...
Please send suggestions for glossary items, or other comments, to ocha-fis-data@un.org.
Underlined terms in the definitions refer to other defined terms.
top of page
...
| Table of Contents | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
...
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Administrative boundary | A geographic polygon or polygons representing the perimeter of one administrative unit. |
| Administrative heirarchy | A set of recognized and hierarchical levels of administrative authority and geographic partition of a country or territory. Increasing administrative level numbers represent lower (geographically smaller and administratively subservient) units, with administrative level 0 representing the entire country, administrative level 1 representing the next lower level, and so on.
In some countries an administrative level may consist of more than one type of administrative unit.
|
| Administrative level | |
| Administrative unit | |
...
| Table of Contents | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
C
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| COD | See Common Operational DatasetCommon Operational Database |
| COD-AB | See Administrative Boundary COD |
| COD-PS | See Population Statistics COD |
| COD-CS | sEE Country-Specific COD |
Common Operational Dataset (COD) | Authoritative reference datasets needed to support operations and decision-making for all actors in a humanitarian response. They provide essential baseline data and data standards that allow humanitarian actors to collaborate, coordinate and exchange information. CODs provide the basis for a common operational picture and a shared situational awareness. . |
| Core Common Operatioanal Datasets | Administrative Boundary CODs (COD-AB) and Population Statistics CODs (COD-PS) |
...
| Table of Contents | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
...