Please see below for the technical implementation that is suggested in the Version 2.02 - Formal Proposal:

New attribute: iati-activity/@humanitarian

• Add new attribute to the iati-activity element: humanitarian

• Example

• Current usage
  <iati-activity xml:lang="en" default-currency="USD" last-updated-datetime="2014-09-10T07:15:37Z" linked-data-uri="http://data.example.org/123456789" hierarchy="1">
  ...
  </iati-standard>
  
  

• Proposed usage
  <iati-activity xml:lang="en" default-currency="USD" last-updated-datetime="2014-09-10T07:15:37Z" humanitarian="1" linked-data-uri="http://data.example.org/123456789" hierarchy="1">
  ...
  </iati-standard>
  
  

• Add definition:
  ‘A process flag to indicate that this activity relates entirely or partially to humanitarian aid’

New attribute: transaction/@humanitarian [ADDED 15-Oct-2015 based on advice][MODIFIED 27-Nov-2015, with improved definition]

• Add new attribute to the transaction element: humanitarian

• Example

• Current usage
  <transaction ref="1234">
  ...
  </transaction>
  
  

• Proposed usage
  <transaction ref="1234" humanitarian="1">
  ...
  </transaction>
  
  

• Add definition:
  'A process flag to indicate that this transaction relates entirely or partially to humanitarian aid. If the entire activity relates to humanitarian aid this should be reported using iati-activity/@humanitarian, rather than for each transaction.'

In addition to this attribute in the activity node, it would also be helpful if it could also be at the transaction node, in case the activity is a mix of humanitarian and development but some transactions are specifically linked to humanitarian work.

iati-activity/transaction@humanitarian

<transaction ref="1234" humanitarian="1">

The proposal above has been modified based on this advice.

This proposal has been added as a GitHub issue, for inclusion in the version 2.02 development branch of the IATI-Schemas: https://github.com/IATI/IATI-Schemas/issues/277

This proposal has now been incorporated into a version 2.02 code repositories (see the above GitHub issue link for technical details). The relevant page on a development version of the 2.02 reference and documentation site are available to view for the iati-activity and transaction elements.

We welcome scrutiny on the implementation of this proposal and encourage the community to feedback and suggest solutions for any errors, omissions and problems. This should be done before Monday 7 December, when the process will commence to release version 2.02 as a live version of the IATI Standard. More information on the inspection phase is available here.