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Administrative boundary | A geographic polygon or polygons representing the perimeter of one administrative unit. |
Administrative hierarchy | 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. - EXAMPLE: Afghanistan is divided into provinces, which are in turn divided into districts. Thus Afghanistan's administrative level 0 is the country (Afghanistan), administrative level 1 is the provinces, and administrative level 2 is the districts.
In some countries an administrative level may consist of more than one type of administrative unit. - EXAMPLE: The United States of America's administrative level 1 consists of States, the District of Colombia, and further remote units.
- EXAMPLE: Canada's administrative level 1 consists of provinces and territories.
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Candidate COD | Candidate COD: COD with improved quality and standardization. ('created in the Process' phase in COD Cycle). Rationale for terms: common terminology in country/region, describe the state of the COD (phase in cycle), used in tagging on HDX. See COD Cycle. |
COD | See Common Operational DatasetS (CODs) |
COD-AB | An administrative Boundary COD is a spatial dataset that identifies the various administrative level boundaries, names and unique codes (P-codes) in a country. It is a core COD, and provides a spatial/visual way to view and analyse data as well as a common way of referring to places allowing datasets to be aggregated and analysed more easily. See Common Operational Datasets (CODs). |
COD-PS | Population Statistics COD is a tabular baseline demographic dataset that s (ideally) disaggregated by age and sex and presented at various levels of administrative levels in a country (includes P-codes). It is a core COD that is used to identify initial affected numbers and understand the pre-emergency situation. See: See Common Operational Datasets (CODs). |
COD-CS | See Country-Specific COD |
COD-HP | Humanitarian Profile COD that provides the number of people affected, including when relevant: displaced, missing, injured, dead, as well as people in need. It is a Core COD that is only available post crisis. It is used to make programmatic decisions. See the |
COD Cycle | Effective COD development is composed of six COD cycle functions: 1) plan, 2) collect, 3) process, 4) endorse, 5) communicate and 6) maintain. See Common Operational Dataset cycle. |
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 | Core CODs are required in all countries with ongoing humanitarian operations or in which emergency response preparedness (ERP) activities are underway. They provide a critical data standard and support initial analysis in the first 48 hours of a new emergency of impact, scope and scale and thus inform decisions on any subsequent response. There are three Core themes: Administrative Boundaries, Population Statistics, and Humanitarian Profile. See Core Common Operational Datatsets: Administrative Boundary (COD-AB), Population Statistics (COD-PS), and Humanitarian Profile (COD-HP). |
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| Endorsed COD | COD which has been accepted as the reference dataset to be used by the IM network in country. See Common Operational Dataset cycle. |
| ERP | Emergency Response Preparedness. To improve the humanitarian system's readiness to respond to breaking crises, the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) developed the Emergency Response Preparedness (ERP) approach. The aim is to increase the speed and volume of life-saving assistance delivered in the first four to six weeks of an emergency. For more information see: The ERP approach |
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FIS | Field Information Service is a section of OCHA based in geneva that supports information management, products and services to OCHA country and regional offices. email ocha-fis-data@un.org |
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ITOS | The Carl Vinson Institute of Government's Office of Information Technology Outreach Services (ITOS) is a leader in GIS innovation and is part of the University of Georgia. ITOS provides three services for Common Operational Datasets: - Vetting and correction of database, attributes, and spatial properties
- Configuration and standardization
- Preparation and publishing of live services
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Live service | Map and feature services of administrative boundary and populated places Common Operational Datasets (COD-ABs and COD-PP). See How to consume COD live services. |
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