Changes to be implemented in the first decimal upgrade of the Standard. First consultation on these proposed changes (minor bug fixes, codelist and schema amends) is open until 5pm 31 August 2012. See our timetable for the implementation of changes here: http://wiki.iatistandard.org/standard/revision/1.02 (http://wiki.iatistandard.org/standard/revision/1.02)

• Alter documentation within the schema that is out of date
• Linked Data
• activity-date element - more options for the type attribute
• Countries and Regions
• document-link and procurement policies and procedures
• document-link and aid allocation policies
• document-link and tenders
• document-link and contracts
• document-link and language. Schema error?
• transaction-type element needs additonal @code options
• Hierarchy attribute should be changed from string to integer in XSD
• Add OpenStreetMap as Gazetteer Agency