to beneficiaries. May be used together with #currency in financial or cash data. Since HXL 1.1.

Every value must be a number.

e.g., #value +transfer — amount transferred

#cause ?

The cause of an event, crisis, etc. Since HXL 1.0.

e.g., #cause +code — unique code for the cause of a crisis or event

#crisis ?

A humanitarian emergency. Since HXL 1.0.

Defaults to +v_glide with the +code attribute if you do not specify a vocabulary.

e.g., #crisis +code — a code identifying a crisis (a GLIDE number by default)

#event ?

An individual event or incident within a crisis/emergency, such as a (localised) flood, bridge collapse, or conflict. Since HXL 1.0.

e.g., #event +type — type of event

#group ?

A non-humanitarian group (of any type) related to humanitarian crisis (e.g., a paramilitary group) Use #org instead for a humanitarian organisation such as an NGO, contributing to the humanitarian response. Since HXL 1.0.

e.g., #group +name — name of a non-humanitarian actor, such as a political party

#impact ?

The impact of a crisis on a group or other entity. Since HXL 1.0.

e.g., #impact +code — unique code for the type of impact

#severity ?

Severity of the crisis or event. Since HXL 1.0.

e.g., #severity +name — text label for the severity level

#date ?

Date related to the data in the record applies. Preferred format is ISO 8610 (e.g. “2015-06-01”, “2015-Q1”, etc.) Since HXL 1.0.

Every value must be a date.

e.g., #date +start — the date when something began

#description ?

Long description for a data record. Since HXL 1.0.

e.g., #description +i_ar — Arabic-language version of a description

#meta ?

Metadata about a row. Since HXL 1.0.

e.g., #meta +id — unique identifier for a data record

#status ?

Project/activity status description (such as “planned”, “active”, “canceled”, or “complete”). Since HXL 1.0.

e.g., #status +code — unique code for the status level