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A: A COD feature is a boundary polygon or location point referenced by a COD. COD-AB and COD-PS datasets normally reference administrative features. The generic term is used to avoid association with administrative level terminology (such as ‘province’ or ‘district’) which varies from country to country and even within a country.
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Q: What is the difference between an HDX dataset and a COD?
A: All CODs are disseminated as HDX datasets, but many HDX datasets are not CODs. CODs are tagged as a ‘COMMON OPERATIONAL DATASET - COD’ and can be filtered within HDX.
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Q: What is the difference between an HDX dataset and a resource?
A: HDX datasets are collections of one or more resources and have one URL. Resources are individual files (although they may be zip files containing multiple files) or links to live geoservices, APIs, or other web-based services.