GSIM Category Code | GSIM Category Description |
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RC - REAL CHANGE | Real change stands for changes in meaning, whether or not accompanied by changes in naming (title or definition) and/or coding. |
RC1 - DELETION | A classification item expires, while its denotation reduces to zero; it does not proceed as (part of the) denotation of one or more other (existing) classification items. |
RC2 - CREATION | The mirror image of deletion: a classification item emerges, while its denotation is not (part of) the denotation of one or more existing classification items. |
RC3 - COMBINATION | |
RC3.1 - Merger | Two or more classification items expire, while their denotations proceed in one emerging classification item. |
RC3.2 - Take-over | A classification item expires, while its denotation proceeds as part of the denotation of another item, which continues its existence. |
RC4 - DECOMPOSITION | |
RC4.1 - Breakdown | The mirror image of merger: a classification item expires, while its denotation is distributed over and proceeds in two or more emerging classification items. |
RC4.2 - Split off | The mirror image of take-over: a classification item continues to exist, while part of its denotation moves to another (emerging) classification item. |
RC5 - TRANSFER | Part of the denotation of an item moves to another (existing) item. Notes:
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VC - VIRTUAL CHANGE | Virtual change stands for changes in coding and/or naming (title or definition), while the meaning remains the same. |
VC1 - CODE CHANGE | A classification item expires, while its denotation proceeds as the denotation of an emerging classification item. |
VC2 - NAME CHANGE | The name (title or definition) of a classification item changes, while its denotation remains the same. Changes which "merely" intend to enhance the clarity or quality of a title and/or definition, or further operationalise them on the basis of situations encountered in practice, do not affect the meaning of a classification item. |
NC- NOTIFICATION CHANGE | A classification item stays while changes are made at lower levels without change in scope. |
GENERAL NOTE | Deletion and creation may result in border changes. Combination, decomposition and transfer do result in border changes. Code change and name change do not result in border changes. |
References
Adaptation of the Generic Statistical Information Model (GSIM)